DeSerres Vaughan Mills closed; Peterborough location scheduled

It's just become a bit harder to get artist supplies, if you live in Brampton.

It seems that DeSerres at Vaughan Mills has closed, very quietly. A quick Google, filter to results in the last month, finds no reference to the store's wrap-up on any blogs or forums. A sign in the window indicates January 15 was their final day, and that a Peterborough location will be opened.

DeSerres does still have a location on the Mississauga/Oakville border, and some in Toronto. Curry's has a location on the Mississauga/Etobicoke border, on the Queensway. The only place within the borders of Brampton or Mississauga to get art supplies? Michael's.

An OshKosh store is replacing DeSerres, by gosh.

DeSerres 10% discount confirmed

Visual Arts Brampton President Keith Moreau was just talking with the manager of the Vaughan Mills DeSerres. Indeed, the store offers Visual Arts Brampton members as 10% discount off regularly priced items.

This is the same discount rate that Curry's offers, and like Curry's, the reduction does not apply to sales items.

For reference sake (and this is all according to Google Maps) from the studio to each art store, these are the distances:

• 17.2 km to Curry's Mississauga (755 Queensway East)
  
• 25.5 km to DeSerres Oakville (2501 Hyde Park Gate)
  
• 27.6 km to DeSerres Vaughan Mills (1 Bass Pro Mills Drive, Concord)
• 31.4 km to Curry's Oakville (353 Iroquois Shore Road)

Additionally, there is a Michael's 0.4 km away, and another 11.5 km away, but their prices are generally higher than at Curry's or DeSerres.

Note, this post was edited on 1:18 pm at January 6, 2008, to rid the distances of highways. It turns out the distances were longer with highways.