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HOMES 18 Distilled Design Furniture as heirlooms By Gaile Guevara
28 FAR OUT HOMES The Shell House By Goody Niosi
38 FEATURE HOME: THE OLYMPIA A hill-side bungalow in Springbank By Amanda Hamilton
48 HOME FURNISHINGS SECTION What’s new in furniture By Sarah Rowland
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22 living 22 CELEBRITY PROFILE: BRENT BUTT Canada’s funnyman in his man-cave By Michelle Hopkins
34 TRANSFORMATIONS The Opus Hotel and designer Robert Bailey By Catherine Dunwoody
62 ART FIX Alberta Gallery of Art’s latest exhibit By Tina Faiz
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70 GALLERIA Functional art of 3 Canadian designers By Megan Cole
74 ESCAPE BC’s Gulf Islands getaway By Claire Newell
82 HAUNTING OF... The Hillhurst caretaker By Johanna Lane
84 EPICURE Cactus Club’s décor-inspiring flagship restaurant
90 LIVING WELL Calgary and Canmore spas offer indulgent treatments By Lisa Monforton & Catherine Roscoe Barr
94 DESIGN DISTRICT: SoDo
Décor shopping in Calgary’s south of downtown By Lisa Monforton
98 WORDS ON THE STREET: JAMIESON AVENUE Bridging the past in Bridgeland By Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
103 THE FAST & THE LUXURIOUS Luxury SUV’s By Tony Whitney
110 Web Exclusives 112 Looking Forward
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This issue marks our first annual Home Furnishings issue, with pages of stunning new furniture pieces for every room in your home. Home decorating ideas come in many different forms and not just in the fabulous homes we feature. Take a look at the rooms and lobbies in many chic hotels. The designs you will see can be awe inspiring. Our Transformations story this issue showcases one of those hotels. H&L takes you inside The Opus Hotel in Vancouver, BC and their redesigned guestrooms by acclaimed designer Robert Bailey. In H&L’s popular Epicure section, we will show you even more great design inside the new flagship Cactus Club Cafe, Coal Harbour – plus, Chef Rob Feenie shares two of his most favourite recipes. Brent Butt, funny or what!? H&L’s Celebrity Profile gets personal with Canada’s funnyman in his favourite room … his custom man-cave!
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Every issue, Homes & Living showcases some of the best homes found in your city. Beginning this issue, we will now showcase unique international dwellings with Far Out Homes, where we search the globe for homes that are really ‘far out’. Wait till you see the home we found in Tokyo, Japan … the Shell House. As a final note, I would personally like to thank you, our readers, who have made Homes & Living magazine your preferred choice on newsstands with the highest sell-through rate of any magazine in its class. Thank you all for making us #1. Sincerely,
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Exclusive News and Interviews Right. Texas hold ‘em. Essential down-time with the guys
The start of a burgeoning comedic career
Whiskey. Cigar. And a $20 buy-in… Brent Butt, stand up comic, award-winning actor, scriptwriter, and director, can now add filmmaker to his long list of achievements The funnyman who created one of television’s most iconic characters, Brent Leroy on CTV’s sitcom Corner Gas, has wrapped up his first feature length movie, No Clue.
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Born the youngest of seven siblings in Tisdale, a small farming town in Saskatchewan, around the age of 12 Butt learned how to make himself standout amongst his siblings - by making them laugh. He honed his comedic chops telling jokes at school and in coffee shops with his friends. “It was a challenge to make my sisters and brothers laugh, but I wouldn’t give up,” he quips. “Also, coffee shop conversations were a great way to learn comedy.” The popular stand-up comic also credits some high school teachers for encouraging his talent. “My teachers were very open-minded and so instead of making me write a book report, I’d do a radio play … I’d put a lot of effort into it,” Butt says.
“If I have to put a label on it, No Clue is a whodunit with murder and danger involved,” says the 46-yearold Butt. “I’m a big fan of detective movies and mysteries and it just happens to be funny as well.”
In February 1988, his first gig was during an amateur night at a now defunct Saskatoon comedy club. “It was the best show I’ve ever had,” Butt says. “I was called back for an encore and I knew I’d found my career path.”
Wearing a suit and tie and looking rather serious, Butt invited Homes & Living into his westside Vancouver home - one he shares with Nancy Robertson, his wife of eight years and co-star on Corner Gas and Hiccups, as well as his beloved dog Oliver. “Oliver’s a four-year-old of a million breeds,” says Butt.
At 20, he moved to Toronto to pursue that career. Within months, Butt was headlining at comedy clubs, and after a few years, was touring internationally, appearing at major festivals and on television specials - cementing his reputation as one of Canada’s funniest guys. This year marks the 25th anniversary of his professional career as a standup comic.
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IMAGINE A SEA SHELL – PERHAPS AN ABALONE, A CONCH, OR A SCALLOP. WHITE, FLOWING, CURVING LINES. FORM DELICATE YET STRONG ENOUGH TO BE HOME TO A SPECIAL LIFE FORM. PROTECTING IT AND ALLOWING IT TO FLOURISH AND GROW Now imagine that shell large enough to shelter an entire human family from the elements – a structure that is simple, that is not part of nature, yet mimics nature and performs the functions of a shell. The structure appears in the middle of the woods, as though dropped by a spacecraft from some fantastic science fiction dream. It is not unlike the surrounding caves and rocks and yet it is clearly not organic – and not ancient. It is something altogether unique.
This unique home was created by ARTechnic Architects. Lead architect Kotaro Ide, who established the company in 1994, has been responsible for other outstanding projects in Japan including the SMD House in Zushi, the YMM House in Suginami and the Cherry Terrace Library in Shibuya, Tokyo.
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Within the shell are hardwood and polished concrete floors, elegantly curved walls, round skylights, flowing seating, a round suspended fireplace and a bathroom that is all sensual curves leading to the large expanse of windows that looks out on a tiered patio, which in turn leads the eye back into the forest.
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Rocky Mountain inspired Arts & Crafts Bungalow fit for entertaining Rooted in traditional Arts & Crafts style and inspired by the Rockies, this handcrafted residence by Taradar Fine Homes, stands as a landmark in the community of Springbank located in Calgary, Alberta. With a focus on creating “feature rooms,” this 6300-square-foot bungalow provides spaces tailored to reflect the hobbies and interests of its residents. Olympia homeowner and founder of Taradar, Todd Jensen and his wife Donna, worked alongside McDowell & Associates; Interior Designers, Valerie Anderson & Alex Dinning and Kitchen and Bath Designer, Jane Befus of Camaiah Design Inc., to create a family-oriented home with social spaces throughout. “The homeowners entertain a lot and wanted the space to be both cozy and comfortable but also luxurious,” notes Anderson. “They are both down to earth and inspired by their travels.”
Nestled in the hillside of this mountain view community, a winding road leads to the front entry beneath a stately porte-cochère built with Douglas Fir Timbers. Clad with a combination of cedar shakes and soffits, stucco and natural Ironstone from Montana, the home speaks of quality and luxury while maintaining a casual sophistication inherent to a Rocky Mountain aesthetic.
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Recognized for their attention to detail and commitment to quality and innovation, Taradar offers an uncompromised product for a sophisticated and discerning clientele. Jensen, previously a craftsmen and cabinetmaker states the simple truth, “You get what you pay for.”
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Traditional. West Coast. Bohemian. It doesn’t matter what home decor style you lean toward, mixing in at least one key piece of modern furniture into every room can only enrich the personality of your home. After all, we’re not one-dimensional, so why should our homes be?
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The Fast & The Luxurious 2013’s hottest SUVs
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Rover 2 Range Sport Land Rover is still regarded as the automaker that kick-started the SUV business back in 1948, but the latest Range Rover Sport is a far cry from the old “farmer’s favourite.” The elegant and stately Range Rover was completely re-designed quite recently and is now more regal than ever. The top Sport Supercharged model is the performance variant in this lineup and departs a little from the norm by using a supercharger to coax 510-horsepower from its 5.0-litre V-8 engine. The Range Rover’s off-road capability is respected worldwide and even though this vehicle is as luxurious and refined as can be imagined, it’ll go just about anywhere a wheeled vehicle could be taken. Perhaps the most desired SUV on the market, the Sport Supercharged will run you a little over $100,000.
3 Audi Q5 Hot-selling compact crossover/SUV products have been getting a lot of attention from luxury automakers recently and Audi’s offering for eager buyers is the Q5, which is available in conventional and hybrid versions. Quickest of the Q5s is the 3.0T, which boasts a three-litre turbocharged V-6 with a solid 272-horsepower. This Audi follows current transmission trends by mating its V-6 to an 8-speed and this means smoother power delivery and enhanced fuel economy. The interior is finished to Audi’s exceptionally high standards and like many of its competitors, it’s just as happy on a backroad trail as it is on the freeway. It’s a less expensive proposition than its “big brother” Q7 at less than $50,000 for the V-6 turbo.
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BMW’s X5 has long been one of the most popular upscale SUVs around and at the pinnacle of the model lineup is the X5 M performance model. All BMWs are desirable vehicles, but when there’s an “M” attached to the model name, it’s something very special. The X5 M uses a potent 4.4-liter twinturbocharged V-8 that develops a whopping 555 horsepower. Not the sort of rig you’d take to a Greenpeace get-together, it offers racecar-like performance and handling to match. Off-road, it has the power to get you through the trickiest challenges and back on the highway, it’s limo-comfortable. BMW’s top SUV costs $98,500 and those who buy them think it’s money well spent.
5 Lexus LX Lexus, perhaps unsurprisingly, builds one of the most opulent SUVs available and it’s also one of the toughest and roomiest. The big LX 570 was re-styled recently and now has the bold grille design you’ll find on other products from Toyota’s luxury offshoot. The rather exclusive LX is powered by a mighty 5.7-litre V-8 putting out 383-horsepower and torque to match. And while most luxury SUVs are very trail-capable, this one is better than most thanks to an exceptionally rugged bodyshell and suspension system. When the going gets really demanding, the LX’s nine inches of suspension travel helps out, as does a height adjustment function. The LX’s impressive combination of durability, luxury and refinement can be yours for a price tag of up to $94,850.
6 Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG Mercedes-Benz offers SUVs and crossovers in several sizes, but tops on the performance scale is the ML 63 AMG, with all the speed and power the company’s tuning affiliate can deliver. As with BMW’s M-products, AMGs are something special and the engines are hand built, one at a time, at a separate factory to where the vehicles are built. The ML 63 lives up to its promise and uses a silky and powerful 5.5-litre turbocharged V-8 mated to a 7-speed automatic with manual override. The result is 550-horsepower with an available option package. Superbly finished, beautifully put together and proudly carrying the undeniably-prestigious Mercedes three-pointed star, this AMG SUV will run you over $100,000 and more if the options list is fully exploited.
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Back to School – Dorm Style Ikea tells us ‘back to school isn’t just about new courses, new books and new people – it’s about a new room, too. But even if you have to share, you don’ have to compromise on showing off who you are.” Dorm rooms are notoriously dull – beige, bland and boring. Adding some colour to your study-space is certainly more exciting and no matter how dull the topic when it comes to hitting the books – colour really does inspire.
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Money Matters: Advice For the New Business Owner Even if you have purchased an existing profitable business, it doesn’t mean you won’t face any financial difficulties. Sales can be down, costs go up and bills need to be paid. Other important things to consider are credit management, working within a budget, and what to anticipate during the first year or two of operations.
Decorating Ideas: For the Living Room Changing up the look of your living room doesn’t have to be a major undertaking, take a lot of time, or cost a fortune. For instance, adding a fresh pop of colour with a some new home accessories, like a throw or cushions will do the trick, rather than a full-blown paint job. Here’s some easy ideas to breathe new life into what may likely be our favourite room in the house.
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