HOMES
Peeling back the layers and adding a trove of found treasures made this diamond in the rough sparkle again.
TEXT BETHANY LYTTLE PHOTOGRAPHY JANET KIMBER
Hidden Charms “I
figured all this house needed was a little lipstick to make it look better,” says Edwina Grittani, recalling her first visit to the 1940s fixer-upper in Ontario’s Prince Edward County. “But during the inspection, the realtor just stood in the kitchen, shaking his head. Obviously, lipstick fixes were not going to be enough – this place would need major surgery!” But she and partner Ousama Rawi bought it anyway.
LEFT When Edwina Grittani comes home, she drops her keys and phone on a shallow shelf. “I made it from an old wooden pool-cue case,” she says. When she and partner Ousama Rawi are ready for a sundowner, Edwina tugs on a framed blackboard, which doubles as a secret door to a wine cupboard. Onions and potatoes from the farmers’ market get tossed into wall-mounted wire baskets she found curbside. At bedtime, she goes from a landing she stencilled in a mosaic pattern to stairs she stencilled with numerals. “We used gas pipes to create the handrail,” says Edwina. WALL PAINT, Chantilly Lace OC-65, Benjamin Moore. STAIR RAISERS PAINT, Coal Black, Fusion Mineral Paint.
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