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OF ALL THE SEASONS, I find the winds of change are most apparent in autumn. We move from the outdoor living we enjoyed all summer to the confines of our wonderful homes where the rituals and past-times of fall begin. Autumn is the perfect time for us to inspect the different rooms in our homes and decide whether it’s time for a change to mirror the changes going on outside or whether we are comfortable with the way things are. For those of you seeking that change, my hope is that Toronto Home has become an invaluable resource. It has been one year since the launch of our beloved magazine. It has been a wonderful ride and true pleasure being Toronto Home’s publisher. We have brought you into some of the finest homes Toronto has on display. To the dozens of homeowners who granted us a glimpse into their lives, we thank you. For those of you who buy our product on the newsstands, we will continue to increase our distribution to accommodate you. To the supportive advertisers who gave us our start, we thank you for your confidence. To my production team and family, I would like to say thank you for all your hard work and dedication. I am inspired by each of you. I am also pleased to announce changes at the top of our masthead. Please welcome Bryan Demchinsky, our new editor and chief, and Phillipa Rispin, associate editor. Bryan was formerly the Business editor at the Montreal Gazette, and Phillipa, or Pippa as she’s known to her friends and colleagues, is an much experienced and accomplished writer and editor. Finally to you, the readers, I thank you for your patronage of our product. I value your thoughts and want to stay connected, so please contact me with your story ideas or if you would like us to profile your home. I love receiving your emails and tweets, since I feel like I am given a pulse on how you feel. Without further ado, I present our second Toronto Home fall issue.
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SUSAN KELLY Susan Kelly, who wrote our bathroom design feature, likes to think of herself as a “word stylist.” “A life without style is unthinkable,” she says, “and it was exciting to speak with these experts for an inside look at the trends.” She has written about topics relating to home décor, beauty and fashion for more than 15 years. Her work has appeared in many Canadian publications, including Postmedia newspapers and Flare magazine.
JASMINE MILLER National Magazine Award winner Jasmine Miller writes about design, personal finance, beauty and parenting, among other topics. Her work has appeared in Elle Canada, More Canada, Chatelaine and Canadian Living among other publications. Of her story in this issue, Something Finer Near Spadina, she says “Sometimes designers make beautiful, arresting choices that don’t have anything to do with how their clients live – or how anyone would live, really. But the show-stoppers Laura Stein wove into Jody and Jamie’s house are impressive because they’re so real-world, but still personal and quirky. A chocolate coloured ceiling? Come on, that’s just excellent.”
KATHRYN GREENAWAY When Kathryn Greenaway talked to designer Lisa Stevens about working on a downtown Toronto penthouse, she discovered the fun of mixing the cheeky with the sophisticated. Then Kathryn talked to 3tok Design’s Kathy Daukant about the challenges of blending both contemporary and traditional design into a gracious home makeover in Richmond Hill. Kathryn has been writing about entertainment, lifestyles for 23 years. Before that, she spent a decade dancing with Ballet de Montréal Eddy Toussaint. She’s made a practice of falling in love with beautiful homes for as long as she can remember.
VALERIE HOWES As a French Lit student in her native Scotland, Valerie Howes took every opportunity to cross the English Channel, whether for a weekend trip to Strasbourg or a summer cleaning hotel rooms in Provence. No surprise then that she was smitten with the house in “French Rustic.” With its painted shutters, Monet gardens and dainty pea gravel, it made her want to get on the Internet and search Toronto-Paris flights. Her favourite thing about the spa-inspired home in her second story “Rosedale Hideaway”: the decadent bathtub that fills from the ceiling.
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4. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS The Aristides has the bearing of a classic uptown club chair, but is infused with a hip downtown spirit. A stylish accent in teal leather with silver studs, the chair measures 34 inches by 34 inches by 40 ½ inches. Make it your own by choosing custom fabrics and leather, $1,699. ——— Decorium 363 Supertest Rd., Toronto www.decorium.com 416-736-6120 ~ 1-800-232-2267
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1. PUT YOUR FEET UP Comely and comfortable, the Setai TS lounger and ottoman by Lisa Taylor Designs offers an elegant nook to curl up in with your favourite Fall read. Framed with solid Canadian maple, both pieces can be upholstered in a wide variety of fabrics or leather. Prices are $1,428 (ottoman), and $2,868 (lounger) – fabrics not included. ——— Chair Source 8305 Jane St. Unit 4, Concord www.chairsource.ca 905-761-8790
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COUNTRY LIVING IN THE CITY
Breathtaking views from Rosedale ravine BY JOHN GRIFFIN PHOTOGRAPHY BRANDON BARRÉ STYLING LAURIE CLARK
The deck of this Joe Brennan-designed house appears to float over the ravine, but there’s a subtle glass railing to prevent visitors from doing the same. Furniture is by Dedon.
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Architect/builder Joe Brennan credits landscape architect Walter Kehm with creating an entrance “that immediately relaxes your shoulders and brings a sense of peace.”
“It’s a walk to everything – Yonge Street is 10 minutes away, yet it feels as if it’s in the country.”
JOE BRENNAN DESIGNS AND BUILDS HOUSES for a rarefied clientele whose idea of value for money begins at a rather more elevated level than the average home owner. For thirty-five years, Brennan and his company, Brennan Custom Homes, Inc., have crafted hundreds of residences in Canada, the United States and the Bahamas at prices ranging between $5 million and north of $50 million. He maintains offices in Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida, and has no particular reason to get excited about a place he put up for clients in Toronto, even if it was located on the ravine overlooking the Rosedale Golf Club. Yet he is saying the 17-room, 7,500-square-foot house was “fantastic to build,” praising the site as “country living in the city,” and the clients for their decision to make the most of the prime location by turning a good part of their attention to outdoor living spaces. •
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Who knew the heart of a house could be open to nature? Fireplace, terrace propane heater and underfloor heating extend the porch’s season from April to November, and longer for the brave. A push of a button drops screens into place during bug season. Brown Ostrich pillows by Snob of Carlaw Avenue in Toronto.
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“It’s unusual for clients in Toronto to want an outdoor room.’’ He waxes poetic about a design element as seemingly simple as a screened porch. O.K., not simple and not exactly a screened porch. “It’s unusual for clients in Toronto to want an outdoor room,’’ he says. They did and he rose to the challenge of maximizing the time they could spend there. There is a fireplace, a propane terrace heater and radiant heating under a slate floor. More important, from an architecture-wonk perspective, are the 24-foot window walls on three sides, with screens that rise and fall with the push of a button and the glass railing that prevents those enjoying the stunning view from falling into it. “Screens are ugly,” he admits, “but not as ugly as they used to be. And they keep out the mosquitoes. Also, they tend to keep things warmer when they’re down.” In prime bug months, the screens are secured. For much of the extended April to November season the family enjoys in this room, however, it is open to the elements yet protected. It is the clients’ pride and joy, and Brennan’s, too. “The clients bought the lot, and we designed and built on it,” he recalls. “But there were hurdles to be cleared.” He had to get the design past the local conservation authority, and take into consideration the cul-de-sac lot, set-back requirements and the fact it was surrounded by the natural world on three sides. Then there was the small issue of an existing house on the lot. •
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Guests have a tendency to hang around the living room (opposite), with its peaceful air. Furniture is “from all over” says designer John Shields. The brace of “well-used’’ bridal trousseau cabinets is Chinese 18th century, with patina to match. Other furnishings, including ostrich pillows and ceramic birds, by Snob of Toronto. Working kitchen, with table and chairs from South Hill Homes features a counter of blue Lagos limestone. Coffee cups with wood saucers and ceramic apple (on shelf) by Snob.
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The master bedroom has the leafy tranquillity of a tree house. The bed hails from Studio B. The master bedroom’s private seating area features chairs from Baker Furniture and an oxidized metal fireplace surround. Teal silk pillow with silver beading by Snob on Carlaw Avenue.
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No problem. “We took it down to the footing and started over.” Brennan and company built the indoor and outdoor living spaces, did the finishes using wenge wide-plank f looring, mahogany, white oak, and slate. They installed a home theatre, gym, spa, swimming pool with bar, steam and sauna rooms, a dining room with adjoining wine cellar (another Brennan favourite), a kitchen with limestone floor and maple cabinetry, and French doors out to the porch of choice. With Brennan’s work done, the clients called in their favourite interior designer, John Shields, and favourite landscape architect, Walter Kehm. “The location is beautiful,” enthuses Shields, who put almost three years into the project so his clients could move into a home that was ready for them. “It’s a walk to everything – Yonge Street is ten minutes away, yet it feels as if it’s in the country. My clients must have looked at every ravine lot in the city before finding it.” He raves about the living room off the front door. “There are three sets of French doors on each side. it’s like a Zen garden room. The landscape architect and myself were on the same wavelength. There’s a seamless inside/outside feeling to the place.” •
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Says interior designer John Shields of the master bath, with its leafy views and blue crystal marble floor, “it’s so Zen-y, it’s unbelievable.�
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High-rise condo in club district is a cut above BY KATHRYN GREENAWAY PHOTOGRAPHY BRANDON BARRÉ STYLING LISA STEVENS
Lisa Stevens gives a soaring, grey, tile-clad shaft visual interest by installing the flat-screen television sets in both the living room and the master bedroom asymmetrically. A steel “les forets” side table is by Ligne Roset through Kiosk, the Roll & Hill floor lamp by Hollace Cluny and a Moroso chair by Nienkamper. Stevens adds pops of colour with cushions by Maharam fabrics.
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The entrance hallway features Lisa Steven’s favourite lighting fixture in the penthouse – a pendant with hand-blown glass globes, designed by Lindsey Adelman (Hollace Cluny). All custom millwork in the entry hall and powder room, including sliding door to main-floor washroom, is designed by Lisa Stevens & Co. and built by Lee and Tom Campbell of Interiorize Inc.
TORONTO NATIVE LES TOMLIN thought he knew the city by heart. Then, on a whim, he took a look at a two-level penthouse on the 34th and 35th floors of a condo tower being built in the downtown club district. “They took me up to the top before the building was even finished,” the television producer says. “I had to wear a safety harness. I’ve lived in Toronto all my life, but I’d never seen the city from that vantage point. It was incredible.” Les had been looking for a rental property, but that view changed his mind and he bought the 1060 square-foot condo, with its 379 square-feet of terrace space, from plans. Then he hired designer Lisa Stevens to create his dream haven. “The first time I met Lisa we connected,” Les says. “She just got me. That connection is critical to the success of a design project.” They talked about his extensive travels, his appreciation of the luxury boutique hotels he’s visited all over the world, and they talked about Toronto’s hip and sophisticated nightlife. Les waited for over a year for the building to be finished and the design work to be done before moving in Christmas, 2011. Les has taken full advantage of the clement summer weather and stunning views by entertaining on the spacious main-floor terrace, furnished with lounge chairs, a sectional couch and a dining table for six. •
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“I spend a lot of my time in Miami, so it’s a nice tie-in to that part of my life.”
The main floor washroom is another talking point in the penthouse. The Fuoco panel, which features images of people sitting in opera boxes at Teatro La Scala in Milan, is by Trove Wallcovering (purchased through Industrial Storm). The custom vanity in the main floor washroom is designed by Lisa Stevens & Co. and built by Lee and Tom Campbell of Interiorize Inc.
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He negotiated the kitchen details with the builder, but Lisa tweaked things by adding a second row of cabinets and replacing the original, compact island with a more spacious piece, designed by Lisa Stevens & Co., which provides a larger dining surface (all counters Caesarstone quartz). Guests sit on Hudson stools designed by Philippe Starck for Emeco. Two ultra-modern, polished-nickel collar lights (tpl) wrap around a corner of an adjacent column. “The lighting throughout the penthouse is very interesting,” Lisa says. “Les wanted an led lighting system installed behind all the windows’ sheers. When the music is on, the colours change. I laughed when he first suggested it, but it was the right design choice. It reflects life in the club district.” “The (lighting) effect at night is very Miami-esque,” Les says. “I spend a lot of my time in Miami, so it’s a nice tie-in to that part of my life.” The original banister on the staircase was replaced with a glass-panel rail to allow for a free flow of light, and a storage cupboard under the staircase was removed to open up the living room. Lisa used a grey-flannel, tufted chaise that Les had already purchased as her inspiration for the living room’s well-tailored aesthetic. She complemented her custom-designed sleek sofa and storage cabinetry – which includes a sleek piece housing a bio-fuel fireplace –with a steel “les forets” side table, a Roll & Hill f loor lamp and a Moroso chair. Then she added pops of colour with cushions and a Paul Smith carpet with an almost hallucinatory wave design. “I was hesitant about her choice (of carpet) in the beginning,” Les says. “But, in the end, it’s the first ‘wow’ piece people notice.” The second “wow” moment for visitors is most often the main-floor powder room, accessed off the front hallway under the glow of a Lindsey Adelman ceiling pendant with handblown glass bulbs. Sliding open the custom door reveals a Fuoco panel – it looks like wallpaper – covered with images of people seated in opera boxes at Teatro La Scala in Milan. •
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“It’s fun in an urbane sort of way,” Lisa says. “It’s a little cheeky. There’s a bit of wit. You have to have a sense of humour.” A sense of adventure helps when visiting the master bathroom on the second floor where Lisa blew up the original plans and went big. What makes the bathroom so unusual is that it is completely open to the master bedroom, with the Ove soaker tub sharing a raised platform with the glassed-in shower, both mere baby steps from the sleeping area. A frosted-glass door offers privacy for the toilet cabinet. “The original plans only had a tiny, condo-type shower and a small closet,” Lisa says. “Les wanted a free-standing soaker tub and he has an extensive wardrobe, so I gave him twelve feet of closet space fitted with all sorts of extras, including an area for the washer and dryer and pull-out laundry hampers.” A Hans Wegner shell chair and a trio of Tube pendant lights share the bedroom area with a media cabinet, bed, nightstand and bench, all designed by Lisa Stevens & Co. “Les is a young guy who travels a lot, sees great hotels and is really plugged in,” Lisa says. “We wanted to create a hotel vibe in his home pad. It’s a masculine, sculpted space with a hit of fun.” • Lisa Stevens & Co. designed the bed, bench, side table and media unit for the master bedroom. The trio of black Tube pendant lights (Design Within Reach) adds drama to the master bedroom’s restrained colour palette.
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Family goes for a heavy Gallic accent to do justice to the magnificence of Georgian Bay BY VALERIE HOWES PHOTOGRAPHY BRANDON BARRÉ STYLING LAURIE CLARK
Landscaping by Earth Inc. gives the grounds of this Georgian Bay property the structured elegance of French chateau gardens.
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Monet-inspired flower gardens feature every bloom from lavender to roses to begonia. The repurposed barn beam structure along the curving pathway helps make the property feel centuries old. Simple horizontal lines help keep the focus on the surrounding scenery. Lanterns in the garden, rather than in-built lighting in the walls, create soft, lowkey lighting for a gentle, rural feel.
“We mimicked France, but still wanted to keep the vernacular of Georgian Bay.”
INSPIRED BY HOUSES AND GARDENS they saw on vacations in the southwest of France, a Barrie family wanted to inject Gallic character into their second home, a 10-acre property near their horse farm in Collingwood. It took a little nudging at first to get local workers into old-world mode. Landscape designer James Dale, co-owner of Earth Inc. designed landscapes, recalls the instructions given to the stonemason as he toiled on 250 feet of natural stone walls: “You’re trying too hard. Have a couple of glasses of wine, then just throw the mortar on; don’t bother to smooth it.” The end result: an instant timeworn French rustic effect, which defines the property from the moment you turn onto the curving gravel driveway. “We mimicked France, but still wanted to keep the vernacular of Georgian Bay,” says Dale. The stone for walls and the puzzle-shaped walkway slabs was all sourced from Owen Sound. The pergola by the dining area was made from old barn timbers and the porch decking repurposed from fence posts on the homeowners’ farm. One exception was the colourful pea gravel in the outdoor dining area. The family had fallen in love with the stuff at French bistros and wanted the real deal. •
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“Before, you couldn’t even tell there was a beautiful pond down there.” Natural decorative elements such as driftwood and a basket of apples tie the interior of the sunroom with the outdoors.
The grand-scale house sits high on a hill overlooking the escarpment and Georgian Bay. “Before, you couldn’t even tell there was a beautiful pond down there,” says Dale, who suggested cutting down the section of forest that initially obstructed the sweeping views. “I took the client upstairs to see what they were missing out on from the bedroom window, because at first he thought the idea was crazy.” After clear-cutting that area, the team planted 200 conifers at the front of the house to create a foreground that would act as a wind block and barrier to snowdrift from the road. Dale’s team also planted thousands of perennials in different colours -among them lavender, oriental poppies and hydrangeas - to flower from spring until late fall. “My wife wanted it to look like a Monet out there,” says the homeowner. The garden is just a year old now, but within three years it will mature and show its full glory. For contrast, there’s also a formal low-structured parterre garden at the back. “It gives a chateau feel, when you’re looking over the meadows from the house,” says the homeowner. Since the gardens wrap around the house and are visible from every window, it was important to make them look good from all perspectives. The materials of the planters and urns all tie in with the wood used for the interior cabinetry, and the height and placement of individual elements were planned to optimize views. When the family first took possession of the home, it was decorated in Cape Cod style. They replaced the kitchen and bathrooms as well as the location of some walls and stairways. Stripped back to studs, the walls were repainted in creams. The oak floors got the whitewash treatment, and outside, soft grey shutters were hung. Those were custom-made by artist and designer Bruce Bateman, owner of Bateman Furniture. He used red cedar for durability; the design, with classic fleur-de-lys hinges, was based on pictures snapped in the Pyrenees. •
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“It gives a chateau feel, when you’re looking over the meadows from the house.” The painting of the woman by the door made the homeowners think of a French widow having a glass of wine and cigarette, when they spotted it at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie. The cockerels on the coffee table lend Gallic charm.
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Custom cabinetry in the kitchen is by Bateman Furniture. It’s colour-matched with the wood outside for good flow. Visible from the living room, the kitchen fireplace (opposite) is a focal point on the lower level of the home. The rustic look of the dining room chairs creates interesting contrast with the ornate dining table.
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The furniture the homeowners brought in is a mix of new, custom and antique pieces, although the vast majority was sourced at Restoration Hardware. “When we were buying, they had a French country theme going on, so the timing was perfect,” says the homeowner. Downstairs, an entire wing is set aside for guests. The king-size metal bed in the main room is repeated in the children’s room where four matching metal twin beds are lined up. “We wanted it to be like the storybook, where Madeline and all her friends slept in a row,” says the homeowner. The master bathroom was done by Peckham d’Olivat Construction with fixtures from Bathworks in Barrie and custom cabinetry and mirror by Bateman Furniture. A relatively tight space with a small cubby hole-like window, it needed a rather vertical, round tub to keep a sense of airiness. Days begin and end in the sun porch, where the family - and sometimes friends from the local equestrian community - lounge on the cast aluminum seating from Restoration Hardware’s outdoor collection. The songbird cushions, an inexpensive find at a Thornbury garden centre, brighten up the space. “We drink coffee and read the papers here in the morning,” says the homeowner, “and in the evening, we sit and talk about the horse farm, while our girls are outside with friends. We can see them playing in the fields.” •
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Casual meals happen in the kitchen, also fitted out by Bateman. “Bruce came to our property twice, bringing ideas we’d never have thought of,” says the homeowner. He moved and expanded the island, creating a huge marble-topped workspace with room for four stools. When guests visit, everyone eats at the more formal dining room table. Bateman built the dark-topped piece with its elegantly curving legs, inspired by pictures from a French interiors magazine. The suspended lighting comes from Restoration Hardware; while it looks like rows of real wax candles, the piece is actually electric. In the living room, the original white stucco fireplace was refaced with old French stone, colour-matched with the garden walls. The floral paintings in this room also repeat the colours of the blooms outside, creating an overall sense of harmony. When the family is not here, they’re at their Frank Loyd Wright-designed property on Lake Simcoe, so they get to enjoy the best of both worlds. “We love going from modern to this French country house,” says the homeowner. “It’s a nice transition.” •
“We love going from modern to this French country house. It’s a nice transition.”
A cheeky Eiffel Tower by and Parisian cushions brings French chic into the master bedroom (opposite). The children’s bedroom is a warm and charming space thanks to Provençal-style patchwork duvets. The antique look of the leather lounger chair creates interesting contrasts with the chrome accents in the office.
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URBAN LOCALE – NATURAL FIT
An oasis at King and Bathurst BY JULIE BARLOW PHOTOGRAPHY BRANDON BARRÉ STYLING SARAH KEENLEYSIDE AND SKYLA MEDEIROS
Sarah Keenleyside’s goal was to create a space with light and clean lines, then adorn it with soothing, natural finishings in Brien Hayes’s and Sabrina Song’s downtown home. She took the living room’s sectional sofa to a local millworker to have the original cherry-coloured wood sanded down and re-stained a darker hue.
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For the tub deck, Keenleyside chose actual teak boat decking for its water-resistant qualities. The bathroom’s floor has natural stone Bluestone tiles with an inlay of Moonstone tiles, both from Saltillo Tile Imports. All countertops are quartz. Keenleyside decided to build the faucets into the mirror. “It was a happy design accident,” she says. The bathroom’s twin hammered nickel sinks are made by Native Trails. She found the translucent lotus capiz lamps at Roost, in Toronto. “They are like beautiful blossoms.” The shower doubles as a steam room. “It’s my favourite place in the house,” says Keenleyside.
“Nature is probably the greatest designer of all.”
IT WAS SOMETHING OF A SURPRISING CHOICE for a couple who spend their days crafting slick, high-tech environments. When it came to remodeling their own home, the co-founders of the commercial design firm Envision Sales Inc. decided to follow the laws of nature. “Nature is probably the greatest designer of all,” says Brien Hayes. When Hayes and Sabina Song began looking for a new home, they wanted an escape close to their office, not a dash into the wild. Two years ago, the couple bought a downtown townhouse at the intersection of King Street West and Bathurst Street. “We wanted a balance, a space that had a kind of intensity, but that was also restful, a place where the eye can be calmed,” says Hayes. Their dream was to create a dwelling with light and clean lines, then adorn it with soothing, natural finishings. To do that, Hayes and Song turned to Sarah Keenleyside, a former employee at their design firm who had just set out on her own. “We came to respect Sarah’s sensibility around space planning and finishes. We trusted her to manage the details,” says Hayes. •
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In the bedroom, Keenleyside chose tufted velvet for a headboard to match the tone of the stone focus wall. Nickel-plated pendant drop lamps, made in Egypt, are from Snob, in Toronto. A balcony roof window from Velux looks like a skylight, but opens up for a view of the CN Tower.
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Song and Hayes wanted an open, modern feel. “From our travels, we got a taste for opening up our house,” says Sabina. “We like to get the air moving through the space. We like to see the street walk by.” Working with a preliminary design from Van Elslander Carter Architects (Gordon Muma was construction manager), Keenleyside’s f irst move was to gut the 1,300-square-foot space and create an open area over three f loors. “It was part of a complex built in the ’70s. It was typical family-style townhouse with little rooms.” The next step was to bring in the light. The original townhouse’s southern exposure wall had no windows, so Keenleyside added four new windows there, including floor-to-ceiling NanaWalls on the first and second floors. Keenleyside then created a focal wall to link the three open floors, and covered it with ErthCoverings lava stone. “It’s a honed stone, as opposed to polished. I tried to keep the palette natural, and keep the lines clean and modern so they bring personality to the space and the space doesn’t force personality on them.” With limited space, functionality was key for Hayes and Song. “They wanted their home to be a stage that could really morph into whatever they needed, from an intimate gathering to a huge party,” says Keenleyside, who scouted the city and the web for furniture that would suit the couple’s lifestyle. One find was a European-designed Goliath dining table. “You can take out all the leaves and pack it together to make it 17 inches deep, like a buffet console, then you can extend it to 115 inches for a 12-person dining table. “One person can do it!” “I took nature as my jumping off point,” says Keenleyside. Everything is wood, stone, water and natural marbles. I added as much greenery as I could.” She had cabinetry custom made in American walnut. “Its horizontal grain gives it a more modern take.” But in her quest for natural finishings, Keenleyside occasionally hit stumbling blocks. “The owners wanted radiant f loor heating, but that’s not compatible with hardwood floors,” says Keenleyside. •
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For the fireplace, the designer created a “modern version of a mantle” using porcelain tile for a “concrete column” look. She added tiny LED lights along the steps of the custom made, solid ash stair.
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The solution was engineered hardwood, in this case a veneer of real wood covering a manmade core. “It doesn’t expand and contract the way natural wood would.” The couple took openness to the extreme, creating a walk-in bathroom on the second floor – or more accurately, a “walk-through,” since it’s an obligatory passage on the way to the master bedroom. It’s even visible from the stairs through a frosted glass wall. “For the bathroom we wanted an open, spa-like environment,” says Hayes. “You can’t overstate how much value the open bathroom adds to everyday living. It’s a serene feeling that really starts the day.” Hayes and Song had no second thought about how the ultra-open lifestyle would go over with guests – there’s a powder room elsewhere. “No one takes showers during a party!” says Keenleyside. Keenleyside also drew on her own wide travelling for ideas, including lessons she learned about wood in Bali. “In the washroom I switched from walnut to teak. You see a lot of teak used in Southeast Asia. It’s used in wet climates because it’s resilient to moisture.” To add greenery, Keenleyside built two interior gardens. A first, under the stairs, has plants in charcoal grey planters that rest on dark river rock to match the stone wall. “The rocks look like pebbles from the wall.” The second garden, an all-season herb garden in the window of the kitchen, was inspired by a change in Sabina’s life. After 15 years at Envision Sales Inc., she returned to school to study holistic nutrition. Then, just as Song was ready to get down to work in her new kitchen – equipped with top-of-the-line appliances including a Sub-Zero fridge and Wolf stove – the paradox struck her. “Brien and I started a raw-food diet around the time we bought the townhouse. We were moving into this fantastic kitchen with a wonderful stove, and not cooking anything!” says Song. Song and Hayes dropped the diet when they moved in to their new home. And that might have been the only moment in their redesign when design truly trumped nature. •
Keenleyside added two sinks, a double in front of a window herb garden, and a second bar sink with a glass cover that can extend kitchen counter space when needed (left). A long mirror-covered cabinet masks stacked washer and dryer. “You have to come up with these tricks when you are working with a limited space,” says Keenleyside.
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“Modern décor by nature relies on natural materials to add warmth and personality and textural interest to the design.”
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BATHROOMS ARE BIG – LITERALLY. Not only is it increasingly essential to create a show-stopping, elegant oasis, but architects and home builders are allocating more space than ever to these spa-like rooms. “As life gets more complicated, a place where we can be unplugged, away from emails and phone calls, becomes even more important,” says Glen Peloso, principal at Glen Peloso Interiors. In past decades the space devoted to the bathroom was relatively small, says this expert who has appeared as featured designer on W Network’s Take This House and Sell It! Now Peloso finds it’s not uncommon for a homeowner to sacrifice half of a spare bedroom in the name of a master bath expansion project. It takes extra square footage, after all, to accommodate the standalone spa tub, separate glass-enclosed shower, plus enough storage to ensure uncluttered enjoyment – the minimum accoutrements of today’s bathrooms. “The experience of going to a spa is no longer exotic,” says Peloso. Spas were once a vacation splurge, but urban spas have brought the experience to our doorsteps, making the joys of heat and steam close to hand. “It was a logical next step to want to recreate some of that experience in our own homes.” And thanks to new technologies and installation techniques, we can. Design experts say that personalizing the bathroom is the biggest bathroom trend today. Yet how to do that when the vogue is toward streamlined and contemporary bathrooms? “Modern décor by nature relies on natural materials to add warmth and personality and textural interest to the design,” says Francesco Di Sarra, founder and president of Capoferro, which specializes in the design and project management of architectural homes. What’s in: Di Sarra’s clients are moving away from floor and wall tiles to slabs of marble or limestone. When cut and reassembled in the bath, it gives the impression of uninterrupted flow of rock face and allows the full effect of any natural veining. Wood for flooring and even walls is a growing trend, with the adventurous going for zebra wood, with walnut, cherry and ebony also strong contenders. •
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“The overall trend is to have clean, uncomplicated lines, adding textural interest with the wood finish.”
Di Sarra’s clients are also experimenting with shower enclosures made of two-way mirror. The person in the shower can easily see out into the room, while anyone entering the bathroom will see only his silhouette. Wall-mounted mirrors may conceal televisions or led lighting installed behind them, until they are turned on and shine through. “It keeps the technology hidden but also allows, say, a gentleman to see himself while shaving and catching the latest televised business or sports news out of the corner of his eye,” says Di Sarra. The cool elegance of Carrara marble is “hot, hot, hot,” says Pauline Nowak, principal at Neff Kitchens and Custom Cabinetry. It is in strong demand for everything from the bathroom sink and countertops to floor and wall tiles. Carrera marble was once associated only with traditional interiors, but contemporary applications for this stone are more inventive and prevalent than before – understandable, given that marble comes in shades of grey, which continues its dominance as the go-to neutral colour. And, if you move into quartz countertops or tiles, or a swank new European laminate, there are also many shades of grey to choose from. “When used in bath décor, any grey will have a warm undertone,” says Nowak, “and, conversely, warm colours such as beige or cream with a slight grey undertone are what is new and modern.” Textured wood for bathroom cabinetry, especially cut oak and walnut is becoming very important. So is liming, which gives a bleached, almost whitewashed finish to wood while letting the natural tone come through. “The overall trend is to have clean, uncomplicated lines,” she says, “adding textural interest with the wood finish.” •
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“Elevating fixtures and cabinetry makes the floor appear to go on forever, and the look is clean and very contemporary.”
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ON-THE-WALL STYLE One important trend is on rather than off the wall: “Floating fixtures – that is, wall-mounted toilet, sink, vanity or shower column – seem to be the hottest trend now,” says Pierre Descoteaux, chief executive officer of PierDeco Design. “Elevating fixtures and cabinetry makes the floor appear to go on forever, and the look is clean and very contemporary.” A combination of plumbing run discreetly behind walls plus sophisticated mounting mechanisms makes this trend possible, creating a design revolution. Among the many floating options at PierDeco: designer Antonio Bullo’s KAPA or SHIFT lines of fixtures, all wall-mounted, for Plavisdesign. Another trend is fixtures that have multiple functions yet keep the mechanisms hidden. Some shower heads have embedded led lights with a range of colours for those who are into chromotherapy, scented oils for a little aromatherapy, and built-in speakers for music from personalized playlists.
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Pierdeco’s AquaMassage shower column provides everything from an overhead rain shower head to massaging jets for aching back muscles, all in one sleekly designed unit. “When my adult son moved out, this shower column is the one thing he said he couldn’t live without,” Descoteaux says. His offspring is not alone in a fascination with high-tech and multifunction bathroom fixtures, according to Anthony Gaudio, general manager of Amati Canada, specialists in this area. “There are more options than ever to help create an in-home tropical oasis,” he says. Many toilets today can be programmed for each user, remembering their preferences in streaming music, seat temperature, and whether or not they use the integrated bidet and massage function. The Regio toilet by Inax even opens and shuts the seat automatically – no more his-her argument-inducing habits – and, in the dark, the bowl is illuminated with a soft, guiding light. •
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You may not need or want all those features. But even the simplest shower these days will have a programmable control panel. “It allows you to personalize your shower so that it remembers, say, that the lady of the house prefers a gentle mist while her husband goes for a drenching rain,” Gaudio says. “Inset into the wall, it can also help control water flow for those who are concerned with conservation.” Beyond gadgetry, everyone is splashing out more for custom touches for the bathroom, says Anastasia Rentzos, a certified kitchen and bathroom designer with Andros Kitchen & Bath Designs. “Unique taps are in high demand,” she says. “People want all the added touches to be distinctive.” And chrome is the metal of choice to add some extra shine to taps, soap dishes and other finishing flourishes. Another way to carve distinctive style: wall niches. It could be as simple as cutting an inset into a shower wall to instantly eliminate the clutter that is anathema to contemporary design. Easy to install, the niche helps keep products in their place. The typical size is 14 inches x 14 inches, but many people opt for a custom size. Niches may be any shape, from round to rectangular. They can hold sculptures or other decorative objects, or open shelving for more storage. “Because they leave the flat plane of the wall surface intact, they help create a feeling of spaciousness,” says Rentzos.
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When it comes to tiling the whole bathroom, more homeowners are willing to go for the bold in their colour choices, according to Chad Wright, sales manager of The Tile Store. They gravitate towards his wall displays of glass mosaic tiles in lime green, vibrant orange or cobalt blue. “They no longer talk themselves out of it and into a safe neutral palette, worrying about resale value,” he says. “They’re more interested in going with what they really like, with what makes them happy.” They’re going big when it comes to floor tiles, with 18 x 36 inches and 12 x 24 inches now standard, and many tiles now come in 36 inches or larger. This approach is especially appropriate for contemporary bathroom design, since the larger the tile the fewer the seams, making a less-interrupted sweep of colour and texture. “Even in smaller washrooms, large-format tiles are becoming the norm,” Wright says. “The floor must be prepared perfectly, though. It’s very important to get the right contractor.” All in all, when it comes to the modern bathroom, it seems living large is the best revenge. •
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Heritage house on cul-de-sac gets a top-to-bottom makeover BY VALERIE HOWES PHOTOGRAPHY BRANDON BARRÉ STYLING SUSAN ROGERS
Barbara Barry seating with clean lines brings balance into the living room, contrasting with the traditional fireplace.
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The couple wanted the kitchen to have an industrial feel yet still have it work with the classic pieces in neighbouring rooms.
PETER HOUSLEY LIVES WITH HIS PARTNER, Andy Best, and their dog, Madeline, on a little culde-sac backing onto Rosedale’s ravine lands. “It’s always amazing to find these streets,” marvels Housley. “You’re just one kilometre from Yonge and Bloor, yet you think you’re in the country.” Housley, who works in telecommunications, and Best, a consultant and former developer, bought the two-storey 1909 property five years ago. They stripped it down to the bones in order to restore it, with the help of designer Darrin Cohen and builder James Carruthers, as a dreamy spa-like space.
“You’re just one kilometre from Yonge and Bloor, yet you think you’re in the country.”
“We essentially built the whole house around the master bathroom,” says Housley. With its warm travertine feature wall and sombre granite f loors, the minimalist room gives centre stage to a glass-sided steam shower and a six-foot tub, which is filled by a stream of water that f lows dramatically from the ceiling above. These features are visible from the master bedroom through French doors. “It’s an inviting place to shower, and that view pulls you out of bed when you wake up in the morning,” says Cohen. •
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“Everything is more interesting when there are surprises.�
Peter Housley has an interesting collection of glassware on display in various rooms; here the tall, mottled orange flower vase ties in with the sculptural lemon yellow light fixture.
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A coral rug on the dark custom-lacquered hardwood floor creates warmth in the dining room. French doors lead to the back deck, where Housley and Best go to fire up their grill – even in winter.
Not that the master bedroom isn’t a cosy place to linger. It started out as a cavernous space, which Cohen advised the couple to make more intimate by introducing into the bathroom two concealed wall-to-wall closets and cushioned window benches for relaxing and reading. To keep things airy, they kept the impressive high vaulted ceilings, drawing attention to them with a seven-foot custom Naugahyde headboard and Swarovski-crystal-detailed light fixture with tiny flame-like flickering bulbs. Like all of the lighting in this home, the sparkling statement piece comes from Eurolite. The brown, orange and pale turquoise details in the wool blankets, cushions and bedding are grounding, masculine touches in the room made otherwise ethereal with its cream, white and soft grey scheme. “It’s very much a Darrin Cohen signature colour experience here,” says Housley. Downstairs on the main f loor, Cohen opened up the space for the couple to facilitate entertaining. In a former life, the galley kitchen was for staff. Where the sink is now, there used to be a door leading to a stairwell that went directly upstairs, but there was no direct access to the dining and living rooms. When the walls were taken down, it became the heart of the home. •
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The couple wanted the kitchen to have an industrial feel yet still have it work with the classic pieces in neighbouring rooms. “This is where we give Darrin a super A-plus,” says Housley. The designer helped strike the right balance by bringing in marble flooring, dark exotic hardwood cabinetry, 28 linear feet of Caesarstone quartz worktops and stainless steel appliances. The Capital six-burner gas range was designed by an engineer from the auto industry, hence its impressive bulk. The fridge is Sub-Zero – “the gold standard,” says Housley – and the dishwasher, Bosch – “one of the quietest on the market.” Softening the masculine presence of the power appliances are pops of sunny colour: an elegant glass vase glowing at the window; a dramatic, curving Venetian blown-glass light fixture and a simple bowl of oranges. These warm touches make the kitchen inviting. The couple like to dine in here at their deli-style table when they’re not entertaining. The formal dining room is a well-proportioned space with sunshine streaming in from the windows and French doors. It has a romantic vibe at night when the black velvet drapes are drawn and the grey Murano glass light fixture casts soft light from above the table. “I love a square room to accommodate a round dining table,” says Housley. “A round table is so nice for conversation.” •
(Opposite) The centrepiece in the vestibule is a solid round Art Deco-style table. Its curves are repeated in the corner vase, crystal-ball lighting and simple flower arrangement. (This page) Housley bought the carved wood, three-legged stool at the bottom of the stairs in California; it works well with the sombre tones of the Egyptian mask painting by Will Fisk.
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“We essentially built the whole house around the master bathroom.”
The master bedroom leads both to an ensuite bathroom and a media room – an intimate space where the couple can relax and read, listen to music or watch TV.
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An image from an Italian architecture book becomes art once framed and placed on the ledge by the window in the master bathroom.
For Housley’s fortieth birthday, Best commissioned the striking lacquered painting on the back wall of this room by a friend, Frank Milo. On its textured layers of crimson paint, coffee grains and plaster are painted two tall stick figures. “It’s called Forever for Life, but the picture had been hanging for six months before Frank told us its name,” says Housley. Several other paintings – a hyperrealist pharaoh mask at the foot of the stairs, a Greek goddess and open hands in the living room – are by Will Fisk. They speak to Housley’s passion for ancient Egyptian and Greek art and artifacts. While the scale of the living room was challenging, a massive contemporary oatmeal-coloured sofa and three armchairs from Barbara Barry hold their own in there. Red, ochre and sage velvet and embroidered throw cushions make it feel cosy and provide continuity with the accent colours used throughout the house. The fireplace is original, only with a new gas fire installed inside for low-maintenance heating. One of the most dramatic changes to the property was the transformation of a sunroom into the front entrance and vestibule. Previously there was a discreet side entrance, but Cohen felt strongly that a property with such elegance and impact needed a grand entrance to set the tone. Mission accomplished? “I love walking in through this dreamy room with its sheer drapes and crystal balls hanging from the ceiling,” says Housley. “It’s such a nice welcome to our home.” •
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Family on the go uses space to good effect BY PHILLIPA RISPIN PHOTOGRAPHY GILLIAN JACKSON STYLING LYNDA FELTON
Two open-riser staircases feature prominently in the sightline from the front foyer. The main staircase is in the foreground and serves all three floors. The staircase in the background leads directly up to the master suite.
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“We were going to move originally to an area where the homes were much further apart.” HOW DO YOU COMBINE A FAMILY HOME of manageable size with a busy social life that involves entertaining scores of people at once? This home’s owner did it by thinking very carefully about how she lived and what she both needed and wanted, and then specifying exactly what that was to her architect and builder. The house was built 21 years ago, and she hasn’t changed it since. She’s active in the community and involved with various political, social, educational and healthcare organizations. “We’ve used this house a lot over the years,” she says, noting that the biggest event she hosted involved approximately 400 guests. “But we also used it for everything from family dinners to social gatherings, dinners and barbecues, as well as extended family dinners and barbecues, and then a lot of community events.” The 10,000-square-foot house and the garden in the Bayview-York Mills area sit on a quarter-acre lot. The homeowners cram many features into that space without making it feel, well, crammed. On the house’s main floor are the foyer, two powder rooms, central hall, living room, family room, formal dining room, kitchen and breakfast area, and laundry and mud room. Upstairs, there are four children’s bedrooms, with a full bathroom shared by every two rooms. There’s the master suite with fireplace, sitting area, small bathroom, his and hers dressing rooms, and a large, luxurious bathroom with sunken jetted tub and spacious walk-in shower. • Like much of the house, the main-floor powder room offers an interesting contrast in textures, in this case between the sleek sink surround and the Venetian mirror.
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Most of the public rooms on the ground floor are accessible from the large main hall, which is open to the living room. Floral arrangements by Quince Flowers.
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Downstairs there’s a playroom, quarters for the help and the garage. Outside at the front is a very short but wide semi-circular drive and parking space for seven cars; at the back a patio with hot tub, pool, outdoor kitchen, a grassy play area and a tennis court. That’s a lot of living in a small space. But why choose such a small lot? “We were going to move originally to an area where the homes were much further apart,” the homeowner says. “But we felt that it was important for the kids to be in a neighbourhood. In larger areas, you don’t have neighbours. This is a neighbourhood. Here they were able to go across the street, to the store, around the corner, and there were a lot of kids in the area that were of the same age.” The key to fitting everything into the relatively small space is two-fold. First, the rooms are not enormous; they’re just the right size for the purpose and carefully planned and furnished so that there’s no wasted space. Even outside, the patio has several levels and angles so that it seems larger than it is. The grassy area is smallish because the neighbourhood affords plenty of other play spaces for children. •
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“... we felt that it was important for the kids to be in a neighbourhood.”
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Abundant windowing throughout the house, including a large skylight in the centre, ensures that sunlight illuminates the home’s neutral palette.
Second, the house’s footprint is a fat little L, with the two arms of the L on the main floor meeting in an open hallway, roughly octagonal, that connects foyer, living room, main staircase and dining room. There are very few walls on that floor, and activities in one room can extend into the hall or foyer or an adjacent room without guests feeling cut off from each other. “I’ve had dinners for 50 people sitting here,” says the homeowner, gesturing to the hall and living room. “Open plan – that’s what I had in mind,” she says, remembering the planning and building process. “It became the reality as I had envisioned it. Everything is exactly the way I wanted it. Basically, you work together with [architect and builder] and you say, ‘Here are all the pieces of my puzzle. Could you put them together in the picture for me?’ Then they put them together… and then you redevelop it again into the picture that you better want.” One element in that picture was the staircases, both the main one leading up to the central hall on the second floor and down to the lower level, and the back staircase leading directly to the master suite’s sitting area. “I wanted an open staircase, a floating staircase as an architectural feature,” the homeowner recounts. “It’s a necessity, but I don’t like to walk into a house and all you see is staircase. In my opinion, it looks like a piece of architecture. And everything flows around. The doors open onto the backyard. I’ve had parties inside and out, where you can circulate around. “Another thing that I love about the house is that the light comes through no matter where you’re standing. This also was something that I insisted upon. It’s bright even on a dark day; I open up all the blinds and don’t have to turn on a light.” •
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An eclectic mix of styles holds sway in the living room, which gives onto both a side patio and the backyard terrace that leads to the pool. With the furniture rearranged, the homeowners can entertain large groups – nearly 400 people on one occasion.
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The home’s many windows are covered with blinds that can be adjusted remotely. “The beauty of this house is that you can control the light just walking around the house,” says the homeowner, demonstrating by flipping a switch. “I can take care of things as I walk by, which for me is very important.” Skylights also contribute to making the spaces seem larger than they are. Each child’s bedroom has a skylight. There’s a large one above the upstairs central hall, which is an atrium that allows light to penetrate to the main floor. The master bathroom has a large rectangular skylight that illuminates it even on a rainy day. In the kitchen, a wall of windows lets the light in. Surveying her home, the owner acknowledges that she, her husband, and their now grownup children have had a happy life there. “It’s gotten well used, not too abused, and we certainly had full pleasure and benefit out of it throughout all these years,” she says. “I feel that things worked out well.” •
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3 tok works its magic on Richmond Hill home BY KATHRYN GREENAWAY PHOTOGRAPHY BRANDON BARRÉ STYLING 3 TOK DESIGN
“Splurge when you can, save when you can,” 3 tok designer Kathy Daukant says. At right, a soaker tub in the master bathroom of a Richmond Hill home. A window seat was installed to maximize the use of an alcove created by the bathroom’s dormer window. Fabric by Robert Allen.
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A long counter was created as an area for the photographer wife to study her proofs and work on framing her photos. Stools from Bombay Co.
“What was lovely about the project is that it gave us an opportunity to work with different styles in each room.”
DESIGNERS KATHY DAUKANT AND TINA COSTA of 3 tok Design were asked to give portions of a gracious home in Richmond Hill, Ont. a soothing facelift. The owners of the 3,000 square-foot four-bedroom house wanted to refresh the home office, master suite, a bathroom for their teenage boys and a guest bathroom. “What was lovely about the project is that it gave us an opportunity to work with different styles in each room, from contemporary to classic to more traditional, and to work with different materials along the way,” Kathy says. The main-floor office was no longer being used by the husband, so the design duo transformed the masculine space with its dark wood wainscoting and carpeting into a bright and airy workspace for the wife, who is a photographer. The office’s existing oak floors, laid in a herringbone pattern, were refinished and the walls painted a refreshing Maryville Brown. The custom cabinetry – designed by 3 tok Design – was painted a crisp white. Deep drawers hold files and shallow cabinets behind the desk open to reveal recycling and garbage receptacles. •
(Opposite) The home office was remodeled for the wife. One of her extreme close-up photographs of leaves is on prominent display behind the Barbara Barry desk. The designers added a window seat during the makeover. Fabric by Robert Allen. Custom window treatment by Sun-Brite Drapery. All home-office accessories came from HomeSense.
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“We say ‘splurge where you can and save where you can’.” “We designed the long, built-in counter as a place where the wife could perch on a stool and study proofs or frame her photos,” Kathy says. The window seat is also their custom design. Built-in cabinets and shelving units were fabricated by GTA Custom Woodworking. Furnishings were kept to a minimum. An elegant desk by Barabra Barry (Studio B) sits on a zebra-striped carpet from Elte. The desk lamp and shelf accessories are from HomeSense. “We say ‘splurge where you can and save where you can’,” Kathy says. The wife’s photographs, including the extreme close-up of leaves covered with dewdrops hung behind the desk, were prominently displayed throughout the house. The classic feel of the master suite was accomplished with paint colour, fabric and furniture, but the designers also wanted to give the master a more efficient and less disruptive layout. A new door was installed in the wall separating the master ensuite from the walk-in closet. “The wife loved the new door because it meant her husband could get up early in the morning, shower and step into the walk-in closet and get dressed without disturbing her sleep,” Kathy says. What was previously a closet in the bedroom has been turned into a built-in entertainment unit with a comfy chaise facing it. The chair is now their favourite tv-watching piece of furniture, so it was given new life with fabric from Robert Allen and placed to face a custom entertainment unit built where the door to the closet once stood. Dark wood bedroom furniture anchored the room. •
Moving the toilet to another wall freed up space to create a spacious glassed-in shower for two, with marble-tile detailing and a custom double vanity and mirrors, fabricated by GTA Custom Woodworking. All fixtures are Zucchetti Bellagio. The owners already had the super-comfortable chaise in the master bedroom. It was given new life with fabric from Robert Allen. Furniture and bedding from Restoration Hardware.
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The designers gutted the master bathroom, moving the toilet from one side of the room to the other and enclosing it in a privacy cabinet. This freed up space for a glamorous, glassed-in shower for two with marble-tile detailing and a double vanity with marble counter. The owners had also requested a free-standing soaker tub. As it turned out, working with the space in the master bathroom and closet posed the biggest challenge for the designers. “The bathroom looks large, but both it and the closet have dormer windows that cut into the available space,” Kathy says. The designers maximized the use of the dormer-window alcoves by installing window seats. Step out of the master suite and into the three-piece bathroom for the teenage boys and things take on an entirely different design tone. “We wanted the boys’ bathroom to be more contemporary and masculine,” Kathy says. The custom vanity supports a Riverstone counter top comprised of rocks suspended in resin and a slick, rectangular vessel sink with a wall-mount faucet. The angular tiles used in the shower enclosure and on the floor are called Oblik and are sourced through Ciot. The guest bathroom swings in yet another design direction with its traditional, painted cabinetry, marble countertop and tile details and brushed bronze fixtures. The walls are painted a restful Bar Harbor Beige. Styles may vary from room to room but the overall effect of the two-room, three-bathroom makeover is harmonious and restful. “We tend to choose elements that we think will last – be timeless,” Kathy says. “The homeowners wanted something calm and soothing and we wanted our work to blend seamlessly with what they had done with the rest of the house.” •
The husband used the soaker tub (Kohler through Tub) more than the wife, so she had a flat-screen television installed for his enjoyment. The bathroom for the teenage boys (above right) has a contemporary, masculine feel with a Riverstone countertop and Oblik tiles on the floor and in the shower stall, both sourced through Ciot. The guest bathroom’s custom cabinetry (below right) is traditional in look.
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SOMETHING FINER NEAR SPADINA
Desirable location drives makeover BY JASMINE MILLER PHOTOGRAPHY BRANDON BARRÉ
“They are a young couple and this is their first house, so we didn’t want to break the bank, but we also didn’t want it to look skimpy or cheap,” says designer Laura Stein. “Our goal was gorgeous and luxurious, so the bed is completely custom and the bench is, too.” Curtains in Sunbrella indoor-outdoor fabric block UV rays and stop fading. The rug is braided felt.
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The sunroom chaise “is one of the most comfortable I’ve ever sat on,” says designer Laura Stein. Covered in a custom bouclé, “it’s sort of fuzzy, which makes it soft and cuddly,” she adds. The blinds are Hunter Douglas; the art is a print reproduction of an antique map of Paris.
TORONTO IS A CITY OF NEIGHBOURHOODS, some with long-established names and some with persistent, unofficial monikers (The Pocket, anyone?). The most sought-after often aren’t the most expensive, but these quiet enclaves offer green space and boutique shopping. They host pick-up street hockey games and impromptu street fairs. And they’re perennial favourites with international travel guides, as well as the people who live through bidding wars to land an address within their borders. So it’s no surprise to hear of young professionals such as Jodie and Jamie Davis, a couple planning to start a family who bought a house not to their taste simply “because we thought it was a fabulous location,” as Jodie says.
“…but she’s also a straight shooter, tells you how much things will cost and was very accommodating of our schedule.”
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“Everything is more interesting when there are surprises.”
For these two, the tree-lined Spadina and St. Clair area, in walking distance to a farmers market, bakeries and all three forms of public transit, sealed the deal. They knew the house would need renovations, “but we could see past that,” remembers Jodie. Still, there was no way they could oversee it. “I couldn’t be leaving my office to run home and manage trades,” she says. The designer they chose, Laura Stein of Laura Stein Interiors, had a great portfolio, it’s true, “but she’s also a straight shooter, tells you how much things will cost, and was very accommodating of our schedule,” says Jodie. That’s a good thing: it took six months to transform the heavy, over-the-top aesthetic. •
Floors of wide-plank oak run through the entire master suite. “I usually do a satin finish on floors because in most homes glossy is just too much, too shiny, and matte is too flat; it has no richness,” says Stein.
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The wallpaper behind the headboard is grasscloth with metallic silver running through it. It’s a classic fabric that’s beautiful, but served also another purpose on this project. “The metallic makes it edgy and industrial,” says Stein. “Paper is a great way to bridge the two looks,” she says.
“Throughout the house, everything was very “That’s why we could live there during the To get to that point, they logged hours with ornate,” Stein says. “Every surface had some renovations,” Jodie says. “A lot of things had their designer. “We looked through magakind of faux finish or gold paint.” For Jodie and already been picked out and ordered.” zines together and colour palettes; it was a Along with a neutral palette, the couple lot of work,” says Jodie. Stein presented her Jamie, both in their early 30s, this wasn’t going to work. Their tastes run to the contemporary needed space to play host. There are family design schemes in a personalized look-book. and clean-lined. But besides the surrounding and friends for the requisite barbecues and “She gave us different options for bedside coffee shops, the house had other selling points. brunches, of course, but they’re heavily in- tables, lights, flooring – all collections she “It was built in the ’90s, so it’s in great shape and, volved in neighbourhood community work, put together for us,” says Jodie. Through that architecturally, is pretty interesting,” says Stein. too. Meetings are sometimes held in their process the couple identified the master suite The long closing on the Davis’s sale allowed open-concept main floor. “We’re comfortable as their priority, but “what I learned very time for a walk-through for measurements with ten or twelve people for dinner,” says quickly was that they weren’t sure what they and months of planning before moving day. Jodie, “but we’ve also had a party for fifty.” wanted, design-wise,” says Stein. •
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“We’re comfortable with ten or twelve people for dinner, but we’ve also had a party for fifty.” Original to the house, this built-in has slim profiles, no embellishments, and a muted, heritage-inspired colour, all of which read as classic charm. Part of the master closet was converted into a refuge for Jodie. Did Jamie get a personal space, too? “He doesn’t need it. He’s not very high maintenance,” Jodie laughs.
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“No furniture sets. I emphasize that a lot because they make a room look dull.”
They were chasing two styles, “one urban industrial, and one clean and classic,” says Stein. Another problem: “Everything they owned was either a beige, a neutral, another beige, a special beige, or a different shade of beige,” she says. “They like neutrals.” Maybe so, but they’re not stubborn. “With Jodie, what I loved about working with her was that she trusted me. She said ‘I don’t know how to do this, and if you think it’s best, then let’s do it.’ That allowed me to be more creative than I might otherwise be.” While the structure of the building was in place, even in the master suite (the fireplace needed only a coat of paint, the expansive windows in the sunroom needed only coverings), there was still some get-your-handsdirty renovating to be done. Where the new custom closet exists now, for example, was a hodge-podge of nooks, including a hall with a bar area, sink and fridge. “It was just an odd place for that,” Stein says. But every homeowner has idiosyncrasies, some leading to unusual choices that have to be reconsidered if the house goes up for sale again, but which make the home fit like a favourite pair of jeans until then. For Jodie, it is the corner of the master suite. Placed as it is under a nautically inspired window, it’s an intimate space flooded with natural light, perfect for an unhurried (and glamorous) morning routine. “She loves animal prints and Jamie doesn’t,” says Stein, “so we put the zebra
This metal hutch isn’t a match with the nightstands, but it does have a similar masculinity. More important, it answers the first part of the “industrial-classic fusion” aesthetic the homeowners were after.
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The powder room on the main floor came with a wood vanity painted gold and black. Stein repainted it chocolate brown, installed a crema marfil marble top and a vessel sink, and then added one of her signature surprises. “People forget that ceilings can have real impact, especially in a tiny room,” she says. “Sometimes I wallpaper the ceiling,” she adds. In this case, though, a coat of chocolate paint was used.
stool in there.” It’s a pretty, feminine alcove tucked away from the main area with its more masculine lines. “It wasn’t necessary at all,” Jodie says of her tiny domain, “it was just a treat.” The rest of the master suite is a treat for both husband and wife. It’s a peaceful expanse that quietly follows some of Stein’s rules. “No furniture sets,” she says. “I emphasize that a lot because they make a room look dull.” In this room, pieces co-ordinate but aren’t from the same collections. Stein also likes to make full use of what’s already there. The built-ins are original and allow for rotating displays of treasures. “But they were very flat before,” says Stein. “Rather than making them stand out as millwork, we painted them the same colour as the wall and embellished them with moulding detail.” She could have created a twin structure on the other side of the fireplace, but leaving that square footage available for a weathered-metal cabinet speaks to another of Stein’s principles: “everything is more interesting when there are surprises.” Her defence is hypnotic: “Imagine you’re walking into an English garden. There are beautiful bushes – roses and peonies. You walk along a stone path and turn a corner. There’s a piece of sculpture. You keep going and tucked off around another corner, there’s a small fountain. Little surprises pop up around you and that’s what makes it special.” That, and the fact that the Davis’s ’hood has public gardens, too. •
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“We’re heading in the direction of more tailored, but not cold,” says Karen Forsley, manager of the Toronto store in Corktown. “Some of our new additions have lines, curves, but they’re not over-designed. The goal is to have pieces that don’t date themselves. The idea is to keep it simple but give it some style, pay attention to details. You can see the difference in the details.” Some of those details include hardwood frames and hand-tied coils. “So the only thing Montauk Sofa that will get destroyed is probably the fabric, 220 King St. E., Toronto but the piece will last well over a hundred 416-361-0331 years,” Forsley says. “I like to call it grown-up www.montauksofa.com furniture. It’s for people looking for something beautiful and long-term. They want to stop the run-around, getting things that don’t last or are uncomfortable. “We have a high-end clientele. Our customers are, in large part, people who have bought a new home or are renovating. They come here with their designers for a look, for comfort. But we can guide customers if they don’t have a designer. And we’ll come and measure to make sure every piece will always fit.” Sometimes those pieces you love don’t start out fitting, but that can be taken care of. As Forsley says, “This is the place where you don’t look at the piece just because it’s the right size. There is no compromise. You’re here to pay attention to the style, fall in love with it. If the size is not what you need, then [we can] adjust oil-based products. The company offers buyers either the depth or the length. Those are all a rebate on new products, or a payment, if old options. So it’s really about falling in love.” Although Montauk is mostly about seatMontauk pieces are brought in. And, of course, Montauk has a sense of style, ing, the store also features unique accessories evident in every piece in the catalogue and to fall in love with, such as antique lamps showroom. The company started in Montreal and vases. And the store or the website are in 1995 during the shabby chic decorating the only places that you can fall in love with era. Montauk sofas were large, relaxed, slip- brand-new, genuine Montauk furniture. “If covered affairs. Some of those styles are still someone says they see a Montauk somewhere available, but the company has also kept up else, it’s not possible,” Forsley emphasizes. with the times and offers more streamlined “You need to come here. We control the prodstyles, some in smaller sizes suited to condo life. uct and the quality.” •
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This is furniture to fall in love with, manager says BY PHILLIPA RISPIN
YOU’VE GOT TO LOVE A BUSINESS with a sense of humour. Consider Montauk, makers of sofas and chairs. On the website, there’s no “Contact Us” link; they like to say, “Let’s Tauk.” Montauk also has a sense of responsibility. It’s an eco-aware business. The company offsets its carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions with strategies such as tree planting and methane recapture. Electricity for two of its stores is generated through wind power. Its furniture is made by hand, built using traditional techniques and few mass-produced,
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Lori Morris imprints her design principles on an upmarket home BY JOHN GRIFFIN PHOTOGRAPHY BRANDON BARRÉ STYLING LORI MORRIS
The iconic Rolling Stones’ frontman dominates the aptly named Jagger Room, a study in leather, snakeskin and velvet that mixes old-school men’s club with rock ‘n’ roll attitude.
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Two views of what designer Lori Morris calls the bar/living/ cocktail area, with its lounge-like vibe, open fireplace, brace of Morris Design oiled walnut benches, and marble bar.
Elegance, style, interest and personality are watchwords.
IT WAS A NEW FIVE-BEDROOM SINGLE DWELLING in an upmarket Toronto neighbourhood constructed by top-drawer home builders Mizrahi Design Build. It lacked only the touch of famed interior designer Lori Morris and her team to make the occupants feel at home. She came armed with a plan. Actually, she came with two. One is the mission statement of Lori Morris Design. “We always take an original and creative approach to design.” Elegance, style, interest and personality are watchwords. In adapting that approach to the cosmopolitan, casual tastes of these particular clients, “I took a very lounge approach to the bar/living/cocktail area,” Morris said during a rapid-fire conversation at the end of a very long day. The fireplace is the focal point in this room, with its striking grey Versailles marble backing over white Calacatta marble and walnut surround. The oiled walnut benches either side tie it together and provide cosy seating next to the flames. There’s a marble bar, with grey lacquered front and polished nickel surround. Brown is a unifying colour in this part of the home and another cornerstone of the Morris ethos of “blended” interiors. There are chocolate mesh drapes, mesh roller blinds, charcoal and brown chairs, and charcoal grey velvet walls. The total effect is very 21st-century downtown men’s club – warm, inviting, hip. •
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(Opposite) The dining room extends from the lounge and is an ideal entertaining area. The table is graceful walnut while the chairs add a playful tone with their harlequin lace backing. A 1940s Murano chandelier illuminates the art deco sideboard and glass mirror.
The study, called the Jagger Room because of the dominating portrait of the Rolling Stones’ lead singer and icon, is immediately adjacent to the lounge, so Morris went “with the same vein design to complement it.” A cream velvet wall grounds Jagger while a crocodile and steel-trimmed desk with green onyx Deco inkwell adds just a whiff of decadent rock ’n’ roll. The stylized wing chair is finished in black velvet pinstripes. There are gentlemen’s antique leather, brass-nail chairs with walnut trim for a smoking room atmosphere and a brown snakeskin patterned light fixture that says “restrained music industry” while throwing off a lovely rich light. All in all, a room to work and live in happily, forever after. “The dining room connects from the back of the living-lounge and is a perfect area to entertain,” Morris explains. The table is walnut, with a glass centrepiece under a 1940s Murano glass chandelier. The sideboard is Art Deco, with a hydrangea framed in a glass mirror. The seating is grey leather with a playful grey and cream harlequin lace backing. •
... a brown snakeskin patterned light fixture says “restrained music industry” while throwing off a lovely rich light.
A long look from the family room to the pantry and back again, tied together by a string of precise walnut door frames. Morris describes the family space as having “multiple layers of design, but the effect still keeps the house blended.”
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The kitchen is a model of refined practicality. Pocket doors seal off the wine and pantry area when desired, yet open up to extend the size of this family hub. That’s a custom hood over the stove.
“The kitchen is functional and fabulous for a family that enjoys being together,” she says. There are pocket doors to seal off the wine and pantry area. Open, they extend the size of this communal space. The range hood is custom, and repeated in the striking walnut doorway frames here and elsewhere. White surfaces are clean, illuminated by a layered glass chandelier. “Sophisticated and elegant” is how she describes the hub of this home. There’s a long view from the family room to the pantry and back again, and a unifying echo in those fine precise walnut doorways. “There’s an interesting look with multiple layers of design in the family room, but the effect still keeps the house blended,” – yet another example of Morris’s commitment to original and artistic interiors. “We want a finished product that is unique, elegant, with functionality and style.” •
“There’s an interesting look with multiple layers of design in the family room, but the effect still keeps the house blended.”
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