DESIGN
FROM CRAMPED TO C ONTEMP O R A RY A 1915 Moore Park home is reimagined and revamped to meet a family’s needs
BY KAREN SEIDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY: LARRY ARNAL
TUCKED AWAY ON A NICE STREET in the Moore Park area of Toronto, this circa 1915 house was dated and dysfunctional when interior designer Kate Zeidler first saw it. It lacked light and was inconveniently partitioned into a warren of rooms for the family of five living there. Zeidler, principal at Kate Zeidler Interior Design, felt some trepidation about transforming it into the open, modern haven the homeowners envisioned – until the couple pulled out a gorgeous silk rug they had purchased abroad that they wanted to use in the redesign. •
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