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DIY with Britt
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Lounging in a Time Capsule
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Regencycore Design
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Nineties Kitchen Reboot
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Maureen's Kitchen
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A greeting from the publisher.
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Mid-Century Modern with Mad Men flair.
A very regal master bedroom.
A refreshed white and bright condo.
Cherry bundt cake.
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HOMEtown Reflections
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Facelift on the Archibald Block
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HOME front Issue 56, Winter 2021 ISSN 1916-2324 info@saskatoon-home.ca This time of year always brings out the nostalgia in me. As the calendar year turns to the last page, I often think back on what we’ve come through and— as legendary Tom Cochrane reminds us—I “reminisce about the good times, and try to forget about all the bad.” Here at HOME, it’s a great time of year to share and celebrate goodness in all its shapes and sizes. We are lucky to have so many readers who bring to us ideas for content that adds to our shared appreciation for where we live. In this issue, we bring you more shared stories. As usual, they’re all locally written about our favourite little big city Saskatoon. We take you behind the scenes for a Nineties kitchen reno, a Mid-Century Modern shed creation, an historic façade upgrade, and a Bridgerton-inspired bedroom makeover. These projects may seem daunting but our Saskatoon community made them all happen by trusting the creativity and skill of everyone involved. And, no small feat these days, trusting in the process. We also have delightful sweets from Maureen’s Kitchen and, in DIY with Britt, a how-to on keeping historic fixtures out of the landfill. And if you’ve ever wondered how or why our streets, avenues, boulevards and byways got their names, Jeff O’Brien sheds some light in HOMEtown Reflections. Enjoy this issue, stay safe, stay warm and keep sharing your stories with us in the year to come. Happy Reading!
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SAVING AND SALVAGE: OLD REGISTERS, DOOR KNOBS AND BASEBOARDS BY: BRITT ARNASON
If you’ve managed to salvage some prizes from an historic home, thrift shop or if the house you live in has tired details that deserve a good cleanup, the news is good. The process is pretty simple and the results are wonderful.
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SAVING AND SALVAGE Old Registers, Door Knobs and Baseboards
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The small accoutrement found in historic homes are reminders of an era when quality craftsmanship, attention to detail and an appreciation for architectural adornment was the way of home building 100 years or more ago. DIYers who are lucky and savvy enough to salvage these items—maybe in the nick of time before a century home is razed—are rewarded with beautiful and unique features that can be refurbished at low cost. Beautifully refinished period details like molded cast iron or brass floor vents, hot/ cold air return covers, door hardware, crown moulding, wooden doors and other flourishes can be given new life in their original home or installed in a contemporary one as a loving nod to period details not often found today. Here are some tips when attempting to fix them up yourself.
Tools Needed • Sanding block (fine grit for metal, orbital sander for wood) • Small paint roller and brush • Protective sheets or tarps • Hepa filter face mask • Crockpot (if removing paint from metal) • Painter's tape • Paintable caulking
Materials Needed • Spray paint in the colour of your choice (if for metal, make sure it will adhere to metal) • Latex paint primer • Latex paint of your choice • Paint remover
Prepping Tips 1. R e m o v e registers, doorknobs, doors for a cleaner painted finish. 2. Take care in cleaning, sanding and prepping surfaces for the most professional and lasting outcome. 3. Have any item with old paint on it tested for lead before sanding. 4. When painting, use the brush on any textured or detailed wood pieces and then go over the entire piece with the roller while still wet. 5. Use WD40 on metal pieces to remove rust and improve the longevity of the piece.
Steps for Metal or Iron Registers, Vent Covers and Knobs 1. Remove metal registers or doorknobs. If old paint needs to be removed, soak them in water in an old crockpot on low heat. Adding a dollop of dish soap can help the lifting process. 2. Dry and sand metal pieces with fine grit sand paper. 3. Wash pieces with warm soap and water then rinse and thoroughly dry. 4. Place pieces outside on a tarp and wear your protective face mask. 5. Shake the spray paint well, then spray a light and even coat on all visible surfaces. Leave until dry, usually about an hour. Repeat three times on the same side. Once all three coats are layed, allow piece(s) to dry for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight, before flipping it to the other side and repeating the process. 6. After the pieces are completely dry, they can be installed. SASKATOON HOME WINTER 2021 |
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Steps for Wood Doors and Baseboards 1. Clean the wood pieces thoroughly with a mild soap and water solution. 2. After they are dry, sand the wood, and dust off and wipe with a damp cloth when finished. Use an orbital sander for a quicker and easier job. 3. Line the baseboards with painter’s tape to prevent paint from bleeding onto the walls and floors. 4. Roll on a layer of paint primer. Allow to dry for 24 hours. 5. Paint the pieces with chosen latex paint colour and do 2–3 coats as needed, but allow to dry for at least 3 hours between coats. The results of your efforts
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will really be worth the time and elbow grease. There are so many beautiful architectural details that were really designed and manufactured like pieces of art. From the Victorian era to the Art Deco influences of the 1920s and ‘30s, you can still find functional items designed with filigree and flair. Even if a cast iron heat register is no longer used for that purpose, many creative DIYers are inserting that durable and downright pretty ironwork into tables, gates, room dividers and outdoor privacy fences. The satisfying thing is that these items don’t end up clogging up a landfill, but are rescued, refurbished and reused.
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Mid-Century Modern with a Mad Men Flair “Make it simple, but significant.” – Don Draper
Sometimes history likes to repeat itself in fashion, architecture, decor and design, and today people are often enamored by the styles, kitschy or classic,
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that represent a bygone era. Nowhere is this more true than the fascination with Mid-Century Modern (MCM) and all its popculture elements. It’s one of the many reasons why the television series Mad Men, set in 1960s New York, garnered rave
reviews for seven seasons. Fans scrambled to find the furniture and accessories to recreate the look. Enter Perry Boire and Maxine Boese. Respectively, dedicated chef and operating room attendant by day and by night and weekends, mad
with all things MCM. Their converted detached garage proves it. Character Home with a Possibility
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and within a month, the 1912 bungalow with views of the park was theirs. That was 22 years ago and they still love it. A small detached garage at the back of the lot, too small for their full-sized cars, was good for storage.
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Even the exterior of the detached garage-cum-lounge exudes an MCM vibe.
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But it seemed the little shed was channeling Don Draper: “Success comes from standing out, not fitting in.” Back to the Future “We were watching random YouTube and came across videos from the UK, where homeowners converted tiny sheds into backyard bars,” Perry recalls. He and Max looked at each
other and the collective lightbulb went on. “Max went on trips to Palm Springs for Black Friday shopping, and fell in love with MCM style and philosophy of confidence, happiness and socializing it suggested,” says Perry. “I wasn’t too keen until I sat down and watched a few episodes of Mad Men with her.” He was hooked. It was the blend of simplistic style, a design lending itself to smaller scale furniture and the space that contained
it, and the mix of comfort with a modern look. MCM celebrates and incorporates natural light and an organic flow through the space. The 1960s was a time of change and turnover. An intense political landscape, the hippie movement and beatnik culture, the Space Age race to the moon; they all combined to create this new style. MCM was a confluence of traditional sombre tones, bright pops of primary colour and sleek futuristic lines. Perry and Max settled on a blend of MCM and Mad Men.
“We both work in fastpaced environments. We wanted a place to relax with lounge music, drinks and conversation. No TV, no LED lighting and no cell phone texting.” Authentic Renovation The little shed had to walk before it could fly in the way Perry and Max imagined. Skylights went in for that all-important natural light. “This would have never happened if it wasn’t for coworker and friend, Rob Husband, who came to SASKATOON HOME WINTER 2021 |
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It’s a perfect blend of quality and kitsch. The couch is a favourite for curling up with a book–and a cocktail, of course–or taking a nap.
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Max and Perry have curated their collection thoughtfully, applying restraint to maintain the look without impulse buying retro items.
the rescue. He handled all the major tasks like framing and installing the windows and plywood walls,” says Perry. Plywood was used instead of gyproc so items could be hung without wall plugs. Notable period items include locally sourced solid wood custom windows, walnut window and door trim and period-correct mahogany baseboards. Not all went according to plan. “Although the shed is insulated, we bought a vintage Preway fireplace,” says Perry. “We talked with our insurance agent, and we’d have to make extensive modifications. So now the fireplace gives
some ambiance to the deck.” Because the shed has no utilities like water or heat, it’s still insured as a detached garage. MCM Bits and Pieces Then it was time to create a 1960s pad that would feel authentic and not just like a collection of retro items. “Because we are in a very small market, we knew it would be tough to acquire items,” says Perry. Undaunted, they started searching locally, and checked MCM-specific websites. They collected slowly, resisting and usually avoiding impulse buys. “We knew it was SASKATOON HOME WINTER 2021 |
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The couple is hoping for a post-pandemic MCM-Mad Men cocktail party, but in the meantime, they enjoy their own cocktail tradition.
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going to take a while since we aren’t in MCM hub centres like Palm Springs, San Francisco or Florida. We wanted it to be period perfect so we accepted the blending of MCM with a retro theme.” “That’s what money is for,” another classic Don Draper quote, seems fitting. The couple admits this project hasn’t been cheap. They’ve upgraded the sofa and chair three times. The one they’re happy with is almost 100 inches long. “We replaced our china
cabinet with an authentic MCM teak cabinet,” says Perry. “We replaced our cocktail bar. It’s important to be true to the period when we can, and we do that with Mid-Century barware,” he adds. “We’ve grown an exceptional collection of period sets.” The search continues for authentic MCM bar stools, Holt Howard cherry and olive containers and black cat swizzle sticks. Max’s favourite element is the lighting, including the table lamps. “We scored
those from the Godfather of MCM lighting in Saskatoon, Ian Simeon Shorting. My favourite pieces,” says Perry, “are the 1959 Italian Atomic ice bucket and the pristine Bavarian cocktail bar. And we are both delighted by the variety of spirits we’ve collected to make any cocktail for visitors.” The current collection stands at about 70 bottles and counting. And wine is always in style. “We used to buy wine by the bottle.” Max laughs. “Now we buy in kits.” SASKATOON HOME WINTER 2021 |
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WHISKEY SOUR The Old Fashioned might have been Don’s cocktail of choice, but no one wants to get stuck in the past. Anyone can get their Don Draper on with a Whiskey Sour. Perry says this is a basic recipe. “We’ve learned to adjust. Make batches! We use bourbon in addition to whiskey, whichever bottle is closer at the time. And finally, a lemon slice along with a Luxardo cherry and kafir lime petal is a great garnish.”
Ingredients 2 ounces whiskey 3/4 ounce lemon juice. Freshly squeezed. 1/2 to 3/4 ounce simple syrup, to taste Maraschino or Luxardo cherry, lemon peel or kafir lime petal garnish.
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Sixties Socializing Adjusted While social distancing has put a crimp in the classic cocktail party, a hallmark of the era, Perry and Max hope by next summer it will be possible. “We’re planning on having a retro/MCM-theme party and inviting the handful of collectors,” Perry says. “With appropriate dress and a local jazz band to make the evening complete.” But even with socializing on hold, the couple uses the bar shed nearly every day throughout the summer,
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winding it down in the fall. “Even if we don’t have a cocktail, we use it to cool down in, read or have a nap on that awesome sofa,” Perry explains. “It’s the most utilized indoor space during the spring and summer months. In keeping with that Mad Men vibe, the couple has a bit of a tradition. “But we do enjoy Whiskey Sour Friday in the bar. It’s a nice way to start the weekend.” Karin Melberg Schwier
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For Faye Anderson and Brant Rumpel, the decadent interiors of Bridgerton, The Crown and The Great were the regal influence behind the design of the principal bedroom in their Brighton area home.
The couple are the first owners of their new home, and bought it after it was finished in the spring of 2019. While the home is painted in “nice, safe neutrals,” they knew they wanted a more distinctive design for their bedroom.
A Dash of Regal “Early on, we decided we wanted a master bedroom that was unique from the rest of the house,” says Brant. Faye adds, “We wanted it to be an escape—you step into our room and you go
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decorative mouldings and trim,” says Brant. “There was something about Bridgerton and the way they used colour on those sets, that we were just like, ’Yes, that’s it,’” Faye says.
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Fit for a duke and duchess: Faye and Brant’s master bedroom evokes the sophistication and elegance they admire on the sets of their favourite Regency-era TV shows.
Faye loved the look of brush strokes in the wallpaper. “It’s like a French impressionist floral pattern,” she says.
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Finding the right furniture was a challenge. Faye says, “We wanted high quality pieces that we will use for the rest of our lives and pass along to our kids.”
Brant says the made-in-Canada solid maple furniture was a big investment, which took up 80 per cent of their budget.
Keeping in mind that the project would be completely DIY, Brant says, “We saw these London homes from the 19th century and those design elements were all things that I could do.” Buy Once, Buy Well The couple’s first priority was sourcing the furniture. Although they were drawn to antiques, they ran into a few hiccups. “We like the antique look,” says Brant. “But at the same time, we wanted modern. We wanted soft-close drawers and a king-sized bed. Most antique bed frames are not
king-sized and all antique drawers are not soft-closing drawers.” They switched gears and decided to buy new. Faye says the goal was to find quality pieces “that we will use for the rest of our lives and pass along to our kids.” They couldn’t find the quality they were looking for in local big-box stores, and decided it was important to buy Canadian-made. It took the couple six weeks to find the right fit. They sourced a new king-bed frame, end tables and a dresser from Durham Furniture, a made-in-Ontario brand sold at Sorensen’s in Saskatoon. For each piece,
they were able to select the type of wood (they chose maple) and the finish. Brant had meticulously measured the 165-squarefoot room and taped the floor with the furniture
dimensions to ensure the perfect fit. “We knew the walkway around the bed was going to be just enough—and that’s fine,” he says.
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Decisions, Decisions The couple knew they wanted to incorporate the wainscotting they had seen on TV, but an image on Pinterest pulled them in a very specific direction. It was a photo of paneling with inset wallpaper, which they decided to mimic above the chair rail. “Once I saw that, I started
seeing it all over the place,” says Brant. “It’s in Bridgerton. It’s in The Crown. A lot of fancy, elegant rooms do something like this.” Once they had settled on painting the walls a shade of moss green, the next big decision to be made was selecting the wallpaper for the panels. The couple made several trips
The panelling and chair rail divide the bedroom walls into visually pleasing proportions.
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Faye and Brant kept the existing light fixture because it fit the elegant aesthetic they were trying to achieve with the room.
to a local paint store— choosing Eastside Paint and Wallpaper—and poured over dozens of wallpaper sample books. “We are particular people who know what we like when we see it,” says Faye. They didn’t set out looking for a floral pattern, but when they spotted the French Impressionist style floral wallpaper, they knew they had found the pièce de résistance. “I love the look of brush strokes. Even when I’m looking at art, I love it when you can see the texture of the paint,” adds Faye. “That’s part of what really sold this wallpaper to me.” Brant used Adobe Illustrator to mock up the entire room to scale with trim lines and paint colours. He also found an image of their wallpaper to insert into the software. “We were able to change the paint colour and see what felt right at that scale,” he says. “That was very helpful to make the final decision.” A Ninety-Hour Investment
Faye plays with daughter Giselle, who is almost two.
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The crown moulding, paneling, chair rail, painting and wallpapering took Brant 90 hours to complete over the course of three weeks. “I was thinking it would take three or four days and it took three times that amount of time,” says Brant, who is a stayat-home dad and amateur woodworker. Fa y e , who works as a communications professional, says—halfjokingly—if they had to do it all over again, “we would have prepped our parents on the amount of full-time daycare that we were actually requiring of them.” Brant set up a workshop in the garage, completing the
entire project with just a few tools—a mitre saw, air nailer, a caulking gun, measuring tape, level and paint supplies. The trim turned out to be more daunting than he originally envisioned. “When we were planning, I thought, you just get the trim and you cut it at a 45-degree angle and you glue it to the wall. How hard can it be?” He was surprised by how much time the finishing details took. “A third of the install time was filling nail holes, sanding the fill and caulking around the trim,” he says. “It took 30 hours just cleaning up the edge around the trim.” But it was time well spent. The result is a professional, polished look of which the Bridgertons would certainly approve. It turns out there’s a name for the elegant aesthetic— Regencycore—and it’s been called the “regal cousin of cottagecore.” Although their favourite TV shows and an image found on Pinterest inspired the design, the sophisticated space is truly their own creation. It’s a testament to what can be achieved when two creative people collaborate with patience and determination. “I still can’t believe we pulled this off,” says Faye. It “came together because we picked it all ourselves. We are not interior designers. But boy, we pulled it off.” Julie Barnes
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NINETIES KITCHEN REBOOT BY: JULIE BARNES
A Refreshed White and Bright Condo When Sue and Ray May decided to renovate their stuck-in-the-90s condo kitchen, they didn’t have to look very far to find a contractor they could trust. In fact, he was just across the hall, working on a renovation in their neighbour’s suite.
The Mays live in a large condominium called the Sierras of Erindale. It was built in the late '90s, and they purchased their suite four years ago. When the neighbours across the hallway completed their renovation, they invited Sue
and Ray over to take a look at the results. “Once we saw their bulkhead LED lights, we wanted to do that as well,” says Sue. The contractor behind the reno was Carl Von Biela, who co-owns C&C Contracting with his wife, Candra.
“We’ve done projects for about eight people in the building before we started working with Sue,” says Carl. “We’ve done various things, like taking out old sunshine ceilings, putting in pot lights, building bulkheads, to new windows, flooring and painting.” SASKATOON HOME WINTER 2021 |
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“I liked the idea that then you walked in the front door you’d be able to see all the way through to what we made into the living room,” says Sue, explaining the decision to move the fridge next to the pantry.
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In fact, Carl knows the building better than most— he worked on the framing when the project was under construction. “So, 25 years later I’m renovating it,” he says. “Isn’t that cool?” Modernize and Simplify Sue’s main goal was to modernize the kitchen
and open up sightlines by moving the fridge to another wall where it would be less physically and visually obstructive. “Carl went through his plans step-by-step and showed Sue what he could do,” says Candra. “He moved some cabinets around and we had to move the angle where
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the pantry is, reframing it to make everything work so the pantry door would function properly.” Now, instead of seeing the side of their fridge as they enter their suite, the Mays have a clear view into their kitchen and the sun-filled living room beyond. They also gained more counter space where the fridge once stood. The Mays have three adult children, who were all quite happy to see some of the dated details disappear. “They did not like what they used to call the ‘airplane lights,’” says Sue, with a laugh. Carl replaced the “airplane lights” with less conspicuous LED pot lights in the kitchen bulkheads. They illuminate
new white quartz counters below. He also designed and built a kitchen table, topped with the same quartz and capped off with a waterfall edge. Attached to the edge of a row of lower cabinets, it saves space and keeps the living area open and airy. This detail allowed the Mays to eschew their dining room—another relic of 90s condo design. The former dining room had been located next to the kitchen, and by doing away with it, the Mays were able to expand the footprint of their living room. A week after Carl began renovations, Sue had knee surgery. “I always wanted marble floors, but I knew they would be slippery, and with my knees, I
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With 16 people in their family, the Mays don’t have space for a table to fit the whole crew, so they borrow tables when necessary. “I didn’t need a table big enough (for everyone), I just needed one for everyday,” says Sue.
Carl tested the table strength in the construction phase.
couldn’t have slippery,” she says. Instead, she sourced a marble-look commercialgrade vinyl plank that now sheathes the kitchen floor and surrounding living areas, unifying the spaces. Carl recommended a cork underlay, which adds cushioning and minimizes sound transfer. The Mays live on the second floor, with neighbours below. Making the Most of a Mistake After searching for the perfect backsplash for two years, Sue eventually found the perfect fit online—an effervescent mother-of-pearl
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tile. “I just loved it the minute I saw it,” she says. “But never having done a backsplash, I miscalculated on how much we might need. I ordered 13 boxes and we only used three. We get lots of laughs about that.” Candra and Carl loved the tile too. “I think it suits her,” says Candra. “It’s a little sparkly and it’s bright. It’s her personality.” The Mays aren’t letting that extra tile go to waste. After Carl completed the kitchen reno, Ray learned how to install tile and created a mother-of-pearl fireplace surround. When the Mays
are ready to move forward with their next renovations in their bedroom and ensuite, the remaining tiles will be used to build a headboard feature wall with shelving. Carl has already drawn up the design. Smaller Details Carl’s renovations also extended beyond the kitchen. He built recessed shelving in a living room wall for Sue to display some of her favourite items, as well as an art niche in the entry where Sue has placed a ceramic angel. “It was a gift from our daughter and her family that I’ve
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Sue cherishes the art niche Carl built for her ceramic angel, a gift from her daughter and her family.
Carl updated the vanity with a quartz countertop and Ray installed new wallpaper in the guest bathroom.
cherished and I really wanted it to have its own place.” In the laundry room, Carl rebuilt the cabinetry above the washer and dryer to make it more accessible and created an extra lower cabinet by repurposing a vanity from another suite in the building. When Carl noticed the guest bathroom’s shower didn’t have a light above it, he proposed adding one that turns on when the fan is running. It’s the first thing Ray shows everyone, says Carl. “Ray is more excited about that shower light than the whole kitchen reno,” Candra adds. Adopted Family Like Sue, Candra was also recovering from surgery during the renovation, so she wasn’t working alongside Carl as much as she typically would. “Eighty per cent of the project I did by myself because Candra had her surgery,” says Carl. “But it was fun with Sue, because she’d make me eat, and
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I’d bring her tea.” Every morning, the pair would catch up over tea or coffee before Carl got to work. “Sue, and other clients we’ve worked with, they become like family. She was wonderful to work with,” says Carl. “She’s my adopted sister.” The feeling is mutual. “I was so impressed with him, I said, ‘You’ve got to sign your work,’” says Sue, referring to the back of the cabinet door she asked Carl to sign. “He became like my brother. We just got along so well. Both Carl and Candra are wonderful people.” On the September long weekend, Sue and Ray attended a dinner at Carl and Candra’s home, along with other residents in the building who’ve worked with the pair. “We call them our Sierra family,” says Candra. “When you get to know people that well, it’s hard to walk away after the job is done.” Carl wrapped up the Mays’ project last Christmas Eve, and the Mays still revel in their transformed space.
When asked to define her interior design style, Sue says, “If there was a style called ‘sentimental,’ that would be me. I joke about my knick knacks, but most of my items have a story that makes me smile.”
“We both just love it,” says Sue. “We sit in our chairs and have our coffee on weekends and just stare at it still. Sometimes I text Carl and say, ‘We’re still sitting
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MAUREEN’S KITCHEN Cherry Bundt Cake
BY: MAUREEN HADDOCK
Building a Dessert Buffet Stash I love to bake and stash treats throughout the year. It makes spontaneous entertaining effortless and helps me accommodate the dietary needs of family and friends. I try to have gluten-free, dairy-free and
nut-free options on hand. It’s important to store these items in separate, welllabelled containers to avoid cross-contamination as well as flavour transfer. Serving the dessert items on assorted plates, or in bowls and jars,
creates a festive table while keeping foods separated. Winter offers us many special days, and at our house we have birthdays and anniversaries galore. I make our seasonal family favourites which have
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original flavour and texture. My Merry Cherry Chocolates keep well for 10 months or more, while shortbread keeps for three months. A double-wrapped Bundt cake can be stored whole or in pieces for four to six months. It’s wise to keep a list of your frozen inventory so that you don’t forget about something delicious in the depths of your freezer. If I am running low on goodies, I supplement my selection by making a few six-minute microwave oven
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treats. Popcorn in Caramel Sauce takes about eight minutes, start to finish, when you use your microwave oven. This treat is gluten-free, nut-free and totally addicting. I add it to my dessert table regularly. Microwave Oven Peanut Brittle is quick to make and delicious. It keeps well in a tin in the pantry. I have recently made an amazing microwave toffee that takes six minutes to cook and 30 minutes to set. I enjoy trying new recipes as often as possible.This
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year I made Cherry Winks, a vintage recipe from the 1950s. I often bake with maraschino cherries during the holiday season. For decades, I have made a Cherry Bundt Cake in late November or early December. This Bundt cake can be served as a table centre sprinkled in icing sugar or glazed. It can also be quartered, double wrapped and frozen for future company platters. My husband and I eat one section of this cake over a
few days, just to be sure it is companyworthy. He loves to pour maple syrup over a slice, but I enjoy it topped with yogurt and fresh berries. When glazed, it is delicious sliced and served with a cup of tea. Most years, I need to make this cake twice because it disappears from the freezer too quickly. It is easy to thaw and serve this Cherry Bundt Cake with whipped cream and a makeahead fruit sauce. For many years, I served Festive Cherry Cake Trifle for NewYear’s Eve to share the last pieces of the Bundt cake in a new way.
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Cherry Bundt Cake 1 ¼ cups butter, softened
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 ¾ cups granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
5 eggs
1 cup undiluted evaporated milk
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups maraschino cherries, quartered
3 cups all-purpose flour Prepare a 12-cup Bundt or tube pan by coating it with melted butter. Dust the pan with flour, tipping it upside down to shake off any excess. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F. Make sure the oven rack is in the middle of the oven. In a large bowl, blend butter, eggs, sugar and almond extract, using an electric mixer on low speed. Then beat on high speed for 5 minutes, until the batter is light and fluffy.
Cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Invert the cake onto a wire rack and let it slide from the pan. Leave the cake to cool completely. Once cool, place the cake on a plate and cover it. Before serving, dust the cake with icing sugar or drizzle with glaze. This moist cake keeps on the counter for several days. Serve it in various ways to house guests or prepare it for the freezer. To freeze, leave the Bundt whole or cut it into sections. Wrap the cake or cake sections in a layer of wax paper followed by a layer of tin foil. I place the wrapped cake sections into one of my mother’s 1940s cookie tins and tuck it into the freezer until I am ready to add cake to a serving platter or cut it up for another dessert. This cake doesn’t crumble so it even works well served with a Chocolate Fondue or my Raspberry Brandy Fondue.
GLAZE
2 cups icing sugar, sifted
2 to 4 tablespoons of hot water
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
¼ cup butter, melted
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture in batches, alternating with evaporated milk, mixing lightly after each addition.
Add the melted butter to the sifted icing sugar and stir. Add 2 tablespoons of hot water and beat until smooth. Add vanilla. There is a fine line between too much and too little water. If the glaze runs off the beaters it is likely thin enough. If you feel your glaze is too thick add water in small increments until you are pleased with the consistency.
Fold in the cherries. Spoon batter evenly into the greased and floured pan. Bake at 350°F for 75 to 85 minutes. Cover with foil for the last 10 minutes if it is becoming too brown.
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The original Grosvenor Park survey in the 1913 Yorath Plan map. Photo Credit: CoS Archives - Acc. 2016-001
HOMEtown Reflections STREET NAMING IN SASKATOON BY: JEFF O’BRIEN
From First Avenue to 117th Street, from A.E. Adams Way to Zimmer Court, from Avenue A to Avenue Z (yes, there was once an Avenue Z planned), they’re the streets we live on. What we name them says a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves in a changing world. Saskatoon’s Oldest Streets The oldest street in what
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is now the city of Saskatoon was the trail that led from Whitecap (Moose Woods, as it was then called) to Batoche, part of a network of prairie highways that had been used for trade and travel for generations before European settlement. In Saskatoon, it travelled up Broadway, followed the river along University Drive, then headed north where the University Gates are today.
Settlement-era trails include the Bone Trail, on the west side of the river leading toward Delisle, and the Battleford Trail, which you guessed it, led to Battleford. These settlement and pre-settlement era roads are mostly gone now, built on, ploughed over and cut by fences. A bit of the Moose Jaw Trail has been preserved in Mark Thompson Park in Stonebridge. The route of the
Battleford Trail, which went out 22nd Street and turned northwest at about Avenue P, remains in the road that runs southeast from Dalmeny Drive down into the new Elk Point subdivision. Like Warman Road (literally, the road to Warman) these names derive from usage. Traditionally, this is how streets got named. Fish Street probably had a fish market. Church Street? You
guessed it. But in newer cities like Saskatoon, and in the newer parts of older cities, names are more likely to be arbitrarily assigned. Nutana and the Temperance Colonists Saskatoon’s first modern streets were laid out in 1883 by the Temperance Colonization Society (TCS) in the present-day Nutana neighbourhood. Broadway was the widest street in the colony townsite. Main Street—nowadays a sleepy, tree-lined residential street— led to the first ferry crossing, built in 1884. Otherwise, the Nutana street names are reflective of the life and times of the Temperance colonists. Victoria is named for the Queen. Temperance, of course, is a nod to the Temperance Movement, ostensibly the
A "street" on Saskatoon's pre-First World War fringe. Photo Credit: Local History Room - Saskatoon Public Library - LH 5265
guiding purpose behind the colonization venture. The Marquises of Lorne and Dufferin, and the Earl of Lansdowne, were Canada’s governors-general from 1878–1888. McPherson was the federal Minister of the Interior who authorized the
Temperance Colony land grant. Eastlake and Melrose were originally named for John Lake and George Rose, the TCS chief land agent and president, respectively. When and why the other syllables were tacked on is a mystery. Nutana is also home to
Saskatoon’s only unofficiallynamed street, Cherry Lane, which is really the alley behind 11th Street between Victoria and McPherson. It was named for the chokecherries that grew along the river slopes and the flats there.
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Saskatoon’s western fringe in 1955, completely surveyed by 1913 but not built on until 1955. Photo Credit: CoS Archives - 1103-04-2-003
The Boom Era Saskatoon boomed in the years just before the First World War. From 1907–1913, dozens of new subdivisions were surveyed and brought to market, both within city limits and for miles outside. These required hundreds of new street names. Nowadays, the naming of streets is tightly controlled.
But in those days, developers just wrote down any old name they felt like. As a result, there’s no definitive source for many of the street names from this period. John Duerkop, in the book Saskatoon’s History in Street Names, lists 41 streets for which he couldn’t find the origin. Included in this list were otherwise quite well
known names like Preston Avenue and Rusholme Road. But Duerkop was writing more than 20 years ago. Today, thanks to the magic of the internet, it seems fairly certain that these two names, as well as several others, were taken from streets in London, England. In Saskatoon, as the saying goes, we’ve always been able
to “Rusholme and P.” Now we finally know why. Even with the internet, the origin of the name ‘Idylwyld’ is a mystery. It first shows up as a neighbourhood name in 1912. Later it was applied to the new freeway. But while there are several other streets and parks with similar names, including in places like Guelph and SASKATOON HOME WINTER 2021 | 49
Panoramic view of 20th St. and Avenue A (now Idylwyld), ca. 1930.
Photo Credit: Local History Room - Saskatoon Public Library - LH 4832
Cambridge, nothing jumps out as the source for our Idylwyld. The best answer, or at any rate, our favourite, may be the one proposed many years ago, that it’s where “the men are idle and the women are wild.” Post-War Expansion After the Second World War, Saskatoon grew enormously, spilling out over its historic boundaries
and into the surrounding countryside. Lots of those old boom-era subdivisions still existed (as lines on a map in Land Titles) and had to be cancelled to make way for the new ones. But even though they’re gone, their names frequently live on. Streets like Highlands, Highbury, Leland and Penryn in Wildwood, for example, are all old subdivision names, and the streets in Meadow
Chief Whitecap, 1885. Photo Credit: Local History Room - Saskatoon Public Library - LH 4852
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Green, like Wardlow and Appleby, are street names from some of these vanished neighbourhoods. For obvious reasons, Swastika Park, a proposed industrial subdivision in the north end, never made the cut. Sadly, neither did Utopia or the gloriously-named Megantic Park, a tiny subdivision that once occupied the southeast corner of Preston and Louise.
Louis Riel, ca. 1873. Photo Credit: Local History Room Saskatoon Public Library - LH 5065
Getting Familiar After the Second World War, there was more emphasis placed on names with local connections. In Grosvenor Park and Brevoort Park, we got names of early settlers. The streets in Greystone are named for University of Saskatchewan professors. There are real estate men a-plenty, particularly dating from the boom-era, as well as mayors and members of city
Gabriel Dumont, ca. 1900. Photo Credit: Local History Room Saskatoon Public Library - LH 5064
NAME DROPPING council, the Sutherland town council and the RM of Cory (now part of Corman Park). Stonebridge is thick with municipal names, including a dozen or so named for Saskatoon city councillors from before 1920, as well as some more modern ones, and several high-ranking members of the civic administration. Local builder s are also well-represented in Saskatoon’s streets. James Arrand oversaw construction of the Broadway Bridge, a project in which A.W. Heise was also involved. Both men now have streets named for them in Parkridge. Mike Boychuk was an Eatoniaarea farmer who built his first house in Saskatoon just after the Second World War, then never looked back. One early pioneer who never made the list was Louis Gougeon. He was the engineer aboard the steamship the ‘May Queen’ on its one and only trip to Saskatoon. He liked it here so much, he stayed. Gougeon’s name was originally applied to a cul-de-sac in Brevoort Park. But residents there in 1965 demanded it be changed
as it was “too difficult to pronounce.” We wonder what they would have thought of Pawlychenko, Taube, Stechishin, Feheregyhazi and Wakabayashi, all of which can be found on street signs here today. The Alphabet Streets Saskatoon alphabet street names—Avenue A, Avenue B, etc., all the way up to Avenue Y—first appeared on city maps when Riversdale was laid out in 1903. Why they used letters of the alphabet is not known. Even the internet couldn’t help us with this one. There are several American cities with streets named for letters, including the famous “Alphabet City” area of Manhattan. But whether there’s a connection between it and Riversdale, we’ll probably never know. The other thing we’ll never know is why there’s no Avenue Z. Although you can find it on some of the old subdivision plans, it never made it onto an actual street. Sutherland’s Numbers A potentially confusing legacy of Saskatoon’s past are the numbered streets in
Members of the public can submit naming suggestions for streets, parks and civic facilities. For more information and an online form, see the City of Saskatoon website at www.saskatoon.ca/community-cultureheritage/neighbourhoods-communityassociations/naming-saskatoon
Sutherland, which start at 102nd and go up to 117th. A visitor, noting that the numbered streets otherwise end at 71, might wonder what happened to the rest of them. The answer is that until 1956, Sutherland was a separate town. When it joined Saskatoon, it already had numbered streets. To avoid duplication, they just added a hundred to each one. The Changing Face of Saskatoon In fact, it’s only been in the last generation that our street names have begun to show Saskatoon as it actually is, instead of as an appendage of the British Empire. But there are still only a handful of street names that explicitly reflect Saskatoon’s Indigenous and Metis heritage. This includes Riel and Dumont Crescents in Nutana Park, Whitecap and Batoche
Crescents in Parkridge and Trotchie Crescent in Silverwood. The naming of the new North Commuter Bridge a ft e r Chief Mistawasis in 2018 has given new impetus to the use of Indigenous and Metis names and words for Saskatoon’s streets. Names like “shakamohtaa” (a Michif word meaning “connection”) and “amisk” (Cree for beaver) have already been tapped for street names in new neighbourhoods. More will soon follow. Jeff O’Brien
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FACELIFT ON THE ARCHIBALD BLOCK Historic Row Housing Gets an Upgrade
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What once was old is new again at the corner of 11th Street and Eastlake Ave. in Saskatoon’s historic Nutana neighbourhood. The distinctive terrace or row housing most likely built in 1910 across from the city’s first high school, Nutana Collegiate, is breathing a sigh after getting a good rejuvenating makeover. The prime directive was to maintain the historic integrity during the upgrade, and one of the biggest challenges was replacing 64 windows without disrupting the facade or appearance the iconic Archibald Block.
History Lesson According to a 1910 newspaper, the Block was built by Burton A. Archibald, listed as ‘Real Estate and Business Broker.’ In March, the newspaper carried an item about 'plans for the building on 11th Street to be completed by July. It’s constructed of buff brick, with a parapet roof, three decorative gablepeaks on the front facade and one on the east facade. There are seven two-storey units.' City Archives heritage files describe the Archibald Block as row housing or terrace housing. It’s a rare example of this style; only five or six
exist in Saskatoon today. The units were advertised for rent beginning that month so the project was completed on schedule. The March 23, 1910 issue gives a value to “Mr. B. A. Archibald’s terrace on 11th Street” as $13,000. In the 1911–1912 Hendersons Directory, Burton A. Archibald and Jacob Layton Archibald both lived in apartments in the Block. Jacob was Burton’s father and sat on City Council in 1908. Tenants varied over the years, but prominent Saskatonian Aden Bowman once lived here and over the years the roster included university professors, a
sheet metal worker and an office manager for a paper company. It’s been said that the Block was home to teachers at Nutana Collegiate which is just across the street, and local legend has it that it was home to nurses and served as army barracks during the Second World War. But, says City Archivist Jeff O’Brien, “there’s nothing in the files to indicate that.” Neither is there any evidence to support the other rumour that it was an artists’ residence during the ‘60s and known as a place with wild multi-unit block parties.
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Photo Credit: Amy Thorp
A Mammoth Task in Record Time
Espresso window frame trim is in keeping with the era of the Block, and pops against the bright new interiors.
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When Heather Dimmick of Ka-Tet Holdings bought the Block in December 2020, she was already well acquainted with Nutana. Also the owner of the Arrand Block on the 500 block of 11th Street East, she recently completed a large scale renovation at that heritage property. Renovations on the exterior of the Archibald Block started right away. “Heather’s vision was to give this property the same much needed love and attention,” says Lisa Craig, co-owner with Rene Corriveau of York Windows and Doors. “She wanted to keep the character and beauty of the 1900s but update with modern touches. Clean, bright and inviting was what she had in mind.” Heather had previously worked with Rene on some exterior decks so she invited them to have a look at her newest acquisition. Photo Credit: Amy Thorp
“The condition of the building was a little rough,” says Lisa, adding that was an understatement. “The flooring, cupboards, windows, doors and the wall vents all looked pretty original.” Heather was able to spot the potential and so did Lisa and Rene. They agreed to take on the task. At the Archibald, original units were two bedroom, two den spaces. A wall was removed between the dens. A doorway was covered off to create a large master with an added closet. Kitchens were gutted and redone. Where hardwood flooring was still in good shape, it was refinished and where it was beyond salvage, LVPlank flooring went down. In the bathrooms, acrylic tub surrounds from an old upgrade were removed. Clawfoot tubs were refinished and brick walls were exposed.
Young girls participate in a physical education class on the lawn of Nutana Collegiate sometime between 1917 and 1919. The Archibald Block terrace housing appears at the upper left across 11th Street.
Photo Credit: Local History Room - Saskatoon Public Library - LH 1487
Black plumbing fixtures were installed. All plumbing and electrical was replaced. In March, the interiors were tackled, transforming them into bright, airy urban chic. By mid-May 2021, the project’s biggest challenge of all remained: the glazing.That’s where Lisa and Rene came in.
Many Windows to the Soul If it’s true that the eyes are the windows to the soul, the eyes of the Archibald Block needed some help if the true heart of the historic Block was to regain the vibrancy of its heyday. Replacing 110-year-old windows—64 of them—in such a way to get all the energy
efficiencies of new without making them look ‘new’ and without damaging original surfaces posed some headscratchers. Only two suites had newer windows put in perhaps 15 years ago. They were not installed well and didn’t suit the age or style of the building. Lisa and Rene are
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A happy discovery during renovations was a hidden bathroom window covered for years by a tub surround. Photos Credit: Amy Thorp
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local suppliers of fiberglass Duxton Windows & Doors. The company is often the choice for heritage property improvements. York often retrofits older homes and they have a thoughtful checklist to help determine the best choice of product. There are particular considerations for a historical project like the Block. “When replacing windows in a historic building you want to make sure they fit properly,” explains Lisa. “Measuring correctly is really important, and so is wall depth. You don’t want to damage the old sills or ledges.” Mindful that owner Heather wanted to maintain as much of the authentic historical presence of the building as possible, Lisa, Rene and the team approached with project with meticulous care. “You don’t want to damage any of the interior finish or the exterior brick. You need to make sure everything remains in its original condition if it’s not being replaced.” Although there aren’t really any ‘tricks’ to replacing windows in an historic property like the Block, Rene notes that proceeding slowly with a plan is critical. “You’ve got to do it properly and visualize how the building was assembled,” he explains. “We spend a lot of time figuring out how to make it work. We never rush.” A laser level, he says, is a best friend. “Everything must be sealed and insulated properly.” Slow and steady is the way to go since fragile materials can easily crumble or break loose. “You need to let the other contractors know if anything needs some attention.” During the interior bathroom renovation when tub surrounds were removed, an original window behind
each was revealed. Those 27x53-inch windows had fared well since they had been boarded up for years. “We were so pleased with the discovery because they added natural light and really brightened up the bathrooms,” says Lisa. The window frames selected for the Block project were “high performance, very strong energy-efficient fiberglass. We like to work with fiberglass because it’s superior to PVC,” says Lisa. Custom-made proprietary fiberglass is their choice because of durability and flexibility of design. “These frames can hold large pieces of glass, and are available in any colour, inside and out. Often white doesn’t work in these settings but brown or black works perfectly.” Up-to-code glazing is a significant improvement. Cardinal Glass manufactured the sealed units. Low-E 272 with Argon fill was used for high heat retention in winter and rejection of heat and UV rays in summer. Warm edge spacers separate the panes of glass and seal off the air cavity between them. Rene says he saved many of the old sliding sashes that have grills with original glass. Internal grills in the new windows offer the same historical look. “The frames are new but the grills and the single-hung style, much more common back in the day, make them fit with the era of the building and the brick exterior,” says Lisa. “Inside, Heather’s choice of the espresso frames absolutely pop against the white walls and trim on the interior,” she adds. “That gives the Block an updated and beautiful look on the exterior without losing any of that 1910era nostalgia and charm.” Karin Melberg Schwier
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