PHOTOGRAPHY: MARTIN KNOWLESSTYLING: CARLY MENS The long horizontal window runs the length of the counter under the upper cabinets behind the sink. It is one of the homeowner’s favourite features in the kitchen. Anyone who has ever been...

PHOTOGRAPHY: DAVID DWORKIND The green wall is a fascinating and innovative feature of the living room. It is suspended over the opening that connects the space to the den. This is a tale of transformation of a two-storey...

PHOTOGRAPHY: JEAN BLAISSTYLING: TRACEY MacKENZIE Custom shelving has been added to each side of the fireplace, which has been given a fresh new look with a white painted finish. Mid-century Modern Scandinavian furniture is in keeping with the...

What does the future hold? Will you reach the heights to which you aspire? Will you be happy? The answers to life’s big questions rarely reveal themselves in a burst of clarity. Instead, they merely offer glimpses that...

PHOTOGRAPHY: JEAN-SÉBASTIEN SENÉCALSTYLING: JEAN STÉPHANE BEAUCHAMP Every great chef has a source of inspiration, that well from which flows the desire to create a feast for the palate. For Fernando Serboncini that source is clear – especially on...

PHOTOGRAPHY: TRACEY AYTONSTYLING: GREER NELSON and JAMIE HAMILTON Three black metal dome pendant lights provide both lighting and visual contrast. Some homes have what are commonly referred to as good bones. These dwellings are sturdy, structurally appealing, and...

PHOTOGRAPHY: VINCENT LIONSSTYLING: BEVERLEY BINNS Updating the home one grew up in is not always an easy task. For example, how do you take your mother’s kitchen and make it your own? That was the challenge facing the...

PHOTOGRAPHY: DREW HADLEYSTYLING: JEAN MONET Every kitchen remodel starts somewhere – with an idea, a theme, a style, a desire, a plan, a need, a whim that involves the yearning for something new. But this kitchen, one could...

PHOTOGRAPHY: LARRY ARNALSTYLING: ELIANA DIAMOND Sophisticated and modern: These are the words used to describe this kitchen. But it is the blue colour – in the quartzite counters, the island stools, the dining chairs, and the subtle veins...

PHOTOGRAPHY: JANIS NICOLAYSTYLING: RACHELLE CHAMBERS When Rachelle Chambers is asked about what part of her West Vancouver house she likes the best, she pauses to reflect on her answer. After a lengthy silence, having given the query careful...