Cheryl Cornacchia

Cheryl Cornacchia

The Ever-Changing Terrace

PHOTOGRAPHY: BRANDON BARRÉSTYLING: LISA AIKEN Since founding Terra Firma Design in 2001, Toronto interior/exterior designer Lisa Aiken has made a name for herself creating terraces that bring the comforts of indoors outdoors. They extend the short Canadian gardening...

Art With Heart

Think of it as the little art gallery that could. Since opening at the end of a recession, in 2009, the Viva Vida Art Gallery has grown and prospered from a small storefront locale representing a handful of...

In An English Garden

PHOTOGRAPHY: GLENNA PARTRIDGEThe Small Yard was a natural fit for an English cottage garden. It backed directly onto a protected channel of the Fraser River in Vancouver’s quaint Deering Island neighbourhood and was surrounded by country-like properties. The...

Righting The Lay Of The Land

PHOTOGRAPHY: ANGUS MCRITCHIE A 50-Acre Property Near Knowlton, in Quebec’s Eastern Townships region, already provided its owners with unparalleled views of surrounding mountains and valleys. What they needed was to better see the natural beauty of their own...

Doing it Themselves

Doing it Themselves

Photography: Jean BlaisStyling; Jean MonetFloral arrangements:Le Marché aux Fleurs du Village Marina Bibikova loves to play with light, textures and colours. She works as a design manager with her husband Dominic Parasuco, division director for the private label...

Inside Out

Inside Out

Bringing the comfort of the indoors outside is by no means a new decor trend. However, advances in motorization technology and in new fabrics for outdoor carpets, draperies, furniture and accessories are making outdoor-living spaces more comfortable –...

The Fine Art of Jewelry

For decades, Montreal jeweller Gloria Bass has been a name in the male-dominated field of jewelry design. Her signature inter-changeable stacking rings, intricately woven coil pieces, baroque pearls and chunky gemstone rings and bracelets are easily recognizable as...

International Influence

International Influence

PHOTOGRAPHY: GILLIAN JACKSONSTYLING: SHEREE STUART After living in the United States for nearly 25 years, Geoffrey Ashby and Patricia Hastings wanted the penthouse they’d bought in downtown Toronto to be their retirement home, where they would reconnect with...

Retirement Home

Retirement Home

A lower-floor duplex unit in Montreal’s lively Plateau Mont Royal borough recently underwent a major renovation when its owner, a woman who had bought the property 30 years ago, retired and decided she wanted to enjoy her home...

Upgrading The New

Upgrading The New

PHOTOGRAPHY: COLIN PERRY STYLING: NEGAR REIHANI An oval-shaped black marble table in the formal sitting area draws the eye to spectacular views of Burrard Inlet, Stanley Park and the ocean beyond. Negar Reihani is accustomed to transforming old...

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