PHOTOGRAPHY: VALERIE WILCOXSTYLING: DVIRA OVADIA A walnut kitchen island contrasts with the white cabinetry, white paint and grey barn wood cladding on the walls. Stone backsplash tiles: Cascade Fossil collection by Erth Coverings; pendant light: Pottery Barn. For...
PHOTOGRAPHY: TRACEY AYTONSTYLING: HUNGERFORD INTERIOR DESIGN Call it “flower power.” It was the sprawling gardens on a Shaughnessy property that convinced its new owners that they had to buy this home, and then a painting of blue and...
PHOTOGRAPHY: JANIS NICOLAYSTYLING: RACHELLE GERVAIS For years, a Nanaimo couple strolled around their neighbourhood admiring the waterfront properties not far from their own family home. Then, once their three boys had grown up and moved out, one of...
PHOTOGRAPHY: VALERIE WILCOXSTYLING: GENEVIEVE WISEMAN Leading was added to the back window to make it resemble the original windows at the front of the house. The homeowners wanted to have shelves near the workspace to hold some of...
PHOTOGRAPHY: SARAH DAGENAIS Using real wood panelling wouldn’t be practical in a family bathroom used by two young children, so designer Gatline Artis chose a faux-wood porcelain tile to achieve the same effect. It’s called Life Walnut and...
PHOTOGRAPHY: TRACEY AYTONSTYLING: TANYA McLEAN and NICHOLE SKLADAN The teak cabinet that popped up on Craigslist looked perfect, just the kind of piece the homeowners wanted to repurpose as a bathroom vanity for their East Vancouver home. “It...
PHOTOGRAPHY: DREW HADLEYSTYLING: CATLIN STOTHERS A new third-floor extension became the master suite for homeowners who wanted the relaxed feel of their bedroom to extend into their bathroom - with no walls or doors to hide the view...
PHOTOGRAPHY: LARRY ARNALSTYLING: MICHELLE BERWICK It started with a plan to get rid of the discoloured tile grout in the master ensuite bathroom - and turned into a complete renovation of all four storeys of Alex and Cindy...
PHOTOGRAPHY: VALERIE WILCOXSTYLING: RANIA ISMAIL-CHERRY The Junction Triangle home Heather Lewis bought with her husband was pretty much move-in ready when they got it, but even so, she was keen to put her own stamp on it. “I...
PHOTOGRAPHY: STEPHANI BUCHMANSTYLING: CARLY NEMTEAN The bungalow that Gaetano Colacci and his wife, Stephanie, bought in Richview looked pretty much as it did when it was built in 1964. “It had pink carpet everywhere, layers of wallpaper in...
