PHOTOGRAPHY: STEPHANI BUCHMAN STYLING: ALI BUDD In the living room, the pale floor, sofa, coffee table and soft furnishings are contrasted against the intense dark blue of the walls and built-ins. All millwork: Watchtower Interiors. There’s an old...

PHOTOGRAPHY: LARRY ARNALSTYLING: YVONNE WHELAN The home already had dark-stained wood floors upstairs and cream-colored travertine on the ground floor, which means that “you really can bring in any accent colours you want,” says Yvonne. In the family...

PHOTOGRAPHY: CORY STEVENS The view from the street offers a hint of the lushness inside the garden, beyond the hedge of Irish yew. Frank Austrian pines (Pinus nigra ‘Frank’) terminate rows of rhododendrons along the walls. White roses,...

Renovation begins with demolition and responsible management of the waste stream. On this Greening Homes project, 87 per cent of the project waste was diverted from landfill. Photo: Craig Williams Christopher Phillips has a master’s degree in philosophy...

PHOTOGRAPHY: VALERIE WILCOXSTYLING: LAURA GOARD Leslie Ray wanted a white kitchen. “I wanted something bright and light,” she says. But she wasn’t going to get it with this kitchen in the state it was in when she and...

PHOTOGRAPHY and STYLING: LAURA TONOPA Janelle Scalise and Laura Tonopa became friends after living parallel lives in childhood. Although they grew up in the same community – Virden, Manitoba – and attended the same school, before moving to...

PHOTOGRAPHY: KASSANDRA ARBOURSTYLING: VANESSA FERRO and HALI GALLERNO The home’s traditional exterior dictated the decor. The kitchen, spacious at 17.5 feet by 15 feet (excluding the breakfast area), boasts 10-foot-high ceilings. The walls are covered with minutely patterned...

PHOTOGRAPHY: AMANDA OSTER Interior designer Karin Bohn had an intriguing problem. Her company, House of Bohn, was tasked with renovating this 25-year-old home in Surrey’s Morgan Creek district, and the problem presented itself as soon as the front...

PHOTOGRAPHY: COLIN PERRY STYLING: NEGAR REIHANI A glamorous pendant light and original artwork serve to delineate the dining area from the kitchen and the TV room. Light: LH Imports; furniture: Suquet; artwork: Sunny Days by Caro. SOMETIMES, DOWNSIZING...

Photography: Valerie WilcoxStyling: Natalie Venalainen Life in the city usually means living in proximity – often very close proximity – to one's neighbours. If you need more space but like your home and don’t want to move, what...