This home with its inadequate storage and limited space for seating, are the nagging contentions I hear over and over again from young Toronto families trying to make the most of their homes in their desired neighbourhoods.
I’ve always wished that I could be a person who looked forward to the carefree days of summer and had a laissez-fare attitude toward the whole thing.
Not so new because like most working artists I’m terrible at making the time to update examples of my work, so this redesign was done last fall (my bad). I’m also terrible at blogging at regular intervals (my badder). Something I’m not terrible at? Design awesome, functional, filled with (your) personality rooms. Here’s an example of that (which also happens to check off the for mentioned to-dos that keep me up at night).
I hear it a lot , “We moved in, did what needed to be taken care of, had a couple of kids….. years later we realized we never got around to decorating. This place is not us.” Karen and Jeremy wanted their place to reflect them. Right? Who doesn’t, but most of us rarely get to it. They have lived in there home for the better part of a decade with their two young daughters and cat Gatsby. They wanted to get to inspire and transform the main floor to start, so we tackled the three main areas of this typical East York semi- entry, living room and dinning room.
I think we can all admit 2016 really bit the big one over all. (#fuck2016). So lets look forward to 2017!! Starting with our homes we can build the foundation, our safe place, to show 2017 what we are made of, and that we are not going to take 2016 lay down.
Here are my favorite Pins and picks to go with each 2017 forecasted trend…..
You’re not boring. Why is your ceiling? I don’t mean every ceiling in the house. But really, If you’re not making a statement up there in at least one room, you’re leaving the “wow” on the table.
