Our absolutely awesome clients trusted me with the dream task of completely redesigning their 3000 sf new home, with only one direction: “Modern but not cold.” I ran with that direction by creating and designing a home with clean lines, warm finishes and subtle design details. The total gut job […]
Basement Renovations
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Earlier this year, we completed a total renovation for a young family with a vision of a dream home with all the latest amenities (in floor heating throughout just to name one). This traditional 4500 sq ft mansion was completely transformed into a contemporary yet traditional home (i’m not sure I […]
Many empty nesters can now count on downsizing as a part of their retirement plan, thanks to enormous increases in their property value of their original home. For this project, the client had purchased and moved into a retirement home (which we also renovated), and entrusted us with the total transformation of their […]
In the fall, we were contacted to finish a basement in a relatively new neighbourhood. Although a newer home may not have the potential issues of an older home, there are sometimes foundational fixes that need to be addressed before proceeding with a basement renovation. I may be wrong (not […]
Planning and finishing large areas of space can be just as difficult as figuring out to do with small ones, so for this post about our latest project, i’m going to focus on how we planned the space. Like most unfinished basements, we start with the basics of what we […]
We recently were called in to do a basement renovation, which was originally supposed to be completed in later months, but due to new circumstances, the renovation needed to be done right away. The project was fast tracked to be completed in 2 weeks time, with a minimum budget to […]
I am SO excited to finally post photos up of a project that i’ve been working on for the past few months. While the construction only took a little longer than 6 weeks (the renovation of the whole entire home!), the actual design process takes many more weeks of proper […]
Here’s a project I staged a few months ago in Cathedraltown, a unique development in northwest Markham built around a huge cathedral of course! It is a development that features monochromatic homes and townhomes, so it was extra important to make the inside spectacular and unforgettable. The owners happen to […]
This renovation project has quickly become one of my favourite designs of all time. As a basement of a bungalow, the new owner of this home wanted it to feel as much as it was a living space as it was upstairs. Much of the the huge 1700 sq. ft. […]