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Another of my passions outside of interior design is food. I can’t wait to go back to Bologna (my hometown) to visit FICO Eataly World, an Italian-food-themed park covering 1 million square feet. I am posting some photos that my sister has just sent me. Here is the link to their website and to a recent […]

Here is another of my interior design projects. This was a complete renovation of a dated master bathroom in a North Toronto house. The new bathroom design features floor to ceiling back painted glass panels to cover the entire wall perimeter, a curbless shower and a Murano glass chandelier placed above the freestanding bath tub. […]

This post, part of my blog series that takes an interior design perspective on building a new home in Toronto, documents the framing of my house…

We just added a new project – Toronto Cabbagetown Home Renovation – to our profiled projects.  It’s a beautiful Victorian era home that maintains the home’s character on the outside while emphasizing a contemporary open-space design inside.

Often the basement is an afterthought.  But in our case, with a lot size that requires a long and narrow house, the basement was always envisioned as a key space in the house.  In this post, I walk you through the basement floor plan…

One of my projects has been profiled in the Toronto Star as part of the Cabbagetown Tour of Homes. This post contains a link to the article as well as information on the open house.

In this post, I walk you through the thinking behind the design of the key spaces of the second floor – the master bedroom and ensuite, my son’s bedroom and ensuite, the guest bedroom, the fourth bedroom/home office, and the landing space which includes a laundry room and linen closet…

In this post, I walk you through the thinking behind the design of the key spaces of the main floor – the kitchen, dining and living spaces – which consumed me for almost two years…

This post, part of my blog series that takes an interior design perspective on building a new home in Toronto, documents the building of the foundation…

Time = zero! We have officially started the demolition! Taking down the old house in a tight space requires some careful work. View photos and video of the demolition and excavation over a two week period.