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LIVING

REPEAT WARM FINISHES
A long walnut shelf was incorporated
along the dining room’s outside wall to
balance the kitchen’s walnut cabinetry
on the other side of the room. By furring
out the wall below and alongside it, the
architect was able to create a 4” recess
A single graphic
that accommodates the shelf, which offers work of art has a
a place to display art. The frames on the
dining chairs and the old tavern table, strong visual
found by the pair at a collectibles shop in presence in a
Florida, reiterate the warm wood hue. clean-lined space
Oly pendant light, South Hill Home; art,
Peony magenta-09 by Madeleine Lamont,
Art Interiors; deep cream bowl, The Door
Store; shallow white bowl, Hollace Cluny.
BEFORE

BEFORE

Main floor

CHOOSE PLUSH FABRICS
Incorporating supple, textural fabrics like
Living room
Front velvet, leather and wool flannel enhances
hall an organic-modern aesthetic. So even
though they’re dark and clean-lined, the
sofa and leather chairs in Stacey and Kelly’s
living room have an innate warmth. The
eclectic collection of furnishings —
BLEND ERAS
contemporary furniture juxtaposed
Mix old and new to create intriguing style with exotic and rustic elements, like the
tension. Taking advantage of an extra-wide
Bath stone Buddha statues and a side table
lot, the couple built a rear addition that Office made of salvaged wood — is arranged
also wraps around the side of the house.
in a simple symmetrical box and centered
McCormack included a two-storey wall on the bay window, offering a traditional
along the right side of the house and painted
but comfortable and friendly arrangement.
the lower window section here black. “It Wood side table, Urban Tree Salvage; rug,
makes it look like that side of the house
Carpet Villa; wall colour, White Down
has been pulled out like a drawer,” he says. (OC-131), Benjamin Moore; stone Buddhas,
While it complements the original red
Dining/kitchen Sunday Antique Market at St. Lawrence;
brick, the horizontal cedar siding covering coffee table, Structube; red bowl, throw
the new façade here also highlights the
pillows, Hollace Cluny; throw, Angus Floor plan illustrations by Jenn Lawrence
separation between old and new, and riffs & Company.
on the warm wood tones inside.
Architects, Christopher McCormack and Backyard
Florin Scarlat, McCormack Architects; black
doors, Pella; white lounge chairs, Sunday
Antique Market at St. Lawrence.
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