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SCANDINAVIAN ESCAPE
BEFORE
FROM CRAMPED TO
LAYERED ORGANIC.
Toronto designer Git Gustavsson
(whose home was featured in H&H,
March 2008) is just as passionate
about travel as she is about design.
Not surprisingly, it was a trip to a
spa in Tuscany that inspired her to
create the same experience at home.
“I wanted to sit in the tub and look
at the trees; to chill out, and not be
distracted,” she recalls. Born in
Sweden, she blended her cultural
roots with modern loft simplicity,
keeping the palette neutral yet
textural. “It’s plain, yet it has so
many beautiful things — and I love
being able to look out the window,”
she says. “It’s exactly as I imagined.”

BEFORE

SHOWER BEHIND GLASS
The pebble detailing and textured cream tiles in
the shower are a nice visual contrast to the white
walls. Git’s one reno regret was not splurging on
heated floors, which would make stepping out of
the shower much easier on cold winter days.
Shower enclosure, Doors and More; table, Quasi Modo;
towel hooks, Ginger’s; scarf, Hermès.

BUILD A MULTITASKING VANITY
“I wanted a European-looking console table for
the vanity,” Git says; she sourced a reasonably
priced one from a Canadian retailer. She’s thrilled
with the the unit’s extra-long drawers and shelf,
as well as the added storage in the mirrored
medicine cabinets. Floor-to-ceiling copper-hued
cork penny tiles have the same effect as a colour-
blocked wall, but are easier to clean than paint.
Sink, console, soapdish, Ginger’s; taps, cabinets, Roman
Bath Centre; sconces, Restoration Hardware; baskets,
Pottery Barn; pink vase, bowl, Cynthia Findlay Antiques.

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