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Grand Staircases of Chicago – then and now

By adrianamot on May 15, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Daniel Burnham’s 1925 Union Station, is one of the last Beaux Art buildings in Chicago. It’s Grand Hall with the Tennessee marble staircase  was immortalized on film in the famous baby carriage scene from The Untouchables. […]

Bookends and Doorstops

By adrianamot on February 28, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

If you are to use bookends, and even if you were not considering them really, here are some pieces that are worthy of attention that may change your mind. A few of […]

Socially established myths related to work and play

By adrianamot on March 22, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

that there is work and there is play that there is personal and business that there is the emotional and the rational that there is work life and retirement life All is […]

Contemporary Toronto – beautiful modern homes around town

By adrianamot on March 18, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Originally posted on my 2 cents on design:
As conservative as Toronto once was, more and more home owners stray away from tradition and embrace the universal, simple lines of modernism. Maybe in…

The comeback of Bold Wallpaper

By adrianamot on March 15, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

The days of outdated and difficult to deal with wallpaper are long gone. Now an industry favorite, wallpaper made a significant comeback in the past few years and the 2018 predictions show […]

Around Toronto, getting ready for the summer

By adrianamot on March 8, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Enjoy the city at your feet! Beautiful colourful clapboard laneways in the Beaches  

Plaster is not what you think anymore

By adrianamot on March 1, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Plaster is a finish undergoing a major revival. In the age of smart materials, the faux finishes take a fresh and exciting turn and plaster right there with them. Once only associated […]

Lit-Up, blast from the past, 2011

By adrianamot on February 22, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

While looking for modern sleek lights on a current project, I stumbled on this older blog post with great examples. Thought I should re-share. With “objects” you never know what lasts and […]

Saying goodby to winter

By adrianamot on February 16, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

As we say goodby to winter, here is one of my favourite Christmas decorated houses of this season.

In the Spirit of Valentines Day….

By adrianamot on February 13, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

In the spirit of Valentines Day tomorrow and the cold bite we have here in Toronto, here is to the power of Red! One of our favorite reds, Caliente is Benjamin Moore’s […]

Beautiful objects, the Dyson hairdryer

By adrianamot on February 4, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

The power of design is often most visible in product design, consumer goods with wide reach to the public that go far beyond the function they are meant to simply perform and […]

Twenty Two beautiful fountain pens

By adrianamot on January 25, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Oh! I so like fountain pens! I have owned one since grade one, in fact, that was my first writing tool. I believe it was a Pelican. And yes that should give […]

Getting ready to photograph the latest home project

By adrianamot on January 18, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

As I just photographed a recently completed wonderful project, I thought of this older post and the great examples it on via: MODERN INDUSTRIAL, 16 ways to use steel doors

My 2 cents on Niagara Falls

By adrianamot on January 11, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Nature is encompassing beauty that nobody questions. Few beautiful things have such a universal following. Up there on the list, Niagara Falls is a force of nature to reckon with. Poorly emphasized […]

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