Grand Staircases of Chicago – then and now
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
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 […]
Looking up and down a central Modern stair
While designing a stair, I always like to think and design the views up and down from it. Here is a recently completed glass railing contemporary stair and what you see when […]
Al Fresco Modern Table Decor
Aaaa-almost smelling the summer…a day here, a day there, some would say you feel it in your bones, the non-gradual, rather chaotic back and forth seasonal change that is so typical in […]
Working with yellow
sun lemon strong happy warm blunt brave whimsical whatever you’re thinking, yellow is power
Socially established myths related to work and play
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
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
The days of outdated and difficult to deal with wallpaper are long gone.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
Enjoy the city at your feet! Beautiful colourful clapboard laneways in the Beaches
Plaster is not what you think anymore
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
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
As we say goodby to winter, here is one of my favourite Christmas decorated houses of this season.
In the Spirit of Valentines Day….
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
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 […]
