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Old Mill – Beautiful Monochromatic Colour Scheme
I have always been a huge fan of what is known as a Monochromatic Colour Scheme, which is, essentially using various tones of one colour to create a warm and soothing environment. Sometimes, I will add an accent colour to … Continue reading
Kitchen Reno
This wasn’t the first time that a dishwasher became the impetus for a kitchen renovtion and most likely won’t be the last. Yes, this outdated 1979 kitchen had no dishwasher, which my client desperately wanted, but, there were so many … Continue reading
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My favourite fireplace makeover – Old Mill
It’s amazing how little your dollar buys when choosing builder upgrades. My clients paid a small fortune to have a fireplace added to their condo living room and ended up with nothing more than a dry-walled box surrounding an electric … Continue reading
Posted in Fireplace Makeovers, Woodworking
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Building a wood and pipe bookcase
This is the first of a few posts you’ll be seeing about an amazing loft I’ve been working on in Toronto’s Liberty Village. As in most lofts and condos, storage is always a challenge and trying to find places for … Continue reading
Two more closet redesigns
Finding places for everything is always such a huge challenge in older homes. The staircases and hallways are narrow, the rooms are small and the closets are either non existent or so tiny that they are virtually unusable. Recently, I … Continue reading
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Another bathroom makeover
Bland, dull and out of date best describes this bathroom in an east end Toronto condo prior to it receiving a much needed makeover. Bathroom renos don’t have to be expensive or overly disruptive to your life. In this case, … Continue reading
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Bayview Mills Part 2
A while back I posted an article about a bathroom renovation that I did that was part of a larger project. http://smallspacestyle.org/2014/01/04/bayview-mills-part-1/ The biggest issue with this home was that nothing really had been done to it since it was … Continue reading
Posted in Before and Afters, Colour and Paint
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Cutting a “pass thru” in a load bearing wall
Normally, cutting a pass through in a wall is a fairly simple task. Cut the drywall, cut out the studs, frame it and you’re pretty much done. It’s maybe a half day job. However, when you are cutting a pass … Continue reading
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Another closet door switchout
Last week I posted an article about a bedroom I had done where the large mirrored sliding closet doors were replaced by nicer more functional bi-fold doors. http://smallspacestyle.org/2014/09/08/another-bedroom-and-closet-makeover/ A woman who I had done some work for in the past … Continue reading
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The Printing Factory Lofts Part 2
When I published the post a while back on The Printing Factory Lofts, http://smallspacestyle.org/2013/09/19/the-printing-factory-lofts/ there were a couple of things in the unit that hadn’t yet been completed, namely the bedroom area. In going through some folders, I realized I … Continue reading
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