Today's Home Tour is a good lesson in how to grow up. No matter how much we love frivolous splashes of colour, random objects as wall art and cushions du jour, there's something to be said for the classic contemporary look -- done right. It's a bit like clothing: fashionable can mean keeping up with all the latest trends, or investing in chic, timeless cuts. Well this here addition and interior overhaul in Toronto's prime real estate of Forest Hill, is the equivalent of the perfect suit.
Overseen and design by
Leila MacDonald, principle of
Schumacher Interior Designs (who, as you can tell by the photo, is herself a well-put-together lady), the project consisted of a large addition -- the living room/kitchen and second floor master bedroom with en suite were all part of it -- and interior design of the the new and other key areas in the 40s home. The whole shebang had an approximate budget of $300,000, which, I have to tell you, sounds about right (I've investigated a similar dream reno for my hovel, and it came to about that -- ha!)
The clients, a male gay couple, retained Ms MacDonald for her obvious way with the classics and a penchant for spend your money right (check out
her site, it's pretty dreamy.) The gentlemen gave Leila very little to go on, save for a request to keep it timeless yet contemporary ( I swear that makes sense in the world of design), with a hint of masculinity.
I think Ms MacDonald did a fabulous job, don't you?
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Previously on Home Tours: An Archi-Tour of one of Toronto's newst but oldest downtown apart-hotels -- One King West
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