INTEREST & INTRIGUE THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE: GLASS AND STEEL MERGE; PAINTING ABOVE BED BY SANTIAGO PANICHINI, LINENS FROM RESTORATION HARDWARE; MARY ANNE AND CRUZ SURROUNDED BY HER COLLECTION OF BOOKS. FACING PAGE: LAURYSEN KITCHENS ADAPTED TO MARY ANNE’S CHANGES TO STUNNING EFFECT.
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hen interior designer Mary Anne van Gaal and her husband Marty decided to leave their large family home for a centrally located 990-square-foot condo, they gave up space. But that didn’t mean they were prepared to live in a cold, minimalist environment! It did mean that Mary Anne could start from scratch to create a personality-filled home to be shared by the couple and their playful Portuguese water dog, Cruz Mary Anne has created a vibrant home full of character and style with colour splashed in just the right doses. “I believe everyone should live surrounded by things they love and that have meaning for them,” states Mary Anne, the principal decorator for Otta Decorate! It’s the kind of place that you want to hang out in for a while, reading one of the many
books that create intrigue from tabletops to shelving walls. Mary Anne is pleased with the results and says, “It gives me great pleasure every day to be entirely surrounded by items that I found in my travels, through sourcing, or inherited – things that still make me say ‘wow!’”
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