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CREATING ACCESSIBILITY

THE BIRDS AND BEES

A wheelchair-friendly laneway house

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How to cultivate a pollinator garden

The varied art of Paul Ygartua

OVERLOOKING THE OKANAGAN

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EDITOR’S LETTER

SOMETIMES, THE MAGNITUDE OF our environmental woes can be overwhelming. With the challenges our planet is facing – climate change, pollution, species extinction – it’s easy to feel a sense of hopelessness.

For the past 15 years, environmentalists have been sounding the alarm about precipitous declines in bee populations through colony collapse disorder.

Until then, we probably took bees for granted, despite the fact that they, along with other beneficial insects, tirelessly pollinate the plants that feed us. They are essential in our ecosystems. Without them, food production is impossible. Their decline is our decline.

But this is no time to feel hopeless. It’s time to act. As individuals, we can do our part to help the Earth heal from the damage we have collectively inflicted over the decades.

In this issue, writer Cheryl Cornacchia reports on how we as individual gardeners can do our bit to help such pollinators as bees and other beneficial insects survive and thrive. Of course, it goes without saying that our gardens must be pesticide-free, which is a first step. But we can go further by installing bee houses, bat houses, and the right plants to create environments for pollinators that are welcoming, hospitable and free of toxins.

While we create those pollinator-friendly gardens, we may want to consider planting some of this year’s new cultivars. In another feature, Cheryl reports on the latest horticultural introductions, ranging from annuals through perennials, shrubs and edible plants. Your local neighbourhood bees, bats, birds and butterflies will love you for your plantings.

And because this is the season when we can truly appreciate the outdoors, Tracey MacKenzie has written a guide to outdoor furnishings and accessories to help you design a backyard that is as welcoming and hospitable for you and your guests as your landscape is for the birds and the bees.

Of course, we don’t all relate to the big, beautiful outdoors in the same way. That’s why writer/astrologer Susan Kelly looks at how people born under each sign of the zodiac approach alfresco living in their own particular ways.

As always, we have some spectacular homes to show you, along with a unique landscape in Delta that is perfectly integrated into its shoreline environment.

I hope this issue will give you plenty of inspiration to transform your home into a beautiful living space and your patch of the Earth into a haven for the critters we so desperately need.

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TRACEY AYTON For this issue, photographer Tracey Ayton turned her lens on a home designed by Sarah Lackey of Sarah Marie Designs. “One of my favourite features is how Sarah brought the outside in with all of the wood beams and open shelves,” says Tracey. “Even the styling ref lects this with such elements as dried flowers, driftwood art and simple birch logs, leaned up against the wall in the foyer.” Tracey, a fourth-generation Vancouverite, has been photographing interiors, food and lifestyle for more than 25 years. Her work has been featured in such publications as Martha Stewart, Domaine Home, Kinfolk, Style At Home, and the Globe and Mail.

PHILLIPA RISPIN One particular aspect of each home that writer/editor Phillipa Rispin profiled for this issue stands out in her mind. “The house in Vancouver features some enormous furniture whose pillowy aspect and sumptuous upholstery are a direct invitation to sink in and luxuriate in comfort,” she says. “The opposite is the rusted steel panels cladding part of the Naramata complex and acting as fencing – hard, opaque surfaces that nonetheless offer intriguing glimpses of the forces that forged them.”

WENDY HELFENBAUM Wendy Helfenbaum reports that taking a peek behind prolific Vancouver artist Paul Ygartua’s creative process was revelatory for her. “The effortless way Paul embraces many different styles and mediums amazed me,” says Wendy, who also profiled the home of a couple in St. Lambert, Quebec who downsized … into their own backyard. “They embodied ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking when they moved from their elegant Edwardian brick home into a totally re-imagined Scandinavian-modern guesthouse; they created the ultimate pied-à-terre,” she says. Wendy is a journalist and TV producer who covers real estate, architecture, design, DIY, travel and gardening. Her work has appeared in Country Gardens, Realtor.com, Trulia. com, Canadian Gardening, Canadian Living and more.

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“That’s what I love about gardens,” she says. “They keep me feeling sunny when the days are grey.” In her stories, Cheryl introduces us to new plants for 2018, profiles the latest trend in pollinator-friendly gardening, and takes us to a beachfront garden in Delta that is full of succulents.

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CONTENTS

16 ON THE COVER AN ACCESSIBLE OASIS

A laneway home is built to accommodate its owners’ needs

56 VERSATILE AND PROLIFIC

Artist Paul Ygartua works tirelessly on a vast variety of artworks

A VIEW FROM EVERY ANGLE

A home that overlooks Burrard Inlet is designed to maximize the outdoor vista

82 SEASIDE SERENITY

A Delta garden filled with succulent plants fits harmoniously into its shoreline location

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CONTENTS

BEACH BEAUTY

Canadian interior designer Scott Yetman re-imagines a mid-century home in Palm Beach, Florida

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8 EDITOR’S LETTER 38 NEW PLANT VARIETIES A guide to the latest horticultural cultivars for your garden

44 OVERLOOKING THE OKANAGAN A spectacular Modernist-style home enjoys sweeping views from a high perch

66 OUTDOOR LIVING A guide to the latest furnishings for your garden

72 BACKYARD LIFE A couple downsizes to an unlikely space: their backyard guest house

106 INDUSTRIOUSLY REDESIGNING THE BATHROOM

THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

Creating a pollinator garden is an act of love and stewardship of the environment

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112 SAVING THE SOUL OF A MID-CENTURY HOUSE The renovation of a 1947 home aims to preserve its original essence

120 ALL SIGNS POINT TO THE OUTDOORS The zodiac will determine how you experience outdoor living this summer

134 WELL-DRESSED WINDOWS A Richmond company specializes in coverings for all kinds of fenestration

136 HEIGHT AND LIGHT Soaring ceilings and large windows create an airy interior in this North Vancouver home

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122 COOL COLLABORATION

A smooth partnership is the name of the game for designers and suppliers

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AN ACCESSIBLE OASIS A laneway home is built behind a beloved 1907 house to accommodate its owners’ needs

BY SUSAN KELLY PHOTOGRAPHY: ANDREW LATREILLE

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FROM THE JAUNTY SLANT OF THE METAL ROOF to the western red cedar shingles, this cottage exudes contemporary charm. But don’t look for it perched on a mountainside or overlooking a beach. It lies nestled off a laneway in the Elizabeth Park area of Vancouver.

It was a very personal project for the homeowner. “He commissioned me to create a private paradise in the middle of the city and reclaim the garden,” says architect James Tuer, principal at JWT Architecture and Planning.

The newly built home lies behind the back garden of a large Edwardian house, built in 1907. The owner, a university professor, and his wife had lived in the house for more than

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40 years. When she suffered a stroke eight years ago, her husband became her primary caregiver. And the narrow stairs and cramped rooms became problematic for the wheelchair she now uses.

The couple rented out their former home.

And Tuer designed their new home to fit between it and the back laneway. After some back-and-forth with zoning officials, he was able to set the home a comfortable distance from the road. “That way, they have a parking area wide enough to make it easier to get the wheelchair out of the car,” he says. “And we created a second, walled-off ‘secret’ garden off it as well.”

The newly built urban cottage presents a welcoming face to the laneway. The owners’ former, larger home behind was painted grey to complement it.

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For a Scandinavian look, birch was used for the closet and staircase. A runner carpet, inlaid into the staircase treads, provides sure footing for the

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The focus on accessibility continues inside the home. Furniture was kept to a minimum on the main floor. A spacious bathroom off the great room includes a curb-less shower with resilient, wet room-worthy f looring.

The staircase leading to the second floor was designed to accommodate a future chair lift if necessary. Among the practical details, baseboards throughout the home are of scuff-resistant MDF.

Rich in architectural details, the great room is highly functional as well as pleasing to the eye. A daybed provides a place for the wife to sleep facing the large back garden.

Placed in front of the patio doors, a freestanding gas stove takes the chill off winter evenings. The husband occupies the second-floor bedroom with ensuite bathroom at night. It was he who found the modern German-made Bulthaup kitchen island, from which the architect took his cues when laying out the space and choosing finishes. •

homeowner. Four modernist works by Canadian artist Kevin Drager hang over it.

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“He’s an art collector whose tastes lean towards European modernism,” Tuer says. “Aesthetically, it meshed well with my approach.”

Since 2005, the architect’s primary focus on West Coast Contemporary architecture has come to embrace Scandinavian influences as well.

Like most of Tuer’s designs, this one was created to maximize the amount of natural daylight entering the home. Four strategically placed skylights were installed.

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A tall wall seems to f loat above the great room, reflecting light that streams in through the floor-to-ceiling windows that face the back garden; it provides space to display works of art. Echoing the fence that encircles the garden, the interior ceilings are of fine-line cedar, in some parts whitewashed to help define the area. The concrete floors resemble terrazzo and were chosen for their durability and natural ability to reflect light. •

The main floor is wheelchair-accessible and open to the back garden. The architect took design cues from the owners’ kitchen island, the Bulthaup B2 Workbench, and art collection.

Paintings: Vancouver artist Joel Libin.

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The garden was designed to be an outdoor room, in which cedar fencing and pergolas echo the home’s ceilings. Discreetly inset doors conceal recycling bins or lead to a safety exit lane.

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Tuer, also a landscape architect who has worked on planning large-scale resort projects, redesigned the garden, which had become overgrown. He was able to preserve the original pond, the koi within, and a pine tree. He also repurposed a gate from the old garden that was very important to the owner, who also owns fine-art prints by the gate’s designer, Vancouver artist Bodo Pfeifer.

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Tuer says it was important to create a seamless flow from inside the home to the garden. “With my landscape training, I’m always mindful of how people move through spaces and the kind of experiences they want there,” he says.

Artful use of hardscaping gave the garden’s design more urban edge. The use of low-maintenance grasses and plants keeps landscaping chores to a minimum. Concrete

paths with safety curbs wend through the garden, leading to a pergola-covered area along the back fence.

The home was a kind of homecoming gift from the owner to his wife, the architect believes, a way of bringing her back home without the hassle or inconvenience of their former house. “I see this project as very much a love story for the owners,” Tuer says, “a very selfless endeavour.” •

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A home that overlooks Burrard Inlet is designed to maximize the vista outdoors

BY BRENDA O’FARRELL PHOTOGRAPHY: JANIS NICOLAY STYLING: RACHELLE CHAMBERS

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WHEN RACHELLE CHAMBERS IS ASKED about what part of her West Vancouver house she likes the best, she pauses to reflect on her answer.

After a lengthy silence, having given the query careful consideration, she offers a oneword answer in an even, understated tone: “Everything,” she says.

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She is not being trite, nor is she generalizing. If we were to expand on her answer and describe this West Coast Contemporary two-storey home in two words, the choice would be “stunningly spectacular” – and that would cover both the interior and exterior.

The sprawling structure was created by residential designer Craig Chevalier of Craig Chevalier Custom Home Designs.

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Rachelle, an interior desig ner with Chambers and Stark Design Studio, selected all the exterior finishes and handled all the interior details.

The house is located just north of Burrard Inlet, near Lighthouse Park. The main objective of the design was to maximize the view of the water, Chevalier explains. “The view,

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the view, the view. How do we get the view?

That was number one,” he says, adding that when he first visited the lot, it included an old summer cottage, which had a glimpse of the water only from a cramped bedroom on the top floor. •

Dark millwork creates a canopy over the kitchen’s island, which is clad in Caesarstone quartz with a waterfall edge.

The remaining cabinetry is light-stained white oak or white-lacquered MDF.

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The master bedroom enjoys a view of the water from the bed. It has a fireplace with a marble surround and a custom-made headboard with floating bedside tables.

“Now, every room – from the lower level and the top level – has a view,” he says, which includes an ever-changing vista of ocean-going vessels making their way toward the Lions Gate Bridge. “It’s the gateway to the city’s harbour. Any cruise ship that comes in, you would see them all,” Chevalier adds. And it can be viewed from every room in the house, including by those lying in bed in the master bedroom or relaxing in the backyard swimming pool.

The master bathroom features a shower with a herring-bone floor design and a tub with a view.

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Sofas on the lower level face a wide-screen television with surround sound, the billiards area, and a bar that is equipped with a sink, refrigerator and dishwasher.

To achieve this, Chevalier designed what he calls “a reverse plan,” in which all the main living spaces – the kitchen, dining area, living room and master bedroom – are on the upper level, while the billiards room, home-theatre space, bar area and guest bedrooms are on the lower floor, which is at ground level and gives access to the pool. There is no basement. •

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From the outside, the home is built into the jagged, sloped lot where a series of tiered levels curate the expansive landscaping that complements what Chevalier describes as a “saw-toothed” design. “I don’t do boxes,” he says, as he highlights the structure’s strong horizontal lines, stonework and extensive use of glass.

“It is a big house but it works well with the topography of the property,” Rachelle adds.

But as attractive as the exterior is, the interior more than holds its own. Among many

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interesting interior features, a priority for the owners was to showcase “the car.”

The automobile is a 1959 Mercedes Benz 300D, which is on display in the house.

Dubbed the Adenauer, the car was named after former chancellor of the German republic, Konrad Adenauer, who regularly travelled in custom versions of it during his tenure from 1949 to 1963. It was the largest Mercedes built during the 1950s. Finding a way to display the vehicle was key for the owners, says Chevalier.

The entrance next to the customized garage bay that was specifically designed with both interior and exterior glass walls showcases the couple’s prized 1959 Mercedes Benz 300D.

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It’s not your typical collector’s car, Rachelle says, explaining that her German boyfriend had originally wanted to put it in the living room. “I said ‘no,’ ” she says. But together, along with Chevalier, they came up with the compromise of showcasing it in a uniquely designed garage bay with a glassed wall so that it is prominently displayed near the front entrance of the house.

“It was a good location in that you wouldn’t see it all the time, but everyone who came into the house would see it,” Rachelle says.

Inside the garage are framed photographs of the car, including an image of Konrad Adenauer in the same model, and vintage ads for the famous Benz.

The car has a storied past, she adds. “This particular car apparently was originally owned by the president of the Campbell Soup Company. It was his wife’s car.” •

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Another feature showcased by the unique split-level entrance that opens to a half flight of stairs to the main level and a half flight to the lower level is a stunning illuminated wine cellar. With a 500-bottle capacity, the custom-built f loor-to-ceiling case fronts a limestone wall and the same white oak millwork finished in an almost black stain that is found throughout the home. These two unique features “make it kind of interesting when guests walk in,” Rachelle says.

Despite the 6,500 square feet of space, she says she spends most of her time in the open living room, dining area and kitchen. “It is a really comfortable place to be in.”

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Custom-stained cedar, walls of windows, Indiana limestone, strong horizontal lines and a tiered landscape are combined to place this large house very comfortably on its sloped lot.

Large f loor-to-ceiling windows, walls finished in Indiana limestone and dark millwork, dominate the space. “I really wanted it to feel West Coast – where the beach meets the forest,” Rachelle says. “It’s contemporary that is warm and inviting, inspired by the ocean and the environment. It was an open canvas to pick whatever I like.

“My goal was to make it a very contemporary house, but not stark and sterile. I wanted to make it feel more inviting by using more texture and contrast.”

It’s a home in which it’s difficult not to like everything. •

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FOR OUR GROWING LOVE OF PLANTS The latest horticultural introductions offer gardeners plenty of choice for their gardens

BY CHERYL CORNACCHIA

THROUGHOUT THE COLD MONTHS OF THE YE AR, when most of us are dreaming about our gardens, plant breeders are already hard at work selecting new varieties. It’s a multi-step process involving rigorous field trials at public gardens, universities, nurseries and by individual growers, seed producers and industry representatives.

In time, many of those new varieties will make it to our garden centres – but not before going through this judging process. All-America Selections, a non-profit trialing organization, boasts 45 trial sites of its own, including

nine in Canada. It was founded in 1932, and one of its first trial sites was Montreal’s Botanical Garden. But that’s another story.

Finding an exciting new plant is part of the pleasure of being a gardener. And so, with a view to helping prepare for the gardens of 2018, we’ve contacted All-America Selection, Landscape Ontario, the University of Guelph and other experts to ask what’s new, unusual and exciting this year. In a nutshell: more compact varieties, more edibles, and more pollinator-friendly annuals and perennials.

Here are 22 of them. •

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ANNUALS Ornamental Pepper Onyx/Red is an eye-catching new compact variety of Capiscum. With almost-black leaves, its shiny red fruits glisten like marbles. Height: six inches. Full sun.

South Pacific Orange is a new Canna hybrid that’s a looker. It features bright orange inflorescence set against tropical-looking foliage.

No staking required. Height: up to 52 inches.

All-season bloomer. Full sun.

Copper Prince is this year’s ornamental millet.

It has rose-bronze panicles and spiky foliage that starts as caramel-coloured and deepens to copper. Height: up to three feet. Full or part sun.

South Pacific Orange Canna

Copper Prince Millet

Sunfinity sunflower (Helianthus interspecific) from Syngenta Seeds is a fabulous new sunflower that puts out bright yellow blooms all season long. Unlike traditional sunflowers that have one stem, Sunfinity is multi-branching. Height: three to four feet. Requires a minimum of six hours of sun.

Apollo Lovesong is a sun-loving dwarf cosmos that is even harder-working than its garden-workhorse predecessors, given its size.

And its large pastel pink and white flowers will attract plenty of pollinators. Height: 18 to 24 inches. Full sun.

Sunfinity sunflower

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Asian Garden Celosia, bred in Japan, is a Celosia argentea made for Canada’s cold climes.

It has stunning magenta-pink plumes and a bushy habit. A favourite of pollinators.

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Apollo Lovesong Cosmos

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Gypsophila Gypsy White Improved is, as its name suggests, an improved Gypsophila. It has semi-double, white blooms so abundant it almost looks like a fluffy mound of snow.

Height: 12 to 18 inches. Full/part sun. And Cuphea FloriGlory Diana, a new variety of Cuphea, commonly known as Mexican heather, packs a punch with new magenta-coloured flowers. Height: 10 to 12 inches. Spread: 16 to 18 inches. Both are good for borders, mass planting and containers. Full sun.

Rockin’ Deep Purple Salvia hybrid is an eye-catching new Salvia that blooms steadily all summer into fall. Height: up to 40 inches.

Full and part sun.

Photos courtesy of All-American Selections and National Garden Bureau

Gypsophila Gypsy White Improved

Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia hybrid

Rockin’ Deep Purple Salia

In 1995, Petunia ‘Purple Wave’ ushered in a new era of petunias as flower powerhouses that can function as both fillers and spillers. New to that class is Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia hybrid. Its soft purple flowers are accentuated by its deep plum throat and veins. Heat- and drought-tolerant. Height: six to 12 inches.

Trails up to 30 inches. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Partial to full sun. •

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EDIBLES Edibles have become increasingly popular, especially with small-space gardeners. Filling that niche is a hardy new pansy hybrid, Pansy ‘Tasty Mixed.’ Its flavoursome flowers are mildly sweet and peppery. As well, ‘Raspberry Fool’ Nasturium is a new nasturtium that has delightful edible raspberry and pink semi-double and single flowers. A new ornamental kale, perfect for container growing, is Brassica oleracea Yokohama. It has frizzy green, white, and purple leaves that are both pretty and tasty.

‘Raspberry Fool’ Nasturium

Pansy ‘Tasty Mixed’

Many new shrubs this year are compact versions of old favourites. Paeonia lactiflora ‘Kiev’ is a new dwarf peony from the Patio Series. It has large, single, bright-pink blooms that soften toward a centre of creamy yellow stamens.

Hardy to Zone 4. Cephalanthus Occidentalis ‘Bail Optics’ Fibre Optics is a new version of a buttonbush native to Ontario and Nova Scotia. It has creamy white, compact flowers.

Zone 4. ‘Czechmark Trilogy’ weigela is a new weigela cultivar with not one, not two, but three colours of blooms on each plant: white, pink, and red. Zone 4. And Hydrangea arborescens ‘Invincibelle Mini Mauvette’ is a hardy new dwarf hydrangea with mophead mauve-violet flowers that bloom right through summer into fall. Hardy to Zone 3.

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Cephalanthus Occidentalis ‘Bail Optics’ Fibre Optics

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Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Twilight Zone’

PERENNIALS Perfect for sunny, hot, dry spots where nothing seems to grow, Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Twilight Zone’ is an exciting new little blue stem. It’s tough and boasts a nearly iridescent silvery mauve purple cast that darkens into the autumn. Height: up to five feet. Hardy to Zone 4.

Echinacea ‘Kismet Intense Orange’

Heucherella ‘Onyx’

A new look for Echinacea purpurea, commonly known as purple conef lower, Echinacea ‘Kismet Intense Orange’ is a pollinator magnet that will bring in bees, birds, and butterflies.

Height: 12 to 24 inches. Full sun. Hardy to Zone 4. Note: The flower is sterile; does not produce seed.

For something other than ferns or hostas in the shady areas of your garden, consider Heucherella ‘Onyx.’ These black foamy bells can thrive in deep shade. Height: eight to 12 inches. Hardy to Zone 5.

‘Munchkin Fire’ hosta is a miniature hosta that is ideal for small landscapes. It boasts a fountain of narrow yellow leaves and lavender flowers in midsummer. Height: four inches.

Width: nine inches. Partial to full shade.

Hardy to Zone 3.

Allium ‘Millenium’ was first introduced in 2000, but we are including it here because it has been named Perennial of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. A butterfly magnet extraordinaire, it is also deer- and rabbit-resistant. Full sun. This plant proves that once a winner, always a winner. •

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TURNING A LOSER INTO A WINNER

Unique house design makes the most of an awkward site in Naramata

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THE POTENTIAL OWNERS STOOD with their architect and real estate agent, looking at the site.

It was not ideal for building, the half-acre seemingly all slope, with a steep climb to get to the top of the ridge (which, undeniably, gave access to superb views of the Okanagan Valley). The architect suggested that if they “could accept the added cost of underground parking on the lot, they would end up with

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the best position, without an unmanageable driveway problem,” adding that what looked like a loser lot “would be a winner.”

The result is this modestly sized yet striking house by Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd. that is an homage to such icons of Modernism as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House and the Glass House by Philip Johnson.

(Above) The smaller building is nestled into the hillside and has a green roof, which terminates at a gazebo. (Opposite, bottom) On the patio, a rusted steel panel hides the barbecue. During construction, raw steel panels were given an acid wash, then left to overwinter outdoors to develop their unique appearance.

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Honoured with a Special Jury Award from the Architectural Institute of British Columbia in 2013, the “house” is actually three buildings/spaces. Florian Maurer, one half of the now-defunct Allen + Maurer with fellow architect Chris Allen, says, “This is the design that does the site the most justice. We put all the living functions in the glazed pavilion at the one point where you have an unobstructed view of at least 300 degrees around.

“Then the idea of creating a counterpoint comes up” – thus, the courtyard leading to a second, less generously fenestrated building, nestled into the ridge. “The extraversion of the glass house sets a dialogue with the sheltered space,” says Maurer. •

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Leggy furniture and unadorned lampshades contribute to the light and airy aesthetic, all the better not to distract from the view over Okanagan Lake. (Below) External sunshades keep out the sun without completely obscuring the view.

The third space is hidden. An interior stairway from the glass house leads down to a foyer, a wine cellar, a geothermal heat-pump room, and a garage, all underground and closer to the access road. This solution neatly resolves several problems: saving the owners from contending with a precipitous drive up the ridge, hiding functional yet less aesthetically pleasing spaces, and using the natural heat of the surrounding earth to keep the spaces at a constant temperature.

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“We wanted indoor and outdoor space with minimal design.”

It’s an intriguing design, one that immediately captivated the homeowners, a professional couple in Vancouver who are now retired and using this as a second home.

“We wanted indoor and outdoor space with minimal design,” says the wife. They liked the idea of having the main space (living, dining, and kitchen areas) glassed in, but “we didn’t want to sleep in a glass house,” says the husband. The second, sheltered building takes care of that, incorporating bedroom, studio, and media room.

The Valley’s hot, dry climate presents challenges for a glass-encased building.

Referencing the Farnsworth House and the Glass House, Maurer wryly points out that this house “needs to do what they could not do: work technically.” Accordingly, Allen + Maurer specified LoĒ3-366 glass by Cardinal Glass Industries to glaze the building, providing insulation without compromising visibility. •

(Above) An interior stairway, with treads of rusted steel, leads to an underground foyer from which the wine cellar, mechanical room, and garage are accessed.

(Left) The sleek kitchen cabinetry is part of an interior structure, likened by Maurer to “a box in a box,” that contains the pantry, powder room, and coat closet.

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The roof overhang also provides protection.

Maurer points out that “overhangs serve a purpose; we cannot do without them.”

However, in keeping with the minimalist aesthetic, “we wanted to let the overhang float thinly.” Working with the structural engineering firm Fast + Epp, Allen + Maurer devised a solution: use SIPs (structural insulated panels) for the roof, having them dropped onto supports around the interior perimeter of the ceiling so that the tops of the panels are flush with the tops of the exterior walls.

External retractable sunshades and internal roll-down shades add to the heat management. There’s no air conditioning per se, but with the geothermal heat pump and in-floor heating/cooling, the concrete slab floor and its surface of 18-by-18-inch Italian porcelain tiles are adequately cooled. •

The ceiling of planed spruce slats appears to continue unbroken across the exterior wall of this side of the building to form the roof overhang.

Black fabric is sandwiched in the half-inch gaps between the slats to absorb sound.

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The second building is partly burrowed into the hillside and has a more conventional overhang on the exposed side. It might not be as spectacular as the glazed volume of its neighbour across the courtyard, but its green roof gives it a certain cachet.

Particularly dramatic are the panels that clad the building and also provide both function and design interest in other parts of the site. The acid-washed 10-gauge steel panels have been allowed to rust and then simply rubbed with linseed oil, each one developing its own design “personality.”

The homeowners deliberately chose Allen + Maurer to design their second home, knowing that their desire for a minimalist aesthetic would be honoured. As one of them says, “We didn’t want a monstrosity sitting on top of a cliff.” There is no monstrosity on this cliff, just an elegant, functional dwelling in a gorgeous setting. •

Evening arrives in the Okanagan Valley, and recessed LED rope lights around the perimeter of the ceiling help the glass house to glow like a jewel.

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Inspired by his travels, world-renowned artist Paul Ygartua works tirelessly on a vast variety of artworks

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PAUL YGARTUA IS A CREATURE OF HABIT, yet he’s in a state of constant reinvention. The artist, who was born in Bebington, England and is based in Vancouver, France, Spain or the U.K. depending on the time of year, paints about 10 hours a day, often completing a new work in that time. •

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Since 1970, Ygartua has amassed an astonishing body of work that encompasses a wide variety of styles including figurative abstract, European impressionism, neo-cubism, surrealism and abstract expressionism. A prolific creator, Ygartua continually seeks new challenges every time he reaches for a fresh, blank canvas.

“I’m a Gemini and a workaholic as far as painting goes,” explains Ygartua. “It doesn’t matter where we are in the world, my wife Joanne and I have a system: We get up at 7

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a.m. every day. If we’re in Spain, at my studio in Cadaqués – the home of Salvador Dalí – we’ll go for a swim, then to the local café on the beach. By 9 a.m., I’m painting. Our place has 20-foot ceilings and terrific light, so it’s probably my most favourite spot to paint. I can’t imagine doing anything else.”

Ygartua developed his skills while painting alongside his artist mother during childhood summers spent in Basque country, northern Spain. However, his father discouraged him from pursuing his passion. “My

dad wouldn’t allow me to become an artist; he said I’d never make a living and that I’d have to get a degree,” recalls Ygartua, who studied silver- and gold-smithing at Liverpool Art College, where he met John Lennon. He studied painting and art at the Laird School of Art in Birkenhead, near where he lived.

Because there were few jobs in England for industrial designers, he handed his degree to his father and moved to Canada. One month later, he met his wife Joanne. •

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“Sometimes, I start on a canvas without knowing what it’s going to be, and then suddenly it hits me and I just take off.”

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While he notes that travelling the world and meeting new people feed his work, Ygartua believes that an artist’s inspiration begins from within. “You shouldn’t have to wait for inspiration,” he says. “Sometimes, I start on a canvas without knowing what it’s going to be, and then suddenly it hits me and I just take off. I don’t use sketchbooks anymore; I prefer the spontaneity of just working straight on the canvas.”

He moves effortlessly between styles and mediums – he’s worked with acrylic, oil, pen and ink, pastel, graphite and more. He is currently creating large abstract paintings, developing his palette-knife work with heavy texture, and he continually works on new techniques.

“I like to wing it, because the artistic side is almost more important.”

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He believes a good artist should be able to paint fast, noting that he rarely spends more than a day on any one project. Even the tools with which he works are chosen for their speed quotient. For example, he’ll start with a sponge or large brush to cover big areas quickly. “You’ve got to get the paint on fast so you can get the feeling of it,” he says. “Then, I’ll put detail in right at the end with a smaller brush or a palette knife. Each style requires a different discipline. For instance, if I’m doing a Vancouver abstract city scene, it’s so fast and spontaneous; I can do those in a couple of hours. Cubist style is more time-consuming and organized: I have to plan where the faces are going to be, so these take five or six hours to do. For pure abstracts, sometimes I can do those in an hour or less.”

Ygartua’s massive murals take longer to complete because he paints them freehand without grids or projectors. The mural he created for the United Nations pavilion at Expo ’86 took about six weeks, and one on the Beachcomber Hot Tubs building in Surrey took around seven weeks. •

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Because of his unusual technique, he’s been called The Mural Miracle Maker by Pauline Hilistis Waterfall of the Heiltsuk Nation, an Order of British Columbia recipient for her work in adult education for indigenous communities.

“Organizers get frightened when they see me sitting up against the wall with a pencil,” Ygartua laughs. “I like to wing it, because the artistic side is almost more important. Even if the mural’s not perfect, the imperfection is what makes it different and better. If you have to grid it off or use a paint projector, it’s so mechanical that you lose freedom of expression.”

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He has created some of the largest murals in the world, such as Legends of the Millennium, a 9,000-square-foot piece that spans two walls of the Beachcomber Hot Tubs building. His 2013 mural Bella Bella – United in History was commissioned by Shearwater Marine Group to commemorate the history of Bella Bella, B.C. and the Heiltsuk Nation.

Since the early 1970s, Ygartua has been drawn to North American aboriginal culture. He has longstanding friendships with several First Nations chiefs, and his colourful collection of West Coast totem poles and masks is exhibited at Eagle Spirit Gallery on Granville Island. His most recognizable works include his Heritage Series, which showcases First Nations peoples and other native cultural groups.

Ygartua often gets tapped to create innovative art installations. He recently painted a 10-foot abstract mural, The Experience, to complement the sleek, modern decor of Bauhaus Restaurant in Gastown. And his vast jigsaw-shaped Checkmate is the focal point along one wall of the historic Royal Bank building in Vancouver’s financial district.

Gallery representation includes Vancouver’s Eagle Spirit Gallery and Ukama Gallery, London’s Gagliardi Gallery, Galerie Lumières de l’Art in Paris, and the Art Museum of Chianciano in Tuscany, Italy. He has exhibited in New York, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Austria, Japan, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Scottsdale, and Sydney, Australia, among other places. His work sells for $6,000 to $30,000.

In late March, Ygartua donated a painting to benefit the YVR Art Foundation, which supports BC and Yukon indigenous artists through scholarships, grants and exhibitions.

Having once agreed, at his wife’s urging, to take a short break from painting during a trip to Hawaii, Ygartua insists he’ll not do that again, because art fuels him. “I’m very lucky to support my life and my family through art,” he says. “Every day that I’m painting, my bucket list is accomplished.” •

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CHILL OUT UNDER THE SUMMER SUN Our guide to finding perfect furnishings and accessories for your beautiful garden room

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he weather is hot, so it’s a great time to go and chill outside. If you have plans to transform your yard into an outdoor room this summer, here are some suggestions that may help you create the perfect spot in which to socialize with friends and family or just decompress alone.

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CURV Y A ND CON T EMPOR A RY Designed by Australian brothers Harrison and Nicholas Condos, the Balmain collection from Restoration Hardware is handcrafted of plantation-grown teak. Gentle curves and tapered legs soften the contemporary look and add an organic feel to the collection.

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MODER N MÉL A NGE Constructed of marine-grade stainless steel with teak accents, the Gotland collection of outdoor seating is sleek and reminiscent of the best of the Mid-century Modern style.

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OU T DOORS OR IN? The Heathered shag mat is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. It’s durable, quick to dry, and is mold- and mildew-resistant. Perfect for the patio or indoor workshop, this mat is available in four sizes.

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L IGH T T HE WAY The Chassis lantern, shown here in peach, has a brass-coloured handle and comes in three sizes: votive, small and medium. Also available in white.

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H A PP Y HER R R INGBONE Tracey Boyd reinterprets the herringbone pattern on her new Twill ceramic indoor/outdoor tables. A painted contrast band around the top and bottom adds colour. It pairs well on the patio with Anthropologie’s Chassis lantern.

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L OUNGE A ROUND The Bene outdoor lounge chair has an aluminum frame and is strung with weather-resistant woven cord in a pattern that improves breathability. Available in two colours: black and stone grey.

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H AV E A BA L L The Ball portable LED lamp, designed by Smart & Green, is waterproof, shockproof, cordless and rechargeable. And if that weren’t enticing enough, there are three colour modes from which to choose. Perfect for the living room or patio, this lamp can even be used on water for a stunning lighting display. One six-hour charge provides between eight and 20 hours of power, depending on the mode and intensity level used.

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L OW A ND L INE A R The woven texture of the Clodagh sofa reflects the centuries-old art of basket-weaving, albeit rendered here in resin. Its low and linear profile will lend a sleekness to your outdoor space.

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CEMEN T ED IN S T Y L E The Colorfade coffee table is made of cast cement and is as versatile as it is beautiful. Painted in a soft ombre finish, it works for the living room or outdoor lounge area. Pina coladas not included.

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ACCEN T UAT ED A NGL E S Geometric shapes accentuate the Olema lounge chair from designer David Sutherland. From the elegant cushions to the angled seating, this chair offers comfort and refinement.

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GE T IN T O T HE SW ING OF I T The unique look of the Destiny Tear Drop PVC swing chair with stand

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Complete with beige cushions for extra comfort, this chair can be hung from the ceiling or stand alone. Weather- and UV-resistant.

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T HE GOL DEN E GG The allen + roth 16-inch gold-finished side table will add a touch of glamour to your patio. Lightweight and easy to move, this handcrafted side table can be used either indoors or out.

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BE ACHED A modern take on the iconic bean bag chair, the IBIZA chaise offers relaxed lounging by the pool or the ocean. The water-resistant shell encases quick-dry foam and beads to provide you with the ultimate in luxury beach chairs. Available in a variety of colours.

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COOL COR A L A ND A T OUCH OF T URQUOISE The Charleston melamine side plate set is ideal for serving up canapĂŠs poolside. Available in coral, turquoise and blue, these plates are sure to brighten up any table setting.

Comes in a set of four.

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S T UR DY A ND S TACK A BL E The popular Bellini chair, designed by Mario Bellini for Heller, is crafted of injection-molded, fibreglass-reinforced polypropylene. Sturdy and stackable, this fashionable favorite is exceptionally comfortable and tough enough to withstand constant use. Elegant enough for the indoors, this chair resides in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Available at DWR www.dwr.com

BA R BE CUE BL ISS The Weber Genesis II is a liquid-propane gas grill that includes highperformance burners, which are tapered to ensure a consistent gas flow from front to back. It also has a bar, a grease-management system, and an infinity ignition. Everything you need to get cooking.

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BL UE BL END The Bottomley area rug is hand-woven of tubular plastic straws and is UV-protected and fade-proof. Reversible and easy to maintain, it’s also made to repel mold and mildew. Rinse clean with a garden hose.

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SL UMBER UNDER T HE SUN The Maura double chaise longue is a stylish, canopied sunbed with an exotic larch-wood frame. Perfect for lazy afternoons. Just add throw pillows and a good book and you’ve got your own personal oasis.

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L OL LYG AGGER L OUNGER Designed by Loll Designs, the Lollygagger lounge chair is made of 100 per cent recycled plastic, mainly from reclaimed milk jugs.

The company’s dedication to the environment has kept more than 100 million milk jugs out of landfills. Waterproof and faderesistant, this chair is perfect for the garden or beachside patio.

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INDUS T R I A L INCL IN AT IONS The Moda dining table sports a fibre-cement top and galvanized metal legs for an industrial look.

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ONCE UPON A TIME, a tiny guesthouse built in the late 1890s sat in the corner of a wooded backyard in St. Lambert, Quebec, behind a larger, brick-clad family home. The 600-square-foot shack was in such terrible condition that in 2008, when Jean-Luc Gagnon and MarieHélène Larouche bought the property it sat on, the deed of sale included a demolition permit, courtesy of the city.

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However, instead of razing the backyard hut, the couple hired the aptly named architectural firm La Shed to completely reimagine what ultimately became their dream house.

“From the beginning, we knew that one day, we’d live in the smaller house; we wanted it to be our retirement home, our pied-à-terre,” explains Jean-Luc, a trumpet player with l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.

For eight years, the homeowners lived in the front house, restoring its Victorian features. They also updated the guesthouse and rented it to various tenants while they fine-tuned their vision for the future: Sell the big house and move into the backyard abode. Between tenants, the couple enjoyed their little retreat, treating it as a weekend cottage. •

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Finally, in 2015, they moved forward with their big plan. After nearly a year of bureaucratic wrangling and hoop-jumping, the couple’s land was officially divided horizontally into two equal lots of 3,000 square feet, becoming a co-property.

The results of the year-long renovation are spectacular: the Scandinavian-modern one-bedroom space features expansive living areas atop a small footprint. “Because the house was too close to the properties behind and beside it, we had to keep the same footprint in certain spots without modifying the structure,” says Jean-Luc. “We also couldn’t demolish more than 50 per cent of the building; otherwise the city would’ve refused to let us rebuild it.” •

Rufus the Boston Terrier is an honoured houseguest at the couple’s home; he often stays with Marie-Hélène and Jean-Luc when his owners are out of town.

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The city allowed the homeowners to bump the house’s square footage up to 930, but architect Yannick Laurin, who is also La Shed’s co-founder, faced a long list of restrictions, including ceiling height and the contour of the home. Also, because the house could be extended only toward the front of the property, privacy was a concern.

“We reconfigured the architecture and the windows so there are no direct views, and when you’re in the backyard, no windows face there, so it’s very secluded,” says Laurin, whose team designed the home to wrap around a private outdoor cedar deck on the southwest side of the property. Surrounded by mature Norway maple trees, the house has the ambience of a country cottage.

“The original guesthouse had lots of knotty pine, and a very rustic ambience; Jean-Luc and Marie-Hélène wanted to modernize and make it more comfortable, while keeping that simple feeling of being surrounded by trees in a very restful place,” says Laurin. •

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In the contemporary-style grey kitchen, the homeowners wanted stainless steel for the island and countertops to balance out the wood. La Shed incorporated sleek LED lights into the pine slats of the ceiling.

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To maximize privacy, La Shed played with sightlines and angles. Other than one small window that overlooks the original backyard, the main living spaces all face toward the new hidden courtyard. From the street, onlookers would never guess how much space lies beyond the cheery green front door.

“The most unusual thing about the house is that in the kitchen, the ceilings start at just seven feet and we couldn’t change that,” says Jean-Luc. So La Shed created a 40-foot-long incline beginning at the back of the house and spanning to the front, where the ceilings soar to 14 feet. “Cooking in our kitchen is wonderful, because we’re in front of a 17-footwide window which faces west, where we have a view of the trees. And the afternoon light is extraordinary; it floods the kitchen and dining room.”

The bathroom’s old-fashioned clawfoot bathtub is the perfect spot to unwind.

The walls are clad with wood that was reclaimed from the original guesthouse.

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In a nod to the cabin’s original look, La Shed installed new red pine flooring throughout, along with white pine ceilings and builtin wood bookcases. The stainless-steel-clad kitchen island faces the outside deck, while the sleek grey cabinets conceal the master bedroom and bathroom just beyond. Three steps separating the dining room and kitchen from the living room divide the space while maintaining the flow.

La Shed pulled in as much natural light as possible into the space by installing a skylight in the bathroom and 12-foot-high windows in the living room.

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“We get sunlight from the south, so we just love being in this room,” says Jean-Luc. “The light makes it seem like we’re outside.”

Marie-Hélène and Jean-Luc moved in last September, and plan to stay for many years.

“We were thrilled with the work La Shed did; they really kept that feeling from our original little house, of being in a cottage,” says JeanLuc. “Now that we’ve finally built our small dream house, we’re living the perfect village life in St. Lambert.” •

“The terrasse is really nice, because it connects all the living areas, and it’s very private and surrounded by trees,” says architect Yannick Laurin.

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A Delta garden is designed to fit in harmoniously with its shoreline environment

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DEBBIE SAMSOM WASN’T SURE what kind of garden she wanted around her beachfront home in Delta, but she wanted it to blend in with the adjacent natural landscape. So in her mind, any new plants, paths and patios would have to accentuate - not impede - the clear view from her kitchen window out onto Boundary Bay. Today, one year on, Debbie couldn’t be more pleased with how her new garden is blooming - and just as important, how it makes her feel. With newly planted beds of mixed ornamental grasses, exotic-looking succulents and a variety of perennials - none of them taller than three-and-a-half feet,

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there’s an unimpeded view from her house straight over the beach and bay and, behind that, looking to the southeast, Washington state’s Mount Baker. Her new happy place is the crushed-stone patio at the far corner of the property, right next to a ladder that goes down to the public beach below.

“I have a hard time getting any work done now,” says Debbie, whose second-floor home office overlooks it all. “About 80 per cent of the plants are perennial, so this garden looks good all winter long. Even my planters and containers that were filled with succulents overwintered nicely. I love how everything flows right into the beach.” •

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When Debbie and her husband John moved into the 2,800-square-foot contemporary home two years ago, the back garden was in sorry shape.

“We had the reflection pool, but the lawn was in poor shape; voles and raccoons had destroyed it,” Debbie recalls. “There was a row of wild roses along the property line in a narrow border, but that was it.”

She wanted a garden makeover but didn’t know where to start. Up to that point, her tastes and experience had been limited to English-cottage-garden designs with hydrangeas, wisteria and rhododendrons.

“We had a blank slate,” says Glenna Partridge, the garden designer who reimagined the space for the couple. She says the idea of planting mainly succulents was sparked by the fact that the homeowner loved them and had planted some in containers and planters during her first year in the house. They had done well, surviving right through the winter.

“That gave me a clue there might be a microclimate,” says Partridge, owner of Glenna Partridge Garden Design.

Debbie Samsom’s new garden boasts more than 40 plant varieties, 80 per cent of them perennials and of those, the majority are succulents.

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Keeping the lawn green is not an issue at this beachfront home in Delta. Homeowners Debbie and John opted for artificial turf after losing the battle with voles, raccoons, salty sea mist and wind.

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Using succulents as a starting point, Partridge designed low-maintenance beds, choosing hardy plant varieties that require little dead-heading and don’t demand a lot of water. The lawn was scaled back to onethird of the yard and the grass was replaced with artificial turf. The remaining garden was transformed into a large planting bed traversed by a path, and new borders were

added along the retaining wall and reflecting pool. To ensure there would be a variety of colours and foliage year-round, Partridge included a lime-green sedge that is native to New Zealand, called Carex comans “Frosted Curls,” along with New Zealand f lax lily (Phormium ‘Burgundy’) and blue fescue grass (Festuca glauca ‘Beyond Blue’). •

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Garden designer Glenna Partridge referenced the natural landscape to create a seaside garden.

Ornamental grasses, exotic-looking succulents and flowering perennials blend effortlessly in the borders.

The reflecting pool is one of the elements that was in the garden when the homeowners bought the house.

She also suggested flowers in a white-pinkpurple palette, including lavender, sea thrift (Armeria maritima), both annual and perennial varieties of Salvia, daphne, an evergreen perennial commonly called Angel’s Fishing Rod (Dierama pulcherrimum), and Verbena bonariensis. And for the ‘wow’ factor: succulents. In addition to Sempervivum tectorum, commonly known as hens and chicks, Partridge planted Echeveria runyonii ‘Topsy Turvy,’ several varieties of Hebes and pencil cactus, a euphorbia really and a taller specimen plant that turns a brilliant orange.

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Debbie says she and her husband are delighted with how their new garden and its low maintenance requirements fit in so nicely with the surrounding landscape. And so are the hummingbirds, she adds. They have stopped going to the hanging feeder, choosing instead to come into the garden and sip nectar from real flowers. “I drive an electric car, don’t eat meat and try to do good things for the environment,” Debbie says. “This garden reflects what we are all about.” •

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FOR THE BIRDS

… OH, AND BEES,

BUTTERFLIES

AND BATS, TOO Gardeners can protect the environment by building habitats for pollinating insects and animals

BY CHERYL CORNACCHIA

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ISABELLE BÉRUBÉ AND HER HUSBAND built their dream house four years ago on a 12-acre property in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, an hour’s drive southeast of Montreal. Passionate nature lovers, they planted flower gardens, vegetables and fruit trees to get the most out of country life.

Then Bérubé built a second dream house – just to attract bees. Her thinking with her first bee house was: “Build it, and they will come.” And come they did.

“It was a test,” Bérubé says of the bee house she made with scrap wood. It had multiple holes and compartments in it and measured five-by-two feet. “They (Mason bees, the first pollinators of the season) started going into all the different holes. They laid their eggs, put in nectar and pollen and then sealed it with mud. I was amazed! It worked,” she says.

The following spring, Bérubé recalls, the eggs hatched and the bees were out pollinating her garden.

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Just as man and woman cannot live by bread alone, bees need more than nectar and pollen. They need shelter from the elements, somewhere to breed. Gardeners have begun to recognize this and are embracing the housing challenge. As a result, bee hotels, as well as bug condos and insect houses, are helping bees, butterflies and valuable insects to thrive.

“Habitat is as important as providing food for bees,” says Nigel E. Raine, a professor who holds the Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation at the University of Guelph.

He supports anything that attracts pollinators to the garden. “Almost 90 per cent of flowering plant species worldwide rely on animals and insects for pollination,” he says.

By providing shelter and integrating into gardens native plant varieties and other pollen- and nectar-rich plants, bees, butterflies and other insects are able to better survive the ongoing habitat degradation that occurs as cities grow and natural habitats disappear. •

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It doesn’t take much to create these crucial niche habitats in an ordinary residential garden. A 10-by-12-by-six-inch box divided into compartments and filled with tube-like structures is a good start. Bamboo poles cut into six-inch lengths make perfect tubes.

Gardeners who are not that handy or are uninclined to tackle do-it-yourself projects can look online, where there are many models from which to choose.

Alternatively, gardeners can leave part of their garden uncovered rather than mulched to allow ground-burrowing native bees to build homes. They can also keep some old wood lying around. If it is rotting, or it has been drilled through with holes, it will quickly become an insect shelter.

Of course, there’s no need to stop with just bees and other insects. An eight-by-eightby-eight-inch closed box with shutter-like openings on one side makes a perfect home for the little brown bat, the most common bat in Canada, now threatened by white-nose syndrome.

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Song birds, too, can be encouraged to stay in bird houses, which are easy to build or buy.

Horticultural choices are also important.

Planting pollinator-friendly varieties in the garden creates a welcoming environment.

Lists of important pollinator plants are available online. A good resource is www. flowerscanadagrowers.com/pollinator-poster.

Many new plant hybrids are bred for us – with brighter colours and bigger flowers – but they often contain less pollen. For insects,

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there’s nothing like the real thing with which they have evolved in nature.

“If I had a slogan, it would be helping people to help create life,” says Isabelle Bérubé, who has since refined her bee and insect houses and is now selling them at a nearby nursery, Jardins de l’Écoumène in St. Damien, Quebec and online at www.atelierzabie.ca. “I feel so proud,” she adds. “It makes my eyes twinkle.” •

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A NEW ENERGY IN PALM BEACH

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Canadian designer Scott Yetman renovates this Mediteranneanstyle home in Florida

BY BRENDA O’FARRELL PHOTOGRAPHY: AARON THOMPSON STYLING: SCOTT YETMAN

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HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT of living in Palm Beach?

Just imagine.

The town is a 29-kilometre stretch along a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida.

It is no wider than 1.2 kilometres and narrows to about 150 metres at points, covering an area of 27 square kilometres, of which only 10 is land. The rest is water. Oh, and there is sunshine everywhere.

Frequently featured in the news during the past year, the island is the site of the

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Mar-a-Lago estate owned by U.S. President Donald Trump, which he often refers to as his “Winter White House.”

According to the latest census, Palm Beach has slightly more than 10,000 residents, of which more than half are over the age of 65.

But Scott Yetman sees that shifting. He’s a Montreal-based interior designer and owner of Scott Yetman Design. He does about 30 per cent of his business in Florida, and says Palm Beach is experiencing a youthful resurgence.

It is with that trend in focus that he set out to remodel a prime luxury home that is going to hit the market with an asking price of $8.8 million. It’s a six-bedroom, seven-bathroom, two-storey Mediterranean-style house. To bring the project to fruition, the designer worked with builder Sciame Homes of Palm Beach and with architect Benjamin Schreier of Affiniti Architects in Boca Raton.

“It’s a fresh, young version of a classic Palm Beach home,” Yetman says of the project. •

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The dining room was opened to a covered terrace with the installation of a large bank of windowed doors.

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(Right) The black oversized range hood dominates the kitchen and creates contrast with the almost all-white space.

When asked if it would be a perfect second home, his response: “Or third, or fourth or fifth.” Welcome to the no-worries, privileged lifestyle of Palm Beach.

The home, which was originally built in the 1950s, has been completely remodeled and updated. Yetman refashioned it for a young family, or an older couple who has grandchildren. “I’m trying to create a younger, more modern Palm Beach look,” he says.

And that starts with creating energy. “I really like the living room. There’s energy between the colours – the black and the white.”

The setting is all white, including the pecky cypress-clad ceiling. As Yetman explains, “It gave it a fresher approach to paint it.” The black is introduced via accents and art. Many of the dramatic works displayed on the walls and atop the limestone fireplace

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mantel are on lease from a local gallery, giving the new owners the option of keeping them for now, changing them up later, or buying them.

Quality art pieces give the home a curated look, Yetman says, which adds to the vibe.

The designer also created his signature coffered ceilings in the kitchen and dining areas. This is a feature that provides both function and form, he says, allowing for a practical way to install ductwork, while creating a “layered effect” that “gives the room texture.”

During the renovation, a new bank of wide patio doors was added to the dining room, giving access to the outdoors almost across the entire side of the home, stretching along the living room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast-nook area. •

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The open terrace is an inviting space with a selection of furnishings that include a faux-stone table made of a cast material.

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The doors access an open terrace off the living room and a covered outdoor space off the dining room, as well as the swimming pool, which has been refurbished. Yetman says the outdoor furniture is treated very much like that in the interior rooms, with a mix of styles to create inviting spaces that have charm and sophistication. “It adds another room to the house,” he says.

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The kitchen is another area where the energy is amplified with the use of black and white. The oversized black range hood, with its molded frame, commands attention. The contrast with the almost all-white surroundings, and the strategic use of black accents and details creates the contrast that gives the space a fresh, modern feeling. The three-dimensional marble-tile backsplash provides interesting texture. •

The covered terrace is appointed with furniture that makes it an outdoor room. It extends the home’s living area and provides a shaded seating area that is ideal for sunny mornings.

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The living room is flooded with light. This space is almost all white, including the pecky cypress ceiling.

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(Above) The spacious master bedroom is on the ground floor and opens onto a private courtyard that is lined with tall hedges.

And what would a Florida home be without a master bedroom in which French doors open onto a private courtyard? Surrounded by walls of hedges, this outdoor space is an oasis.

The house was designed and is intended to be sold with all the furniture. Or, as Yetman says: “There is nothing to do. It’s ready to roll.”

His take on the newer, younger look to Palm Beach living could gain traction. “I’m not completely trying to change things; I’m trying to update them,” he says. “For most people, they could imagine themselves living there.”

Perhaps it’s time to start thinking about living in Palm Beach? Go ahead, imagine. •

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INDUSTRIOUSLY REDESIGNING THE BATHROOM

Italian manufacturer Scavolini creates bathrooms with an industrial look

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN HAS BEEN MAKING inroads since people began conver ting for mer manufacturing spaces into residential lofts.

So it was a matter of time before non-loft dwellers would want that creative look in their own homes.

A new industrial look has made its way to the bathroom and you needn’t live in a loft to add its beauty to your own space.

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Sc avol i n i, the It a l ia n k itchen a nd bathroom products designer and manufacturer, makes stylish use of metals and open-concept shelving units. The company that made a name for itself with kitchens is now focused on bringing a modern vibe to the bathroom.

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Designed by Diesel Living, the bathroom that Scavolini has introduced is called the Diesel Open Workshop line, a new collection that introduces a warm yet distinctive industrial look to an intimate space within the home.

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The collection incorporates such metallic structures as tubular towel racks, floor-standing screens and mirrored panels, to set the tone. The industrial design is further developed with the use of modular shelving systems, which provide for the insertion of shelves and open-fronted compartments of varying sizes. •

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The line also includes new built-in washbasins with marble finishes, smoky glass fronts and custom-designed faucets with iron supports.

A nd not to be overlooked a re the open-fronted bath structures that come with metal legs, a cover and a coordinating lacquered shelf.

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But what would a bathroom be without mirrors? This is where the new Diesel line reflects the softer side of the industrial look. The distinguished copper-effect Stopsol mirror panels are perhaps the best example. These panels create a backdrop to the bathroom cabinet or industrial-styled open-shelf vanities.

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The Diesel Open Workshop line is available in three distinct configurations, each with its unique combination of stone, metal and colours.

Modern and distinct, sleek yet soft. These bathrooms are part of Scavolini’s industrial evolution. •

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KEEPING THE SOUL OF A MID-CENTURY HOUSE The renovation of a 1947 home in North Vancouver aims to preserve its original essence

BY KAREN SEIDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY: COLIN PERRY STYLING: NEGAR REIHANI

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VANCOUVER DESIGNER NEGAR REIHANI knew she had her work cut out for her when a builder asked her to modernize a North Vancouver home while maintaining as much as possible of the original design and essence of the 1947 structure. It would not be an easy task.

“Few want to take the time and effort to stay loyal and respectful to the original character of a home,” says Reihani, owner and principal designer of Space Harmony.

The challenge, she says, was in trying to make the 4,200-square-foot home – which was being renovated for a resale – functional and aesthetically pleasing for today’s family, while imposing a minimum amount of structural change.

The wood table and leather chairs lend to the rustic, farmhouse ambience that designer Negar Reihani sought to achieve in this North Vancouver home. “The look I was going for was comfortable,” she says.

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Builders Kaveh Khalilzadeh, Bobby Noghrehkar and Matt Mozaffarian from Kanox Construction “appreciated the detail and heritage of this house,” and Reihani wanted to help them create a contemporary version of the original home.

“We try as much as possible not to demolish homes but to upgrade them to maintain their character,” says Noghrehkar, adding that the home had spectacular bones for a redesign. And the builders were thrilled with how Reihani retooled the interior to reflect its past. •

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The sloped ceiling adds “personality” while the grass-cloth wallpaper brings warmth and sophistication to the master bedroom. Patterned tiles in the bathroom and panelling in the powder room pay homage to the home’s mid-century roots.

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What she came up with is something she describes as “modern rustic.” It’s a comfortable look that Reihani characterizes as unfussy and understated elegance. This was achieved by using texture and warm, natural finishings throughout the home; by layering animal hide throws atop wool area rugs; by keeping the original stone wall surrounding the fireplace in the family room; by introducing wainscot panelling in the formal living room and some “funky farmhouse” chicken wire lighting fixtures in the kitchen.

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The sloped ceiling in the master bedroom adds a lot of personality, explains Reihani, and she used a grasscloth wallpaper on the walls to add depth and sophistication to the room. “You can never achieve that with drywall and paint,” she says.

The ensuite master bathroom has several traditional features that also contribute to the modern rustic feel of the house: a freestanding, vintage-style tub; a mosaic pattern in the floor tile; sconces with shades; a rift-cut-oak vanity; quartz countertops in charcoal; and black stone sinks.

Yes, that’s a lot of detail, but Reihani believes that to respect the heritage of the house she had to be fussy about all the components.

Panelling in the powder room also captures the home’s traditional roots, and even the patterned bathroom f loor tiles were selected to reflect the tiles used in the original 71-year-old bathrooms. •

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The engineered bleached wood f loors and brass fixtures throughout the home add coziness and style. Reihani says she always chooses style over trends because trends come and go while style is more lasting.

She views the kitchen and family room as the heart of the home. While she bowed to modern tastes by opening up the space and putting in a 15-foot natural marble island, she stayed true to the home’s past by using cream-coloured Shaker cabinet doors in the kitchen, farmhouse panels in the fridge and dishwasher, and a pale aquamarine-blue accent colour on the island. Open shelving, as opposed to upper cabinets, further enhanced “the farmhouse feel,” according to Reihani.

“I think it is fun and whimsical and truly family-friendly,” she says.

Designer Negar Reihani opted for open shelving rather than upper cabinets in the kitchen to maintain the modern rustic feel of the home. Brass fixtures throughout bring warmth but are also trendy. The chicken-wire lights are both rustic and funky.

The designer bowed to modern influences by opening the kitchen and including a large, marble island. However, the Shaker doors and light blue accents help maintain the home’s original character.

“We created a modern take on what was here,” she says.

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The original stone wall around the fireplace adds coziness to the family room, as do the layered throw rugs. A contemporary chair in the living room is complemented by the detailed wainscot panelling.

When the project was completed, the house was sold in less than two weeks and set a record-high price for that area, says Noghrehkar. “We were able to do a complete upgrade but maintain the cohesion of the neighbourhood,” he says.

Reihani agrees. “We kept all the beauty of the house, which still blends in beautifully with the neighbourhood,” she says. “We gave it a wonderful facelift but we kept its soul.” •

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FOLLOW THE SIGNS OUTSIDE

The zodiac will determine how you experience outdoor living this summer

BY SUSAN KELLY

OUR COLLECTIVE MANIA for outdoor living may be more about meteorology than astrology. With fair weather so fleeting, who doesn’t want to take full advantage while it’s here? Still, each zodiac sign has its own inimitable style. And that extends to making the most of every precious moment spent alfresco.

ARIES MARCH 21 – APRIL 19 Restless Rams rage at being confined to a backyard or balcony. You simply have better things to do than watch a garden grow! Which is why you prefer to keep your own outdoor space as minimal and low-maintenance as possible. You may enjoy growing peppers as red-hot as your passionate nature, though.

And you will want the biggest, baddest barbecue in the ’hood. As further outlet for that competitive streak, consider adding a games area (badminton, anyone?).

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TAURUS APRIL 20 – MAY 20 There’s no such thing as sensory overload in a Taurus home – and that includes the outdoor areas. Mix textures, colours and aromas liberally in the landscaping or window boxes.

Heap the patio furniture with weather-resistant throw pillows and throws. With your legendary green thumb, your little patch is probably prize-winning. Your fave planet, Venus, is associated with such plants as “love apple” tomatoes. For something different, try fragrant basil or honeysuckle, said to attract the money you love.

GEMINI MAY 21 – JUNE 20 To make your outdoor space really feel like home, embrace your love of doing things in twos: Think twin reclining chairs, a set of matched side tables (you get the idea). Same goes for the colour scheme; pick two main accent hues for accessories and echo them in any flower beds. A strategically placed chaise longue from which to dawdle through your summer reading list is a must. And if there’s a docking station for your ever-at-hand digital devices, so much the better.

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CANCER JUNE 21 – JULY 22 It’s family first for the Moonchild, also known for culinary chops. You’re happiest with an outdoor kitchen and spacious dining area, plus a spot reserved for any children in your life. Do include a private retreat in which to grab some ‘me’ time. Since you enjoy womblike spaces, an egg-shaped cabana chair or cozy chaise nestled under an arbour would be ideal. In the vegetable patch, try moisture-packed watermelons and cucumbers, and moonflowers are an apt floral choice.

LEO JULY 23 – AUGUST 22 Your home is your palace, decorated ontrend and with touches of luxe. Carry that impulse into the grounds along with your warm-hearted love of living large. As a fire sign, you’ll find that a fireplace, the grander the better, is a good choice. Add an outdoor theatre space, too, so you can indulge your love of entertainment and entertaining to the hilt. A warm, happy accessory colour palette, shades of orange or yellow, helps create a perfect habitat for the Lion. A dramatic bank of sunflowers is a nice touch.

VIRGO AUGUST 23 – SEPTEMBER 22 As an earth sign, you enjoy the outdoors and gardening — at least in theory. Because you’re also fastidious, literally getting your hands dirty offends. Planning orderly rows of vegetables or border plants thrills you. So does keeping the lawn and hedge manicured to perfection. What may be lacking: more space to just kick back and throw a shindig or two. Put your perfectionism aside because even if it hasn’t yet attained your very high standards, your outdoor space is worth showing off.

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LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23 – OCTOBER 22 After all things romantic, decorating and hosting are your favourite pursuits. Your ideal outdoor living room echoes the current and understated chic of your indoor one. You agonize over the layout, striving for balance in not only the look but meeting the needs of others. Deploy your refined aesthetic sense and incorporate a sculpture or two and artful accessories. And since you’re such a social butterfly yourself, consider planting flowers that attract the real thing, such as alyssum, daylilies and asters.

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22 – JANUARY 19 Traditional, polished and classic about sums up your style. And yet you will hang onto outdoor furniture with sentimental value, no matter how worse-for-wear it is. Any new purchases will be of highest quality and added judiciously over time. You also plant for posterity, preferring slow-growing vines such as ivy or fruit trees that take a generation to bear fruit. Your alfresco colour palette leans toward somber no-nonsense neutral shades.

Try adding pops of unexpected colour to brighten things up.

SCORPIO OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 21 Privacy, please! Your ideal: a totally secluded garden all to yourself. Secure your space by building the highest fences zoning will allow. Green screens are not only on-trend but soothe your tightly wound soul. Behind closed walls, you lean toward clean and refined style, with classic neutral lawn furniture and minimalistic accessories. Of all the signs, you’re most likely to appreciate composting and its importance in the circle of life. And you could (and just might) teach the neighbours a thing or two.

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20 – FEBRUARY 18 Your outdoor space invariably can fit a crowd.

And even when alone, you prefer as much wide, open space around you as possible. As one of the three air signs, you find it natural to grow a variety of grasses. The sights and sounds as they dance in the breeze help you chill out. Plus, they fit the sophisticated modern look you prefer, indoors and out. You’ll want to add at least one curiosity or standout feature to cause comment. A telescope or astrolabe might be a natural choice for far-seeing you.

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 22 – DECEMBER 21 Summer for you usually means more time devoted to travel or participating in sports.

When you are at home, you treasure an outdoor space that resembles the wilderness you love. A firepit is a de rigeur feature for you, as you love nothing better than gathering the gang around a campfire-like flame. Your patch also has to be pet-friendly, for both your menagerie and visiting animal friends.

Just don’t let it go too au naturel, lest you come into conflict with the neighbours or local codes.

PISCES FEBRUARY 19 – MARCH 20 Traditional English gardens appeal to you — if not literally, at least the basic idea. Your natural habitat is an apparently random jumble of flowers, herbs and/or vegetables that is really well-orchestrated. Traditionally, you prefer single-petaled flowers, such as cosmos and daisies. And, since a spot in which to daydream is essential, invest in the largest water feature to fit your space and budget.

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A MEETING OF MINDS

A smooth collaboration is the name of the game for designers and suppliers

BY PHILLIPA RISPIN PHOTOGRAPHY: DARKO SIKMAN STYLING: LAURA AGNEW AND VANJA SANTIC

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OVER THE YEARS, a designer develops a network of preferred suppliers: businesses and people who can be counted on to deliver the goods and services necessary to complete a project.

Among these, there are often a few whom the designer establishes an especially close relationship with, whom she knows are guaranteed to elevate a project from great to extraordinary. Such is the case with Laura Agnew and Dario Drinovac.

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Agnew is the owner and principal designer of Laura Agnew Interior Design, and Drinovac is a designer and co-owner of ROOM8, a store that offers high-end home furnishings as well as design services.

This 5,000-square-foot home’s interior is a prime example of the Agnew-Drinovac collaboration: sophisticated, daring, unusual.

In the man cave, tiled walls give a threedimensional effect. The rug is cleverly called Perfect Imperfection. (Opposite, bottom) Doors that fit flush within the wall, and are barely perceptible when closed, provide entrance to the media room. Tiles: Stone Tile; rug and sofa: Baxter Made In Italy; custom millwork: ROOM8.

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(Above) The metal coffee table and the two Paloma high-backed chairs with coordinating ottomans are among the few pieces that the owners brought from their former home. Chairs: Baxter Made In Italy.

It’s the third home that Agnew has done for her client. He gave her pretty much carte blanche with the interior, knowing that she understood his taste. Shortly before the project took off, he got married, and thus the home’s design aesthetic reflects his wife also.

“My client told me that he wanted something different and special,” says Agnew. “He really is the type of guy who likes things more edgy, more fashion-forward. He doesn’t want to see typical things. His wife’s style is also edgy, and she helped pick these colours. They’re a very fashion-forward type of couple.”

Choosing ROOM8 for nearly all the home’s furnishings and millwork, as well as some panelled ceilings and walls, was an easy call for Agnew, who says, “Dario has the most cutting-edge products.” •

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The homeowners had already purchased the red leather panels before hiring designer Laura Agnew. She chose to use them on the walls of the media room, to great effect.

Sofa: Henge; wood panels on walls and ceiling: ROOM8 custom collection.

Drinovac ensures that ROOM8’s offerings are in the forefront of design that is the result of superb construction. He relies on Italian design and workmanship to get the look and quality, supplying items from such companies as Modulnova and Baxter Made In Italy.

Building on the home had started several months before Agnew joined the project, providing a major challenge. Because many of the home’s furnishings were to be made to order in Italy, “time was of the essence,” says Agnew. “The house was already under way, and ordering stuff from Italy can take five to six months. My clients gave me free rein, and I was allowed to cancel orders already made.”

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“There is an enormous amount of open space.

The more open the space, the fewer places to hide mistakes.”

The element of trust was strong; for instance, Agnew met only once with the wife to discuss the interior, with particular emphasis on colour choices. Already knowing the husband’s preferences, Agnew was relieved that “it was fun working with his wife. She’s decisive. It helps that she’s an artist, and these colours appealed to her too.”

Another challenge for Agnew was dealing with interiors on which work had been started without her input. “I spent time trying to understand the space, what could and couldn’t change,” she says. •

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It was a challenge for Drinovac, too. “I focused mainly on the architectural concepts, the volumes and particular finishes,” he says.

“There is an enormous amount of open space.

The more open the space, the fewer places to hide mistakes. It’s five times harder to do modern homes versus those with crown moldings; crown moldings hide problems.

The challenge is to install perfection into a structure that is never perfect.” •

(Above) The master bathroom vanity, floor, and shower are clad in marble-look porcelain slabs. (Right) The master suite closet’s cantilevered shelves need no vertical supports, providing an uninterrupted run of hanging rails for clothes. Closet: ROOM8 custom collection.

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The master bedroom’s brushed-velvet headboard and textured-cork wall covering are framed by fumigated white oak, which turns near-black after the process. Bedframe, headboard and bedside tables: Twils; wallcovering: Élitis.

(Left) In the office, a brushed-leather inset in the desk provides a soft contrast to the porcelainclad walls and floor, and the cabinetry from Modulnova’s Blade line in a satin lacquer finish.

Cabinetry: Modulnova; desk: Baxter.

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The television-fireplace unit in the living room is trimmed in titanium panels, flanked by fumigated white oak storage units. Millwork and cabinetry: Modulnova; installed by DB Custom Millwork Installations. Â

A large expanse of the ground floor is devoted to the great room. The open-riser staircase adds to the lightness of the space, which is occupied by substantial furniture.

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ROOM8 was responsible for huge amounts of millwork throughout the house, in kitchens, great room, office, bedrooms, bathrooms, man cave, media room. Drinovac gives full credit to the installers – DB Custom Millwork Installations – for meeting exacting tolerances.

There are several outstanding details among the cabinetry. In the great room, for instance, the large unit encasing fireplace and television has titanium panels as accents.

The kitchen cabinetry is from ROOM8’s Blade line, made by Modulnova and featuring, among other finishes, slim laminated porcelain surfaces for doors, drawers, and more. •

A spectacular brass chandelier illuminates the space over the eucalyptus wood dining table. Chandelier: Baxter Made In Italy; table, chairs: Henge.

The island in the great room’s kitchen area is surfaced in durable porcelain from Modulnova’s Blade line. The wall cabinetry here and in the more secluded spice kitchen is also from the Blade line but is veneered in Phoenix aluminum laminate.

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The massive sofa, in Baxter Made In Italy’s velvetysoft Kashmir leather, is four metres long. The white oak flooring is finished with a silvery patina. Flooring: Kentwood; Chester Moon sofa: Baxter Made in Italy.

Drinovac and team also supplied most of the freestanding furniture and elements such as lamps. Furniture, most by Baxter Made In Italy, has sumptuous finishes and upholstery.

A case in point: the spectacular four-metrelong sofa in the great room, which is upholstered in “Kashmir leather” so fine that it looks like velvet.

Between the two of them, Agnew and Drinovac were able to produce fully realized interiors in a relatively short time. Combining leather, glass, fabric, wood, metal, lacquer, and porcelain to stunning effect, they have given their clients a home that is indeed fashion-forward. •

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HOW TO DRESS A WINDOW IN STYLE

This Richmond company specializes in a vast array of coverings for all kinds of windows

TERRY JORGENSEN IS A BUSY MAN THESE DAYS. And Vancouverites’ love of large windows, a hallmark of the West Coast Contemporary architecture style, has a lot to do with it. “Everyone longs for the summer sun,” says Jorgensen, the owner of Window Works, a window coverings specialist in Richmond. “But too much light can be damaging. It doesn’t take long for hardwood floors or furniture upholstery to become permanently discoloured.”

He has consoled many a distraught homeowner who didn’t realize that ultraviolet (UV) light produced by the sun’s rays can penetrate glass. Even on a cloudy day, 80 per cent will make it through, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. And UV rays can significantly age wood or fibres, as well as human skin.

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And so, the big coverup is on. As in finding creative ways to keep the bad stuff out while letting the good, such as views of the great outdoors, in.

Jorgensen has more than 31 years of handling window dilemmas. There is no shortage of options in Window Works’s 10,000-square-foot showroom. On display: a staggering array of window shutters, draperies, and shades and blinds. Behind the scenes lies the largest residential custom drapery and custom-upholstered furniture workroom in Western Canada.

Roller shades often provide the simplest solution, he says. Crafted of high-tech materials, they can filter anywhere from 75 to 92 per cent of the UV rays. They suit almost every kind of decor and are available in a wide range of fabrics, colours and textures.

“In newly constructed homes, it’s possible to inset them in recesses, so that when open, the blinds completely disappear,” he says. “And most can easily be automated.”

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This means that they can be opened and shut with the push of a smart-home-system button or tap on the mobile app.

For multi-layer protection, Jorgensen points the homeowners, designers and architects who consult him towards Silhouette or Pirouette blinds by Hunter Douglas, for which Window Works is the main distributor in the area. They provide two sheer panels between which fabric slats can be tilted to customize the light and privacy levels.

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Modern architecture also sometimes calls for oddly shaped windows, in such geometric shapes as triangles. Window Works can provide custom window treatments for problematic configurations, including bay windows and round or arched ones. It also crafts custom furniture and supplies bedding, decorations and accessories.

And Jorgensen has handled the odd window emergency over the years. Such as the new parents who were caught off guard and

faced taking their baby home to a just-purchased house with no window coverings.

Within hours, he had dispatched installers to put up temporary shades in the nursery and bedroom and fast-tracked more permanent solutions. “We have a great team here,” Jorgensen says of his more than 30 employees, “and our own dedicated workroom and installers. So, if you need something quickly, we can do it.” •

Window Works 13331 Vulcan Way, Richmond 604-231-1433 www.windowworks.ca

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OPEN SPACES A North Vancouver home is given height and light with new soaring ceilings

BY BRENDA O’FARRELL PHOTOGRAPHY: TRACEY AYTON STYLING: SARAH LACKEY AND JACKIE TAGGART

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UNDERTAKING A RENOVATION is always an opportunity to raise the bar – to improve the layout, the look, the style, and functionality of a home. But when a renovation affords the occasion to raise the roof, well, that’s a game-changer.

If you need proof, just look at what interior designer Sarah Marie Lackey did with this home in North Vancouver’s Lynn Valley.

She didn’t actually raise the roof, but she certainly did not hesitate in vaulting the ceiling to re-imagine the living space in this home, which is owned by a family of four. “I wanted to bring the outside in,” Lackey says, referring to the sense of height and openness. “I wanted the warmth and light.”

The surface of the dining room table is finished with a concrete skin atop a rustic wooden base. The stainlesssteel chairs add style while being practical in a home with young children, while the bench provides “an easy way to fit more people,” around the table, says designer Sarah Marie Lackey. Light fixture: Mercana.

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The round coffee table by The Goods, purchased at CF Interiors, is fashioned out of a metal drum. Both the table and the distressed floating shelves add to the rustic theme on the main floor.

Natural light floods into the living room, filling the space – from the heights of the vaulted ceiling to the oak floors.

The living room area originally had eightfoot-high ceilings, explains Lackey, principal at Sarah Marie Interior Designs Inc. But you would never know it. The 2,800-square-foot home, which has three bedrooms and three bathrooms, now has a light-filled open-concept main floor with a soaring ceiling. The light that streams in from the large living room window and a skylight over the large custom-built island accentuates the sense of openness. The original design of the house, which had all the space on the second floor located in front of the house, made vaulting the ceiling on the lower level possible.

“North Vancouver is very treed. It’s majestic, but dark,” Lackey says, explaining how the house needed to welcome the light. •

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The need for height was also inspired by the man of the house. Measuring well over six feet tall, he insisted on not having any upper cabinets in the kitchen. He found them too cumbersome when preparing meals. “He found it annoying when he cooked,” Lackey says, explaining how he wanted to eliminate the elements that were in his way. This meant that almost all the storage area had to be incorporated into the island.

So, here too, they went big. The island, fitted with a quartz countertop, measures 12 feet long, and is illuminated with three round clear glass globe pendant lights. It includes a substantial amount of storage area, all fronted by blue Shaker-style doors and drawers. This space is Lackey’s favourite area in the house.

There are no upper cabinets in the kitchen, which adds to the openness of the space.

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“The kitchen is so well laid out that you can have a lot of people in it without getting in each other’s way,” she says. The size and scope of the island “gives guests designated seating. It keeps people out of the working space but in the kitchen.”

Lackey also likes the separate counter space, adjacent to the island, which features a coffee area complete with its own sink. It combines convenience with an element of indulgence. •

The 12-foot-long island is the kitchen’s centerpiece.

Finished with a Vicostone quartz countertop, it features custom-built Shaker-style cabinets in blue, a favourite colour of one of the owners.

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The home was given a rustic theme, with wood elements sprinkled throughout the main floor. Lackey and her team, which included project contractor Stanhope Projects Ltd., used these tasteful rustic touches to set the tone. They include the support beam at the edge of the kitchen that is clad in barn board. The finish was replicated on the steel beam that traces the peak of the vaulted ceiling in the living room.

Distressed barn wood was also used in the f loating shelves mounted to the wall above the kitchen’s coffee station, on each side of the fireplace in the living room, and incorporated into the outer facade of the island, where cookbooks and other display items are showcased.

A coffee station along a side wall in the kitchen has its own sink.

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“The big trick to open-concept is keeping in mind storage.

You want the illusion of owning essentially nothing.”

The rustic theme is also reflected in key furniture selections, including the roundbacked stools with crossed metal braces along the island, which “really tied in that rustic feel,” Lackey says. The coffee table, fashioned out of a metal drum, is another example.

“There’s a bit of everything in it,” Lackey continues as she describes the overall look of the interior. “It’s West Coast transitional.

“The big trick to open-concept is keeping in mind storage. You want the illusion of owning essentially nothing,” she says, highlighting the need to do a thorough inventory during the planning stages of everything that is needed and used regularly to ensure that it all has a place that is convenient and out of the way. •

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