Western Living - BC, March2016

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You don’t have to be on screen to have a beautiful kitchen. You just need to know where the pros go. And why. We caught up with Merit Kitchens’ Julie Johnstone to chat pedigree, quality and everyone’s favourite local design show (and how Merit Kitchens shines bright in every episode).

What makes Merit Kitchens unique?

Julie Johnstone Design Consultant, Merit Kitchens

It’s the people - dedicated craftspeople, technical specialists and customer service professionals. Many have been with Merit for over 20 years. Their knowledge and expertise are why we’ve been designing and building beautiful cabinetry for over 40 years.

Why do clients love your cabinets so much?

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We start with only the best raw materials and European hardware. And by using the delicate touch of hand-finishing, we reveal the wood’s beauty and natural grain.

Why has Merit Kitchen been so successful?

I’d say it’s because our cabinets combine beauty with intelligent design. We stay on top of current trends so customers can choose from the latest storage innovations, door styles, finishes, and decorative elements. In short, we honour history and tradition while embracing modern trends and technological advances to deliver better cabinets for the kitchen, bathroom and throughout the home.

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Though the washingcooking zone is the busiest place in the kitchen, the designer has made room for decorative elements, such as glass door cabinets, decorative flat crown moulding, and an open display area above the double ovens - a truly a beautiful place to prepare meals.

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Feeling Blue This Falken Reynoldsdesigned kitchen adds a pop of colour with a blueglass chevron backsplash. Find more inspiring kitchen designs starting on page 42.

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KITCHEN PARTY 42 // A New Tradition

Created with a classic technique, this Vancouver kitchen by awardwinning designer Juli Hodgson brings tradition into modern design.

46 // French Kiss

A kitchen inspired by culinary traditions— courtesy of Nam DangMitchell and beautiful, rustic materials—brings old-world charm to downtown Calgary.

50 // Beautiful Order

How Calgary’s Connie Young bridged the gap between modern and traditional without forgoing the glam (and by adding a secret room).

54 // Centre Stage

Former Designer of the Year winner McLeod Bovell creates a modern room with a jaw-dropping view paired with a design worthy of its gorgeous setting.

58 // Warm

Welcome

A mid-century openconcept kitchen by Vancouver designer Denise Ashmore becomes the focal point of the home. westernliving.ca / m a r c h

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style 27 // One to Watch

Vancouver shoe designer Renée Macdonald shows some heart and sole.

28 // Shopping

The coolest coffee pot, bold and beautiful lampshades, and a credenza with a hit of glam.

30 // Openings

Inside a Calgary store that’s reinventing the the way we look at retail.

32 // Trending

Embrace the Pantone colour(s) of the year.

34 // Appliances We Love

These appliances are practical and powerful— and (bonus) they look great, too.

food 66 // Bites

Edmonton’s newest hot spot, why green beans make the perfect snack, and more.

68 // Breaking Bread

It started with just a countertop bread maker—and now Purebread might just be B.C.’s best bakery.

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travel 78 // Wanderlist

The West’s best Dark Sky Preserves.

80 // My Neighbourhood

Loyal Loot’s fave Edmonton hot spots.

plus 62 // Asset Management

Four more gorgeous kitchen designs that turn functional designs into star attractions.

81 // Sources

Shop the looks you see in these pages.

82 // Trade Secrets

How designer Jamie Deck fits a full-sized dinner party into a condo-sized space.

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Purebread: Evaan Kheraj; Spirit Island: Parks Canada/R. Bray; room: Kyoko Fierro

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Q& A This month we asked our contributors, what’s always in your refrigerator?

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46 Organic peanut butter. I know, not everyone keeps PB in their fridge, but somehow it seems fresher.

True or not, I guess it doesn’t matter: who doesn’t like peanut butter on their toast in the morning?

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STRIVE FOR THE IMPERFECT

There’s a reason why “new car smell� holds a place of affection for many people: newness signifies perfection, that moment before something pure and clean and fresh becomes, well, something average. Before the chip crumbs get between the seats, before the coffee spills in the cup holder, before life turns something ephemerally beautiful into the everyday.

But there’s a different perspective we could all take. When I was chatting with homeowner Sally Douglas about her gorgeous English-style kitchen, she talked about her own tendencies toward perfectionism. “I’m a graphic designer, so I love things to be perfect and neat,� she said. But the butcherblock counters she had designer Juli Hodgson include in her kitchen have been teaching her that perfection isn’t necessarily the same as beautiful. “Funnily enough, the thing this kitchen is teaching me is that the wooden counters I adore will stain and get marked and have chips in them. And I love that about the counter—that it’s a living thing. It’s getting aged like my face with wrinkles as I live in the kitchen.�

Designer Denise Ashmore echoed that thought in creating her own kitchen. She chose marble counters, which, as most people know, are gorgeous, but soft—not as durable as classic Caesarstone, which she used in higher-traffic areas. “Marks and etchings are inevitable, and we want to embrace that,� she said. “We’re comfortable with the idea of spots and scratches and the stories that come with them.�

Our homes become storytellers over time as they shift and change with our living in them. Perfection has its moment, but imperfection is where life happens—it’s a physical embodiment of time. And that’s something I want to embrace, too.

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If the Shoe Fits

Renée Macdonald, Westerly Handmade Shoes

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Renée Macdonald never expected to become a part of Vancouver’s fashion scene. “I don’t follow any trends and I don’t pay much attention to magazines,” she laughs. “I’d just had enough of the administrative work I was doing.”

She took a five-day shoemaking course to break out of her rut, and then spent 2008 working from her dining room table while doing stints as a retailer and cobbler to gain insight into the relationship people have with their shoes. She learned a lot: Macdonald now designs made-to-order leather boots, oxfords and sandals from supple leather and durable rubber in her Strathcona workshop—and earned a spot as a finalist in Western Living’s Designers of the Year Awards in 2015. —Kaitlyn Gendemann

Read more and see Macdonald’s latest designs at westernliving.ca

Heart and Sole “I consider my shoes to be quite utilitarian with a sort of timeless aesthetic—I haven’t worn out a pair yet,” says Macdonald, pictured in her studio.

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WLSTYLE // shopping

Anicka’s Pick Kaymet Pressed Rubber Grip Tray $199, available at Provide, providehome.com I’ve likely admitted this here before, but I’m a collector of trays (none match, of course, but that’s the point). This sparkling number from Kaymet has made its way to the top of the pile, though. The company has been making aluminum trays and trolleys since the late ’40s in south London. Available in black, silver and my favourite, gold, the trays are brushed, pressed and then hand-finished, with a series of round black rubber-grip domes creating a non-slip surface. I see this tray lined with glasses of boozy lemonade as the weather warms up. Hello, spring.

For more of Anicka’s picks, visit westernliving.ca

Serve It The limited-edition salmon pink and yellow Iittala Kastehelmi table trays ($60) deliver a splash of spring to the dining table. Gabriel Ross, Victoria, grshop.com; Espace D, Vancouver, espacedonline.com

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Bold and Beautiful Scandinavian minimalism meets bold South American style in Ikea’s limited-edition Brazilian-inspired Tillfälle collection. We love the patterned lampshades (from $19)—they’re an easy way to add an instant pop of personality to your space. Ikea, across the West, ikea.ca

New in stores across the West

Home on the Range Cowboy cool gets a modern take with the Umbra Shift Cowboy coffee kettle ($90) by Castor Design, inspired by traditional open-range firepit brewing and finished with glossy black or speckled white enamel. Vancouver Special, Vancouver, vanspecial.com

Broken Up The Roar and Rabbit brass geo inlay threedrawer dresser ($959) brings to mind the Japanese practice of kintsugi: the rejoining of broken pottery pieces by patching the cracks with gold.

West Elm, Vancouver, westelm.ca

Pipe Up It’s all about the details: the subtle lavender piping on this Blu Dot Bank sofa ($2,398) pushes this simple, streamlined, well-proportioned design to new heights. Chester Fields, Victoria, chester-fields .com; Designhouse, Vancouver, designhouse.ca 2 8 m a r c h 2 0 1 6 / westernliving.ca

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OPENINGS Hot new rooms we love

Calgary DaDe Loft A curated selection of luxury lifestyle pieces and well-priced artwork fills the intimate three-storey loft that is DaDe Art and Design Lab’s latest interpretation of the retail experience. Tour the storefront-turned-fauxhome to see the firm’s design work, and shop for your own space along the way. dadeartanddesignlab.com

Glow On A collaboration between Nendo and Nichetto, the Foscarini Kurage lamp ($965) is simple and almost surreal—a glowing half-orb, reminiscent of a jellyfish, perched on high.

Gabriel Ross, Victoria, grshop.com; LightForm, Vancouver, lightform.ca

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Look Books The delightfully slanted V-bookcase ($1,099) can house your favourite reads, but could work equally well as a room divider. Either way, it’s adding some seriously sculptural style. CB2, Vancouver, cb2.ca

o n e - q u e s t i o n i n t e r V i e w with GreG Fraser Co-owner of DaDe Loft, Calgary

Why did you skip the traditional store design for this loft concept?

The nature of retail is changing. It’s very much becoming experiencebased. We wanted to create a destination and do something interesting.

People want to see what they’re going to buy when it’s an investment piece like art or furniture, so we’re making it fun: you get to snoop through someone’s home, walk into someone’s bedroom, or have an intimate dinner party and really experience these items we’ve curated.

ViCtoria Spacestation The modern, collaborative workspace was designed by Kirsten Cluett and David Hanson, who decked out the heritage building with Allermuir pieces like Jaks seats and Pause benches. spacestationvictoria .com

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VanCouVer The Aviary This gorgeous whiteon-white open studio in Mount Pleasant is designed to host designers and architects as well as an ever-changing storefront display and design events open to the public. theaviary.ca

VanCouVer The Federal Store Grab gourmet groceries like Otto baked goods and Bows and Arrows Coffee Roasters beans at the revamped Main Street corner store, which functions as a coffee shop for the neighbourhood, too. federalstore.ca

edmonton Showcase: Small Spaces/Big Ideas Design-centric carpentry company Oliver Apt. created a series of 26 display cases for this Art Gallery of Alberta exhibit, which will showcase a rotating collection of public-submitted artwork. youraga.ca

Spacestation: Sarah McNeill/Monk Office; The Aviary: Ema Peter

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KINDA BLUE (AND PINK)

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2 Circle Squared Handcrafted Circle pillow cover in Flax ($59) by Roar and Rabbit. westelm.com 3 Hey, Stella Pink Atelier Stella tea mug ($17). westelm.com

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4 Pretty Sweet Hand-pressed Crown Tuscan glass cake plate in pink (from $45)

by Mosser Glass. thecrossdesign.com 5 Blushing Bright Rose Ambit light ($450) by Muuto. vanspecial.com

6 Tangled Up Hand-blown blue glass knot (from $36). westelm.com 7 Right Angles Rose gold Hexagon side table ($299)

by CB2. cb2.com 8 In the Pink Soho rug ($15,200) by Wool and Silk Rugs. salari.com

9 Iron and White Silo side table in white marble and brushed iron (from $249) by CB2. cb2.com 10

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Straight Up matte bowl in Sky ($4.95)

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WLSTYLE // APPLIANCES WE LOVE

BY BARB SLIGL

EASY DOES IT

The workhorses of your home, these appliances are practical and powerful—and they look great, too.

Green Thumb

Start a garden in the kitchen. The Urban Cultivator (from $2,499) allows you to grow herbs in a specially designed counter-height fridge. urbancultivator.net

Black Magic

Inspired by the look of the beloved stand mixer, the black stainless steel KitchenAid dishwasher with dynamic wash arms (from $2,150) is forged from anodized steel with crosshatched handles, brushed knobs and cool finishing medallion on the handle. kitchenaid.ca

Zen Master

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The cabinets in this Calgary kitchen hang just a little bit higher than usual, but that’s no mistake. Designer Nam Dang-Mitchell wanted to create some room for open shelving beneath the handsome rift-cut oak doors. “This gives the whole room some movement,” says Dang-Mitchell. And it also nods to the room’s French-kitchen influence, where pots, pans and dishes are often kept out for display—and easy access when it’s time to serve up dinner.

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Max out the size of the island. This room is almost a square, so designer Juli Hodgson built the oversized island—over 11 feet long and four feet wide—to proportionally fill the space. Because homeowner Sally Douglas (seen here) and her husband, Mark Reid, have seven children between them (four of whom are still at home), a big island was important. “It’s where we spend all our time,” she says, “gathered around this counter in the kitchen, drinking wine and having a laugh.”

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Light for the task at hand.

You can have pendants over the island , or over the dining table—but never both. Hodgson and Douglas decided to keep the sightlines clear in the kitchen itself, away from the island, instead focusing on task-oriented pot lights around the room.

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hen you think of traditional design, a few things come to mind for a kitchen: ornate millwork, Shaker cabinets, a smattering of decorative touches. And then there’s this space, traditional only in the painstaking, century-old technique used to build it.

Homeowner Sally Douglas, a British expat who’s called Vancouver home for several decades, brought in designer Juli Hodgson of Hodgson Design Associates to renovate her heritage home in Kits Point. “I’m English, and I wanted a plain English kitchen,” says Douglas. “No frilly bits; nothing superfluous to the requirements of a beautifully functioning kitchen. Simple, elegant and warm.”

First, Hodgson needed to rejig the main floor plan. To make room for this kitchen, the staircase for the second floor had to be moved out of the existing space and into the front of the house. Then, to get that warm, U.K.-inspired design, Hodgson’s solution was to work with face-frame cabinets. Unlike most current kitchens, which are built first with boxes and finished with cabinet doors, faceframe cabinets are designed more like pieces of furniture and built of solid wood. Cabinet doors are inset into the frame with exposed hinges, with everything flush—so you’re seeing both the frame and the door of the cabinets. That leaves little room for error: in short, it’s a highly skilled endeavour for the cabinetmaker.

But the result is a fresh take on a turn-of-the-century design. Pulls are black iron but modest in size and shape, and the Shaker-style cabinets are a modern update of the style. The kitchen is warm and simple, just as Douglas hoped—and the proof is in how the space has become so central to the home and the family. “We love to eat, we love to party,” says Douglas, “and we now have a space where we can entertain chums as well.”

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Tuck the small appliances away. Hodgson was able to convert an existing bathroom on the main fl oor (which, oddly, contained a full bathtub) into a butler’s pantry just off the main room, where the homeowner can store small appliances (and dry goods) out of sight.

Keep a few shelves open for display. In the area she calls the larder—a past homeowner might have stored her preserves here for the winter—Hodgson designed an open-storage section for Douglas, who collects ceramics by Vancouver artist Russell Hackney, as well as vintage pieces like a turn-of-the-century mortar and pestle.

Go for drawers—and make them wide. “We like to make drawers as wide as possible,” says Hodgson. “They’re less likely to get cluttered when you can see everything by opening just one drawer—especially when you have seven kids who put stuff away in all different places.”

“I’m a graphic designer, so I love things to be perfect and neat,” says Douglas.

“And the thing this kitchen is teaching me is that the wooden counters I adore will stain and get marked and have chips in them.

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Go big with the island.

“It’s like a magnet; everybody goes to the kitchen island,” laughs DangMitchell. Because of the room’s open layout, there was lots of room for an extra-large design—this one seats four, thanks to an inset on either side, and still provides plenty of built-in storage and a wet sink.

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Make dishware part of the design. Dang-Mitchell installed the rift-cut oak cabinets slightly higher than normal to allow space for shelving below. “It can get too monochromatic in a kitchen if everything is closed,” says Dang-Mitchell. “Showcasing these white Bakelite dishes against the grey tile is an important part of the culinary visual language.”

Mix and match bar stools. Bob and Michele Michaleski (seen here) were hoping for something comfortable they could sit in on a daily basis, but four chunky seats would have “looked like a sofa,” says DangMitchell. The compromise: two relaxed seats with slipcovers, with two industrial-style woodand-steel stools to balance out the look.

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t all started with a hood fan.

When Bob and Michele Michaleski tapped designer Nam Dang-Mitchell to design their new home in Calgary’s inner city, the kitchen was a critical part of their plans. Michele loves to cook, and, says Dang-Mitchell, “Like any home, the kitchen is where the action happens.”

And so Dang-Mitchell found herself on the hunt for the perfect statement piece to reside at the centre of all that action.

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The marble-clad inset that houses the custom stainless steel vent hood and the range is the focal point of the space. “Everything revolves around here,” says Dang-Mitchell.

Go bold with two backsplashes. While mosaic tile covers most of the kitchen wall, a gorgeous marble—which also sticks to a grey-and-white palette—breaks up the pattern to create an inset accent wall over the stovetop area.

Wolf range. “That hood is what all the other ideas revolved around,” explains Dang-Mitchell. “I wanted it to bridge that gap between modern design and a more traditional culinary vocabulary.”

From there, the rest of the look fell into place, incorporating more chef-inspired materials like grey-veined white marble, warm oak and bronze detailing.

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in another hit of stainless steel.

A robust butler’s pantry stores a library of cookbooks and key ingredients. But though it’s a space that takes some cues from pro kitchens, it’s not all business here. Hand-blown pendants from Niche Modern hang above an oversized island to add some organic warmth, and a pair of comfy slipcovered stools is tucked along the counter.

Because, above all, Dang-Mitchell wanted to design a kitchen that was welcoming: “This is the heart of the home,” she says.

Bring in industrial elements. Black and steel touches throughout the space—the bar stools built with exposed hardware, a criss-cross of cables in the base of the island, cast-bronze cabinet handles—infuse the European-inspired design with some edge.

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“The whole house was about ‘how do we design it so that it’s functional and durable and warm, but it’s got this beautiful refinement all at the same time.’”

Stick to light floors when there’s southern exposure. Harsh sunlight will bleach out floors around the furniture in anything mid to dark, says Young, which is why she went with bleached white oak flooring from Divine Flooring in Calgary.

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Warm up a modern space with natural materials.

This space would look so different without the walnut wood to warm it up.

Natural, textured materials ensure a more minimal space feels “comfortable and warm,” says Young.

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Avoid a one-sided kitchen bar. If you want your kitchen island to function as a seating area, create seating on both sides to avoid the “soldiers in a row” factor, says Young; otherwise, it’s hard to talk to one another and you won’t use the space regularly.

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erhaps one of the most impressive aspects of this kitchen from Connie Young Design is what happens when the photo shoot is over. “The kitchen looks like this all the time,” says principal Connie Young, who helped a couple with three rambunctious little boys design a functional and clutter-free kitchen in their new home just south of Calgary.

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Choose countertops with visual texture. Instead of all-white quartz, opt for a speckle or veining, or a material with texture so guests won’t easily notice stray crumbs, spots or water marks.

Go with glass. “People have the perception that glass tables are very, very fragile,” says Young.

“Glass is actually the most durable material you could possible use on a kitchen table. We chose the back-painted glass so it’s durable, but it gives that touch of glam to the space, too.”

“Because the kitchen was so open to the living and dining areas where they spend most of their time, we really concentrated on exactly how they live.” and life with three children under 10. “Kitchens, when they’re not designed that well, there’s a lot of stuff that starts to clutter the counters,” says the designer.

So where is all the stuff ? Both an espresso machine and a steam oven are built into a rich walnut structure with vertical cupboards.

In the centre is a kitchen island, with gathering space and casual dining table all streamlined into one structure, with enough storage to put a dishwasher , a garbage/ recycling centre, tableware, cutlery and other everyday items at the family’s fingertips.

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hidden room? At around 10 feet by 10 feet, it’s more bat cave than pantry, and you enter through a near-seamless white panel door just off the fridge bank. Inside are rows of shelving, a big counter, a sink, and an extra freezer and dish drawer, along with all those cluttery small appliances curiously absent from the counters, including a toaster, extra coffee maker, baking mixer and microwave.

“The whole house was about ‘how do we design it so that it’s functional and durable and warm, but it’s got this beautiful refinement all at the same time,’” explains Young.

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Let smoked glass work for you. The dark inset cabinets are covered in mirrored, smoked glass, which offers beautiful contrast but is also very functional. The centre portion disguises the hood fan for the induction stovetop below, though you wouldn’t know it.

“The nice thing about it is you can have a solid fixed panel behind one and dishware behind another,” says McLeod.

“Once they’re all closed, it all reads the same because reflectivity is so strong.”

Warm up a modern space with texture. While you’d never doubt this is a truly modern design, there are elements of the handmade throughout that add a little softness to the lines: hand-scraped hardwood floors, tumbled tiles on the backsplash, and, elsewhere in the home, leather pulls on the millwork crafted by Scott and Scott Architects. “The client was looking for a modernism that was crossed with a little bit of something rustic, something handmade,” explains designer Matt McLeod.

Don’t be afraid to use hardwood floors in the kitchen. Yes, wood is technically softer than tile, but new factory finishes are incredibly durable, says designer Lisa Bovell. Using one material throughout the main floor unifies the look—and the hand-scraped surface also covers any dings or wear that might occur over time.

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A room with a jaw-dropping view is paired with a design worthy of its gorgeous setting.

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hen a home is lucky enough to be gifted with a great view, it’s a given that you’d want to orient every space you can toward it. The open-concept main floor in this West Vancouver home—which captures a spectacular view over Burrard Inlet—is one of those rare viewprimary designs that manages to be just as beautiful inside as out.

With 14-foot ceilings and a room that opens out to the terrace beyond, it would be easy for this kitchen to feel a little lost in the context of all that space.

Instead, this white, bright and thoroughly modern kitchen, designed by Matt McLeod and Lisa Bovell of McLeod Bovell Modern Houses, feels beautifully centred thanks to the use of contrast. White spray-finished cabinets are paired with a dark inset of a tumbled-tile backsplash and a bank of cabinets in smoked glass. Besides

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Light with purpose. The Spinning BH1 pendant lights by And Tradition that hang over the island are a beautiful exercise in symmetry, but they also balance the height of the ceiling, says Bovell. “They act to effectively focus your eye in that kitchen,” she explains. “Otherwise, your eyes will be roaming too high—the lights make that area feel a little more intimate as a result.”

providing easy-to-access storage, these darker elements help break up the tall cabinets visually, creating a niche that almost disappears from view.

And they’re also in keeping with the moody, masculine theme to the materials elsewhere in the home: rich woods and metals, and rustic concrete walls.

It’s a space that’s meant to be lived in. The far end of the oversized island (it’s almost 20 feet long) is home to a McLeod Bovell signature: a combined office and lounge space. It covers the functions of the other things we tend to do in the kitchen: look up recipes, help kids with their homework, pay the bills. A sofa and desk create a comfy space from which to get those daily tasks completed and enjoy that great view beyond.

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That extra-long island manages to feel light in the space, in part due to the waterfall design of the counter, with its bevelled edge and its appearance of being wafer-thin—though it’s constructed from incredibly durable Caesarstone.

Hide the ovens. It’s no accident that you can’t see the wall ovens in these photos—they’re also hidden from anyone in the nearby living space, which contributes to this kitchen feeling white and bright.

(They’re fi tted into a side wall off the main counter.) “Ovens are the one item you can move out of the classic work triangle,” says Bovell.

“You put something in the oven and then leave it—it’s not like working between the cooktop and the fridge.”

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Spark a conversation with art. Though it’s white-on-white, this piece

by Vancouver artist Ray Marasigan—which features tiny plastic army figurines, painted, mounted and framed—still stands out. “It’s quiet, so if you have flowers, it’s not distracting,” says designer Denise Ashmore, “but it still acts as a great conversation starter.”

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Stash your everyday dishes in drawers, not cabinets. Spices and seldom-used platters are stored in the overhead cabinets, and a pantry beside the fridge houses groceries, while everyday dishes and glasses find their home in easy-toaccess drawers. Ashmore included some open storage, too (built into the island and above the countertop), to showcase pretty servingware and well-loved cookbooks.

Forget matchy-matchy countertops. Though the surrounding Caesarstone countertop is done in dark grey, the island is decked out in a honed white Statuarietto marble. It’s not as durable, but that’s part of the charm, says Ashmore. “Marks and etchings are inevitable, and we want to embrace that.

We’re comfortable with the idea of spots and scratches and the stories that come with them.”

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t’s more than just location that makes this kitchen in designer Denise Ashmore’s Vancouver home such an attention grabber. Yes, it’s in a prime spot in the open-concept space— “Sitting at the island you can see down to the front door out to the park, and you are still completely connected to the back yard, too,” Ashmore explains— but the warmth inherent in the design is what really speaks volumes. Rich walnut, luxuriously soft marble and plenty of natural sunlight give the space a lingerall-day vibe.

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Skip the pendant lights.

Ashmore used surfacemounted Artemide lights to avoid competing with the fixture that hangs above the dining table nearby. But with a trio of skylights and a row of clerestory windows above the cabinetry, they’re barely needed: natural light is king in this sunny space.

Match the backsplash to the wall. The stairwell, located right next to the kitchen, is painted dark grey, so Ashmore chose a matching charcoal engineered-quartz Caesarstone tile to act as both the backsplash and countertop material. “When you turn the under-cabinet lights off, the backsplash becomes an extension of the stairwell wall colour and disappears,” she says.

white in keeping with a Scandinavian-inspired design. But there’s an industrial layer that keeps this kitchen from being a classic study in modernism: note the ironframed windows and exposed fir beams, which offer warm contrast to a heated concrete floor. And designed with plenty of storage in mind, it’s as practical as it is beautiful. Wooden millwork is paired with a set of lacquered cabinets, and, tucked to the side, a butler’s pantry offers ample space for stowing groceries and wine.

All in all, it’s the perfect setting for entertaining, which Ashmore and her husband (and their two kids) do frequently.

“We’ll open up the back doors on a sunny day,” she says, “and with everyone coming in and out, it’s like the kitchen extends right outside.”

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Separate the coffee station. In the butler’s pantry, Ashmore set up a small area specifically for brewing coffee and whipping up smoothies. “It keeps clutter off the main counter this way,” the designer explains.

“We didn’t want to wall it in,” says Ashmore of the back-door mud room area, which acts as a landing pad for the family.

A custom walnut screen separates their rack of coats and backpacks from the dining area while still allowing light to flood in.

“It’s our way of continuing the connection between indoors and outdoors.”

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Get decorative on the island. For this modestsized home in Calgary’s Elbow Park, the homeowners tasked designer Paul Lavoie to make every aspect feel boutique— right down to the island in the kitchen. “It’s a pattern that’s influenced by a mid-century design that we’d find in breeze blocks in Palm Springs,” says Lavoie. “People often forget about the island—you see a lot of plain waterfall edges. We wanted something that was really special.”

Turn a problem pillar into a feature. An immovable pillar can often be a headache in an open-space design, but designer Robert Jobes of AyA Kitchens turned it into a plus. The family doesn’t rely heavily on their microwave, so tucking it out of the main work triangle wasn’t a problem. Paired with a spot for a small coffee station and open display shelving for cookbooks and collections, the niche becomes its own functional space within the greater kitchen design.

Make the hood fan the star of the show. Budget didn’t allow for custom cabinetry in this Vancouver home, but that doesn’t mean it feels anything less than gorgeous. Instead, designer Ami McKay encouraged the homeowners to splurge on a custom hood fan, finished in a rustic patina that feels both raw and elevated. Paired with the reclaimed wood installation that lines the back wall and climbs up onto the ceiling, the linear kitchen feels like an edgy, contemporary jewel in the room.

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Clockwise from top: Martin Tessler, Janis Nicolay, Nelson Costa. Opposite: Ema Peter

Four designers turn a functional piece—a hood fan, an island, a pillar and a backsplash—into the star of the show.

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Make an asymmetrical space work for you.

Before a renovation, this Vancouver condo had a walled-in kitchen—and that meant the homeowners, avid sports fans, couldn’t see the TV when they were cooking. Removing a wall created a more asymmetrical design, which Chad Falkenberg and Kelly Reynolds of Falken Reynolds Interiors turned into a positive. The lower cabinets mirror the size of the island opposite, including a false door on the lower half of the fridge; the backsplash, designed as a rectangle in a glossy turquoise tile, also creates a focal point, creating balance instead of discord where it sits in relation to the island.

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Sweet (like the caramelized banana brownie) or savoury (the pudgie pie), they nail it every time. We sent writer Chelsea Pratt to get the surprising story (starting on page 68) of how two home bakers with a bread machine created the province’s greatest bakery.

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Julie Cove’s Green Bean Fries The addictive, guilt-free snack of 2016.

ALMOND FLOUR “PARMESAN” ½ cup almond flour (or ¾ cup almonds, finely ground, soaked and dehydrated) ½ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp onion powder ½ tsp Himalayan salt Freshly ground black pepper Place all ingredients in a small bowl and mix until well combined. This will keep refrigerated in an airtight container for 2 weeks.

GREEN BEANS 36 fresh green or yellow beans 2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 tsp Bragg liquid aminos Fill bottom half of a steamer with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Place beans in a steaming basket and steam for 4 to 6 minutes or until tender, being careful not to overcook. Remove from heat, drain well and transfer to a medium bowl. (If they are really wet, lightly pat dry with a towel.)

Pour in olive oil and Bragg and toss gently.

Add half the “Parmesan” mixture and toss gently again. Pour beans into a serving dish and sprinkle with a little more Parmesan.

Serve with the remaining Parmesan. Enjoy.

Excerpted from Eat Better, Live Better, Feel Better

by Julie Cove. Recipes copyright 2016 Julie Cove.

Photography copyright 2016 Julie Cove. Published

by Appetite by Random House, a division of Random House of Canada Ltd., a Penguin Random House Company. Reproduced by arrangement with the publisher. All rights reserved.

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What we’re eating and drinking

BBQ Branding Iron ($30) You don’t need this, but tell me your mind isn’t buzzing at the message(s) you’d impart while grilling your next chicken breast. How about “Don’t Eat Me?” crateandbarrel.ca

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Criss Cross Grapes at Unsworth and their Charme de L’Ile.

What’s a Hybrid Grape?

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Roots and Fruits Cafe 848 POWELL ST., VANCOUVER

This grab-and-go spot with a 14-seat cafÊ sounds like it was named by a dismissive easterner, but it captures the freewheelin’ approach to life and health that the Strathcona neighbourhood so embraces. rootsandfruits.ca

Farm to Fork Eatery 2755 BROADMOOR BLVD., SHERWOOD PARK

Edmonton’s affluent neighbour often gets overlooked in the restaurant scene, but now they finally get a spot that embraces both locavorism and a serious focus on beef—look for dry-aged striploins, rib-eyes and porterhouses in starring roles on the menu. The promise of “never frozen, never processed,� might be a challenge for Chef Jason Oliver come next winter, but that’s why he has a steak salad on offer. farmtoforkeatery.com

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Julie Van Rosendaal on how to make the perfect grilled cheese.

Stir some freshly grated Parmesan into soft butter to spread on the outside of a grilled cheese sandwich before cooking it—the result is a crispy, extra-cheesy exterior with a gooey middle.

I was recently chatting with an Okanagan winemaker about up-and-coming Vancouver Island wineries when he sniffed dismissively, “They’re using those grapes that you can ripen in a freaking snowstorm.� By “those grapes,� he meant hybrids, which are grapes that are the product of crossbreeding between species, usually with the goal of creating a heartier, more reliable grape. But their accomplishments in practicality have always been offset by a serious lack of street cred. The cool-kid grapes—cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir, pretty much every other grape name you know—are all the species Vitis vinifera. Hybrids are blends between vinifera and other species, and while there’s no suggesting that they’ll knock nebbiolo off the top of the heap, there is a growing trend among savvy winemakers to strategically blend hybrid grapes with vinifera to make interesting, consistent wine. A good example is Monte Creek, east of Kamloops, where growing conditions are trickier than farther south. They bolster some of their classical varieties with hybrids: their Hands Up Red contains both merlot and cabernet sauvignon, but also frontenac noir and marquette, two hybrids out of Minnesota, of all places.

On Vancouver Island, Unsworth has been a pioneer in the selective use of hybrids.

Their charming sparkling Charme de L’Ile flies off the shelves as soon as it’s released—it relies on pinot noir and pinot gris, but also a small hit of the hybrid sauvignette. Their red Symphony is a blend of the oddball hybrids cabernet libre and petite milo. The commonality among all these wines is their affordability—the ripeness and yield safety net that hybrids provide allows winery owners to be more than fair in their pricing. Are they the next big thing? Not likely, but they’re probably worth a tire kick or two.

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WLFOOD // purebread bakery

BREAKING First Mark and Paula Lamming were the best bakers at the Whistler Farmers Market. Then they were the best bakers in the Village. Now, with their new location in Gastown, is it time to ask . . . is their Purebread the best bakery in B.C.? by chelsea pratt // photographs by evaan kheraj

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Sweet Things

Paula and Mark Lamming, practically hidden behind a mountain of goodies at their Gastown location.

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Good Morning You’ve got to arrive pretty early to catch this beautiful bounty in its full glory.

P Tower of Power Light-as-air meringues, stacked sky-high.

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aula and Mark Lamming always swore they would never open a bakery. So there’s some head-scratching as to how they came to own three: the original Purebread at the Function Junction industrial park in Whistler, B.C., another one in Whistler Village, and now the newest addition in Vancouver’s Gastown. Each of them piled high (before the doors open, at least) with loaves of Asiago black pepper or “old stumpie” rye bread, buckwheat sour cherry scones and toffee almond cookies, names that inspire a reverence among the bakery chain’s devotees that’s normally reserved for lesser saints.

And it started with a most innocuous Christmas present.

“We were whining about the fact that we couldn’t get good bread in town,” Paula remembers; come the holidays, they found a countertop bread maker under their tree, courtesy of Paula’s mother. The couple found they loved the process of testing recipes—and also tasting the results—and, in no time, the two amateur bakers had expanded to baking bread on a much larger scale, using the local high school’s home ec ovens to churn out loaves. Their first foray into a farmers’ market came as support for a balsamic vinegar booth run by friends, providing bread for customer samples. But the overwhelming response caused the couple to take out a booth of their own the following year.

Bacon Sour Cream and Chive Scones

Bacon Sour cream and chive SconeS

“People would come up to us and say, ‘Where am I going to get your stuff when the market is finished?’” Paula says, explaining how several farmers’ market circuits led the pair to set up permanent shop.

When a space came available in their hometown of Whistler, it seemed serendipitous—and the Lammings decided to embrace the long hours full-time. Six years and several expansions later, they have no regrets: “Now that we’re actually in the bakery business,” says Paula, “we can’t think of life any other way.”

That’s good news for the thousands of Purebread enthusiasts who flock here for “seriously seedy” bread or an afternoon homity pie. You won’t find any dyed fondant or ornate sugar work at this bakery—just generous portions and a simple presentation. “We want people to feel warm and comfortable with our baking,” Paula explains, “the kind of place that you can come to every day and know that something will be popping out of the oven that you may not have tried before.” And with a rotating menu of some 100 items, there’s always a sweet new reason to visit.

Since the Lammings find recipe inspiration everywhere, that already bountiful menu just continues to grow. A fragrant lavender rosemary loaf riffs on the soap Paula used to make when their children were small, while ginger crunch and coconut rough bars are holdovers

2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tbsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ½ cup cold butter, cut into ½-inch cubes 1 cup whipping cream, divided ¾ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese ¼ cup finely chopped cooked bacon 2 tbsp chopped fresh chives ½ tsp freshly ground pepper Waxed paper Preheat oven to 425°F. Stir together first 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender or small knife until mixture is crumbly and resembles small peas.

Place in the freezer for 5 minutes. Remove from freezer and add cheese, bacon, chives, pepper and ¾ cup plus 2 tbsp whipping cream, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.

Turn dough out onto waxed paper and gently press or pat into a 7-inch round (mixture will be crumbly). Cut round into 8 wedges. On a lightly greased baking sheet, place wedges 2 inches apart and brush tops with remaining 2 tbsp cream just until moistened.

Bake at 425°F for 13 to 15 minutes or until golden.

Makes 8 scones.

“We want people to feel warm and comfortable with our baking, to have the kind of place that you can come to every day and know that something will be popping out of the oven that you may have not tried before.” westernliving.ca / m a r c h

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Family Affair Daughter Megan, hard at work.

Toffee Almond Cookies These super-easy melt-in-your-mouth cookies make the ideal tea-time treat; the toasted almonds give a great crunch and delicious flavour combined with the buttery toffee pieces.

2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt ¾ cup room-temperature butter ⅔ cup brown sugar ⅔ cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla ½ cup toffee bits (Skor bars work well) ⅔ cup almonds, finely chopped Preheat oven to 350°F. Place flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together in a bowl and whisk to combine.

Place almonds on a baking sheet and lightly toast in the oven for a few minutes, then let cool.

In a separate bowl or mixer, cream together butter and brown and white sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and mix until combined.

Roughly chop the toasted almonds. Fold flour mixture into the sugar and butter mixture, then mix chopped almonds and toffee chips into batter until just combined. Roll out 12 balls and place on a lightly greased baking sheet, spaced well apart. Flatten each ball with the palm of your hand.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until cookies are lightly golden and set in the centre.

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Toffee Almond Cookies

from Mark’s childhood in New Zealand. Currently in Purebread’s test kitchen? An espresso cookie, a Danish cake, a savoury cheese-andgarlic bun. Once perfected, these goodies will be sold at all three Purebread locations. Of course, the Lammings’ perfectionist tendencies mean it could take a little longer: they’ve been “tweaking” some items for close to five years.

It’s not a two-man show anymore, and the Lammings no longer rely on the local high school’s ovens to bake their wares. Daughter Megan (a former Western Living Foodie of the Year) co-manages the Vancouver location, while son Jack works as a barista during school breaks.

They’re joined by dozens of other staff, but Purebread still feels like a close family bakery. “It comes down to the passion from people,” Paula says. “Recipes can be taught. It’s the enthusiasm we look for.” So when a fire ripped through Purebread’s Whistler Village location in late

Paesano Loaf It’s a Slice Paula Lamming takes the cake.

3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp active dry yeast 2 tsp salt 1 ⅓ cups room-temperature water Handful of flour, for sprinkling Choose a bowl large enough to allow dough to expand to double its size. Mix flour, yeast and salt together. In the bowl, mix in water by hand until there are no lumps and the flour is fully incorporated into the water.

Cover with a plastic bag and set aside in a warm (room-temperature), draft-free place for 18 to 24 hours—18 hours is best to build the most flavour.

Two hours prior to baking, remove dough from bowl and place on a well-floured work surface.

Fold dough onto itself twice, place back into the bowl and cover again. At this time, place a pizza stone or heavy-bottomed cookie sheet on the middle shelf of your oven and preheat to 425°F.

Paesano Loaf

About 1½ hours after folding, place dough on a well-floured work surface and shape into a loose round ball. The dough will be very wet and loose, so don’t try to get the perfect ball shape. Cover with a damp cloth and leave in a warm (roomtemperature), draft-free place for 30 minutes.

When dough is ready, carefully remove pizza stone or cookie sheet from oven. Transfer dough to the stone or sheet, and, acting quickly to preserve the heat, spray with lots of water and sprinkle with flour. Quickly place loaf in the oven.

Bake for about 30 to 35 minutes. After 15 minutes, rotate loaf to allow for even cooking. The bread will be done once it has a golden colour and the bottom sounds hollow when tapped with your finger. Cool on a wire rack for 20 to 30 minutes. Don’t be tempted to eat it right away—the crumb needs to cool, or it will be very gummy!

LIGhTNING rOUND The Big Number Last year we went through 15,000 kilos of butter.

The Question Our most frequent query: what’s in a pudgie pie? Roast potatoes, caramelized onions, goat cheese and chives.

The Workout On an average day at the bakery, we walk seven kilometres a day. And lift 25 kilos of flour. We call it the Purebread Exercise Plan.

No gym required.

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Lavender Rosemary Loaf 2 2 ⁄3 cups whole-wheat flour 2⁄3 cup all-purpose flour 1½ tsp active dry yeast 2 tsp salt 1 tbsp edible lavender flowers (available at most health food stores) 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh rosemary 1⅓ cups room-temperature water 2 tbsp honey Choose a bowl large enough to allow dough to expand to double its size. Mix flours, yeast, salt, lavender and rosemary together. Mix water and honey together. Add water/honey mixture to flour mixture and mix until just combined.

Tip dough out onto a smooth, very well-floured surface. Mix by hand until dough is smooth and comes away from the work surface easily. Return to bowl.

Cover with a plastic bag and set aside in a warm (room-temperature), draft-free place for 2 hours.

Two hours after mixing, place dough on a wellfloured work surface. Shape into a tight oval. Cover with a damp cloth and leave in a warm (room-temperature), draft-free place for 1 hour.

At this time, place a pizza stone or heavy-bottomed cookie sheet on the middle rack of your oven and preheat to 425°F. The dough will be ready when it does not spring back readily when poked with your finger and instead leaves a small indentation. At this point, carefully remove pizza stone or cookie sheet from oven. Transfer dough to the stone or sheet, and, acting quickly to preserve the heat, spray with water and use a small, sharp knife to cut the top of the dough in 3 diagonal cuts approximately ½-inch deep. Quickly place loaf in the oven.

Lavender rosemary Loaf

Bake for approximately 30 to 35 minutes. After 15 minutes, rotate loaf to allow for even cooking.

The bread will be done once it has a golden colour and the bottom sounds hollow when tapped with your finger.

Cool on a wire rack for 20 to 30 minutes.

Bites of Bliss Mark Lamming serves up some treats.

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2013, the Lammings weren’t just worried about business—even though it happened right before Christmas, their busiest time of year. They were concerned about keeping their team together. “We have some really wonderful staff, and to lose those people would’ve been horrible,” Paula says. “So we figured out different things to keep everybody employed.” In fact, that’s when they found and purchased Purebread’s Vancouver location.

There are a dozen variables that go into baking: humidity, salinity in the water, barometric pressure—all of them important. But on any given Saturday morning, when lines snake out of all three stores, no one has such scientific variables in mind. They’re too busy plotting their order from the vast array of too-good-to-choose options before them, all made by people who have long since made sure that there will always be good bread in town.

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Northern Gateway It’s mildly ironic that a town with the jaw-dropping views that Jasper offers has so wholeheartedly embraced the idea of looking up to a pitch-black sky, but the past few years have seen the mountain paradise turn into a top destination for stargazers. The reason: no light pollution to dilute the clear perception of the stars above makes it one of the great spots in the West for getting up close (relatively speaking) to some celestial wonder. Turn the page for the skinny on stargazing.

Dim Prospects Being in the middle of a huge National Park has its benefits: abundant wildlife and a dearth of man-made light being two of them.

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by Neal McleNNaN

Our five favourite spots to look up, look way, way up.

In the West we’re blessed with all kinds of riches, but it’s our lack of light that makes us a mecca for astronomers. That’s what the concept of Dark Sky Preserves seeks to capitalize on: designated distinct areas that are free from artificial light pollution, where you can gaze skyward in ideal conditions. Here are five of the most accessible.

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McDonald Park

Fraser Valley Halfway between Chilliwack and Abbotsford, this preserve has been around since the early 2000s, and you’ll

frequently find dedicated members of the Fraser Valley Astronomers Society on hand to help guide your gazing.

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Beaver Hills

edMoNtoN This is actually located within Elk Island National Park just outside of Edmonton, and the benefit here is that park staff will even provide telescopes and educational programs to budding astronomers.

4 Cross Conservation Area Calgary

Last summer, this 2,000-hectare site

just west of Calgary became Canada’s firstever nocturnal preserve, a category used for spots that, while close to urban centres, nonetheless offer excellent conditions for stargazing.

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Cattle Point

ViCtoria Even more metro is this urban star park, located smack in the middle of Victoria’s very tony Uplands neighbourhood. Plus, there’s an added benefit: visitors can go for dinner at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel before zipping over for an illuminating nightcap.

Parks Canada/R. Bray

DARK SKY AT NIGHT, TRAVELLER’S DELIGHT

1 Jasper jasper NatioNal park Jasper has only had a Dark Sky Preserve since 2011, but they’ve led the way in turning this once very specialized pastime into something mainstream tourists are getting all excited about. There are several designated sites all a short distance from town, so grab a bike and a blanket and you’re set.

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1 Rostizado was founded

by Dani Braun, Chris Sills and Edgar Gutierrez.

2 The Citadel Theatre is celebrating its 50th birthday this 2015/2016 season.

3 In 1988, Dr. Francis Winspear donated $6 million to the concert hall.

Loyal Loot designer Anna Thomas knows there’s plenty to love in Edmonton’s burgeoning downtown.

Anna Thomas may have had her work exhibited all over the world in her role as a founder and designer of Loyal Loot (Paris, Stockholm, New York and beyond) but she continues to call Edmonton home, while partner Doha Lindskoog helps run the show from Calgary. From her downtown studio, Thomas manages the ever-growing popularity of the collective’s highly coveted log bowls and dreams up new smart and simple home goodies. And when work is done for the day, she heads out to explore all the area has to offer.

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1 When I can, I love seeing the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in concert at the Winspear Centre.

It’s a beautiful sound in a classically beautiful space.

2 Rostizado is a Mexican rotisserie and a fun, upbeat place to eat with your friends. I love the tamarind margaritas.

3 My favourite thing to order at Lock Stock Coffee is either a savoury biscuit or tartine. The interesting combinations of ingredients keep me coming back.

Recently, they had a cinnamon biscuit with an orange honey glaze.

4 The Citadel Theatre building has a waterfall and plant atrium that I often take a break in during the day, especially in the cold winter months.

One of the city’s gems.

5 Everything is good at Corso 32— no wonder it’s my favourite restaurant. I like to start with the short rib and have panna cotta for dessert.

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Winspear: Dale MacMillan; Rostizado: Dong Kim; Lock Stock: Dale MacMillan; Devine Brown at Citadel: Bill Daniels; Corso 32: Curtis Comeau

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Kinda Blue (And Pink)

Page 32 Roar and Rabbit chair, Roar and Rabit pillow,

Tangled Up Hand-blown blue glass knot, Pink Atelier Stella tea mug, West Elm, Vancouver, westelm.com.

Straight Up matte bowl, Rose gold Hexagon side table, Silo side table, CB2, Vancouver, cb2.com. Mosser Glass Crown Tuscan plate, The Cross Décor and Design, Vancouver, thecrossdesign.com. Wool and Silk Rugs Soho rug, Salari, Vancouver, salari.com. Muuto Rose Ambit light, Vancouver Special, Vancouver, vanspecial.com.

Easy Does It

Page 34 Monogram French-door convection single wall

oven, Colony Warehouse, North Vancouver, colonyware house.com. Miele Freestanding range, KitchenAid black stainless steel dishwasher, LG Sidekick, Trail Appliances, across the West, trailappliances.com. The Urban Cultivator, Lansdowne Appliances, Victoria, lansdowneappliance.com; Colony Warehouse, North Vancouver, colonywarehouse.com. Elica Om vent, Coast Appliances, across the West, coastappliances.com. Vitamix 780, Williams-Sonoma, Vancouver, williams-sonoma.com.

A New Tradition

Pages 42- 44 Designer, Hodgson Design Associates, Juli Hodgson, Vancouver, hodgsondesignassociates.com.

Cabinets and solid white oak counter top, JMV Woodworks, Abbotsford, jmvwoodworks.ca. Wolf oven and stove, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Trail Appliances, across the West, trail-appliances.com; Bar stools, Livingspace,

Vancouver, livingspace.com. Palm Green Le Creuset round casserole, Hudson’s Bay, across the West, thebay. com. Terracotta glazed vessel, Caravan 100% natural linen dish clothes, Nineteen Ten, Vancouver, nineteenten. ca. G&T Design Granville Island towel, Delish General Store, Vancouver, delishgeneralstore.com. Russell Hackney ceramics, Walrus, Vancouver, walrushome.com.

French Kiss

Pages 46 - 48 Designer, Nam Dang-Mitchell Design, Nam Dang-Mitchell, Calgary, namdangmitchell.com.

Mare Marrone Limestone Mosaic wall tiling, Stone Tile Pacific, Vancouver, stone-tile.com. Rift-cut white oak shelves, drawers and bottom cabinets, by Lamoc Custom Cabinetry, Calgary, 403-248-3510. Pod Modern Pendant light, Gabriel Ross, Victoria, grshop.com; Provide, Vancouver, providehome.com. Statuario Marble backsplash, Caesarstone Piatra Grey counter top, fabricated by Icon Stone, Calgary, iconstonetile.com.

Stainless Steel range hood with bronze trimwork, fabricated by Hammersmith Custom Metalcrafting, Calgary, hammersmithcustommetal.com.

Beautiful Order

Centre Stage

Pages 54 -56 Architects, McLeod Bovell, Lisa Bovell and Matt McLeod, Vancouver, mcleodbovell.com. &Tradition BH1 Spinning pendant, Inform Interiors, Vancouver, informinteriors.com. Caesarstone Blizzard countertop, Colonial Countertops, Victoria, colonialcountertops.com; Paragon Surfacing, Vancouver, paragonsurfacing.com.

Quartzform countertop, Upper Canada Forest Products, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, ucfp.com. Custom cabinets, Mcleod Bovell, Vancouver, mcleodbovell.com.

Warm Welcome

Pages 58- 60 Designer, Project 22 Design, Denise Ashmore, Vancouver, project22design.com.Screen wall, bench, wall storage unit, custom by Alex Goldie Custom Furniture, Vancouver, alexgoldiecustom.com. Fritz Hansen Series 7 chairs, Artemide Cuma 20 LED wall sconce, Artemide ceiling fixtures, Gabriel Ross, Victoria, grshop.ca; Inform Interiors, Vancouver, informinteriors .com. Grass matte parallel lift cabinets and flap system, E.Roko Distributors, across B.C. and Calgary, eroko.ca.

Asset Management

Pages 62 & 63 Designers, Pure By Ami McKay, Ami

Pages 50 -52 Designer, Connie Young Design, Connie

Young, Calgary, connieyoungdesign.com. Barstools, Domicile Contract Sales, Calgary, domicilecontract.com.

Caesarstone Quartz Reflections countertop, Colonial Countertops, Victoria, colonialcountertops.com; Paragon Surfacing, Vancouver, paragonsurfacing.com. HansGrohe faucet, Victoria Speciality Hardware and Plumbing, Victoria, vshl.ca; Cantu Bathrooms and Hardware, Vancouver, cantubathrooms.com.

McKay, Vancouver, purebyamimckay.com; Paul Lavoie Interior Design, Paul Lavoie, Calgary, paullavoiedesign .com; Falken Reynolds, Chad Falkenberg and Kelly Reynolds, falkenreynolds.com; AyA Kitchens, Robert Jobes, Vancouver, ayavancouver.com.

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Page 82 Designer, Jamie Deck, Shift Interiors, Vancouver,

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Retirement lifestyle at Tapestry puts the control in your hands. Order from our menu, choose from daily features, or work with our Chef on a custom menu for your birthday luncheon.

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Jamie Deck, Shift Interiors

COOL AND COMPACT DINING NOOK Mix and match bench seating with dining chairs.

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Though this table may look tiny, the clever pairing of wishbone chairs with a built-in bench (which doubles as storage) allows for more seating space than meets the eye. “A round table controls traffic in a small space,” explains designer Jamie Deck, director of Shift Interiors. Up to four people can cozy up on the bench, and by adding a few more chairs along the curve of the table, you’ve got room for all your favourite dinner-party guests.

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