The final curtain
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on May 3, 2008
FRANK Lloyd Wright was an arrogant man and he cultivated what you might consider a shortcoming into what he saw as a virtue. It is far nobler, to paraphrase Wright, to be honestly arrogant than to be dishonestly self-effacing.
And he had the genius to carry it off in style, even dressing the part, capes and [...]
Kitchen Curtain Dynamic Design
Filed Under Cur Tainx | Posted on April 17, 2008
Four years ago, The Independent Weekly launched The INDesign Awards to honor the most innovative and thoughtful architecture, historic preservation projects and interior design in Acadiana. In its best and purest form, architecture reflects a community’s history and values and incorporates the past into forward-thinking designs for modern living.
For our fourth annual INDesign Awards, projects [...]
living Furnishing presents its own challenges
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 6, 2008
Natalie Jaikaran takes a detour to Milton on her way home from work pretty regularly. Jaikaran, who works as a consultant at several schools in Halton Region, isn’t driving through Milton as a shortcut to her Mississauga home. She’s taking the long way to keep tabs on the new 3,050-square-foot home she and husband [...]
Athome Blah bedroom could be cozy nest
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
This bedroom is clean and functional, but blah. It is also too square and lacks any point of interest. While the duvet is pretty enough, two interior designers agree this space requires extra decorative touches costing less than $100 to make it an attractive and cozy little nest.Jean Akerman is itching to insert a little [...]
living It’s all about details in luxurious suite
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 9, 2008
Rising 21 storeys from a curved podium at the corner of Bay and Davenport, the glass curtain wall architecture of the Florian condo promises to be a downtown landmark. But that’s not what will make it successful, says Paolo Palamara, the Florian’s builder. A building must relate to the dignity of it residents and of [...]
living Leather and plastic a perplexing mix
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 1, 2008
This contemporary family room has decent bones, but the juxtaposition of a plastic play station against a lavish leather sofa is puzzling. We asked a couple of interior designers to help the householders out for under $100.JEAN AKERMAN is quite appalled by the plastic object in front of the sofa. Although this is the [...]
living It’s curtains for stark attic bedroom
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on January 27, 2008
Bleak! This attic bedroom served as digs for a student. Now it’s time to fix it up as a guest room. The Star asked two interior designers what measures they would take to convert this basic room into an inviting space for a [...]
living Forgo pantry for counter space; turn den into storage
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on January 27, 2008
After much soul searching, rather than a bungalow, Ken and his wife decided to buy a condominium for their retirement years.Their 1,253 square-foot condo is yet to be built and Ken wonders about laying hardwood flooring throughout the suite.Interior designer Dolores Pian [...]