Sneak Peek

We've been working away at our 1960's house on Delmar .... bringing our graceful friend up to the modern standard she deserves. Things are looking wonderful. With the snow melted away we are almost tempted to move in there ourselves! The yard is looking simply glorious. The original owner was quite a gardener and there are trees, trees, trees.  It's huge and private and a bike path runs right behind it.

With each day, this house seems to bring with it a number of pleasant surprises. (quite the opposite of the kinds of surprises we usually encounter with many renovations!)

Here is a sneak peek of the kitchen. All will be revealed shortly, but that's a marble mosaic back splash and some lovely honed granite accenting a contemporary look. The new windows bring in the sunshine (now that we finally have some).

The tile has turned out well, too. As always, our expert tiler, Tony, from TB  Tile did  a bang up job. Here's the master bath (check out the soon to be gone robin's egg blue toilet!) Yep, more marble.

The main/kids bath looks great, too. We kept the same cabinet - it was in good shape and was nice and large. But changed the sink, counter and back splash. I like how it's coming together so far.

My favourite tile of all, however is this brown, grey and black polka dot tile. It's a pattern we've used in our kids bathroom, and also in our own home's basement shower. We can't get this style any more. We had JUST enough to do this cool accent ... (I just find polka dots so happy ...) 

Stay tuned. We'll be posting all photos soon. By next week, we'll be getting ready for an Open House to showcase the whole project. Right now, we are run off our feet with last minute details. This is truly my favourite part, though, given how much shopping it involves.

Announcing ... A New Project

Warren and I have always been suckers for real estate. From our earliest days as a couple we never came across an Open House we didn't wander into. This has led to some cool projects ... and lots of moving. The trouble with us ... is that we can always see so darn much potential!  Potential, potential everywhere. Some houses, from the moment you walk into them ...just speak to us. They tell us they are tired and need some lovin' .... They tell us they want to be beautiful and hold a family again.

It's happened again. The client work we have underway in in various stages of almost finished. It's time to start thinking about a new project. (We had our eye on a great house in our neighbourhood that seriously needs some lovin' - but for some strange reason we can't aquire it. The current owner keeps disappearing on us. After several frustrating months of back and forth - and radio silence (even his lawyer can't find him). We've given up.) The project would have been great - but a home renovation business waits for no man. Onward we go.

So, we've been poking around, viewing some properties, trying to see if we can find something with potential. And finally ....

Welcome to Delmar Street! Our newest project involves making her beautiful and functional - so a new family can love her. Love her mature trees, gracious layout, and sunny spaces. She's from the late 60's - when they built 'em well. She is in a great neighbourhood, with walkable streets and lots of green. When you walk in this house - it just feels good. Stay tuned for the plan.