This standout OakWood custom home has undeniable wow factor. What’s really impressive, though, is its smart, forward-thinking design. With about 5800 square feet of living space, this modern custom home in north Kanata...
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By Reba Wilson Textural change-ups elevate design interest. Whether your esthetic skews modern or traditional, the application of the following wall elements will help introduce layers to your overall design. This can bring a drab space into the realm of sophisticated and unexpected. WALL...
Distinctive condo transformation lives up to its stunning views By Hattie Klotz Photos by Jordann Brown When it comes to home, everyone has a different definition of luxury. For one it may be a kitchen packed with all the most sophisticated appliances, for another a spa-like bathroom and for yet...
A thoughtful restoration stays true to this century home’s heritage By Anita Murray Photos by Kevin Belanger Photography What appears from the street to be an unassuming traditional red brick century home in Rockcliffe belies a stunning transformation behind the front façade that garnered an award...
By Reba Wilson Ottawa offers amazing waterfront living with incredible views and water access. What’s so interesting about Ottawa is that it is home to many neighbourhoods with different kinds of waterfront, from rural, secluded properties to central urban settings. There is both lakefront...
RND Construction has spent three decades championing beautiful homes that are also energy efficient. By Patrick Langston Record-breaking heat, wildfires, flooding: the need to rein in, immediately, climate-ravaging greenhouse gases is clear. When it comes to the housing industry, however, that’s...
Eclectic custom family home brings fresh spirit to the Glebe By Hattie Klotz Photos by Tim Skinner Though the path to home harmony has been bumpy for one local homeowner and his family, their story has a happy ending. Family life began in the Crystal Beach neighbourhood for the oral and...
Photos by LeRoyal + St-Arnaud When a young professional couple with three kids wanted to refresh their home, they sought out interior designer Pamela Pryce of pured.co. Since her home happens to be near their neighbourhood in Aylmer, they had already met socially on occasion. He’s a lawyer...
Photos by Justin Van Leeuwen Thanks to Ottawa pros Barry Hobin and Lucie Cadieux, an Ottawa couple’s long-prized waterfront lot has been transformed into a one-of-a-kind home that’s perfect for them, inside and out. “My husband was lucky enough to get his hands on this property many years ago and...
Danielle Hannah and Ernst Hupel of Ottawa’s 2H Interior Design keep things real By Janet Wilson Influential interior designers Danielle Hannah and Ernst Hupel have been creating mind-blowing spaces from Rockcliffe to Miami for close to 30 years, but you’re forgiven if you don’t recognize their...
Artist Caroline Monnet’s Amik is a tactile tour de force Caroline Monnet is from Outaouais but her renown is international. A multimedia artist of Anishinaabe and French heritage, she attended the University of Ottawa and has wowed the arts world in the years since. Now 38, she has artworks in...
Architect Rick Shean and his team at Shean Architects use natural elements and materials to elevate modern spaces. By Hattie Klotz When American designer, architect and filmmaker Charles Eames coined the phrase, “The details are not the details. They make the design,” he might well have been...
