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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
From the drafting table: Madison Avenue
6,000 square foot full gut reno, and interior re-planning and designing, to bring this early century jewel (rooming house for many decades) back to a respected single family dwelling.
This sketch is for the new proposed kitchen.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Almost an East York original...
If you didn't pay much attention to the details you would think this home had always been here... Wrong! This project was a full gut of an existing one and a half storey detached house purchased by one of my favorite contractor for his own family who lived for years in a semidetached across the street. The place has been transformed into a full two storey home, complete with four bedrooms and two and half bathrooms.
The existing basement and ground floor framing have been re-constructed completely, apart from the exterior walls, and a framed second storey was anchored to the exiting structure. Ultimate Goal was to maintain the neighborhood feel and architectural streetscape.
The all family was really exited to be moving in, afer few months renting a tiny apartment. It was really cute to see the kids running around the place, and playing in the momentary empty bedrooms. So were the neighbors, who cordially showed up on moving day to greet the new family.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Geometra design hits the small screen this Friday December 2nd!!
On Friday, December 02, 2011 @ 11:00 AM Slice Network will air episode 13 of Shotgun Reno featuring a renovation designed by Geometra Design Ltd. and build by Mentor Construction.
You can watch the show on line at http://www.slice.ca/
Mommy Clueless – Dora & Rick
"With their first child on the way, Dora and Rick need to renovate their main floor into an open concept layout – but the baby is due in just four weeks. Can the Shotgun Reno team help them get it all done on time?"
The project focused on the re-design of the main floor of an existing two storey dwelling in Toronto.
The home owner's take: “I can't express how positive this change to our home has been”
By the way, congratulations on the new arrival guys, and enjoy your “new home"! And thanks again for making me part of this!
More photos available here.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Accessibility of Design
A soon-to-be new addition to our family has recently resulted in multiple trips to Ikea. It got me thinking about how things have changed for design in the home. IKEA has taken a design philosophy and made it accessible to the everyday consumer by lowering price points and placing themselves where customers can find them. Other retailers have done the same thing, opening up the market for good design to more and more families. It's now a totally realistic goal to live well within your space and to do it on a budget. This philosophy of accessible design is touching so many parts of our lives, and now people who would have never considered it are designing or redesigning their own homes. In addition, people's appreciation for good design and a clean simple aesthetic seems to be spreading, and I believe places like IKEA are to thank for that.
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