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Wood Cabinets Steal The Show In This Kid-Friendly Kitchen

After years of shooting other people’s houses, photographer Valerie Wilcox sees her own kitchen have its moment in the spotlight. We sat down with her and designer Laura Goard of Square Footage to chat about the newly-renovated kitchen adorned with natural wood cabinets, Scandinavian-style accents…

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Bright Whites & Blond Wood Give This Family Kitchen A Seaside Vibe

For the couple who live in this Vancouver home with their one-year-old son, having an open-concept kitchen with plenty of seating and kid-friendly finishes were the main motivators to finally take the plunge. “At the top of their list was a large island with seating and a designated bar area,”…

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Blue-Green Cabinets Add Flair To This Eclectic Family Kitchen

Repeat clients are the best kind: they give designers like Jamie Hamilton and Greer Nelson of Oliver Simon Design creative license to push the boundaries with bold colors and quirky accents. Their clients, Danielle and Tyler Tomczyk, asked the duo to design their first place in 2015,…

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Personality & Practicality Are The Key Ingredients In This Kitchen

Kitchen renovations can be a long time coming — even for the pros. Just ask designer and Edinburgh expat Gillian Gillies, who admits the kitchen was the last room she renovated in her Toronto home. “My husband, Dean, is one of six kids, and true confession, I…

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This Indoor-Outdoor Kitchen Is Made For Warm Spring Days

Plus, see how designer Kate Zeidler created a cozy outdoor family room.

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This Bright & Cheerful Blue Kitchen Is An Instant Mood-Booster

There are five different shades of blue on the cabinetry alone.

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This Modern Mint Kitchen Is A Millennial Dream

Ashley Lonsdale, a rhythmic gymnastics coach who runs her own gym, knew her North Vancouver bungalow needed serious help. The previous owners had undertaken some DIY work in the kitchen; the result was a thigh-high breakfast bar, a peeling vinyl floor and a deteriorating anaglypta wallpaper backsplash. The biggest…

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This Sleek “Hidden” Kitchen Makes Minimalism Livable

For a family of four avid skiers who trade city life for Whistler’s powdery runs on weekends, their getaway home’s mid-tone wood and terracotta kitchen was falling flat. Enter designer Peter Wilds, a wizard at making even the sleekest of spaces feel livable and approachable. “My…

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This Hardworking Family Kitchen Is The Perfect Gathering Place

It’s fitting that designer Camille Daher hatched her plan for this Westmount, Quebec, home over a laid-back dinner with its owners. After all, for the parents of three, creating a more convivial main floor — with a place to cook and dine at the heart of…

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This Coastal-Cool White Kitchen Masters The Mix

It was a chance Halloween night pit stop that introduced Toronto designer Sarah Hartill to her future client Rachel Turnpenney — and Rachel’s love of entertaining. “The kids and I were out trick-or-treating with a mutual friend and Rachel invited us into her home, where it looked like they were…

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This Charcoal Grey Kitchen Foregoes The Usual Formula

Charged with designing a showhome kitchen in London, Ontario, designers Lea Legg and Angela Bobanovic knew just where to start: by tossing the usual formula out the window. “We knew from the beginning we wanted the kitchen to be unique but still have that comfortable feeling; to feel layered…

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A Modern Farmhouse Kitchen In The English Countryside

See inside a historical U.K. farmhouse’s modern kitchen designed for family living.  To bring a circa-1600s Dorset, U.K., farmhouse into the 21st century, interior designer Emma Sims-Hilditch focused on devising a modern and practical kitchen layout that still preserved the property’s original charm. Rebuilt as part of a two-storey…