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In a period when we f lick through endless photos while sitting tight in line for a matcha latte, recognizing something as important as a youth home or family house is never again replied by the snap of a camera screen. Joyfully, Toronto artistVirginia Johnson is presently offering house pictures. Working fromsnapshots, she'll make a nine-by 12-inch watercolor outline that catches the truth of a spot as well as its soul, with her unmistakable brushstrokes going about as a definitive channel. "I additionally do gardens, which I cherish," she says. After the four-week process, customers will wind up in a...

Architect Christopher Spraggett 's well-designated Muskoka shop is loaded up with covetable furnishings, lighting and adornments, yet the vast majority see the f loor first. "It would appear that a hand-painted f loor, yet it's really shrouded in eight-by 10-foot printed vinyl oilcloth f loor mats," says Christopher. "I purchased a bundle and masterminded them together; it's progressively down to earth for individuals coming in with wet shoes." His innovative methodology makes Lock + Quay a rich hotspot for cabin style that is definitely not antique. The 900-square-foot store's different accumulation incorporates natural teak seats, mod lights and stout woven...

When the engineers of a planner property in Poole flew into the Snug Kitchens showroom, overseeing chief Nicholas McColgan investigated their arrangements and figured out how to expand the first kitchen space by a third, basically by breaking new ground. 'The house was motivated by the acclaimed Barcelona Pavilion, with bunches of floaty levels in an advanced, straight plan,' enthuses Nicholas. 'Initially this first-floor space had been planned as an open-plan kitchen, eating and living space with a different limited utility to the side, anyway this left little space to fit the sort of kitchen the customers needed or the...

BRIT CHEF JASON ATHERTON TALKS INGREDIENTS, INSPIRATION AND HIS MICHELIN OBSESSION Tell us about your new book.. Pollen Street is seven years old now and the book is an extension of the restaurant. It’s the first time I’ve written a fine dining book and I wanted it to be something that I would be proud of for the rest of my life. It’s literally me on every page. It’s everything that I am as a chef. What’s your favourite recipe in the book? There isn’t one – that’s like picking your favourite child. But, if you’d asked me which is...

Virginia Macdonald (livingarea) As a tyke, my summers began with a 12-hour vehicle ride from the center of Alberta to the inside of British Columbia. My sisters and I would just be permitted one break, so we'd settle in for the ride, appendages all to one side, perusing books, playing vehicle games yet generally just inactively watching out the window. As the brilliant tint of the Prairies transformed into the magnificence of the Rocky Mountains, we would get out commonplace milestones en route — the Calgary Tower, the Three Sisters mountain run, the Enchanted Forest amusement park — every one...