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Anna's Room. Lovely teenage Anna asked if we could re-design her room so it felt more mature. Quieter. Softer. We did! Using original items special to her heart (such as the shelf, which inspired the whole concept), and creating her customized tea set and dresser, her room is now beachy, quiet, lovely place to just relax and hang out.
Transformation and re-design of a Chicken Far Farmhouse. Using chicken wire, chicken feeders for the barn as lamps, and re-arranging existing pieces (as well as new paint and new kitchen designs!) to keep the original quirkiness, but to make it brighter, show off the stunning parts and pieces the owner has collected over the years!
Project De-Suburbanization 2. The basement! Painted out black ceilings, whites, bright yellow, black, silver industrial elements, glass, and a partial OSB board finish make for a funky, easy going, light, loft-like space. Since added, a glass handrail, which plays off the industrial elements well. Pics of that to come! A great rec room for children. But a great creative office space or "man cave" too. Electrical panel covered with a chalkboard cabinet.
This house is actually for sale! Check out the listing if interested: http://beta.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=14278545
48 Chiswick Ave, Brooklin, ON
Project De-Suburbanization 2. The guest bedroom. Big open windows and vaulted ceilings lends an airy loft-like vibe. Stark white, with modern contrasts, layered cozy blankets, and a peak of chartreuse and turquoise for softness.
This house is actually for sale! Check out the listing if interested: http://beta.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=14278545
48 Chiswick Ave, Brooklin, ON
Project De-Suburbanization 2. The designer's office. Pops of yellow, green, orange, turquoise and reds even, for inspiration. Fabric and Paint Swatches. Vintage tea set to hold all supplies. Antique horse feeder turned into a filing cabinet - finally a functional use for an amazing piece!
Project De-Suburbanization 2. The dining area. Check out the chicken feeder light! Taken from a now defunct chicken barn, and made into a pendant light fixture. Painted with a splash of green by DIFY.
This house is actually for sale! Check out the listing if interested: http://beta.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=14278545
48 Chiswick Ave, Brooklin, ON
Project De-Suburbanization 2. The kitchen. Open, clean, white. Pops of green. And barstools from Target!
This house is actually for sale! Check out the listing if interested: http://beta.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=14278545
48 Chiswick Ave, Brooklin, ON
Project De-Suburbanization 2. En-Suite Bathroom. Using antique ladders and old tins for storage! Contrasting white, open, modern lines. Different pieces of Japanese paper pieced together to make a permanent curtain, which looked pretty, and still let the light through.
This house is actually for sale! Check out the listing if interested: http://beta.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=14278545
48 Chiswick Ave, Brooklin, ON
The Pallet Bedroom. Yet another part of Project De-Suburbanization. With a DIFY-made pallet bed. Cozy woolly layers. Snuggly pillows. Soft colours. Modern edge mixed with old recycled wood, and antiques. Not to mention antique coat hangers from old hotels to sort your jewellery. Because jewellery is like art too!
This house is actually for sale! Check out the listing if interested: http://beta.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=14278545
48 Chiswick Ave, Brooklin, ON
Project De-Suburbanization. The "Faux-denza". Custom made by DIFY using recycled materials. To be used either as a built in desk or a buffet, as it sits under the dining room ledge open concept window.
This house is actually for sale! Check out the listing if interested: http://beta.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=14278545
48 Chiswick Ave, Brooklin, ON
Project De-Suburbanization #2. The stairs! Close up and personal! How's that for personalized? Do you feel like singing Feist as you walk up? See the previous blog post for more pics!
This house is actually for sale! Check out the listing if interested: http://beta.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=14278545
48 Chiswick Ave, Brooklin, ON
Project De-Suburbanization #2 is complete! You might remember PDS #2, from an earlier blog! Yep, we made up the wordy. (Just like Beyonce made up Bootylicious). Just a reminder: De-suburbanization is what DIFY likes to do! Take a suburban house, and differentiate it from all other houses on the block that look exactly the same. De-suburbanization starts with having things that no one else might be able to find (not in an expensive way, just different). Fix up interesting pieces. Mix them in with other furniture. Make the home look unique and personal. Clean, open, modern, whimsical - easy to live in. Not urban. Not country. Just de-surburbanized. No more cookie cutter suburban house. Here's this one! Enjoy :) We will start with the front door leading into the living room - the face of de-suburbanization our turquoise guard gnome. Get it? "Guard"-en Gnome. Hee!
This house is actually for sale! Check out the listing if interested: http://beta.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=14278545
48 Chiswick Ave, Brooklin, ON
And here she is. Katie's "DIFYcult" Room Makeover. Done! And maybe it wasn't actually so "DIFYcult." Maybe we just liked the way that sounded. But it sure was a labour of love, a labour of creating a surfers paradise, a labour of holding on to family heirlooms, favourite things and not spending a fortune. What do you think? How did DIFY do? Does it match Katie's original inspiration photos?
Here's a long await DIFY kitchen re-design. Pretty drastic changes. While the old kitchen was probably ok for it's time, it is now modern and sleek. New cabinetry, new island, new light fixtures - eating is now extra FUN at this residence!!
The next step taken in Katie's "Difycult" Bedroom Re-do. We are getting there folks! Coming up - one surfer style bedroom for 18 year old Katie - with a laid back vibe, and use of global patterns. Stay tuned for the hammock in the corner! Surprisingly an incredibly comfy seat.
Step 5 in Katie's "DIFYcult" Bedroom Makeover. Loving all the different patterns and textures throughout the bedding and "pilla's" (remember that movie, So I Married An Axe Murderer? "Pilla" will always be stuck in my head!). Like a planned matching mismatch, yet again!
Here we go! The first piece of furniture has been "DIFY-ed" for Katie's Dify-cult Bedroom Makeover! Does it match the inspiration picture or what?! The sideboard/bench in the inspiration picture, and the sideboard/bench from her actual bedroom, was the same shape and size! That was pure coincidence! She originally liked the inspiration pic for the overall surfer vibe - we didn't notice the bench until afterwards! What do you think? Look similar enough?