Interiors
Interior: Beach house chic
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Interior: Beach house chic
Interiors
Interior: Beach house chic
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Interestingly, they practically rebuilt their Calgary home, but better. “We fixed the mistakes,” says Susan, like installing a wood-burning fireplace in the sunroom, making it ideal for year-round lolling about. And thanks to Charlottetown shop owner and designer Susan Snow of Moving Designz Home & Cottage, the Craftsman-style house was given a fresh coastal vibe. “The store looked the way I wanted our house to feel,” says Stark. “Comfortable, cozy, peaceful, unpretentious – that’s really what they wanted,” says the designer. “I call it ‘beach house chic.’”
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The dark-stained wood island grounds the light-coloured kitchen. "The Electrolux range is the love of my life," jokes homeowner Susan Stark.
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Blue glass tiles add sleek style in a kitchen that balances country casual with simple sophistication. The durable brown quartz countertop "acts like a neutral" and contrasts the lighter surfaces, says Snow.
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The Starks also credit their designer with another favourite feature: the living room’s impressive stone fireplace. “It looks great because Susan was on-site telling the mason where each stone should go,” says Stark, who also loves how the designer made the built-ins beside the fireplace stand out. Playing with proportions transformed them from functional to a focal point, explains Snow. “With a 23-foot-high ceiling, extra-tall windows and doors and the visual heaviness of the fireplace, I knew the built-ins had to be taller than usual," she says.
Relaxing shades
Snow had help with the bedrooms, though: the homeowner had her heart set on a soothing bluish-green for the master bedroom. “When you walk in, you feel relaxed,” says Stark, who actually repainted her master bedroom in Calgary the same shade.
Bedroom accents
A hammered-silver vase filled with freshly cut flowers sits casually on a pale blue book, achieving the designer's goal of looking "done, but not overdone."
A soothing bathroom
A ribbon of blue mosaic tiles on the backsplash accents the buttercup yellow wall in daughter Jamie's bathroom. The slate-coloured ceramic floor tiles echo the dark-stained floors that appear throughout the house.
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