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Design

The Artist and her Canvas

Designing for elite homeowners across the world, artist Lori Morris doesn’t dabble in pencil or ink, but in one-of-a-kind furniture, authentic art and travel-inspired spaces If Marie Antoinette had a Pinterest board, it would have looked something like Lori Morris’s portfolio. The Toronto-based interior designer has secured her place on the wish lists of estate …

The Prince Philip Residence

Meet the new monarch of Montreal’s real estate The words “modernism” and “royalty” don’t often run parallel, but in the case of the Prince Philip Residence in Montreal, the newly uber-mod space has been titled appropriately. Formerly a mid-century Outremont bungalow, this hilltop abode was recently flipped into something of a 21st century castle, having …

At Home With Moe Razi

Dolce caught up with design sweetheart Moe Razi in her lavish Toronto penthouse to discuss her new role in motherhood and how her family is the most beautiful accent in the interior designer’s abode One can never really predict what experience awaits on the other side of an interior designer’s front door. Such is the case for …

Design Feed

Qadem Hooks Console by May Khoury Inspired by the wooden agricultural tools of days of old, Qadem Hooks is both a piece of art and a useable console. It’s composed of various green-painted hooks that were used together with the Qadem, an old wooden saddleback used on mules to transport wheat from village to village …

The Balding Estate

At the crown of an extraordinary cul-de-sac, nestled deep inside the National Estates, the most prestigious neighbourhood in Vaughan, Ont., stands one of the most luxurious, most extraordinary homes in the city: the Balding Estate.

Katherine Newman-Design Menagerie

There’s circumstance, there’s cohesiveness and there’s a whimsical wonderment that gambols somewhere between the two. On a tree-lined street in a residential North York area, a restored French colonial revival home, originally built in the 1930s, reveals gracious Georgian farmhouse vernacular with a steeply pitched roof and dormers, paired chimneys and Credit Valley stone. Inside, …

Objects of Desire Spring 2014

TENTED LOVE The tentmakers at England-based FieldCandy create whimsical, creative and sometimes hilarious shelters to peg some personality into your warmer-month adventures. www.fieldcandy.com CAT’S CRADLE You love doting on your furry friends — spoil them with the Nautilus luxury cat bed, crafted by Swiss manufacturer Lanimah. www.lanimah.com BY GEORGE Hazelton Avenue’s elite fashion boutique George …

Shopkeepers- Weaver and Loom

The creative team at Weaver and Loom has an interesting calling: it makes art that’s meant to be stepped on. According to owner Ali Ghassemi, floor coverings are canvases, and present a unique opportunity for homeowners to get creative with their décor schemes. As a manufacturer and atelier of luxury area rugs, Weaver and Loom …

Shopkeepers- Silverwood Flooring

Silverwood Flooring builds platforms for your day-to-day living — floors that are strong and stylish for both personal and professional settings. For the past nine years, Silverwood has been catering to some of the city’s elite design firms as a wholesaler, and has recently expanded its offerings. “We’re thrilled to announce that we’re now open …

Dolce’s Favorite Finds

1. WINDFALL CONTEMPORARY CRYSTAL LIGHTING Bring home the extraordinary with crystal chandeliers that do more than illuminate — they shine. www.windfall-gmbh.com 2. THE BIO FLAME FIREPLACE Eco-friendly, design-friendly, the wall-mountable fireplaces from Bio Flame are an innovation in heating solutions. www.eurobathkitchen.com