Dining Room by Carol Reed Interior Design
I had the opportunity to work on a full scale gut and reno of a Rosedale home for a young family back in 2007/08. When I became involved in the project the century old house had already been stripped back to the brick and when you stood in the living room on the ground floor you could look up through three stories and see the sky above. My scope of work involved planning all the interior detailing (mouldings, staircases, doorways etc.), lighting layout, designing the fireplaces and builtins, selecting all the interior finishes, specifying all the lighting, hardware, window coverings, and finally, sourcing a few key furniture pieces.
Although its been more than a year and half since they've moved in and the interior construction was completed, there's still a lot of finishing touches to be added but these things will evolve over time as the family grows. Frankly, after the lengthy and all consuming process of planning, building, and moving into the house, my clients have simply been enjoying living in it and focusing on their busy day to day lives raising their two young daughters. Slowly the rooms are coming to completion with the addition of artwork and accessories that the homeowners have been accumulating since they moved in but with so many rooms, it continues to be a work in progress.
I'll post more detail about this renovation project along with more after photos in the near future. I visited their home this week and had the opportunity to take some up-dated photos, the small glimpse of the dining room above is one of my favorites. This room will be getting a lot of use in the upcoming months and in just a couple of weeks I know it will be decked out for the holidays in silver, blue and green........but in the meantime,,,
Happy Thanksgiving!
Photo: Carol Reed
