After a decade of brainstorming, interior-designer homeowners put their unhurried, attentive touch on a 130-year-old gem
Jeremy Mendonca and Zaiba Mian, seen here on July 30, 2020, are both interior designers living in their newly-renovated home in Toronto's east end.Unless one is in a forest, with dappled sunlight dancing at one’s feet, birdsong tickling the eardrums and a soft breeze rustling the leaves, calm does not come naturally. Calm is created by design.
Similarly, one room over—separated by a monumental tall white cabinet of Mr. Mendonca’s design—diners experience calm via a large, round, marble table purchased on Gerrard St. long before the renovation, a translucent marble-shaded fixture from the U.K., and lightweight, sculptural chairs by Italian manufacturer Pedrali. Only when one of the couple’s cats walks between the gap between cabinet and wall and burbles a kitty-hello does one become distracted.
Upstairs, too, restored hinges and a curious coffered ceiling made from stair handrail off-cuts make for a visual feast that causes the contemporary brain to race, to inspect, to marvel. Only a visitor from H.G. Wells’ time machine would feel calm here. “This is the first time we walked into a place with such a strong presence,” said Ms. Mian, who remembers looking at 52 houses before choosing this one. So strong, in fact, the couple didn’t do anything for the first decade and, when they finally did wield their drafting pens, chose “insertions” rather than big moves.The Globe and Mail
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