Vaughan Semi-Detached HouseA day that can unfold in the open, and a night that knows how to close.

Location: Vaughan, ON
Project: House renovation
Where: Kitchen, living, bedrooms, baths
Palette: White, warm wood, and black

Interior of the Bristlewood Crescent renovation in Vaughan, with white cabinetry, warm wood floors, and black fittings.

The ask

For this house renovation in Vaughan, the clients wanted a day that could unfold in the open and still give everyone a door to close. Cooking, sitting, and eating had to share the main floor. The bedrooms, a child's room among them, needed to belong to the same house without becoming a copy of the kitchen.

The plan

We kept the main floor on one wood floor, so the day never changes ground. White cabinetry and a pale island hold the kitchen. Black stools, a black range, and black fittings give that white a line to stand against, and a brass faucet is the one warm metal at the sink. Beyond the island, a grey sofa and a low dark table take the long view. A wood dining table and a bench sit beside the stair, which is the turn toward sleep. The primary bedroom uses a warm upholstered bed, dark nightstands, and a walk-in closet. Its bathroom returns to wood in the vanity, then a freestanding tub and a pale tiled shower. A child's bedroom and a playroom stay lighter. Below, the lower level repeats the grey sectional and adds a desk, a laundry, and a simpler bath.

The walk-through

You come in onto wood, with the island in the middle of the view and the living room closing the sightline. The table waits off to the side. The stair is how the house changes its voice. Upstairs, the primary bathroom is the most complete small sequence: vanity, tub, then shower. Downstairs the ceiling drops and the mood lowers, but the materials stay related. Black metal, on the stools, the faucets, and the fixtures, is the thread that lets every floor belong to the one renovation.

Rooms