“And while we’re at it…”

Renovation Road was supposed to stay confined to our house’s first floor. But there’s that second-floor shower too short for tall people …

Inspirational art

There are other forces driving our colour choices that will be the focal point in the rooms they grace: paintings by my former colleagues Anda Kubis and Luke Painter.

The twists and turns, part 2

As interior wall and ceiling coverings came down at our little Stratford house, our design, and work to-do list, morphed hourly.

Colouring our palette

A cloth table runner bought to cover a water stain on a bookshelf has inspired our renovation.

Peak teak

Now that we were planning to keep the teak, its aesthetic is driving many of our renovation decisions.

Our renovation retreat

The first thing we agreed upon, when we decided to renovate: We weren’t going to live in the house while the bulk of the work was going on.