Interiors
House tour: Cozy modern family home
House tour: Cozy modern family home
Interiors
House tour: Cozy modern family home
Contrary to what colour-lovers may think, decorating with neutrals isn’t necessarily the easy way out. It takes skill, design smarts and, most of all, discipline to stick to a limited colour palette while keeping a space from feeling sterile. Take this bright five-bedroom, four-bath home in West Vancouver: The homeowners, custom-home builders Donato and Mariana D’Amici, had wanted a modern structure with traditional detailing to live in for a while before putting it on the market to start another from-the-ground-up project.
Their challenge was to make the space livable for themselves and their one-year old son, Teo, while also showing prospective buyers what was possible. So Mariana, a long-time fan of The Cross Decor & Design (the Vancouver hub of all things hip and stylish), hired designer Joanna Vagelatos to help them execute – and elevate – the couple’s vision. But upon entering the home, Joanna was struck by another vision: the view. “The house is raised on a hillside with beautiful views from every room,” she says. “We decided a neutral interior was the way to go because it would never detract from the setting.”
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