Glass-Bowl Sinks Make Me Scream

House And Home, Style Enhancement
One weekend some time ago I had the pleasure of celebrating an acquaintance’s birthday poolside at a jaw-dropping, gorgeous classic-contemporary seven-year-old 10,000 square foot Rosedale ravine residence. Well-designed, well-proportioned and beautifully furnished, it was one of those dwellings that oozed understated luxury without being the least bit gaudy or pretentious. As a self-proclaimed ‘House Nut’ I was…
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Staging Nightmare

Real Estate, Style Enhancement
While I understand, and as a realtor participate, in the heightened media-induced obsession to ‘stage’ properties for sale using home furnishings that are ‘aspirational’ (though, at urbaneer.com, we prefer to implement ‘Style Enhancements’ which are less contrived and more personable – click HERE for an example – ), sometimes the staging effort is executed all WRONG! In fact, there are occasions where staging makes…
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We Flip Burgers, Not Houses

House And Home, Style Enhancement
First, I don’t want to label all renovators as ‘house flippers’ and put them out of business. In fact, I genuinely appreciate the skilled contractor who purchases a tired, dated, obsolete crapbox (like all those Toronto Housing Corporation dumps which have been unloaded over the past year) and turns them…
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I See Ya, Ikea

Style Enhancement, Uncategorized
First, we like Ikea and applaud them for bringing smart affordable design to the masses. After all, it sure beats much of the ugly cheap stuff most limited budgets can afford. However, when it comes to real estate return-on-investment, our challenge lies in the Ikea kitchen. Sure they’re stylish, of a decent…
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Loft Redux

Leslieville/Riverside, Style Enhancement
When our client moved his company out of his authentic ‘live/work’ loft, leaving it devoid of most furnishings, we decided a design intervention was the only way to go. After all, when you’re working with a volume of space where the ceilings are 13.5 feet high and the wall of factory windows span nearly forty feet,…
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A Little Property Nip N Tuck

Style Enhancement
One of the services we take pride in offering at Urbaneer.com is called a Style Enhancement. It’s where we guide homeowners on how to prepare their home for sale in a fresh current style that will help it show to its maximum potential and best use. To start, we begin…
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