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From a sprawling family home in Oakville to a coastal-inspired retreat north of the city, we present spaces created by architects and interior designers that redefine the contemporary.
Lambos Tsaousidis’s 185-square-metre wood shop is packed with planks rescued from factories, barns and the city’s harbour. And he’s found innumerable uses for them from charcuterie boards and wharf-wood bed frames to five-metre-long dining tables and entire interior walls constructed from barnboard. Bring your plans to Canadian Salvaged Timber and have a custom kitchen island or a storage unit made on site.
For many Canadian homeowners, the fireplace remains the symbolic heart of the home—a place to gather, unwind and anchor family rituals. But in 2025, that doesn’t mean settling for a drafty wood-burning unit or a showpiece that barely produces heat. The best fireplaces today need to combine efficiency with atmosphere, design flexibility with reliability. Few companies balance all of these demands as seamlessly as Valor Fireplaces, a Canadian heritage brand that has been setting the standard since 1977.
Sign up for the Designlines weekly newsletter to keep up with the latest design news, trends and inspiring projects from across Toronto. Join our community and never miss a beat!
From a sprawling family home in Oakville to a coastal-inspired retreat north of the city, we present spaces created by architects and interior designers that redefine the contemporary.
