Country quiet, city home

Charleswood house offers peaceful, spacious luxury

Over the past several years, bedroom communities around the city in areas such as La Salle, Stonewall and Oakbank have been gaining in popularity. The reason is simple: People want peace and quiet when they arrive home. And if that peace . . .

Posted: 2012-02-18

Yes, this is a condo

'It's a great concept, but we're still educating people about it'

Although more than 400 people have visited the bungalow condominium show home in Manitou Oaks at 17-391 Oak Forest Crescent, most can't believe what they see. That's because it's decidedly un-condo-like, says Royal LePage's Blair Sonnichsen, marketing agent for the high-end, . . .

Posted: 2009-08-23

Going with the flow

New show home deftly combines design concepts

It's a human tendency: When something -- say, a home design -- is overdone one way, the natural reaction is to do something that's the polar opposite. The consequence of that tendency, over the past 10 years or so, has been . . .

Posted: 2011-04-16

Form and function

St. Vital condo offers efficient layout and stellar location

With apartment-style condos, function isn't derived purely from how big a suite is -- how well the available space is used also plays a big part. An 886 square-foot two-bedroom main floor unit at The Oxbow on the Seine (phase . . .

Posted: 2016-02-06

Big results in a small space

Tidying up a modest laundry room

The spatial layout challenges when designing a small laundry room require careful attention and strategic planning from the onset. In the early stages of my basement renovation, a portion of the intended space was reassigned to provide a walk-in . . .

Posted: 2024-05-25

Design with wide appeal

What do you get when you combine modern materials and finishes with a floor plan rooted largely in traditional design? A spacious, yet neatly segmented, bungalow that has room for everyone -- without everyone having to be lumped together in the . . .

Posted: 2009-03-29

Exclusive and elegant two-storey stands tall in Headingley

Check out this two-storey with walk-out lower level in the Spring Parade of Homes

It isn’t often that a builder knows exactly how they want to design a home the moment they set eyes on the lot it will be built on. Yet, that was the case when the members of Irwin Homes’ design team . . .

Posted: 2022-03-19

Thoughtful and classy design in Sage Creek

Large two-storey luxurious and loaded

Everyone, it seems, has a different perception of what a family-oriented luxury home should look and feel like. The most common vision people have is a home that’s dressed to the nines with wow factor present everywhere you look. The design . . .

Posted: 2022-11-26

Refreshingly different

Sage Creek two-storey features bold new design

Builders will sometimes say the plan of a show home is brand new. Often, however, a plan has been tweaked in a few minor areas and represented as a fresh new design.That certainly isn't the case with the Parkwood, a . . .

Posted: 2015-09-19

Refreshingly different

Sage Creek two-storey features bold new design

Builders will sometimes say the plan of a show home is brand new. Often, however, a plan has been tweaked in a few minor areas and represented as a fresh new design.That certainly isn't the case with the Parkwood, a . . .

Posted: 2015-09-19