DESIGNLINES

DESIGNLINES is Toronto’s ultimate guide to contemporary design. Four times a year, we review top furniture showrooms and decor shops, along with stylish restaurants, new architectural projects and cutting-edge art galleries. Each issue is packed with entertaining news on local designers, the latest trends and ideas for urban living.

Unique Space. Creative Style. • For city convenience, shorter commutes and better work/life balance, people today choose condo living in vibrant, urban areas.

Designlines

Annual Reno Issue

Contributors • City life inspires our team at every turn

Hot Ticket • Fun and mind-expanding things to do this season

One Thing • Daniel Gruetter’s pieces are much more than furnishings – they are receptacles for memories

The DL

Pleased to Be Seated • Well-rounded sofas and loungers for your wintertime burrow

Six projects carving out green space in unexpected locations • Feeling the squeeze? After decades of non-stop construction, Toronto’s skyline is a sea of towers and very little green space. Our dearth of parkland is felt most acutely at street level – particularly downtown. The solution? A surprising new generation of public projects springing up in the margins of the urban grid.

Kitchens that really clean up • FIVE COOKERY PROJECTS WITH SPOTLESS DESIGN IDEAS

Additional Content • THREE HOME EXTENSIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE THE POWER OF EXPANSIVE THINKING

THE MAGIC TOUCH • How architect Brian O’Brian put a beguiling twist on a minimalist Scandi-styled reno

Centre Stage • By inserting an impressive central atrium, StudioAC adds contemporary grandeur to a formerly falling-down Victorian

Light Show • A Riverside artist mixes media to realize her sun-filled dream home

Closet Systems

Contemporary Furniture

Design Accessories

Flooring, Surfacing & Tiles

Home Entertainment Systems

Kids’ Furniture

Kitchen & Bath

Lighting

Outdoor Furniture

Rugs & Carpeting

Textiles

Vintage & Reclaimed Furniture

Wallcoverings & Paint

Windows, Doors & Fireplaces

Workplace Furniture

TIPPING POINT • The moment Eugene Ong’s beloved blade shop, Knife, was born

AVLING

BAR VENDETTA

End Note