A fresh start

Creating a new look for this home proved an inspiring project

- SEAN O'CONNELL

HOME TRUTHS

THE PROPERTY

Detached late-20th-century house

LOCATION Toronto, Canada

ROOMS Sitting area, kitchen-diner, dining room, boot room, cloakroom, four bedrooms (one en suite), bathroom

PURCHASED 2000

PREVIOUS PROPERTY ‘Before this, we had a smaller place in Toronto,’ says Laura.

Interior designer Tiffany Leigh Piotrowski’s reputation rests on being able to interpret her clients’ needs down to the very last detail. So her skills were put to the test when she was asked to transform a house in which the owners had been happily living for 20 years, but had decided on a new look and had clear ideas about what they did and didn’t like.