Lakeshore living room and dining room condo decoration : Creation of a bar corner around existing hi-tech sound system Introduction of modern, elegant and functional furnitures hosen with customers and pairing with some of their family paintings

1. Project : Condo 628 Fleet Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Completion : November 2015
Approx Square Footage : 700 sqft
Interior Decorator : Maria Lebeault
Interior
Décor
Excellence
Award
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3. Toronto is one of the most multicultural city in the world with over 50 % of its
population born outside of Canada. The result is a very vibrant creative community.
This project perfectly reflects that : Maria Lebeault , the lead interior decorator at
elegant living spaces was born in Brazil, moved to Europe where she had a successful
career in luxury fashion before moving to Toronto. Her customers are a couple of Indian
expats who have travelled around the world before also settling down in Toronto.
They bought a magnificent condo overlooking lake Ontario and the CN tower. They have
extremely good taste in modern furniture but needed help in terms of choosing which
kind to match with which and how and where. They also wanted to marry some ancient
furnitures and paintings that were very dear to them with the new furniture.
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4. That is where Maria started to get involved . A lot of time was spent in discussion with
the couple trying to understand their taste , their living habits and their expectations.
Then started a lot of visits to selected furniture stores , where further discussions took
place before agreeing on what pieces to order.
The couple also had some very old paintings that were in poor conditions for some of
them. These paintings met a lot to the couple as they had been painted by one of their
aunt who painted to make a living and to support the husband studies . These were
restored by some very good artists that Maria knows and in agreement with the
customers.
Next to the living room was an area with an existing hi-tech sound system for these
music lovers that was integrated in a jazzy bar corner.
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5. Results in the following pictures. The condo interior decoration is a success. Customer
super happy that Maria managed to marry the modern and the traditional in a very
beautiful way
This project was submitted to IDRC ( Interior Décor Resources Canada ) annual
competition and it won an award : the IDEA 2015 ( Interior Décor Excellence Award )
http://www.idrcanada.org/blog/2016/01/19/idea-2015-winners
We would like to thank everyone involved in this great project starting with the
customers, the suppliers and the photograph Leslie Goodwin who did a great job
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6. Lakeshore living room and dining room condo decoration :
Creation of a bar corner around existing hi-tech sound system
Introduction of modern, elegant and functional furnitures chosen with customers
and pairing with some of their family paintings and furnitures
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7. Sofa : KIOSK Furniture & Accessories, Apta by B&B Italia, Design Antonio Citterio
Swivel Coffee Table : ma zone
Armchairs : Poliform, Mad Chair, Design Marcel Wanders
Stool : mjolk , artek, Design Alvar Aalto
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8. Sideboard : Poliform, Teia, Design Studio Kairos
Table and chairs : mjolk, Design Naoto Fukasawa for Maruni, white oak finish
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9. Cocktail bar unit and black floor lamp : Gautier
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10. Painting : Wow 1 day painting ( Maria’s white and celery ice )
Framing by The Framing Depot
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11. “To say that Maria did a great job of decorating our home would be a gross understatement of her contribution. Maria completely transformed
our living and dining room area to meet and exceed our expectations in terms of contemporary décor. She did this with her sense of exquisite taste
and artistic eye while consulting and involving us at every stage, so we felt a part of the final results. Maria’s energy is infectious and she has
great attention to detail. Even whilst she was about her other work she would be on the lookout for the “right” product or accessory for our home.
She was also extremely conscientious of not overspending, often far more so than us as we got carried away with the excitement of the
decoration process.
Maria’s warmth has manifested itself in her creation and we are extremely happy with the way our home looks.”
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