Interiors director Meg Crossley shares her many unforgettable H&H spaces.
During my practically two decades at H&H, I’ve had the privilege to direct the photoshoots of numerous beautiful homes. (It’s the ideal task for a design snoop like me, who likes to take evening walks when lights are on in lovely houses!) however narrowing them down to a few favorites is a genuine challenge. Shoots that stand apart in my memory tend to have included a trip to a location I’d never been — where I got a possibility to inspect out regional design — or where I saw the beginnings of a embellishing “trademark” with a new-to-us designer. Seeing something totally new as well as unforeseen from somebody we’ve dealt with for many years is likewise thrilling. After some major reminiscing, right here are a few of my many unforgettable house shoots.
The shoot at seller Jill Kantelberg’s country home marked the very first time I saw somebody truly do French/Belgian country right. I liked her commitment to the look. We likewise got snowed in at this shoot, as well as had to hike a couple of miles out of the woods before driving on harmful back roads back to Toronto. It produced a excellent story!
Photographer: Stacey Brandford
Source: home & house November 2003
Designer: Jill Kantelberg
I’d always been a fan of Viki’s, as well as liked to troll her store, absolutely Inc., on Toronto’s Yonge Street. I’d likewise done shoots in her house in the city. I was quite utilized to her like of old things, collections as well as antiques. So envision my surprise when I showed up at the shoot of her country home around Lake of Bays, Ontario, as well as the location felt like a huge contemporary barn! She still had her signature vintage touches around, however there was so much open area as well as lofty height. To me, it felt like an interesting departure from our typical country home shoots.
Photographer: mark Olson
Source: home & house January 2005
Designer: Viki Mansell
When I very first stepped into Julie Charbonneau’s house, I was promptly taken by exactly how layered as well as traditional her interior looked, while never feeling overstuffed or over-decorated. She was a new designer to us at the time, as well as her work felt easy as well as timeless. The vignettes we shot in her home have now ended up being a signature in her work (and have of program been copied by others), such as the practically full-wall mounted mirror that sits both behind as well as under a restroom sink. like that detail!
Photographer: Angus McRitchie
Source: home & house February 2007
Designer: Julie Charbonneau
One of the very first huge home jobs I was lucky sufficient to shoot with designers Christine Ralphs as well as Michelle Lloyd was Martha Soloman’s house in Toronto’s Rosedale area. I keep in mind seeing the beginnings of what would ended up being the designers’ signature style: crisp white envelopes punctuated with black, strong contemporary art, graphic pattern (such as zebra print) as well as a respect for historic architectural details. This look hasn’t tired; it’s tried as well as true.
Photographer: James Tse
Source: home & house April 2007
Designer: Christine Ralphs as well as Michelle Lloyd
Walking with a French-style farmhouse, just miles from Calgary’s hectic downtown area, was a genuine treat for me. The homeowners desired a country location that appeared like a centuries-old home, as well as their designers satisfied that desire by providing them a location with a tiled gable roof, stone façade as well as lovely shuttered windows.
Photographer: Michael Graydon
Source: home & house December 2011
Designer: Barb Purdy as well as Olivia BotrieAnother experience took me to an old fisherman’s cottage on new York state’s shelter Island. (I was thrilled before I even arrived, since I got to experience the Hamptons Jitney I’d heard so much about!) At Colleen deCourcy’s cottage I was treated to a simplicity that was ideal for a summertime retreat. She made the most of the home’s original wide-planked floors as well as ceiling beams by keeping the embellishing simple as well as spare. Hers was a lesson in restraint.
Photographer: Eric Striffler
Source: home & house July 2013
Designer: Colleen deCourcy
Early days in my profession at H&H, I was an avid attendee of the annual Cabbagetown home trip in Toronto. I keep in mind walking by The Francis Shields house, lamenting that it wasn’t being correctly looked after. then someday I discovered available was a designer connected to a remodelling project. though I was nervous, I was likewise elated that somebody was going to dedicate to it — as well as dedicate he did. designer James Davie transformed the historic house, keeping it traditional, however with a new twist that has now ended up being his signature: great deals of strong color as well as pattern. We needed something new as well as fresh in conventional decorating, as well as James provided it to us.
Photographer: Angus Fergusson
Source: home & house January 2015
Designer: James Davie
Having never been to Cape Cod, however being a fan of colonial architecture, this shoot was special for me. I’d photographed Kelvin’s contemporary “glass box” barn in Ontario, so I wasn’t prepared for the undeniable appeal of the 1780s saltbox home he renovated. I saw what I now think about to be Kelvin’s strongest skill in this house: keeping as much of the age as well as history of a location to life as possible, while adding contemporary as well as mid-century touches.
Photographer: Virginia Macdonald
Source: home & house October 2015
Designer: Kelvin Browne
I was so charmed by Frank Muytjens’ weekend getaway, tucked away (almost hidden, in fact) on an old back road in upstate new York. The chilly shingled Dutch Colonial home was full of bits as well as bobs — old things that Frank had discovered in regional vintage shops as well as flea markets. His method of putting pieces together was loose, as well as practically seemed careless, however his logic was simple: if he liked a piece, it should choose other things he liked. What a excellent method to online with vintage as well as collections.
Photographer: John Gruen
Source: home & house June 2016
Designer: Frank Muytjens