The 2019 homes of Spruce magazine have been simple, luxurious, subtle, intricate and always inspiring! Take a look through nine of our favourite featured homes — and maybe start dreaming about your next home project.
The Coastal Farmhouse Laundry Room
This oceanside home blends industrial and farmhouse styles to redefine coastal living. Designer Ryan Hoyt of Ryan Hoyt Designs calls this home The Lighthouse. The laundry room offers a farmhouse touch, painted in Webster Green by Benjamin Moore, with handmade Moroccan mosaic cement tile flooring.
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The East Sooke Living Room
The inviting main floor of this West Coast dream home has matte-oiled oak hardwood and a Rumford wood-burning fireplace with a basalt-tile surround. Built by Bill Hustler Construction, this space is both cozy and modern all at once.
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The Oak Bay Bathroom
Contemporary architecture often blurs the boundaries between the natural and human-made, embracing an ideology that invites surrounding landscapes to be as much a part of a house as its roof and walls. It is a fitting style for a home situated on a private beach that boasts more windows than can be counted in one breath. The master ensuite bathroom, which has its own private balcony, features flawless, quadruple-sealed Daltile limestone tiles, a massive soaker tub and clean, white quartz countertops overlooking the bay and Oak Bay Marina.
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The Uplands Entryway
When Luis Ambriz-Gomez was asked to create a custom home in Victoria’s Uplands neighbourhood, he was given a very specific feature to model the house around: a grand, two-story radial staircase. The staircase is nothing short of magnificent, with 18 elegant oak steps, and custom-built curved oak handrails that curl at the ends of a rounded feature wall. In fact, this portion of the project occupied nearly a full month of building alone.
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The Grouse House Living Room
The Grouse House renovation at Blue Grouse Winery features a light, white, and wood design esthetic. French doors on either side, plenty of fir-framed windows, and discreet lighting stretched on wires across the ceiling beams “enhance the natural light,” says the home’s owner, “but doesn’t feel artificial.”
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The Luxurious Living Room
The living room’s seating in this cozy Oak Bay condo is placed opposite the wall-mounted Montigo gas fireplace, whose flame creates a cozy atmosphere, while also providing space for a large-screen television. The jutting chimney hides all electrical cords for a clean look. Developed by Abstract Developments and Interior Design by Nygaard Interior Design.
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The Gorge Road Dining Room
What was left of the back deck after the extension to this 1913 Gorge Road home provided a flexible indoor/outdoor space as part of the new dining room. An oversized Gubi Ronde dining pendant above a textured wood dining table acts as a focal point in the airy space. New enlarged windows, installed by Van Isle Windows, allow natural light to flood into the open-concept expanse. Existing artwork supplied by the homeowners illustrate the curves and pastel hues found from the ocean —decorating the blank walls with motion.
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The Haro Strait Kitchen
One of the most striking features of this house is the expansive view provided by the wood-framed curtain wall that overlooks Haro Strait. The sills were created from local Douglas fir while the kitchen acts as an elegant entry point for the eye, with natural stone countertops and backsplash in Calacatta Macaubas Quartzite and Black Vermont Satin.
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The Seaside Living Space
This Cadboro Bay beach cottage sits on the same footprint as its 1940’s predecessor, but that is pretty much the only similarity. The homeowners needed hanging kitchen lighting to provide interest without stealing the view. They opted for a combination of simple glass pendants and swivel head monorail tracks, both by LBL Lighting. The backsplash tile is from Daltile Marble.
