A Kootenay Lake cabin manages to be both a calm retreat and the sight of an annual party.

This summer’s furniture and outdoor accessories are all about sculptural lines and seasonal lazing.

Bathing tranquility on B.C.’s wild West Coast.

A Coal Harbour space pairs sleek design with a killer view.

A False Creek condo uses glass and warm wood to capitalize on its vistas.

Heritage meets contemporary in a turn-of-the-century Victoria house

A classic Victoria heritage home is thoughtfully brought up to date without losing its old soul.

A family of U.K. expats turn a Calgary home built for two into an expansive space that everyone loves.

A bachelor gets help redesigning his Yaletown kitchen to
complement his decadent lifetsyle.

An awkward, angular kitchen is made over by Malgorzata Borecki to reveal warm light and cool design.

A beautiful Victoria Arts and Crafts home becomes the perfect setting for a modern classic kitchen.

A kitchen on the Sunshine Coast expands to accommodate three generations.

On a breathtaking oceanfront lot in Victoria, a Toronto executive erects a neo-classical palace

There’s luxury, and then there’s multi-story indoor water slide luxury. This Calgary house is the latter

A ski-in ski-out chalet at Golden's Kicking Horse Resort becomes a Calgary family's primary residence.

Designer Lisa Bovell makes sure a cliff-side West Vancouver house takes advantage of all views, big and small

Designer Paul Lavoie brings a mid-century modern sensibility to his own Palm Springs getaway.

An extended Vancouver family makes sure they’ll enjoy the outdoors in their new Indian Wells escape.

From cutting-edge modern to sleek contemporary to warm and toasty traditional, we’ve scoured the globe to source the furniture that will be making waves in the coming year.

A perfect riverside lot in Calgary provides the ideal setting for designer Paul Lavoie to work his magic.

Architect (and Western Living Designer of the Year) Marc Boutin creates a contemporary retreat in Invermere.

Our third annual awards celebrate the best new homes, interiors,
gardens, furniture and fashion!

What all the most fashionable walls will be wearing this season

Wallpaper to instantly update your space.

Architect Jeremy Sturgess re-imagines and reinvents a
Calgary home for a pair of his art-collecting friends

From towel bars and countertops to tiles and baths-everything to help you imagine your own fortress of solitude.
Cool Customer
New Tradition
Rise and Shine
Space Station

A quaint North Saanich custom cottage is built with the long haul in mind.

Our annual assemblage of the best, brightest, most functional and most fantastic cooking spaces.
A Touch of Glass
Lofty Intentions
Ranch Revisited

A car buff gets a striking modern house to go with his collection of vintage automobiles.

A Vancouver couple transforms their west side home from close quarters to a space made for parties.

A Lakeside Whistler chateau is designed to celebrate shared family time.

A historical Shaughnessy mansion is restored with serious attention to detail (and a little baseball fun).

Architects Jeremy Sturgess and Lesley Beale join some fellow Calgarians in finding second-home bliss in France's Languedoc region.

A West Vancouver couple takes the French villa plunge in a tiny hamlet in the south of France.

A classically designed home on a stunning waterfront lot north of Victoria hits all the right notes

A home in Edmonton’s river valley showcases an important collection of Western Canadian art

Our Second Annual awards celebrate the best new homes, interiors, gardens, furniture and fashion.

PLUS:
All Fired Up
Click here to light your fire with hearths to warm up a fall evening.

No air conditioning. In the Okanagan. No Kidding. We explore an architectural and design wonder.

Dramatic renovations turn a Winnipeg basement into a glitzy gambling (and dancing, and karaoke) den.

CALL OF THE WILD A globe-trotting fashion designer chooses the far north for her mountain retreat (above)

ON THE EDGE A New York couple partners with award-winning West Coast architects to create a rural island paradise

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH A weekend getaway hits all the right notes in this former mining town in Alberta

RIPPLE EFFECT A sumptious summer villa graces a dramatic setting in British Columbia’s Desolation Sound

The dos, don’ts , whens, whys and hows of entering and navigating the recreational property market

The first look inside one of Victoria’s most talked-about new homes.

The River Valley serves as the backdrop for an Edmonton family’s contemporary home

Double Happiness A Vancouver condo offers the best of both bathing worlds.

Pretty Things A Shaughnessy mansion gets a bath befitting its grandeur.

Room at the Top An Island escape leaves it all out in the open.

White Space A Calgary condo fits in a spa-sized steam shower.

Modern Love A contemporary home spring up in a staid Manitoba subdivision.
Room for a Cue A Saskatoon couple renovates a groovy family home.

A pastoral retreat just outside Vancouver has the best of both
worlds: an estate in the country, just steps from the city.

An Edmonton home takes on Old World character thanks to the use of authentic materials: Venetian plaster, a stone wine cellar and, best of all, an outdoor pizza oven.

With one foot in Vancouver and one in Santa Barbara wine country, this couple has the best of two worlds.

From award-winning homes to neighbourhood watering holes and hip T-shirts, a design firm that redefines casual modern living.