Family’s are living in multi-residences under one roof – this means that the demands on our households have changed dramatically. Working with a variety of ages, heights, abilities, and needs requires careful planning and considerations.

Simple isn't boring

There’s a new wave of designing with a return to understated elegance. No need for the over the top, elaborately decorative rooms, just spaces that are authentic, historic, and artful. Simple is just as beautiful.

Farm-to-table

It isn’t what we use our kitchen for that’s changed, but rather how we use them. We’re focused on farm freshness and natural products that are safe and healthy. That means that our planning centres are different that out-of-the-box kitchens.

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Recent portfolio additions to the Ninja Designer repertoire of works, back in Steveston for another drab to fab project.

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“It’s important to analyze the use of the space and determine where small appliances are stored, cutlery, and utensils are accessed, and how it all functions together from morning to night.” – Corey Klassen, AKBD

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Let me introduce you: Double Vision – Firespaces by Safretti. Now let me put that on my wish list.

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This is the big expose on Corey and it’s not to be missed. I stopped eating meats all together. I haven’t eating meats from quadrupeds for 20 years now, and resisted the transition. So I figured that there’s no time like the present to try something new, well newer.

Being a designer, I immediately began [...]

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Ah, spring. Can you smell the fresh cut grass, the gardening, the cherry blossoms? What about the off-shoots from all the spring design shows, particularity fixtures & fittings!

Let me explain, a fixture is a part of your spaces that is fixed in place – like a sink, toilet, lavatory, bidet, etc. But a fitting [...]

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You’ve heard about have seen the reaction videos on YouTube, but have you thought that designers react to association analysis of predictive consumer trends? I a reaction when I read the press release NKBA Reveals 2010 Kitchen & Bath Design Trends yesterday because I’m not sure if it’s based upon American, North American or trends [...]

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Vancouver Island (BC) – John Stewart says the future is small and he wants you to live in it. Twelve3 is a Vancouver Island based company specializing in 123 or 103 micro homes and are high-tech and affordable. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Not so! It comes complete with a dishwasher, [...]

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