Spruce Spring Issue 2023 (Playing with Design)

Playing with Design

Playrooms inspire opportunities for creating spaces perfectly suited to our youngest residents BY DANIELLE POPE | PHOTOS BY: DASHA ARMSTRONG Simplification is one of today’s most popular design principles, and…
Home Reincarnated - Spruce Sping 2023

Home Reincarnated

After retiring to Hornby Island, a health diagnosis forced this couple to move back to Victoria — where they recreated their dream home. BY NESSA PULLMAN | PHOTOS BY EMA…
Bayside Retreat SPRUCE SPRING ISSUE 2023

Bayside Retreat

This waterfront seasonal home incorporates two decades of design work into a luxurious transitional style, created to escape from it all. BY DANIELLE POPE | PHOTOS BY JEFFREY BOSDET Iván…
A Design Festival of Delights

A Design Festival of Delights

Design Victoria delivers five days of events, workshops, talks and tours with some of the city’s most exciting designers  Design Victoria is a new, five-day festival which celebrates the city’s…
High Fidelity - Spruce Spring Issue 2023

High Fidelity

Dedicated listening rooms help music lovers tune in and unwind, and are becoming increasingly popular luxury features in homes — for good reason. BY NESSA PULLMAN No matter where in…
Ventilation Checkup - SPRUCE SPRING 2023

Ventilation Checkup

How clean is the air inside your home? You might want to find out.   BY CAROLYN CAMILLERI We tend to think of pollution, airbourne allergens and contaminated air as something…