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TWO SIBLINGS CALL ON TORONTO DESIGNER MAZEN EL-ABDALLAH TO BRING 21ST-CENTURY FLAIR TO IDYLLIC FARMHOUSE LIVING.

ALISON GARWOOD-JONES

Let’s pretend for a moment that this rural Ontario vacation home is an Art & Literature question in the classic Canadian board game, Trivial Pursuit. For a purple wedge: name the architectural influences you see in this striking new-build. If you answered “traditional Ontario barn, industrial loft and Bauhaus buildings,” you’d be one step closer to winning. “There’s a beautiful simplicity in the familiar volumes of the house and its restrained palette,” says Mazen El- Abdallah of Mazen Studio, responsible for the interiors of the home. Designed by Toronto architect John O’Connor of Basis Design Build, the two-storey retreat’s quiet ornamentation and dignified symmetry have a curious effect: although the primary reference is traditional, the home is decidedly contemporary. So when the homeowners asked Mazen to help them make their house…

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House & Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2018 - Fall Decorating + Dream Kitchens

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