LOVE STORY

TORONTO DESIGNER J GIBSON FALLS HEAD OVER HEELS FOR HIS LATEST HOME, WHERE TREASURED HEIRLOOMS AND QUIRKY FINDS MAKE EVERY ROOM MEANINGFUL.

KAREN VON HAHN

SURE, HE WENT TO HARVARD AND COLUMBIA for architecture and Parsons for interior design — but if you ask Toronto designer J Gibson, he’s always had an innate sense of style. “It’s in my blood,” says J, recalling his late mother, Sandra, a developer who was constantly moving the family into new homes and redoing their interiors. “She loved the good bones of a place and had great style. All I wanted to do when I was little was get in the front seat with my mother and drive around and look at houses.” It’s little surprise to learn, then, that over the past 15 years, J’s eponymous design business — which began with a single overhaul of a Yorkville Village condo for the father of one of his childhood friends…

You're reading a preview of

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

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.