Two summers ago I did an interior design job for a dream client. A recently divorced man, a banker with a good budget, who had just bought a 2,700 square foot condo at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto. It needed to be furnished and decorated from scratch. My client was bringing nothing except his grand piano from his previous home.

The only request he made from me was for a large comfortable sofa and a really good home theatre system. Other than that I pretty much had carte blanche.

I decided on a bit of a retro “Mad Men” vibe, with lots of wood and brick  and a hint of ethnic style. Plus a few of my signature French pieces.

This is such a beautiful light filled room, a corner on the 28th floor with amazing views west and south. My client is an amateur musician and his piano found pride of  place where the windows intersect.

I ended up buying 2 huge sectional sofas from Elte to form a U shape infront of the media wall. The coffee table is a mid-century teak piece that I purchased from Bungalow in Kensington Market and had refinished in a darker stain.

The media wall was a real chalenge with 5 or 6 different tradespeople involved. This wall has recessed walnut display shelves, a recessed 52″ television and a recessed ethanol burning fireplace. There is a slate ledge over the fireplace with walnut cantilevered shelves on either side that run the full length of the  wall.

The whole wall was given a faux brick treatment by Soho Brick and the wall sconces are midcentury Italian picked up from Residential Lighting.

Here are a couple of vignettes. The chest of drawers in the entrance is from Decorum. The lamp on the half moon table is vintage Murano.

My client likes to have occassional poker nights. He and his buddies can play poker in style on this 6 foot diameter pedestal table surrounded by 8 chairs. The dramatic stylized bamboo print wallpaper is from Crown Wallpaper.

My next story will show shots from the bedrooms so stay tuned.