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TouchStone Interiors We look beyond the obvious to create homes that meet your unspoken needs.

At TouchStone, we provide exclusive concierge-level design services, managing every detail from the selection of materials & finishes to curated furnishings & styling.

There is a point in the evening when the overhead lights should be allowed to retire.A bedside light brings the focus cl...
10/02/2026

There is a point in the evening when the overhead lights should be allowed to retire.

A bedside light brings the focus closer: a pool of warmth over the nightstand, enough light to settle in with a book, and softer shadows across the room.

Here, the black-and-brass fixture sits comfortably against a muted blue-green wall, alongside warm wood and generously textured bedding. The light draws out those materials, adding to the sense of somewhere you would quite happily end the day.

That is part of planning a bedroom: considering how it will feel when the daylight fades, as well as how it looks in the morning.

The overhead lights can have the early shift✨

Photography: Jordann Brown | Interior + Architecture Photographer

Some of the most thoughtful details in a home are there for a day that may never come.In this bathroom, the centre drawe...
09/30/2026

Some of the most thoughtful details in a home are there for a day that may never come.

In this bathroom, the centre drawers beneath the sink were designed to be removable, with the adjoining cabinet sides already finished. They provide useful storage today, while preserving the option to create space for sitting at the sink in the future.

Across from it, a separate vanity offers a comfortable place to sit for hair and makeup. The matching finishes connect the two, each with its own role in the daily routine.

Planning for changing needs belongs in these early design decisions. Even something as discreet as finishing the inside faces of cabinetry can make a future adjustment simpler.

For now, those drawers have a perfectly good job. They simply have a retirement plan, too ✨

Millwork: Comet Millwork
Lighting: pendants Niche Modern Pendant Lighting

Wood behaving like fabric is the sort of thing that makes me stop turning pages✨In this case, it is carved drapery, conv...
09/25/2026

Wood behaving like fabric is the sort of thing that makes me stop turning pages✨

In this case, it is carved drapery, conveying the folds, weight and movement of cloth in a material that has absolutely no business looking so supple.

Féau & Cie: The Art of Wood Paneling begins with the history of boiserie, travels through projects around the world, and closes with a collection of specimens worth lingering over. There is gilded grandeur, certainly, but also a beautiful demonstration of how comfortably this decorative tradition can live in a contemporary setting.

Among my favourites: sky-blue panelling with a spicy interruption of modern abstract art, those extraordinary carved drapes, and subtle inlays that give modern lighting an exquisite setting.

The photographs are grand and beautifully lit, inviting a closer look at proportion, craftsmanship and the details that give a room its presence. What stays with me is that sense of continuity, enduring forms still offering room for fresh expression.

Beautiful outside and in, this is a book for inspiration and reflection. Each time you thumb through it, you find other wonderful details you didn’t notice before 🖤

My walls are now incredibly jealous 🤦🏻‍♀️

A little distance from everyone else can be quite a luxury. Especially when the coffee is already there ☕️At our Island ...
09/23/2026

A little distance from everyone else can be quite a luxury. Especially when the coffee is already there ☕️

At our Island Getaway project, a clothes dresser once occupied this spot beneath the bedroom window. We brought in seating the clients already owned at another property, giving familiar pieces a new setting. The additional seating gave the clients somewhere to enjoy a quiet moment of their own.

The walls, originally natural pine, were painted a neutral chalk colour, while the wood ceiling stayed to keep its warmth.

Alongside the chair, I designed a custom coffee station, built by House of Fine Carpentry, with an integrated fridge and storage. Its quartz top repeats the one in the adjoining bathroom, quietly connecting the spaces.

Together, these changes created a place for an easy morning or a private nightcap, all within the bedroom.

Being a thoughtful host does not require being available at all hours 😉

Photography Jordann Brown | Interior + Architecture Photographer

The landscape has already chosen its colour palette. And it is quite committed to red. 🖍️For this custom home, the rock ...
09/18/2026

The landscape has already chosen its colour palette. And it is quite committed to red. 🖍️

For this custom home, the rock on the property brings a strong red undertone - something we need to consider when selecting both exterior and interior finishes.

This flat lay brings that rock into the conversation alongside exterior cladding options and two potential interior wood floors. Black offers a grounding element, while limestone-look and more speckled alternatives explore different ways to balance the warmth.

The aim is to soften the red’s influence, allowing the house to sit comfortably in its surroundings without carrying that colour through every finish.

Considering the interior flooring at the same time helps establish a relationship between the outside and the rooms within.

A custom home begins well before the front door. So does its palette.

The artwork already had personality. The frame needed to catch up.This piece belonged to the clients, but its plain fram...
09/16/2026

The artwork already had personality.
The frame needed to catch up.

This piece belonged to the clients, but its plain frame did little to give it presence.

We combined two frames into one custom composition: an ornate Baroque frame surrounded by a clean, square outer frame. The carved detail brings depth and expression; the straight outer edge keeps all that exuberance contained.

A little theatre, with boundaries. 😏

This was one piece in a broader reframing of their existing artwork. Afterwards, the clients said it felt as though they had an entirely new art collection.

Same art. Quite a different presence.✨

Reframing: WALL SPACE GALLERY
Photography: Jordann Brown | Interior + Architecture Photographer

Multi-functional rooms have a bad habit of looking multi-functional.This one does not.By day, it is a home office and re...
09/11/2026

Multi-functional rooms have a bad habit of looking multi-functional.

This one does not.

By day, it is a home office and reading room. When guests arrive, the shelving rotates to reveal a Murphy bed, and everything on display stays put.

No clearing shelves. No shuffling furniture. No wondering where all of it is supposed to go in a condo that is already using every square foot rather well.

The room changes function without changing character.

Photography: Jordann Brown | Interior + Architecture Photographer

Scale is rarely about choosing smaller furniture for a small room.It is about understanding how every element affects th...
09/09/2026

Scale is rarely about choosing smaller furniture for a small room.

It is about understanding how every element affects the way the room is perceived.

This TV room is long, narrow and angled along the window wall, so the design needed to work with those proportions rather than fight them.

The television cabinet was custom designed and wall-hung to keep the floor visually open. The rug was cut specifically to follow the angle of the windows rather than forcing a standard rectangle into the room.

Artwork that had previously sat on an adjoining wall was moved above the fireplace to give the feature wall more height, while the custom pendant introduces another layer of depth without taking up any floor space.

None of those decisions is particularly dramatic on its own.

Together, they make an awkward room feel intentional.

Millwork: Parliament Millwork Ltd.
Pendant: Bocci
Photography: Jordann Brown | Interior + Architecture Photographer

A kitchen does not stop at the edge of the cabinetry.In an open-plan home, it has to work in conversation with everythin...
09/04/2026

A kitchen does not stop at the edge of the cabinetry.

In an open-plan home, it has to work in conversation with everything around it…the way people move through the room, where they naturally gather, what you see from the living area and, inevitably, where everyone ends up while someone is trying to cook.

Here, the island creates a generous working surface without closing off the adjoining family room. The deep blue cabinetry gives the kitchen enough presence to hold its own, while the finishes and sightlines connect it back to the living space beyond.

Because a kitchen can be beautifully designed on paper and still fail the moment five people decide to stand in it at once.

The better test is how well it works on an ordinary day.

Photography: Jordann Brown | Interior + Architecture Photographer

“Restraint” does not always have to mean pale, minimal or particularly quiet.This primary bedroom is dark, layered and u...
09/02/2026

“Restraint” does not always have to mean pale, minimal or particularly quiet.

This primary bedroom is dark, layered and unapologetically moody, but every element has been edited carefully. The interest comes from contrast, texture and lighting rather than simply adding more.

The oversized artwork becomes the focal point. Sculptural pendants replace conventional bedside lamps. Pattern is concentrated in the bedding and rug, while the deep wall colour allows everything else to recede.

There is plenty happening here, but very little feels unnecessary.

That, to me, is where restraint becomes interesting: not in making a room less expressive, but in knowing exactly where to stop.

Photography: Jordann Brown | Interior + Architecture Photographer

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