The Design Studio by Remington Homes

The Design Studio by Remington Homes lets visitors visualize what their custom-built home will look like by offering a range of full-scale room vignettes. The studio’s design, by Watt Intl. (Toronto), won first place in the manufacturer’s showroom category in the ISP/VM+SD International Store Design Competition.

The complex’s main “Inspiration Gallery” showcases four major housing styles – classic, contemporary, urban chic and country/casual – supplemented by 12-foot-high illuminated mesh graphics. There are also separate design vignette rooms for kitchens, bathrooms and living rooms. Flooring and other décor choices are displayed in spaces with a neutral palette, to make the materials being considered the visual focus for customers.

Client: The Remington Group, Vaughan, Ont.

Design: Watt Intl. Inc., Toronto

Outside Design Consultants: Lightbrigade, Toronto; Interior Images, Toronto

Corian: Commercial by Willis, Burlington, Ont.

Felt Panel Fabric: Brand Felt Ltd., Mississauga, Ont.

Flooring: The Sullivan Source, Toronto; Elite Tile, Mississauga, Ont.; Markham Flooring, Markham, Ont.; Cercan Tile, Toronto; Stone Tile, Toronto; Design Elementz, Toronto; Interface, Toronto; GE Shiner Co. Ltd., Brampton, Ont.

Furniture: Louis Interiors, Toronto

Graphic Panels: BGM Reproductions, Toronto

Lighting: Nelson & Garrett, Toronto

Metalwork: Unit 5, Toronto

Plaster Finish: Moss & Lam/Surfaces, Toronto

Wall Panel/Valence Fabric: Telio & Cie, Toronto

Photography: Richard Johnson, Toronto