SUZANNE

There's no time like the present!

Wed May 27

Tori and Dean's main requirement in a new home was more SPACE! The old "new" house initially seemed like a good fit and very appealing in the open, airy way each room sort of flowed into the next. Unfortunately, although people could move around easily, so could noise (I swear, you could hear what someone else was thinking in that place!) and with a toddler, a newborn, and a menagerie of dogs and friends coming and going all the time, it started to feel like being crouched over in bumper cars at an amusement park, but with no helmets and no "ride over" bell. A small moment of peace and quiet? Doubt it!

The new "new" house is larger, and was thankfully in great shape at the start, with beautiful materials and fixtures already in place, so very little was needed to create the "Tori and Dean Look." And, more importantly, having just finished a, shall we say, CRASH COURSE in renovation and design on the old house, it was easy to transfer what already worked to the new space. Tori really wanted to make decisions quickly in order to have the house comfortable, lovely, and in working order from day one, mainly to make the transition as smooth as possible for Liam and Stella. So that just left the (mostly) fun part of deciding where to place furniture, adding decorative touches, and allowing everything else to evolve over time. This was the house they should've moved into in the first place!