Plaster and lath points to what was
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Photograph by: Arlen Redekop, PNG, Vancouver Sun
Randy Orr of Distinct Interiors sent along these before-and-after images from a Woodward’s commission. “We were asked by a client to introduce an urban/Vancouver feel to their new downtown interior; we were allowed to take some liberties because the apartment is not their primary residence. ‘Let’s make it feel like we not in the suburbs,’ the client requested. So we did.”
The apartment is two-bed, two-bath, 1,100-square-foot residence.
“Our specialty is working with organic lime plasters, a traditional craft-product; our passion is to use them in nontraditional ways,” comments Orr.
From start -“drawing board” — to finish — “the final stroke” — the commission took a month to execute. “We decided to pick up on the interior theme of the common halls throughout the building and pay homage to the old Woodward’s: thus we used lath and plaster.”
That treatment shows up well with the facing Distinct Interiors added to columns in the apartment’s live/dine space, western red cedar lath and plaster coloured to match the walls.
The presence of a stylized W on the public face of the door to the apartment inspired the Orradded W to the apartment’s hallway. The interior face of the door means household and visitors will never doubt where they are.
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