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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Lauren Jones

How a Tiny 750-Square-Foot Toronto Condo, With Just One Window, Was Completely Reworked With New Layouts, Bold Colors, and Clever Storage

A cozy living area with green walls, a striped sofa, a pink armchair, and large glass doors opening to a patio.

'It’s crazy when people hear it’s only an 11-foot wall-to-wall,’ says designer Cynthia Ferguson. ‘People just don’t believe it.’

When Cynthia got the call to design a compact Toronto condo in the city’s Little Italy neighborhood for a newlywed couple – one a principal dancer with the Canadian National Ballet and the other a choreographer – every decision needed to gracefully balance beauty with performance. Space planning, enveloping color, storage, and ergonomics were all essential to the house design, from cooking dinner to practicing grand pliés.

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