There’s nothing quite like the feeling of going to grandma’s house—it’s the setting that hosts family parties and holiday ...

“They wanted to respect and honor the modern house but didn’t want a museum of period furnishings,” says Kennedy, a designer known for evoking a Midcentury look without decorating clichés.

Decor that’s neither too feminine nor too masculine was the inspiration for a black and turquoise colour theme for Amacon’s Elle condo model suite in Mississauga. Diane Tierney is a former ...