Western Living Magazine: June 2022

Warm Woods, Striking Marble and Great Hits of Black Come Together in This Elegantly Renovated HomE

Designer Stephanie Charest brings a much-needed refresh to a home in Bearspaw, Alberta, that better suits the client and the space.

By Britni Cachelin / June 15, 2022

From its poorly installed kitchen tile to bowed wood panels that were nearly falling down, this single-family home in Calgary was once the victim of a previous renovation that can only be described as a nightmare—a very, very orange nightmare.

Calgary designer Stephanie Charest, of Stephanie Charest Interior Design, says she was approached by the client to refresh and complete the main level of her Bearspaw home after being unhappy with the quality of the workmanship (and the colour palette) in her reno that’d been done by a different contractor a couple years before.

“It never felt like her, even after spending all that money and time,” says Charest.

The designer was tasked with updating the space to give the client something she was happier with, that was also more suited to the space.

Photography by Eymeric Widling.