Home of the Week: Cabbagetown Victorian had owners seeing red
Home of the Week, 1 Aberdeen Ave., Toronto. When Mr. Pfeiffer and his partner Lawrence Reiter moved into the home, the classic three-storey Victorian brick house was covered in red paint. And by covered, Mr. Pfeiffer clarifies, every room inside was shellacked in a crimson red. And it wasn’t just the walls, it was ceilings too.
Beyond painting, Mr. Pfeiffer and Mr. Reiter also embarked on a few more laborious projects, including revamping the bathrooms and a total remake of the kitchen. The kitchen and its adjoining sitting space at the back of the house are now their favourite rooms.
Sophia Loren in Lives of Saints . HANDOUT
The upstairs ensuite bathroom, which happens to have a walkout to a rooftop deck, had its vanity taken out and replaced with a double basin.
Richard "Pistol" Allen in STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN : a documentary which celebrates the unsung studio musicians called the Funk Brothers who actually created the Motown sound. Photo by: Karen Sas.