Using Bostik's grout enhanced the tile applications in a private residence by creating a luminescent effect
Over the last two decades, Dee Dee Taylor Eustace, a certified architect/interior designer/builder and founder of Taylor Hannah Architect Inc., with offices in Toronto, Canada, and New York, NY, has created award-winning projects — ranging from contemporary hospitality resorts to classic custom homes. Her philosophy is very straightforward. Prior to any project, Eustace looks to the task, studies the history of both the area and the building (if it is a renovation) and then considers proportion and scale. She wants her subsequent work to exude timeless elegance, but also to be iconic and re-define style. A recent project mirroring this philosophy was the renovation of a stately 7,000-square-foot brownstone located in Yorkville, an upscale district of Toronto, Canada. Adjacent to the “Mink Mile,” one of the world’s 10 most exclusive shopping locales, the architect/designer was able to put her personal stamp on every phase of the major construction makeover. This included tremendous creativity using larger-format, high-end tile and stone materials that were specified.
“The overall design theme for the interior consisted of a classic black-and-white palette that was used throughout the home, which was originally built in the 1930s,” said Eustace. For certain living areas, the tiles selected were 24- x 24-inch Black Absolute granite, combined with the same-sized Caesarstone tiles in the shade “Mini Crystal,” which is white.