Pure Design

Olivia's grandmother lived in this house her whole life. When she went into a home about 4 months ago, Olivia couldn't bear to see it sold to a stranger and purchased it.

Lauren and Mike call themselves 'the hand-me-down' family. Although they're into re-using and re-purposing pieces.

Lori and Jason bought a beautiful old house about 3 years ago and renovated the entire place, except for an awkward old kitchen space that's attached to their son Atticus's room.

Erin and Ryan are an active, eco-conscious and newly engaged couple with little time to think about decorating their living space.

Paula, Pete and their 2 children, Ava (9) and Eric (13) moved back to Toronto from Vancouver in August.

Chetna and Bhups have moved around a lot. They've live in L.A., Britain and Asia. In January 2009, they bought a house and settled in Canada. Because they have been moving around a lot, they haven't had a change to collect heirloom pieces.

Sam's Mom, Colleen Pynn hasn't had the time to re-decorate her home. She has been in this house for 14 years and she's always liked it just the way it is. But over the past few years, she's started to softy ask Sam about re-designing her kitchen.

Nadine and Jacques are a young, unmarried couple (they also have a wiener dog named Sasha). They purchased an 1886 row house in Summerhill in 2005 and they love the old character of the house.

Madeleine is 10. She is a smart, active girl who enjoys playing soccer, beading, reading and playing with her friends. She rejects girly norms, the colour pink and all things frilly. She is an active member of her school's eco club.

Siham owns her own business, a learning centre for children with learning disabilities. Her husband Maged is a Child and Adolescent psychiatrist (who is currently home and ill).

Michelle and Chad have their hands full with 6-month old twins and a 2 year old. They were just able to decorate the kids rooms in time, but they have been too exhausted to deal with the rest of the house.

Beth and Jack have been in their house for 5 years. Jack used to travel a lot for work and was forced to eat out often so now he really enjoys cooking at home for Beth and for his 2 teenage children (they live with them part time).

Carm and Jason bought their house from Jason's father. It is the house where Jason grew up in and has lived for 26 years. They have done a lot of renovations on the house since they purchased it.