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Sports fans Cheryl and Gord
Butters love to entertain in their
Maple Ridge B.C. home. After five
years, and with two grown sons
(Eric, 20, and Jay, 24), they felt their
kitchen was too tiny. Cheryl and Gord
asked designer Jil Sonia McDonald
of Jil Sonia Interiors to help create a
gracious, spacious kitchen that would
bring their family and friends together.
“I have always loved the French
farmhouse look for kitchens with
an edgier element,” Cheryl notes.
The kitchen’s fireplace, original to
the home, brings authenticity to the
country theme. Painted dove grey,
the fireplace’s moulding is original
and matches the cabinetry. McDonald
found tile that looked like “old stacked
bricks”, completing the fireplace’s
cultured country loo