Paint, Benjamin Moore
2116-60 Touch of Gray,
www.benjaminmoore.com;
Bed, Merigo Design, www.
merigo.ca; Swing Arm
Lights, Union Lighting, www.
unionlightingandfurnishings.
com; Night Table, HomeSense,
www.homesense.ca; Sheets,
Au lit, www.aulitfinelinens.com;
Euro Shams and Shams,
Merigo Design, www.merigo.ca;
Drapery Fabric, Ralph Lauren,
www.ralphlauren.com; Armoire,
Sarried ltd, www.sarreid.com
“
THE MIDDLE
DAUGHTER’S BEDROOM IS
THE MOST FRENCH COUNTRY
ROOM IN THE HOUSE.”
MERICK GOLLAN, DESIGNER
COREY AND LAUREN
MANDELL WITH THEIR
LOVELY YOUNG DAUGHTERS
are the happy owners of this magnificent
home. They are also a busy, energetic,
hard-working family that deserves a haven
like this to come home to. Cory owns and
operates Camp Timberlane at Haliburton,
north of Toronto, for some 500 children
as well as Mandell Entertainment which
produces and co-ordinates large scale
corporate events. Lauren at 35, is a
stay-at-home mother of three.
“We needed a changeable space. A
young family like ours grows fast.” says
Lauren. “I am a neat and organized
person, so I wanted something that looked
clean, yet I needed it to be warm and cozy
as well as classy and upscale. Corey and
I had different tastes, so although we both
liked the more-or-less traditional house we
had bought, when it came to designing and
redecorating it, we realized quickly that we
needed help. That’s where Merick came in
and we are so lucky we found her.”
Talking with Merick Gollan of Merigo
Design Inc. quickly endorses that
sentiment. It’s obvious that she loves
what she does and does what she loves.
She puts herself right into the heart of the
family’s situation and visualizes things from
their viewpoint. In this case a young family
just expecting their third child will clearly
need spaces that can change rapidly from
nursery to toddler to Kindergarten without
losing its elegance and creating rooms that
will keep their sparkle as the family grows.
Merick likes to choose colour that travels
throughout the house; a colour you love
and that will provide consistency. In the
Mandell’s case, it is sable.
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