On an afternoon in 2024, designer Emilia Wisniewski popped in to see an Edwardian in Toronto’s Roncesvalles neighbourhood. The stately black fireplace with veined stone looked familiar, but it wasn’t déjà vu. She and her co-designer husband, Pete Kiriakopoulos, the founders of Studio 1NINE1, had finessed three floors of the house back in 2019. During phase one, the duo brought in new furniture and light fixtures, refreshed two fireplaces (including that Nero Marquina one) and painted the pantry doors. The makeover was quick because the family was expecting its second child. However, Wisniewski, the studio’s creative director who focuses on interiors (Kiriakopoulos handles exteriors), points […]