Opposites
Attract
Which design style suits you best?
Several new design features are planned for the upcoming Calgary Fall Home Show including Opposites Attract, a thought-provoking competition pitting four distinct and dramatically different home design styles against each other.
Opposites Attract is being designed by Partner with Sarah, a freelance interior design firm in Calgary headed by Sarah Poole. She’s staging four room scenarios at the show — running Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at the BMO Centre, Stampede Park — portraying a masculine/feminine esthetic on one side and modern/retro interiors on the other.
“When I first got my interior design degree, I started in the flooring industry. I worked a lot in the showroom helping couples pick their finishes for home renovations and I was doing a lot of marriage counselling,” she says laughing. “Most partnerships have different design preferences.”
Show attendees will learn how elements of each style can work within its polar opposite. Visitors are encouraged to vote for their favourite design by posting a selfie taken in the room of their choice and posting to their favourite social channel using the provided Opposite Attract hashtags.
Explore elements of each design style that will be depicted in Opposites Attract by Partner with Sarah.
Several new design features are planned for the upcoming Calgary Fall Home Show including Opposites Attract, a thought-provoking competition pitting four distinct and dramatically different home design styles against each other.
Explore elements of each design style that will be depicted in Opposites Attract by Partner with Sarah.
Attract
Style
Style
Feminine
Masculine
Modern
Retro
FEMININE
The characteristics of a feminine style are curves and warm, soft tones. There’s a gentle flow throughout the room with soft, repeating patterns. It doesn’t always have to feature pink. “What’s inspired this room is the Barbie movie. I’m playing with that,” designer Sarah Poole says.
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This esthetic feature deep rich tones and textures such as leather, animal skins, dark woods and metal.
“Almost industrial looking,” designer Sarah Poole says. “Dark and moody. Man cave-esque.”
MASCULINE
Also called vintage or mid-century. The furniture is whimsical and the colours are deep and rich but more vibrant than a masculine look. The room can feature antiques or nostalgic pieces juxtaposed with bold graphic art. The walls and floors can be heavily patterned.
RETRO
This esthetic is true to every era, just not the modern era. The signature look is clean lines and a neutral colour palette. The textures include natural materials and elements. Everything in the room is functional or practical.
MODERN