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bold & beautiful

all over the pages of pinterest & throughout my recent travels in mediterannean europe & morocco, bold & beautiful tiles abound! timeless & vintage or funky & modern… colourful & patterned tile as a decorative floor & wall surface throughout homes, restaurants & shops is a look we love

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welcome to the sweet life

2014 has been a pretty amazing year!  last winter, i quite spontaneously withdrew my meager life savings, whisked my daughter out of school & ran away to live some of our dreams.  it wasn’t surprising to most of our friends,

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east 32nd avenue

a rundown bungalow in a fantastic main street neighbourhood received a complete overhaul care of mango design co & terris lightfoot contracting. while our clients purchased this home with the intention of renovating, they weren’t quite prepared for the extent of their

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berkley drive

i first met our client sherry pomerleau waaaaay back in 1988 in my first year of high school. we didn’t know each other well but i knew she was a beautiful senior, a talented artist & cool enough to sing in

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… for west 7th avenue, point grey

Relationship: Client Project Date: May 2013 Project Price: $10,000 – $49,999 ‘Tanya was friendly and easy to work with. She quickly understood what we wanted for the bathroom renovations we hired her to work on. Tanya interpreted my rather vague

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west 17th avenue

mango transformed this quaint mount pleasant home for an active family of four who had outgrown their space & desired a clean slate. it was important to maintain the homes craftsman character on the outside, but the inside could be

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east 19th avenue

a simple plan to renovate the kitchen & bathroom of this north vancouver home turned into a complete overhaul of the main floor & basement to accomodate a growing family of 4…err 5! on the main floor, we removed walls

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east georgia

at only 15’0 across, the interior of this narrow strathcona special (designed by architect joe wei) felt cramped & dark. to breathe fresh air & light into the space, mango removed the main wall & created a bright, open concept living

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prince albert st

when mango arrived on the scene, our diy clients had already started tearing apart this lovely old mount pleasant home. they were stuck on what would be the best solution to enhance livability of the main floor space. we decided to remove the

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west 18th avenue

mango design co created a modernist addition for this 100 year old house in vancouver’s mount pleasant neighbourhood. we integrated a shed dormer at the front and a butterfly roof over the new rear addition. the interior was completely gutted, re-spaced

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