Labelle wanted a space that was calming and restorative, opting for clean lines and warm hues.

Lucas Labelle knows a thing or two about sophisticated design. For 16 years, he worked at Apple, starting as a part-time sales associate before managing retail locations across the Greater Toronto Area, including at Yorkdale, the Eaton Centre and Upper Canada Mall. Those bright, minimalist stores shaped his eye for detail, but when it came to designing his own home, Labelle wanted something entirely different.

“I was looking for something calming and transportive,” he says of the semi-detached home in downtown Toronto that he shares with his husband, publicist Tyler Reaume. “I was inspired by trips to California and Europe – clean lines, a neutral palette, but a lot of warmth.”

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