Neighbourhood: Parkdale Price: $450 per night (cheaper in November)
A three-storey, red brick Victorian semi in Parkdale.
The hosts are a young family (the parents are an interior designer and a professor) who bought the 130-year-old home in 2004. They rented it out for the next four years while they were living abroad. After finishing a multi-year renovation in 2014, they moved out—but they kept the house as a rental property.
The hosts were totally against a bland condo-style reno, so the house still has many antique quirks. They bought the paper kudu sculpture from an artist in Cape Town:
The chairs are from Structube, and they found the dining room table on Kijiji. It was made in 1850 and sourced from a nunnery in Quebec:
They wanted a bathtub in the kitchen so they could soak after a long day at work without missing out on conversation. It ended up being perfect for their daughter’s baths:
They kept the original pine flooring, and added maple counters in the kitchen:
There’s another claw-foot tub in the upstairs bathroom:
The master bedroom has a minimalist king-sized bed:
There’s a back patio, too:
There’s a bathtub in the kitchen. Enough said.
Since the place is good for up to 10 guests, actually enjoying the kitchen tub could prove slightly awkward.
• 3,000 square feet • $450 per night • 10 guests • 5 bedrooms • 2 bathrooms • 1 kitchen tub
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