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After their family doubled with the birth of identical twin girls, a couple starts from scratch to get their new East Vancouver home furnished – and decked for the holidays – with plenty of help from interior designer Tamara Wouters

The Designer
Inspiration can come from anywhere, says Tamara Wouters, but often it’s the space itself. A large wall in the home screamed for something oversized. The answer: a hot-pink painting by Wouter’s sister, Kim Johnston. It was the launching point for the home’s colour scheme.
Hot pink, jet black and jolts of lime may be an unconventional mix – especially for the holidays – but the audacious hues, says interior designer Tamara Wouters, weren’t “pushing boundaries” for Morgan Tincher and Kimberlee Alexander, a gregarious couple who loves to entertain. When Wouters first worked with the pair, they were living in a condo in Coal Harbour, but with twins on the way, the couple quickly traded downtown glamour for a spacious townhouse in the family-friendly Hastings-Sunrise ’hood. Once they took possession of the townhouse, the couple called on Wouters to reprise her role and furnish their new space.
“We started fresh and couldn’t wait to create a family-friendly home without compromising on style,” says Alexander.
Months later, Wouters was hired again, this time to inject the space with festive flair. She notes that people don’t typically hire a designer to deck their home for the holidays, but twins Ada and Chloe were just six months old and the couple had agreed to host the festivities for extended family.
“Since it was the girls’ first Christmas, we really wanted to make it special,” says Alexander. “Christmas is my favourite time of the year, and since we now had the space, I knew I wanted the biggest tree possible.”
Wouters set the stage for the holiday season by echoing the home’s look-at-me colour scheme. The towering tree was purchased with pre-strung lights and despite its dusting of faux snow, the flocked fir is real and infuses the home with the scent of the season. It’s a modern winter scene – and a fresh take for a new family.
Modern Holiday Home Decor
Janet Gyenes is a writer, editor, beverage columnist and co-founder of 70 magazine, an online travel publication. She has co-authored two travel guidebooks on Vancouver and has put her insatiable curiosity to work in words and photos, covering topics such as tasting sherry in Spain, mule-riding in Molokai, and tracking textile trends in Turkey. She regularly writes for BCLiving about food, beverage, design and more.
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