Choosing the right materials for your home renovation can be daunting. There are so many materials out there, it’s hard to know where to begin!

Thinking about how to describe the interior design style you’d like to achieve in your home can be a challenge. When we meet with our clients and tour their homes, we look for the cues that help us understand your aesthetic preferences, which rarely fit neatly into one style.

If you are interested in learning more about our design philosophy, check out the home of our Founder and Principal Designer, Sarah Stern-Benoit, which is the inspiration behind our design studio’s name: The Modern Vic.

Here at The Modern Vic, we love bringing your unique design dreams to life! A major component of our Sunnyside Condo Refresh Project includes building a super glam and super custom dressing room.

At The Modern Vic, we tailor our designs to fit our clients’ aesthetic and functional needs.  Many times, this involves a custom piece of furniture or cabinetry, designed just for your home!

Whether it is for a casual family hangout space or an elegant lounge, wet bars are a wonderful way to add drama to a room, while building great function for entertaining and storage.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Studio Warming and Client Appreciation event!  You filled our hearts with so much gratitude for this work we love and for the community of people we get to collaborate with to make so much beauty. 

Here at The Modern Vic, we love to mix and match bold patterns, bridging playful and refined elegance to our projects. How do we do it?  Well, here are our top three tips!

Most recognizable by its classic half-offset pattern, subway tile has been used for over a century on projects ranging from residential to commercial. 

Did you know indoor plants can reduce stress levels, improve indoor air quality, and boost your productivity?  These are the reasons we love to use plants to style our projects! 

This year has been a whirlwind of incredible projects inspired by our amazing clients!  Thank you for collaborating with us in 2024 to create beautiful spaces that we are so proud of.  

At The Modern Vic, we believe in collaborating with our clients to design authentic spaces that are as unique as each family. 

At The Modern Vic we love to source vintage and antique items to make your home feel warm, interesting and unique.

Many of the homes we’ve designed have original details that reveal the history and set the design direction.  Others have suffered from years of bad renovations that removed the essential details that give a home charm. See some examples of the details we’ve added or restored in homes to bring them to life!

If you’re thinking of updating your child’s room or play area, we have a few tips for you on how to engage your child in the process.

Some of our favorite decorating projects at the Modern Vic are spaces for kids. Check out a few kid-focused projects we’ve done recently.

Converting three outdated and closed off rooms into an open, modern concept kitchen, living and dining area.