The finalists in the emerging entrepreneur category are: Amy Frieson, owner of Tea & Toast Inc., Jennifer McGahan, owner of Jennifer McGahan Interiors, and Stayci Keetch, CEO and creative director of On Brand by Stayci Keetch.

Since January, we’ve been watching the transformation of Lytle House from the outside, as Jennifer McGahan renovates and restores the century-old brick home on Stittsville Main Street.

It’s all in the details for Stittsville’s style-savvy designer Jennifer McGahan
By Julie Beun | Photography by Tiffany Sanford

Sometimes, the wow factor of a particular aspect of a home can seal the deal when deciding to buy. This was the case for Jean Spicer and her husband Mike Beun when they purchased a custom stone home on two acres in the quiet countryside of Dunrobin.

Weathered and abandoned, barn board has become the hottest thing in interior design.
JULIE BEUN

Robert Palarchio definitely knows his way around the kitchen. Born into a restaurant family in Sault Ste. Marie, he recalls his mother pulling up a stool and insisting he get busy cracking eggs for breakfast when he was just four years old.

With her trademark clean, classic, modern elegance décor style, designer Jennifer McGahan has taken a basic three-year-old Ashcroft suburban home in Stittsville and created a showpiece for her signature style.

They create spaces that delight and inspire. But what design elements most inspire three leading designers?