Your home holds a special place in my heart, Julia. I was born within walking distance from your area and, years later, worked at Kodak. You have a very charming home.

Weird...I thought Canada was already gentrified...you know by default.

Do not touch that fabulous kitchen - it is perfect. Congratulations on a wonderful house.

I love your kitchen, too!

Agreed: Do not touch that kitchen!

LOL if you look at her blog (scroll down a few posts) you'll see that the kitchen pictured here represents a partial re-do. But it's all for the better, IMHO.

ugh..."hoping to be the first to gentrify"-- so disenchanted.

This home looks pleasant and peaceful.

Looks fabulous Julia! I grew up in Toronto, but didn't know that neighbourhood (yes, I'm spelling it the Canadian way). Thumbs up for putting your faith in a forgotten corner of town.

Oh. I love this house. Wonderful colors, great furniture finds. Warm, sweet, peaceful.

The aspiration to "gentrify" the neighborhood made me utter a sort of "uhgh... eww..what?" noise. Ick.

"gerania" sums up my thoughts too....

FYI - Gentrification means something totally different up here in Canada.

Hoping to gentrify? Gawd. There goes the neighborhood!

"The term 'gentrification' in Canada is not synonymous with white people moving into the neighbourhoods of people of colour, as it is the United States."

In Canada, it means turning a rundown neighbourhood into something where people actually want to live. Just heard "white flight" for the first time in my life while searching for the best definition of gentrification in Canada. Sorry, America, we're not like you.

Your dining room is delicious like mint oreos. That's it, house tour please!!

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oh dear - hate to break it to you Julia but Jane and Weston is never, ever going to gentrify. that area of town has always been and probably will always be a bit of a tough 'hood.

but the house is all right! a bit dark on the wood tones for my taste.

Without visiting Julia's blog, I'm struggling to figure out what part of the kitchen could possibly have been re-done. It all just fits together so beautifully and looks as if it belongs. Lovely home.

I like it a lot but I wouldn't hide that beautiful Eames rocker !!!

I love the kitchen, too. So charming!

Absolutely beautiful. Please keep the kitchen as it is. I'm jealous of how beautiful your home is.

Gentrification DOES have the same meaning in Canada. It only means one thing: The 'gentry' (upper classes) move into an area previously inhabited by poorer people (of any racial background, 'white' included), and inevitably this makes the area fancier hence more desirable. The fact that it often leads to the original poorer inhabitants having to leave is not uniquely American and I am sure happens in Canada too. Granted, class and color are more linked in the States than in some other places, but that's a different discussion.

Jane and Weston was a solid blue collar part of town where people worked for the railroad and then Kodak. They closed and it has been problematic since. But the housing stock is solid and it will soon have a high speed train going straight downtown (albeit smelly diesel instead of electric). The average price of a single family house just hit 780K in Toronto, and Weston is where families will have to go if they want a house that isn't out of town. Good timing, it will be hot in a few years.