TORONTO — Living Beauty offers a personalized one-to-one experience for visitors. To facilitate intimate interaction with customers, the design team at Odami designed a grand, wraparound bar that functions as the social heart of the space. The bar is accented by streamlined Corian display tables and supported by subtly arched product bays with an abundance of drawer storage for supplementary stock.

While gently alluding to the design language of apothecaries, these alcoves maintain a contemporary attitude, relying on modular systems, straightforward fabrication methods, and modern materials like powder-coated steel shelving.

Departing from the dark wood of traditional apothecaries, the clay-toned millwork
espouses a light, uniform backdrop for different products and branding, anchored by Breccia Oniciata marble that transforms each bay into its own service counter. Rounded tambour paneling, beveled at both ends, creates a rhythmic geometric pattern that provides texture and interest as one navigates the store.

To carve out individual treatment rooms, they designed a high-gloss cube, a reflective form that converses with mirrored millwork, vintage sconces, and cove lighting to generate a sense of luminosity in the corridors. This clean, mint-toned structure offers an unexpected and refreshing contrast to the space’s otherwise warm palette.

Technical sheet

• Tile floor from Centura, model Argile in color Cotto
• Color of the millwork in the retail space: Farrow & Ball - Pink Templeton - Satin
• Color of the cube in the treatment space: Farrow & Ball - high-gloss Teresa's green
• Retail countertops: Marble - Breccia Oniciata - polished
• Off-white display tables and pedestals in retail space made of Corian in Bone Color
• Upholstery of banquette in retail space: Knoll Textiles - Tempest - 002 Mist
• Upholstery of Banquette in waiting room: Knoll Textiles - Premier - 006 Salmon
• Faucet retail space: Kohler - Components - chrome
• Gold metallic laminate on shelves behind main counter: Octopus - Octolam - Satin Gold
• All vintage sconces and pendant light