The WL Design 25 Award finalists you see here have some serious competition on their way to the top. We received hundreds of entries—and no surprise to us, they were all shining examples of the world-class design scene in Western Canada.

In case you missed it, while our WL Designers of the Year awards celebrate a body of work, the WL Design 25 awards focus on specific projects: from an inviting bedroom to a perfect chair, an elegant office space to a sustainably crafted coffee table.

Each of the 25 winners in the WL Design 25 represent the best of Western Canadian design for 2025. 

But first: the finalists. Congratulations to each of our finalists here! And stay tuned for our winners announcement in February 2025, when the finalists are whittled down to the official WL Design 25—announced live on stage at King Living on February 20, 2025.

Plus, our WL Design 25 People’s Choice Awards are now live! You can have a say in who’s the top winner in both the Product and Room category. Get your votes in now—head over to our voting page before 11:59 pm on November 15!

The Finalists for the 2025 WL Design 25 Awards

Products

Autonomous Furniture: Aurora Desk

A dramatic hot-rolled steel base carries the weight of this desk in a seemingly floating fashion; there is a sense of gravity when viewing from the side, and yet in elevation appears airy.

Autonomous Furniture: Nieves Table

Crafted from red oak, the Nieves table is a celebration of sustainable design; the natural oil and wax finish enhance the wood’s inherent beauty.

Caliper studio: Weymoor Table

With long, exaggerated overhangs that emphasize its length, the Weymoor table is architectural in form, mimicking timber frame structures.

Capella Design: Selora Grab Bar Frame

Selora Grab Bar Frame is a discreet and stylish grab bar designed to seamlessly integrate into any space through its clever use of an overmounting frame, which serves as a picture frame or mirror.

Common Dwells + Pablo Mariano: Conversational Console

A collaboration between Common Dwells and Pablo Mariano Craft Studio, each console is handmade using hand tools only and special, carefully selected wood.

Cynical Ceramics Co.: Raw Reflections Collection

Each piece is wheel-thrown from rich brown stoneware, featuring a striking contrast between a glossy white glazed interior and raw, unglazed exteriors that celebrate the earthy, rustic essence of the clay.

Humble Object Furniture Inc: Tres Stool-Stackable Stool

The curves and organic shapes of the wood, paired with the richness of its natural tones, invite the eye to linger—but beyond its aesthetic appeal, Tres offers a practical solution for modern living.

Louis Duncan-He Designs: Naij Pendulous

The collection rethinks traditional lighting by incorporating both functional light vessels and purely aesthetic components.

Marrimor Objects: Draft

Crafted in woven silk and wool and available in Rectangle, Round, and Runner, Draft comes in six sumptuous colour ways and is just as stunning on the floor as it is displayed on a wall.

Marrimor Objects: Toof

A side table with a trick up its sleeve: a bold but elegant piece that adds as much interest to small spaces as it does to large due to its adaptable presence and the volume of its components.

Mera Studio Architects: Mera Sound Sconce

In collaboration with Leon Speakers, the Mera Sound Sconce is a product that bridges the gap between the technical needs of a high-quality speaker and the aesthetic beauty required by designers and discerning customers.

Mike Randall Design Ltd: Luma Pendant & Floor Lamp

Luma is a bold yet sophisticated blend of raw spun steel and wood, achieving a balance of refinement and industrial edge.

Scandinavia Wolf: The Tulip Light

Inspired by nature and the first tulip flowers of spring, the Tulip Light is constructed from speckled buff clay, repurposed cedar wood from old fence slats, brass and an LED plug-in light.

Shipway Living Design: Evrim Stool

This unique design, with spindles seamlessly passing through the back and front aprons, not only reinforces the stool’s structural integrity but also adds a distinctive visual touch

Shipway Living Design: Kdom Table

A custom commission from a client that had a rough idea of what they were looking for resulted in this ethically sourced ash table with a striking design, thanks to the columned base and sleek top.

Studiotudio: Noodle Knobs

Noodle Knobs offer an innovative design that allows you to insert a finger into the knob, minimizing contact with cabinet surfaces—ideal for wet or dirty hands during kitchen tasks.

Rooms

& Daughters: AMA

Stage-like, the large U-shaped bar occupies the centre of the room; heavy and monolithic, it grounds the space and becomes the locus for culinary performance.

AK Design: Everyday Elegance

The refined simplicity of the design enhances the feeling of comfort and luxury, with grounding touches like light wood tones, a wall-to-wall bench, a large area rug and sheer curtains that diffuse the light.

Amanda Hamilton Interior Design: Sunset Residence Kitchen

Warm cognac and richly stained onyx-coloured wood, slick metal and glass feature cabinets are paird with textural Brazilian arabescato, striking a balance between otherwise heavily contrasted finishes and materials.

Amanda Hamilton Interior Design: Sylvan Lake Residence Foyer

Textural wallpaper, plaster finishes, classical wall panelling and intricate mouldings, and an assortment of thoughtful furnishings and decor create a genuinely elevated interior with all details considered.

Amanda Hamilton Interior Design: Sylvan Lake Residence Primary Ensuite

Inside this luxurious family retreat on Alberta’s Sylvan Lake, find a sanctuary of an ensuite replete with marble, plaster and fluted glass; a striking navy and sage stone shower adds an organic splash of movement.

Brianna Hughes Interiors: Collins Staircase

This staircase doesn’t just connect the ground floor with the levels above—it heightens the drama and intrigue in a narrow space.

Brianna Hughes Interiors: Vista Half Bath

This powder room is a total departure from the rest of the bright, white home. Here, the walls are lined with an earthy clay material and a grid of dark Moroccan tiles.

Compass Design Co Inc: Rundleview Renovation – Bunkie Room

Designed to welcome the kids and all their ski-racing and school friends for overnight mountain stays, this Bunkie from Compass Design room is inspired by campouts and sleeping under the stars in the woods.

Elena del Bucchia Design Inc.: Hidden Valley Ranch – Kitchen

In a restored mid-century rancher in the foothills of Alberta, find this kitchen: cozy, homey and sophisticated all at once.

Erica Colpitts Interior Design: Colwood House Living Room

Erica Colpitts Interior Design: The Watson

Salvaged vintage pieces and antique finds help to age and ground this newly designed Vancouver restaurant.

Euoi Studio Architecture + Design: Mid-century Restored – Secondary Bathroom Renovation

Inspired by the varied textures of the house and the landscape around it, this bathroom design mixes neutral tones with high variation in geometry.

Farmer’s Daughters Interiors: Wildwood Kitchen

A custom concrete island and stone backsplash add to the practicality of this truly heart-of-the-home space, designed for a home baker and her busy family.

Formwerks Interiors: Powder Room/Parkside Elegance

In a petite room, elements like a high-gloss floating vanity and graphic checkerboard floor make a big impact—and bring lovely movement to the space in the process.

Haven & Co: Casa Bosque Ensuite

It’s not hard to imagine unwinding in this freestanding tub on a wood beam platform, beneath a striking chandelier.

Haven & Co: Chateau Paris – Library

The Chateau Paris Library is cleverly tucked into the front corner of the home in front of the two-storey windows that flood the space with beautiful morning light.

Hillary Rutherford Interiors: Classy A-Frame Kitchen

Natural light floods the kitchen through large surrounding windows, beautifully connecting the indoors with the outdoors, enhancing the serene ambiance.

Hillary Rutherford Interiors: Classy A-Frame Living Space

This whimsical children’s nook unfolds into a vibrant haven filled with plush cushions in playful colours and shelves brimming with books, creating an inviting atmosphere ideal for snuggling up with a favourite story.

Ivory Design Co.: The Pink Label Salon

The client wanted a “space that would inspire joy” and a pink-on-pink palette: the designer delivered.

Jessica Bremner Design: Windsor Mudroom

Jocelyn Ross Studioworks: Bethel Home Office

Thanks to a clever hidden door that conceals unsightly office equipment, this home workspace feels more like a lounging library, free from visual distractions.

Jocelyn Ross Studioworks: Poseley’s Powder Room

The renovated powder room still has its original wood paneling and cove details, but the designer painted them out and added a very modern vessel sink and faucet to bring in beautiful contrast.

Jute Design & Management: Dovetail Restaurant – California Dreaming

Inspired by the relaxed, sun-soaked lifestyle of California, this Vancouver restaurant’s design focuses on natural materials, light-filled interiors, and a welcoming vibe that invites patrons to linger long after their meal.

Knight Varga Interiors: Lakeside Soak – Primary Bath

Designed with longevity in mind—materials that were both meant to last in terms of style and durability—this bathroom makes the soaker tub is the star of the show here, placed in front of large, lake- facing windows.

Knight Varga Interiors: Purrfect Mudroom

This space triple duties as a mudroom, laundry room and home for the resident kitty’s litter boxes—with ample storage the space remains functional while still injecting whimsy and providing privacy for the smallest (and furriest) family members.

Laura Killam Architecture: Rock Bluff House – Living/Dining Room

The open plan of the social space subtlety deploys a change in ceiling height to separate the kitchen area from the living and dining areas—the living room is nestled close to the rock bluff, echoed by the tall sandstone-clad fireplace while the dining area is surrounded by full-height windows that perch the diners over the sea.

Lindsay Eby Interiors: Beach House Garden Suite – Entry

With a design that emphasizes natural materials, streamlined storage solutions, and a cohesive aesthetic, this warm entry seamlessly integrates with the existing hardwood staircase.

Lori Sellmer Design Inc.: Longridge Kitchen

The use of mixed materials for cabinetry creates balance in the space: the painted off-white cabinetry frames an oversized window, which is offset by an appliance wall and island of warm white oak that makes the look modern and clean yet warm and lived in.

Louis Duncan-He Designs: Basement – Multicoloured Vibrant Retreat

The basement is an exploration in bold, moody and sexy ambiance mixed with a tropical sensibility and brimming with delightful details, such as a hidden wine room featuring a bold primary-coloured accent wall.

Louis Duncan-He Designs: Living Room – Vibrant Global Penthouse

The living room is a contrast of textures and colours, with bold design elements such as tiled feature walls and striking murals, and unique features—like a structural living room column—transformed into design statements

LRD Studio: Kitchen – Balsam

Modern fixtures throughout are paired with the warmth of seemingly raw and worn surfaces with brushed wood grains and honed and tumbled stone, making this a true mountain home adorned with a modern rustic approach.

Lucien Marie Design: Kitchen/Mountainside Ski Home

The design of this kitchen is rooted in a classic modern style, featuring a striking textured limestone range hood and honed limestone backsplash above the gas cooking area.

Lucien Marie Design: Living Room/Mountainside Ski Home

A raised hearth with a solid limestone surround adds a timeless touch, while warm white oak drop beams and tongue-and-groove paneling on the ceiling evoke the nostalgic warmth of classic wooden cabins.

Marrimor Interiors: Edgemont Village Powder Room

This small space is swathed in the bold and beautiful Miami wallpaper from Phillip Jeffries, with a ledge of black and white terrazzo and a rust-toned cement Kast sink.

Measured Architecture: Alma House – AV Room

This reclaimed basement area provides a comfortable nest-like environment, rejuvenated with Venetian plaster, pixelated blue millwork, and hospital curtains (a nod to the clients’ medical professions).

Measured Architecture: Frame House – Hallway Netting

Knotted nets are set above the hallways near the ceiling, accessed by the children through stairs hidden in their closets—a dramatic and fun way to increase play space via more efficiently exploiting the house’s section.

Measured Architecture: Frame House – Rooftop

On a rooftop, a play zone for the entire family can be found and accessed by an exterior galvanized steel stair, where they’ll find a rare-in-Vancouver domestic rooftop pool with views to the North Shore Mountains, with options for use as a hot tub, or when the jets are on, a stationary swimming pool.

Melling Studio: Stephens – Kitchen

The kitchen is anchored by a curvilinear island in white oak tambour that provides ample space for a multitude of kitchen and family rituals, while the continuous marble-esque quartz countertop and backsplash is accentuated with a floating shelf in the same material for intentional open storage.

Melling Studio: Stephens – Primary Bedroom

Mera Studio Architects: Maple Leaf House – Living Room

The large expanse of the room and its unique shape allows for unique arrangements and various cozy gathering opportunities, utilizing a mix of new and vintage furniture in a cohesive way.

Mera Studio Architects: Residential Living Room

Custom-built seating solves for a long and linear room layout and layered individual pieces of furniture, lighting and art to create a midcentury feel in an otherwise traditional home.

Mera Studio Architects: Residential Powder Room

In keeping with the mid-century vibes present in the rest of the home, tiles are used to add texture when combined with a visually interesting and geometric, custom-built vanity.

Oliver Simon Design: Home on the Heights Dining Room

Brass accents infuse warmth and sophistication, while custom vanity storage with intricate woven details and an antique rug add texture and visual interest, harmonizing the space.

One Seed Architecture + Interiors: Back Drop House – Great Room

The great room includes a living room and kitchen and features a split-level design to create higher and vaulted ceilings in the space, defining the area as its own special zone, accented in a hemlock ceiling.

Outline Homes: Bathroom / The Ensuite at the Blue Quill Estates Project

This ensuite transforms into a functional, spa-like retreat with a wet room, luxurious rain showers, and a freestanding tub framed by elegant arches, all lit by skylights and rich with artisanal tilework.

Peter Wilds Design: Yaletown – Principal Bathroom

This black-and-white contrast principal ensuite brings harmony into the room by blending luxe terrazzo tiles, matte-black fixtures and a custom vanity, creating a calming yet striking spa-like retreat.

Project 22 Design: Cedargrove kitchen/great room

This Whistler kitchen pairs warm white oak millwork with bold black accents, featuring a fluted wood hood fan, slatted entry wall and a lofted office that connects the space vertically.

Project 22 Design: Snowridge living room

Inspired by modern Italian ski chalets, this Whistler renovation repurposed materials to create a bright, open space with exposed beams, white oak flooring and warm-toned millwork, contrasted by black accents and light-filled design elements.

Project 22 Design: Snowridge primary suite

Drawing inspiration from Italian ski chalets, this Whistler renovation brightened the space with repurposed materials, exposed beams, white oak finishes and a cozy Jotul fireplace in the primary suite for warmth and charm.

Rochelle Cote Interior Design Corp: Living Room/Alpine Park

This showhome blends bold mid-century modern décor, colourful art and luxurious finishes, perfect for a stylish, active couple who love to entertain.

Sarah Ward Interiors: Lis Simon

Whimsical and light-filled, this studio for a boutique bridal designer blends Parisian charm with bold colours, curvilinear furnishings and budget-friendly touches, creating a chic, elegant workspace inspired by Emily in Paris.

Schédio Spaces: Mink Lash Boutique

This Yaletown luxury lash studio redefines retail with an immersive design, blending curved metal panels, brass shelving and a sculptural reception desk for an artful, intuitive shopping experience.

Schédio Spaces: Windsor – Camila’s Room

A true child’s dream, this soft bohemian bedroom in a 100-year-old home features a flowy custom canopy bed, blush pink colour-drenched walls and an arched bookshelf with integrated desk—creating a cozy, playful space designed to grow with her.

Smiddy Stegman: Mid Mod Bungalow Kitchen

This 1950s bungalow kitchen blends mid-century charm with modern design, featuring bold black-and-white geometric tiles, coloured millwork and a textured reeded wood peninsula, all anchored by an arched entryway that opens up the space for a young, energetic family.

Smiddy Stegman: Quartzite Contemporary Kitchen

This kitchen design blends daring black finishes with textured quartzite and granite, while a reeded backsplash window brightens the space, balancing bold design with family-friendly function for a young couple adapting to life with a new baby.

Splyce Design: entry/dining – reDEW House

Restored to its West Coast modern origins, this design opens up ocean views with exposed timber framing, a suspended steel staircase and new sliding glass doors that seamlessly connect the interior to the patio, deck and pool

Splyce Design: living/dining – Yield House

This design blends concrete, timber and expansive glazing to offer privacy and panoramic views, with seamless indoor-outdoor living and a minimalist, open-plan design for family gatherings.

Stephanie Brown Inc: Kitchen/Point Grey Road

Renovated from the ground up, this kitchen design blends light ash millwork with white and grey stone, offering a minimalist, beach-house vibe that frames expansive English Bay views.

Stephanie Brown Inc: Pantry / Sunshine Coast

This pantry design blends west-coast modern architecture with durable porcelain, quartz and ash paneling, topped off with dramatic dark graphite accents, cool suspended lighting and locally sourced furnishings for a natural yet practical vibe.

Stephanie Martin Interior Design: Closet / Britannia Residence

A primary suite closet divides into “his” sleek charcoal section with a luxe velvet ottoman and glass-topped cabinet, and “her” fashion-forward, monochromatic dressing room featuring Missoni wallpaper, fuchsia chairs, and a custom mirror for a glamorous retreat.

Studio Enda: Dhillon 133 Powder Room

This powder room packs a punch with marble floors, brass inlay and playful Timorous Beasties Bumble Bee wallpaper—guaranteed to get guests talking.

Studio Roslyn Design Ltd: Everwell Reception/Waiting Room

A waiting area offers a warm welcome with earthy tones, rich textures and natural elements like forest green and deep brown, seamlessly blending ancient remedies with modern wellness.

Studio Roslyn Design Ltd: Just Another Café + Bar

This design transitions from bright, floral café by day to cozy cocktail spot by night, with playful design elements like suspended beach umbrellas, local art and vibrant textiles that bring joy and a sense of place to the neighbourhood.

Untitled Design Agency: Soft Volumes Kitchen

This kitchen renovation in transforms a dated layout into a calm, geometric space, with radiused walls and cabinets that cleverly conceal mechanical pipes while creating a serene, open feel.