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Hometown Heroes Lottery offers spectacular prizes, chance to help others
As we all adjust to our new reality, home life has become more important than ever. Buying a ticket for the 2020 Hometown Heroes Lottery can make our home dreams come true — at the same time as it helps others in a meaningful way.
Ticket sales provide tools, equipment and other resources for B.C.’S first responders and health-care workers. And they need the public’s support more than ever before. After all, heart attacks and accidents don’t stop just because there’s a pandemic going on. Beneficiaries like Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Hospital are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they still continue offering top-notch care for everyone who needs it.
“The lottery is about so much more than just winning prizes,” says Hometown Heroes Lottery spokesman Sebastian Sevallo, a full-time Vancouver firefighter and co-host of the HGTV renovation show Worst to First. “It’s about helping those in need, whether it’s equipment for hospitals or support for victims. Despite my hectic schedule, it’s a priority for me and I’m honoured to be part of it.”
Every Hometown Heroes Lottery ticket changes a life, and offers the potential to change the lives of ticket buyers as well. One of this year’s top prizes is a contemporary White Rock beauty valued at $2.7 million. This dream home includes $105,000 in electronics, window coverings, outdoor furniture and interior furnishings by La-z-boy — and it hits all the high notes on our current wish list. With more than 5,700 square feet of living space on an 8,340-square-foot lot, it offers a full package of indoor/outdoor luxury and recreation, an abundance of natural light and plenty of space to move around in.
There’s a big, fenced-in back yard with fully landscaped garden, built-in irrigation and a covered patio. Upstairs in the gorgeous master suite, beautiful French doors lead to a large terrace with barefoot-friendly turf flooring. The five bedrooms all have private baths ensuite, and one bedroom even has its own covered terrace in front.
“The house is very versatile, with a home office, gym, spa, soundproof home theatre room, wine room and bar,” says builder Kam Dhami of Marquis Custom Homes. It’s loaded with dreamy features, too, like the breathtaking smoked mirror fireplace soaring up to the great room’s 18-foot ceiling, elegant designer lighting and plumbing fixtures, high end appliances, a prep kitchen, full designer kitchen and a 12-foot Eclipse opening door from the kitchen to the outdoor deck.
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Black is back: It never really left, but black is having a comeback moment right now. Black is unbeatable for the kind of high-contrast look that decorator Debbie Heal (sunraedesign.ca) gave the home’s interior. “For a long time, it was grey, grey, grey,” she says. “Black is sharper and certainly trendier right now. It’s a great background colour and easy to pop with any of the bright colours, which are making a comeback right now as well.”
Room to grow in: The trend to multi-functional indoor flex areas is particularly relevant for families, who can create spaces that can easily adapt to their children’s growing needs. “Houses are expensive, so why not use square footage to the max?” Heal asks.
“This upper loft area at one time would have been a sitting area, but it’s far more useful with an easy-to-clean glass-top table that kids can use for painting or crafting, and on to homework and games.” Nature with a hint of floral: The latest trend in prints puts a new spin on two earlier trends — nature and florals — to arrive at something entirely fresh, like the Japanese-inspired branch-and-blossom prints Heal used in the great room. “We’re not talking giant florals,” Heal says. “To get this trend, I choose patterns with a more open feeling in a humble material that’s not slick. The chair pattern has black branches with the pop-up colour used in the rest of the room.”
Go big or go home: To be on trend, stay away from the crowded look of small objects and knick-knacks (remove and store any you can’t bear to part with) and streamline your space with overscale accessories instead. According to Heal, overscale is in. “I always use large accessories when the room can handle it. They’re perfect in the large, open-plan spaces we live in today. They add drama and interest to a room, and many are also great for greenery.”
The home is located at 1553 Cory Road, White Rock.
For public safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, the home is not open for viewing; instead, visit virtually and buy tickets at heroeslottery.com.