About

Christina founded Carriage House Ottawa in 1998 after realizing a demand for high quality furniture restorations in the Ottawa Gatineau Region.

From an early age, Christina was interested in building, whether it was houses for her dolls, lego, or blocks. Into her teens, art, design and decorating became a passion.

Christina has an extensive background in furniture.

After taking business classes at her local College in her late teens, she opted to take the Furniture Technician Program, 2 year Cabinet-making Program at Algonquin, and graduated in the top 10% of her class.

After consulting with her professors, She chose an apprenticeship in Antique Restorations, as Furniture Repair and Restorations offered a broader learning environment for the design and construction of furniture. It allowed her to work with numerous building methods, many different woods, periods and styles of furniture, to develop her sense of design and become an expert in many different finishing techniques, both commercial and artistic.

In her apprenticeship, she was blessed to train and learn from highly skilled European Craftsmen. She has since developed her own niche within the Industry.

Other highlights in her career have been teaching. Christina taught the continuing education class at Algonquin College for Furniture Finishing and has also has trained many others within her business over the years. She is passionate to share her knowledge and inspire others.
Carriage House became more widely known to the public through the Biannual Designer Garage Sales that would showcase Christina’s recreations of old worthy furniture as well as raise money for a cause close to her heart, The Children’s Wish Foundation.

Christina has written articles for Ottawa at Home Magazine, in the ‘ask an expert section’, and has been showcased in other local media.
She is now pleased to introduce Ceres Creative to Carriage House, to bring forth her specialty in Furniture Design, Consultations, and Re-Creating. Ceres Creative is the philosophy and means to inspiring Sustainable Living in her unique way.
Bringing Beauty Sustainably….