Born on the outskirts of Edinburgh in Scotland, Gillian Gillies found her love for design. As she began her career, she was invited onto a trip where she met her lifelong partner and husband, Dean.

When she eventually moved to Toronto, she ultimately started Gillian Gillies Interiors. Now, 20 years into the international award-winning practice, she has not only an incredibly successful interior design practice, that not only works in single-family residential construction, and multi-residential projects, but also an entire collection of products that she has created and designed.

Her business has flourished as a result of satisfying clients and having them bring her back into design for their next project, be it the next new home or reno, or a vacation home. She has a motto in her design for "frictionless living."

Gillian's team is fully committed to each other, too. Find out what makes her small team so special by listening to this week's edition of Behind the Build.