Modern indoor playroom with wooden climbing structure, slide, play kitchen area, ball pit, and colorful abstract wall art.
Photography by Dan Molina.

May 11, 2026

Words: Elizabeth Fazzare

This Indoor Playground Encourages Adventure

Hot Shots: LV Interior Design Studio 

social: @leventhalvermaatdesign
project: Adventure Alley, Toronto

From serene residences to high-octane restaurants, Jordana Leventhal and her three-member team at LV Interior Design Studio build environments that elevate the everyday. The bespoke furnishings, fine detailing, and hand-crafted elements used reflect the Toronto-based studio’s beginnings: originally Leventhal-Vermaat Design, which was largely dedicated to her and husband Jeff Vermaat’s custom furniture practice (in 2018, Vermaat transitioned from the day-to-day operations but continues to contribute as a creative resource; in 2022, the firm was rebranded). Today, each LV commission benefits from Leventhal’s keen eye for proportion, form, and texture. “We aim to think outside the box, creating trends rather than following them,” she says.

Imaginative thinking is a hallmark—and an end goal—of a recent project, Adventure Alley, a 6,700-square-foot indoor playground in Toronto also conceived as a community hub. Plywood play structures, party rooms, and built-in nooks for reading or rest create an engaging milieu for tots to 12-year-olds, while an adjacent café lounge caters to their parents.

  • A woman stands indoors against a wall, wearing a light blazer, white top, and jeans, with one hand in her pocket and a neutral expression.
    Jordana Leventhal. Photography by Laura Bombier.
  • An arched doorway with a scalloped green frame opens to a colorful wall featuring abstract shapes, stars, and the word "WASHROOM" in orange text.
    Photography by Dan Molina.
  • Colorful modern café interior with wooden chairs, a white round table, red upholstered bench seating, beaded room dividers, decorative signs, and playful wall art.
    Photography by Dan Molina.
  • Modern indoor playroom with wooden climbing structure, slide, play kitchen area, ball pit, and colorful abstract wall art.
    Photography by Dan Molina.
  • Reception desk with layered wood design beneath a colorful "Adventure Alley" sign in a modern, playful indoor space.
    Photography by Dan Molina.
  • A modern wall lamp with a round white bulb and red base is mounted on a wall with vertical red and white rectangular tiles above a mirror.
    Photography by Dan Molina.
  • A modern room with navy and white vertical stripes, a wall with blue and white scale-like tiles, wooden slats, a wooden table, and chairs on a speckled blue floor.
    Photography by Dan Molina.

Crisp patterns and nods to nature inform the concept. Two- and three-toned ceramic tile pairs with irregular navy-and-white stripes in the night-themed party room and a prickly pear cactus–inspired sconce (the Nopal from Luminaire Authentik) in the all-gender restroom. Part of the brand palette, the sienna in the washroom also anchors the café, “creating contrast with the surrounding wood finishes,” notes Leventhal, whose custom wallpaper framed by a scallop-detailed arch abstracts star, flower, and sun motifs. Local creatives contributed the bubble-letter branding (Brian Maltby) above the CNC-cut, laminated-particleboard backdrop in reception and the playroom mural (Justin Broadbent) highlighting area landmarks—a dotted line weaving through representing a path or journey, “encouraging children,” Leventhal says, “to follow the road to their own adventure.” leventhal-vermaat.com

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