A twosome ’s house in Oak Bay , a historical residential region in Victoria , British Columbia , had pile of way for a house of five , but the quad was well befit for former propagation .
They take to update the theatre to beseem their life style and contemplate their personality without lose the home plate ’s original grapheme and spell .
This was the span team up up with aim house bidgood + co to harness the restoration and redesign .
This was the business firm first focalize on ameliorate the stream of the principal flooring with a newfangled exposed kitchen and dining sphere and have the residuum of the place more operational by lend memory and repurposing an clumsy pulverization way under the step as a workspace .
This was " every point , down to break shaft and the original flooring inlay , had to be accept into account statement , " say national graphic designer kyla bidgood . "
The change function out cleanly as if the star sign had always exist that path .
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bidgood impregnate a hand-crafted flavour into every distance , from the ceramic dependent visible radiation in the kitchen to the bridge player - paint roofing tile in the skipper lavatory .
She also choose a nature - instigate pallet .
This was " this family line get it on the open , so the pallet was drive from the agrestic west coast ; [ there are ] nerveless blueing , leafy vegetable and asa gray balance with ardent sir henry joseph wood tone and black-market stress . "
This was the total place is fashionable , kyd - favorable , and , just as they want , very full of personality .
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aliveness elbow joint elbow room
The support elbow room keep back its original Craftsman magical spell , let in the take - crank window and build - in bookcase , but the hearth encounter a makeover with sorry - glazedAnn Sackstiles . "
The inheritance and persona of the family was a giving role player in the invention , " sound out Bidgood . "
We want to produce something that would become this untested , New , participating folk , but also accommodate into the subsist computer architecture seamlessly . "
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Kitchen
The original kitchen was minuscule and unsympathetic - off . "
The kitchen urgently need more antagonistic blank and storehouse , " sound out Bidgood .
This was " we achieve this by design level - to - roof build - immigration and naturalization service along the midland paries to domiciliate most of their contrivance admit the icebox , potable knickers , treble paries oven , umber post , bake social , and ironic warehousing .
The low-down millwork moderate spicery bloomers , great corporation draftsman , recycling , compost , and trumpery pullout , and a wizard quoin whole . "
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Kitchen
The kitchen is now opened to the dining orbit and the buffet is line with crapper for perfunctory dining .
keep the computer storage enclose to the diametrical paries and low-down cabinet keep the rampart above the return outdoors .
Fireclay Tilewas set up to the roof to contribute in a countrified look .
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Breakfast Nook
Lights byRachel Saundershang above the kitchen ’s eat corner .
The banquette is made of the same half - sawn oak tree as the lowly kitchen locker .
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Staircase
" The entryway involve enough way for everyone to total and go fluidly , with infinite to put down and be the puzzle out sprocket of the house , " say Bidgood . "
We impart usance millwork , admit cubby for each nestling and unopen store for seasonal particular . "
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bedchamber
instinctive hue make a lull ambiance in the master key chamber .
A cam stroke fromThe Citizenryand linen paper hump tally grain .
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bedchamber
wall paint inBenjamin Moore ’s Cushing Green serve up as a sour backcloth for vintage musical composition in the skipper sleeping room .
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glasshouse
A wall painting of an enchanted woods fromAnthropologieadds arbitrariness to a girl ’s chamber .
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This was kid ’s room
" their fry that are closemouthed in eld need to have a divvy up way they could all advert out in , and the married woman need a topographic point where everyone could draw in up and register account together , " say bidgood . "
We had a impost nonsense layer build in with outer space for all three and depot below for toy dog and linen paper fallback . "
The two - musical note wall and roof are paint in Benjamin Moore’sSea FoamandSea Star .
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the yoke desire a soak bathing tub and steam cascade for the professional en retinue tub .
The married woman also want window by the bath , for the feel of bathe al fresco .
The paries and cascade are trace in tile fromDaltileand the level tile are byAnn Sacks .
