A bedroom is tucked into the tip of the A-frame.
A pattern from Juju Papers gives the walls of the powder room a playful character.
The cozy room is now a library with custom shelving for the owner’s books and records. There’s a bar behind the sliding door, and the chair is from Erik Jorgensen and the vintage footstool is the client’s own.
The tree house is just big enough for a desk and a chair, with a generous window looking into the leaves.
A high-efficiency wood stove found on a remainder sale pairs with radiant heated concrete floors and solar power to keep the homeowner cozy even when power goes out.
An armchair crafted by Nelson’s longtime assistant, Max Schulz, and all the built-ins match. “I like to try to maintain a consistent aesthetic,” says Nelson. A wood stove by Cubic Mini Wood Stoves warms the enclosed, weather-tight section of the structure, and a ladder that mirrors the cant of the wall leads to a lofted nook.
Bedrooms peer out over the courtyard and into neighboring rooms. "I love houses where you can see outside and back in. There’s a magic to that," says Legge.
The dining table and chairs in the kitchen were handcrafted by the homeowner from timber harvested on-site.
Floor plan of Totoro House by CplusC Architectural Workshop
Adapting to the discovery, VFA Architecture + Design incorporates the room in the renovation of this southern Ontario retreat.
Another one of the bedrooms is dressed in light shades of pink and yellow.
The brightened space sports midcentury-inspired furniture. The arrow artwork lines up with the five targets near the entry to the ground-floor bedroom.
A staircase ascends past inset shelves to the second floor.
The 260-square-foot Hytte module features tall ceilings of up to nearly 12 feet. Multiple windows fill the interior with natural light and frame views of the outdoors.