Budget Breakdown: A Work-From-Home Couple Reenvision a Loft for $291K. The Office Steals the Show

Amy and Tomasz run their photography business from a maple plywood workspace hung with Japanese noren curtains in their sub-1,000-square-foot flat.
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Tomasz Wagner

Tomasz Wagner and Amy Tran first saw their current home from the window of the apartment complex next door. Partners in life and work—the couple run a lifestyle and wedding photography company in Vancouver, B.C.—they were residing in a live/work space in the False Creek neighborhood and noticed a loft was going up for sale, a space dated to 1996 that had previously been used by a woodworker.

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Rachel Gallaher
Rachel Gallaher is one of the design industry’s most prolific writers, contributing regularly to dozens of titles, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Robb Report, Dwell, Architectural Digest, Azure, Luxe, and...

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