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The Bestor Architecture team transformed the kitchen with a more open layout finished with a green zellige tile backsplash from Clé and a lavender laminate on the island. “It’s a color combination you don’t see every day,” admits Campbell. “But playing with jewel tones and a pastel and integrating a punchier, bright color at the banquette just felt right. We liked how they were in conversation with one another.”

The new second-story addition, clad in Hardie Lap Siding and painted in Benjamin Moore Deep Sea, creates a bold contrast with the existing home's cedar shingles in Black Panther.

The sleeping area is framed with custom maple casework crafted by local Lopez Island company, Island Custom Woodworks. The brass cabinet pulls are from Schoolhouse, and the wall lamp is by Normann Copenhagen.

The primary bedroom is painted Palladian Blue by Benjamin Moore. Sugarhouse incorporated various shades of blue throughout the home, since it's the owner's favorite color.

Sugarhouse Design & Architecture lightened up the entry hall, thanks to interior fluted glass panels, white oak floors with a contrasting walnut inlay, and custom oak closets that reach to the ceiling (after removing the fussy tray feature there). The bench is custom-designed by Sugarhouse and fabricated by Elwood Design Co in Orange, CA, and the ceiling light is by Modern Forms.

The hood vent is finished in plaster, same as the fireplace. Ann especially likes the view from the island, through the library to the fire at the end of the living room.

The entry hall culminates in integrated shelving with arches that echo the archways of the walls.

The sofa in was designed by Lortie in collaboration with Canadian furniture designer Thom Fougere. It's inspired by 1970s Scandinavian vintage pine sofas, and the SMK Museum Copenhagen.

One renovation request, homeowner Isaac Hase says, “was having a place to drop your shoes.” At the mudroom end of a run of kitchen cabinets, you’ll find another feature the couple asked for. “We wanted to have a dedicated, visible place for our little stash of cookbooks,” Karoline says.

A new breakfast nook off the kitchen creates space for casual dining. Replacing a sliding door with a single opening created more space for seating, while still offering ease of access to the patio. The neon green stool is Kartell Pilastro from Design Within Reach, and the table is vintage from Laguna Vintage.

The porthole window in the master bedroom not only evokes the sea, it looks out onto it.

"The tranquil and very private backyard is a beautifully designed sanctuary, perfect for classic indoor-outdoor living,

This airy addition on the back of a historic house in Boise is a model of sensitive renovation, seamlessly melding new and old. Photo by Lincoln Barbour.