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All the experts agree that it is important for children to have a designated workspace.

In a spare bedroom/playroom located in another section of the house, Berg played with juxtapositions of shapes, installing an oak-wrapped, triangular reading nook inset with a circular window.

Berg floated a seating bench across a new kitchen window, which brings attention to the lowered sill placement.

White oak storage wraps the kitchen, which is tucked under the lower ceiling, to create a more cozy spot that’s still connected to the living areas. “It's such a large space,” Erling says of the great room. “It's nice to be more intimate in the kitchen zone.” The counters are Gascogne blue limestone.

A detailed shot of one of the custom storage pieces designed by Berg, a sideboard against the dining room wall under the circular interior window. The floors throughout are the main source of pattern in the minimalist palette, and they are white oak laid in a herringbone arrangement.

The wall with the circular motif defines the entry and provides separation of the living spaces, but still allows sightlines from the front door to the backyard. It “really sets the tone for the house,” says Blake. And doubles as an excellent play area for the kids to chase each other around, adds Berg: “They can run for a mile and you still see them the whole time.”

Recessed shelves echo the plywood details in the kitchen.

The updated kitchen includes custom Fenix millwork by RBM Builders in Vancouver.

“The thing everyone says when they come check out our house is: ‘Look at that view,’” says Marie. “They see this open space and immediately just look out and see the mountains and all the trees.”

The residents removed a wall dividing the kitchen, living, and dining areas to open up the existing small and dark rooms and create one large, light-filled space. “The thing that everyone says when they come check out our house is: ‘Look at that view,’” Marie says. “They see this open space and immediately just look out and see the mountains and all the trees.”

For the remodel of the two-level home, now dubbed the Kit House, Nick and Marie maintained the original post-and-beam ceiling with cedar slats, as well as the full-height brick fireplace. The residents removed a wall dividing the kitchen, living, and dining areas to open up the formerly small and dark rooms and create one large, light-filled space.

The 1960s residence at 1152 Chamberlain Drive in North Vancouver, British Columbia, underwent a down-to-the-studs remodel in 2018 by the current owners, Nick and Marie.

The team preserved the deck, but installed a new railing.

A mature avocado tree shades the hardscaped patio located just outside the great room.

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