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Floor Plan of Anza Airstream by Nomadicana

The current homeowners love to entertain, so they created bunk beds for guests to stay over.

"We returned traditional period detailing in many areas, but also wanted it to feel intimate and personal,

In the kitchen, the continuous kitchen worktop and table are made of marble from Caledonia Marble. The pink Tamatik dining chairs are by Connie Chisholm and are from the Canadian design shop Made. The Blinding Love pendant lights are by Periphere, which has shops in Montreal and Toronto. The iron rails were inspired both by screens the couple had seen on their travels in the Middle East and by the ornate wrought ironwork favored by their Portuguese neighbors. Barzel Ironworks fabricated the banister to Sawatzky’s design by slicing up iron pipe, welding it, and painting it.

In 2014, Jeff and Karen Gunning began researching building another house, hoping to create a single, contained volume without compromising their retirement funds. The resulting Tree House comprises three pitched volumes with cutaways to create a porch in phase one and recessed window planter ledges in phase two. Simple wood columns provide support.

The home is composed of four materials: white standing-seam metal, Lueders limestone, wood, and white plaster, the latter used for exterior walls where the pitched volumes have been cut away.

A cedar-clad stair leads up to the 1,005-square-foot phase one house, while maple panels line the pitched interior ceilings.

Like phase one, phase two will have a wood-clad foyer and dining area that will act as an extension.

Thoughtfully placed windows provide gorgeous views. The treetops inspired the Gunnings’ name for the home, Tree House.