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A wall of storage in the living area has become a revolving display of souvenirs and found objects, either from their travels or shopping trips around the city. A wide window was installed to make the room feel like a treehouse. "I really wanted the home to feel bright and serene,

After: “The upstairs family room is full of our Canadiana,” Geoffrey says. “The five point pattern in neon on the wall, the canoe throw pillows, a vintage cloth banner from TTC buses and the First Nations blanket,” are all a nod to the couple’s Canadian roots.

Josephine shares the apartment with her girlfriend, Alexis, and dog, Harpie.

The home connects via breezeway to a 900-square-foot garage with a studio bedroom that’s currently used as an office.

“The project was about peeling back layers. From there, we had to be creative and utilize what the house was giving to us,” adds Levitt Halsey.

Before: The home’s original kitchen had been largely untouched since the 1960s.

Though the Burtons are landscape architects, they took an intentionally hands-off approach to their own land, which is part of the 1,800-acre Long Valley Ranch, a former cattle ranch. “We made very few moves, beyond planting fifty olive trees and some native shrubs and grasses,” says Bill. “We wanted nothing in the landscape to be edible or pretty, nothing to attract animals to the house.” Nevertheless, they’ve spotted plenty of fauna thanks to motion-activated “trail cams” they use to spy on local wildlife. To date they’ve snapped photos of mountain lions, bobcats, wild pigs, and a bear.

The sliding garage door was made by local fabricator Anomal.

Lush plantings surround one of the two bungalows on the property that the couple converted into art studios.