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Though they modernized the kitchen with white oak cabinetry and marble counters, the couple were able to restore details such as the original terrazzo flooring that extends from the entrance and the dropped ceiling just above.

New sliders by Fleetwood open wide to the pool deck, which was redone to match what had been there originally.

“This wasn’t a reconstruction, but a major renovation,” says Dora. “The bones were there.”

A second bedroom in the main house is furnished with bunk beds, offering plenty of sleeping space for Egelund’s family, including her five grandchildren, when they come to visit.

The master bedroom—like the rest of the home—is defined by white-painted and natural timber cladding that lends the home a chic coastal vibe.

The entrance to the home is through a timber-clad passageway that leads to a guest annexe, a utility shed, and the main house. Whilst traditional Danish summer houses are often clad in dark timber, this contemporary interpretation of the typology inverts expectation by using a light Canadian cedar cladding—most expressively in this walkway.

"Another tricky aspect was finding a place to stack the sliding doors,