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Soaring trees envelope the multi-level, wood-clad residence, creating a serene city oasis.

"Overall, this property allows you to embrace the original period details or bring your remodel imagination,

After: A new porch roof, made of metal, completes the updated exterior facade. The home’s doors and the garage door are painted a punchy pink, Benjamin Moore’s Rosewood.

Designed in 1961, this single-story home has walls of stone, exposed beams, and a cozy living area with a double-sided fireplace.

Boy Boy fabricated the framing for the flue shroud and base, which was then finished with plaster, and given a limestone benchtop. The Arto Ceramic tile extends into the kitchen, which has a preserved wood ceiling with new skylights.

"Our many ideas were floating around the mountain, and we needed someone to bring them down and turn them into reality,

The Pardee House in Midland is an example of Dow's work with the unit blocks that would define much of his early career.

Zen Den floor plan

Floor Plan of Hilltop A-Frame by Jacqueline Blum

“The pitched ceilings and ribbon of clerestory windows make the interior feel more spacious than it is,” notes Gooden.

Indigenous Northwest and Asian vegetation surround the residence, creating a serene natural garden oasis.

Designed by architect Allen E Smith, the 1968 Cascade House stretches across a babbling brook in North Vancouver.