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Stools pull up to the kitchen counter, providing a place to dine.

Hickory flooring lends warmth in the living area.

Expansive windows flood the living area, outfitted with hickory flooring and ceiling beams, with plenty of natural light.

View into the open-plan kitchen and living room in the bungalow's newly built back end. "T

A harmonious material palette is offset by playful peekaboo windows on the north-facing wall that frame the natural surroundings rather than the neighbors' windows.

Featuring a vaulted, plywood ceiling, the kids' room upstairs doubles as a playroom. "It's a place we all lounge in to build Legos and read stories,

Throughout the interior, the couple emphasized simple materials, such as birch plywood and salvage-yard marble. A pendant by Hay is joined by dining chairs from Design Within reach.

“They were the lightest possible way to support the roof,” says Anton of the raw steel rafter ties in the newly vaulted living room. It’s a detail they’d first used in their ADU several years before.

Lee Buchanan of Lee Build created a screen of white ash slats beside the kitchen as well as the entry. "The stairs are beautifully integrated into the kitchen so the kids and I are always talking and someone is always sitting on the bottom steps,

Now at the center of the home, the kitchen blends Victorian moldings and a parquet floor with soapstone countertops and streamlined custom cabinetry painted in Clunch from Farrow & Ball.

With its shou sugi ban exterior, high-pitched roof and monochrome palette, this family home nods to Japanese design.

Artwork from other Canadian creatives can be found throughout the space, whether that’s glass pieces by Verre D’onge or posters from David Shriggley.

The sofa in was designed by Lortie in collaboration with Canadian furniture designer Thom Fougere. It's inspired by 1970s Scandinavian vintage pine sofas, and the SMK Museum Copenhagen.

Lekien designed integrated storage for the primary bedroom.

Sliding glass doors connect the bedrooms to city views.

Clerestories harness sunlight for the bathrooms.