Fixtures

The living space features banquette seating with cushions—rare for a third-wave Soft seating is rare in third-wave coffee shops, but

The bookcase in the great room holds about 3,500 books. Several hundred more can be found in the living room, and on the floor-to-ceiling shelves in Zeke and Teasel's offices.

Plants spill over the steel shelf above the copper-covered island bench, adding to the kitchen's cocktail bar vibe.

The tiled wall cleverly hides a Juliet balcony above the kitchen, a space for the owners' teenage daughter to do homework, draw and interact with the family from afar.

The grout in the tiling around the oven and Juliet balcony above was matched to blend with the terra-cotta tiling and copper finishes.

The sleeping area is framed with custom maple casework crafted by local Lopez Island company, Island Custom Woodworks. The brass cabinet pulls are from Schoolhouse, and the wall lamp is by Normann Copenhagen.

Extensive glazing throughout helps interior spaces feel connected to the greenery and integrated into a vegetated setting, even though the house is located in a densely populated area of Bangalore.

The kitchen's white oak cabinetry was given oval-shaped brass handles from CB2.

The existing cabinetry was given new white oak doors, while an additional arched shelving unit was added, as well as an extended end cupboard that extended the islaand.

The new dining room is large enough to host the neighbors and extended family, and has a Collier chandelier by Sean Lavin with built-in flexibility, so to speak. “That was selected because of its versatile nature,” says Robinson. “We wanted to have the ability for them to have a bigger or smaller table, and not necessarily be sitting directly beneath one chandelier that defined a specific place.”

Thanks to the large glass doors, "The kitchen is so bright. Most of the time, you don't have to have lights on, even in Vancouver's winter,

The counters are natural quartzite, called "Elegant Grey

Streamlined trim, brass closet handles by BB Sweden, and a "gradation

In the guest bathroom, a steam room shower portal is finished with marble slabs, while birch plywood clads the dry zone.

The open-concept living space is filled with natural light.