The site plan showing the original house, at right nearest the street, a small garage and the converted art studio, at left, which was larger than the old house. “It was like living in a submarine,” says Orlovski of the previous home.
The bedroom takes up the small second floor of the house.
Toronto designer Julia Knezic built this house for her own family in a narrow lot next to her mom's house. Photo by Sean Galbraith. Check out the interiors here.