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“We wanted to make it feel like a surf shack. It was important to us to have a low-key, slow, easy lifestyle,” Kyle says.

Hutchison replaced the old chimney with a wall of sliding glass doors that lead out to a series of decks. The designers also raised the ceiling, exposed the trusses, and brought in clerestory windows to create a sense of brightness and loftiness. A main goal of the renovation was to better connect the home with its forested lot. "One of the things that convinced me to buy the house was the fact that when you open the front door, you see all of this green coming in through the backyard," says Georgina.

Custom cabinets in a mix of white oak and lacquered paint join Miele appliances and a honed quartz countertop.

The three independent rooms upstairs were converted to a main suite with a walk-through closet at the center.

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A pass-through window connects the kitchen to the long, sunny patio.

End-grain Kaswell flooring, a marble-topped table, and wood-and-metal chairs help to update the open-plan dining area.

The Colemas replaced the orange carpet in the loft area with grey tweed carpet tiles from FLOR. The pair of smaller windows was removed to make way for a Skycove window seat by Marvin.

Squaring the window made it possible to install a window seat for reading sessions beside a favorite Spruce tree in the front yard.