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Booth House

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Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Year
2018
This renovation project transformed a dark, cramped kitchen into a light-filled, well-organized space that steps down into a newly added lounge area bordering the garden. The skewed bar of orange shelving provides deep storage in the kitchen and narrows to 'knickknack' depth in the lounge.
This renovation project transformed a dark, cramped kitchen into a light-filled, well-organized space that steps down into a newly added lounge area bordering the garden. The skewed bar of orange shelving provides deep storage in the kitchen and narrows to 'knickknack' depth in the lounge.
The skewed band of overhead orange shelving that blazes a trail through the kitchen and lounge provides storage space for the owner who loves colour collecting things – and organizes objects in a way that pleases her minimalism-inclined partner.
The skewed band of overhead orange shelving that blazes a trail through the kitchen and lounge provides storage space for the owner who loves colour collecting things – and organizes objects in a way that pleases her minimalism-inclined partner.
The ground-floor lounge addition is a tiny but inviting nook.
The ground-floor lounge addition is a tiny but inviting nook.
Built-in storage and expanses of white expand the apparent size of rooms in a house that is only 14 feet wide.
Built-in storage and expanses of white expand the apparent size of rooms in a house that is only 14 feet wide.
Clean-lined bath fixtures and cabinetry, combined with a touch of colour, turn an upstairs bathroom into a simple, spa-like retreat.
Clean-lined bath fixtures and cabinetry, combined with a touch of colour, turn an upstairs bathroom into a simple, spa-like retreat.
Large windows in the back wall of the addition draw light deep into the heritage row house's long, narrow interior.
Large windows in the back wall of the addition draw light deep into the heritage row house's long, narrow interior.
The discreet streetfront presence of the new third-storey deck added to this 19th-century row house met stringent local restrictions on heritage-block alterations.
The discreet streetfront presence of the new third-storey deck added to this 19th-century row house met stringent local restrictions on heritage-block alterations.

Details

Square Feet
1400

Credits

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Architect
Interior Design
PLANT Architect Inc.
Landscape Design
Builder
Derek Nicholson Inc.
Photographer
Steven Evans Photography

From PLANT Architect Inc.

This late-19th-century row house is very charming – and less than 14 feet wide. PLANT Architect Inc. gutted the interior and extended it at the rear and up to a third-floor deck with commanding views of downtown. The addition's minimal presence on the street made it possible to enlarge the house while meeting stringent local restrictions on heritage-block alterations.
Although the addition elongates what was already a very narrow house, it floods it with light. The expanded kitchen now steps down into a new, garden-bordering lounge with seating by a small fireplace. Overhead, a skewed bar of open shelving blazes an orange trail through the kitchen and lounge, concealing the mechanical ductwork.
One of the house's owners is a minimalist who favours a neutral palette; the other is a collector who loves colour. With the minimalist in mind, the design team unified the interior with a grey and white palette. At the same time, the ground floor's crowning expanse of orange shelving satisfies the maximalist's craving for colour and provides a highly visible – yet clutter-taming – system for displaying possessions.