Before & After: They Saved One of the Last Midcentury Homes in Their Lakefront Neighborhood

Husband-and-wife studio Ben Homes revived a 1969 residence in Burlington, Ontario, without knocking down a single wall.

In 2021, in the thick of the pandemic, Todd and Kristen McMillan thought it might be nice to move to the country, just north of where they were living in Burlington, Ontario. The couple had sold their current house, which they designed and built as principals of their firm, Ben Homes, and were scanning the market for another property to build on for themselves, their two teenagers, and their dog.

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Melissa Dalton
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Melissa Dalton is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, who has been writing for Dwell since 2017. Read more of her work about design and architecture at melissadalton.net.