Small Spaces
House tour: Ultra-modern condo
A minimalist living room makes a statement with modern furniture and a scenic outdoor view.
Small Spaces
House tour: Ultra-modern condo
This modern Vancouver condo’s crisp white walls and concrete floors are the perfect backdrop for showcasing an avid collector’s vintage classics.
Patti Redford has always been a minimalist at heart. Her previous 80-year-old urban country Vancouver home was uncluttered. Then, two years ago, when it came time to downsize their house after their two grown children moved out, she and her husband, Bill, purchased this loft-style condo and created an even more streamlined look.
Beyond the drastic purge, the couple undertook an eight-month renovation – a complete gut job – to get the modern aesthetic they wanted. Even though their dream home took three years to find, they didn’t mind the wait for this particular space, which happened upon them almost overnight. “We searched and searched but couldn’t find the right place,” says Patti. “And then this one came on the market, and we bought it and sold our house all in one week.”
The condo itself – a 1,200-square-foot corner unit in the Kitsilano area, with 12-foot-high ceilings and windows on all sides overlooking a park – is one of a kind. “It’s beautiful, and as soon as I walked in I knew I could do some really great stuff here,” she says.
That included getting rid of the popcorn ceiling, redesigning the kitchen and two bathrooms, adding built-ins, replacing the carpeting with concrete floors and painting all the walls a fresh, bright white.
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