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Primary bedroom
Photo credit: David Gilbert

Meanwhile, two large sliding panels in
Built-in desk in primary bedroom different shades of red provide definition
Photo credit: David Gilbert
to the room, with one marking its
entrance and the other serving as the
door to its ensuite bathroom. The primary
bathroom embodies the flip side of Amy
and Mark’s design philosophy for the
house; eye-catching colours and materials
draw attention to specific elements,
highlighting the specific functionality of
this different kind of room. This concept
is epitomised by the walk-in shower,
a triangular prism tucked under the
roofline and defined by bright yellow tiles
that are activated by sunlight from above.
Elsewhere in the home, the high-
contrast colour palette continues to
differentiate element and function, while
materials such as wood once again blend
flexible built-ins into the house’s existing
structure. In the kitchen, the architects
worked with Reform to select cladding
for their IKEA cabinets, using four shades
of brightly coloured linoleum panels.
Solid character-grade oak runs through
many of the renovated areas of the house,
and oak panels climb up the sides of the
terrazzo kitchen countertops and encase
a built-in bookshelf and a structural
column. These elements reappear in the
second-floor bathroom, where cedar lines
the walls and ceilings and multi-coloured
hexagonal tiles can be found underfoot.
From the sunlit suite at the top of the
home, to the easygoing elegance of the first

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