Budget Breakdown: A Work-From-Home Couple Reenvision a Loft for $291K. The Office Steals the Show
Amy and Tomasz run their photography business from a maple plywood workspace hung with Japanese noren curtains in their sub-1,000-square-foot flat.
Amy and Tomasz run their photography business from a maple plywood workspace hung with Japanese noren curtains in their sub-1,000-square-foot flat.
Tomasz Wagner and Amy Tran first saw their current home from the window of the apartment complex next door. Partners in life and work—the couple run a lifestyle and wedding photography company in Vancouver, B.C.—they were residing in a live/work space in the False Creek neighborhood and noticed a loft was going up for sale, a space dated to 1996 that had previously been used by a woodworker.
The layout wasn’t optimal—the kitchen sat just inside the front door, the laundry area was inexplicably large, and a mezzanine, presumably the future bedroom, had no bathroom. Still, Amy and Tomasz shared a vision of a compact home with a creative studio. "We were drawn to the double-height ceilings and all the natural light," Tomasz says. "It’s located on the top floor and opens up to a common area with a garden. We wanted a patio or outdoor space, and this allowed us to have that without tripling our budget to get a house."
Tomasz Wagner and Amy Tran renovated a 938-square-foot loft in the False Creek neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, into a live/work space. The kitchen, as with the rest of the flat, features customized MDF cabinetry.
Photo by Tomasz Wagner
The couple’s cat, Gustavo, or Gus, hangs out in the dining nook. "They weren’t super concerned about having a huge dining table," says Emma Sims, who runs design studio &Daughters with Darcy Hanna. "But we wanted to give them some dedicated space for dining." It is now one of Amy’s favorite places in the home, she says.
Photo by Tomasz Wagner
Hanna and Sims chose Caesarstone counters for its durability. Open shelving provides a place for Amy and Tomasz to display pieces picked up around the world.
Photo by Tomasz Wagner
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