TEXT SINEAD KEANE PHOTOGRAPHY TERRY GUSCOTT
lofty
ideas
An ambitious couple transforms side-by-side apartments into a single spectacular space
It started out as the ultimate bachelor pad – a bright and airy one-bedroom loft
near Vancouver's Main Street. But just six months
after moving in, Leigh Walker met his soon-tobe wife, Margaret, and it wasn't long before the
couple was contemplating trading up to a larger,
family-friendly space.
Reluctant to give up their central location
and relocate to the suburbs, Leigh and Margaret
held out – and when a lucky opportunity presented itself in 2007 to purchase the neighbouring
condo, the savvy duo jumped on it. The plan? To
turn two urban condos into one amazing home
for them, their three dogs, Kona, Hank and Ruby,
and any new additions that might arrive in the
coming years.
It seemed as simple as taking a sledgehammer to the walls. Deconstructing the apartment
next door would nearly double the 1,150-squarefoot space into a two-bedroom, two-bathroom,
2,050-square-foot luxury loft. That is, it seemed
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