This house defies the laws of quantum physics. It’s like Snoopy’s doghouse, tiny on the outside, but enormous on the inside. If you were looking to buy a home, the neighborhood alone might be enough to scare you away. But this house is proof that looks are deceiving. Someone saw this house and realized that it had “good bones”. They brought it up to code, and used the rest of the budget putting luxury finishes in it. I don’t think I could do the neighborhood, but the house itself…I’d move in tomorrow if it was available. Especially if I could have the whole house and not just an apartment. This is so well designed, I don’t know what I’d do with all the extra space!

I hardly know where to begin, but I’m gonna start with the killer color palette they decided on: Black and white. They didn’t stage the house, which was a stroke of genius because you really get a feel for how much space they made out of basically nothing. That black and white color palette means that pretty much any way you furnish it is gonna work. But more importantly, the white adds volume, making every room look way bigger. The pops of black add just enough contrast to the space to keep it from looking sterile or bland. It’s just black, white, and hickory woodwork, everywhere you look. 

And can we talk about all the woodwork?!! The wooden slat feature walls, the matching bench seating in the foyer and kitchen, the matching live-edge barn doors and stair treads, and the matching wall-to-wall hardwood floors? Honey please…you had me at hardwood floors! The cool thing about all the hickory is that it really warms up all that white. There’s no such thing as too much natural light to me, but there’s so much of it flowing through all those wonderful, weatherproofed windows that without the hickory, the house would feel cold, especially with the curtains open exposing all the snow outside, which is just part of living in Canada. That’s a lot of wood, and it really gives the house a cozy, homey feel that draws you into the house and invites you to explore.

But what really blew me away is that this house has not one, not two but three levels to it. Like I said, it’s Snoopy’s doghouse. It’s Harry Potter’s tent. It looks like there’s barely room for one person. But that’s a four-bedroom house. From the outside, it doesn’t look like it has an upstairs, but it does. And it’s big enough to have not one but nice-sized bedrooms. What I didn’t see in the video were closets. Which isn’t surprising because houses like that weren’t built for people with lots of clothes. They were built for poor folk. 

As for the backyard, it’s got loads of potential. But potential is all it’s gonna have until they tear down that fugly assed shed. That would be a great start, but it’s gonna take a lot more than that to save that backyard space. The next time I got my hands on some money, I’ve build myself a tall wooden fence to shut out every possible view of my neighbors. And forget landscaping. After tearing down that shed and fencing it in, I’d lay down bricks or pavers so there’s no grass to cut, and maybe set up a little water feature to create a little outdoor zen. I’d set up a barbecue pit, a bar, and I’d get some killer patio furniture, and make myself an outdoor living and dining space that would make my house the party spot in the spring and summer.