cottage interior

Every inch of the home is designed to accommodate the family's needs with ample hidden storage keeping spaces clutter free, complemented by open storage with those items more frequently reached for such as books to read and ingredients to cook with.

"I believe that if there’s a place for everything then nothing is out of place, and I’ve tried to incorporate that into a lot of the furniture design and functionality,

The living space includes a Stuv woodburning stove. To balance the raw hemlock, Braithwaite customized industrial touches like Edison-bulb light fixtures that suspend at varying heights on fabric wire.

The interior is lined almost entirely in birch plywood panels.

A timber-framed screened porch gives guests a place to sit outside without being swarmed by mosquitos.

Original details can be found throughout the 2,304-square-foot residence, including the clerestory windows and stone fireplace in the main living room.

The open-plan kitchen, dining and living room honors the home's original design and heroes the existing stone wall.