Monday 25 May 2015

Our Nova Scotia house-to-be

Pretty much from the moment that we saw the lot in Nova Scotia, we started thinking about what our dream home would be. All during the drive home, I was envisioning a house with lots of windows so we can see the ocean from every room. Not too big and not too fancy, just big enough for us and our dogs to be comfy, with a bedroom or two for friends and family when they come visit. I couldn’t believe it when I actually found the exact house that I had envisioned, designed by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects:

house MLS

Floor to ceiling windows all the way around? Yes please! Then there were these houses with more modern lines also designed by MLS Architects

house 6 MLS

 house 3 

And more traditional house designs…

house 5   Source

house 2Source

And kind of in between modern and traditional, both by Hutker Architects

house hutker architects

house hutker architects 2

But in the end, we both agreed that the perfect design for our house was based on the cottage that we stayed in last September. It’s not fancy, but it’s got everything we want and need, and the interior layout is super-functional.

beach house 2

beach house 1Source

Our house will be a bit bigger and have way more windows to bring in the ocean view, and we’ll have a metal roof. But otherwise, this is the house that we’ll be building.

Now if we can just get the road access sorted out!

KB

9 comments:

  1. Sweet! When will you post a floor plan???

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  2. GORGEOUS!! Will you have the giant shutters too??

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    1. This is Fabienne, BTW.

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    2. Yep, we'll have the giant shutters too - they'll help protect the house when there's a giant storm!

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  3. Congratulations!! It's going to be beautiful!

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  4. Wow. What an exciting adventure! And I'm loving the modern style homes with all the window!! ~Maya @ Completely Coastal

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  5. Wow. What an exciting adventure! And I'm loving the modern style homes with all the window!! ~Maya @ Completely Coastal

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  6. Wow. All of those are awesome !

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    1. There's such an interesting variety of architectural styles around here, from very modern to very old. I want to go inside every house and take a look around!

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