The Toronto home of architects Aaron Letki and Angela Tsementzis. The couple rent the lower level to a coffee shop. (Matthew Sherwood For The Globe and Mail)
Angela Tsementzis and Aaron Letki in their living space. (Matthew Sherwood For The Globe and Mail)
Mt. Letki bought the building in 2005. ‘Being a pretty broke guy, and single, I needed income,’ he recalls. ‘The typical situation is to get a place with a basement apartment. This was different,' he laughs. 'But it meant my place would be higher up. And I was attracted to the idea of living on a corner.' The kitchen is white Ikea cabinetry, topped with a slab of Statuario marble. (Matthew Sherwood For The Globe and Mail)
Mr. Letki saw his home as a canvas for experimentation. It was an investigation into about what a corner store could become, and how to live in a Victorian neighbourhood with space and light in abundance. (Matthew Sherwood For The Globe and Mail)
In 2006 Mr. Letki completed a first stage of renovation, gutting the second floor completely, carving out windows to face both streets, and adding on a third storey. (Matthew Sherwood For The Globe and Mail)
The concept for the interior was dead simple: to open up the 1,000-square-foot spaces into a loft-like apartment. (Matthew Sherwood For The Globe and Mail)
Aluminum windows were added and some of the building’s Douglas fir structure was exposed. A new floor of Gypcrete, a smooth coating that resembles concrete was also added. (Matthew Sherwood For The Globe and Mail)
The white walls and the high-boned proportions of the building, plus a couple of Eames chairs, evoke a chicly converted space in a large 1920s loft building. (Matthew Sherwood For The Globe and Mail)
The front of the building features a huge French balcony: two great glass doors that slide open, offering a prospect straight east down the nearby street. (Matthew Sherwood For The Globe and Mail)
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