The primary bedroom overlooks a double-height living space in this wooden cottage by Montreal-based architect Ravi Handa, making the compact home feel much larger than its size.
Completed last year, the diminutive cabin was designed to maximise living space within a relatively small footprint of 1,500 square feet (139 square metres).
Chalet Pic-Bois is clad in cedar
Despite its size, the architect included three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a sauna within the home.
Dubbed Chalet Pic-Bois (Woodpecker Cottage) the property is located near Brome Lake, a popular skiing and hiking destination outside Montreal.
The cabin has a double-height living space
Entrance to the cedar-clad home is from the north side, where a covered portico protects a full-height glass door. The ground floor contains a children's bedroom, bathroom, and sauna, as well as the open-concept kitchen, living and dining space that opens to a patio on the southwest corner of the building.
Vaulted ceilings give the home a cathedral-like feel
One of the ways in which Handa made the interiors feel more spacious was to create a double-height living space that is open to the primary bedroom. Built as a mezzanine, this configuration makes both rooms feel larger.
"Thanks to the vaulted ceilings and the internal organisation that compresses some rooms in order to give the living room more openness, the Woodpecker Cottage fosters an open and airy expression," said the architect.
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