Ok Oscar, I love your home. You can really tell that you paid attention to detail. It wasn't too bad start off with either, in all of it's originality. I did love the beamed ceilings...
I really like what you did with the FP. Adding the wall and the seating area with just a little bit of the original rock peeking out over the top. It looks like a giant giraffe (in a good way!)
I especially love your bedroom, the yellow door, and the bathroom's blue tile. The lightbulb light fixture in the bath is also one of my favorites.
Did you re-use the glass blocks from the original BR in your hallway? I love the look.
And finally, the office is my least favorite. It might just be the angle of the photo, but the curtains do not look right. I like the floor length, but they seem like they need to be up higher perhaps?
Overall, fantastic job and thank you for sharing!

wonderfully peaceful! I agree with burnttoast, what you did with the fireplace makes it oh so attractive and more interesting.

oops...forgot to ask...is the glo-ball 2 the bigger size?

Thanks!

Really lovely home! I do wonder why you dry walled over the ceiling beams in the main room though, instead of just painting them white. What was the reason? But other than that little detail, really great renovation.

My new favorite House Tour!

this is a dream home!

Beautiful, but I too wonder why you covered the beam instead of painting them white. Good thing is, what you did do looks amazing.

Beautiful transformation!

Bravo Oscar! I especially like how you brought more light into the bedroom with the windows and door addition.

Your kitchen is perfect. Love that pale blue paint color, and the butcher block counters do a good job of warming up the cool colors. Great job with the reno, you have a beautiful home and a very faithfully Scandinavian one at that! =) Jatte bra!

It is very Scandinavian.
Personally I like the what has been done with the house more than how it has been decorated. A little too cold for me. I have this urge to hang some art work up and add lots of plants.

"Why would anybody want to sit on those plastic tram chairs?" Ladymantle

Really?

Tram chairs?

The transformation is quite lovely. I have never been a fan of wood-colored window frames though... but I'd still move in! :)

ladymantle, meet the (iconic and ubiquitous) Eames molded chair.

Now, if you'll excuse, I am going to look at a LOT of Gay porn to get the image of your sweaty bottom out of my head.

i too love this tour even though i'm not a fan of the designer furniture but it works in this house. honestly with those floors, windows, and white walls you could furnish it any way and it will all work. i want that white paint!

Gorgeous place!

why yes, I would love to move in!

Lovely! All the sleek Scandi-Mod-Mid-Century look but with cheeriness and approachability.

I love the before and afters.

Hmmm. It looks cold, too ...designed? I like many individual aspects but all together the place looks like it is trying too hard to be stylish at the cost of lived-in-ness.

Of course, it really doesn't help that I've spotted the same red Brio toy car in three different places - screams styled for the photo op.

I like a lot of what has been done but would have kept the beams and fluted glass divider (love that!). I'm not totally sure about the fireplace but it probably looks good in person.

Do agree with the comments about the decor being somewhat "cold"--maybe a few more natural textures down the road could warm things up.

Too much white for my liking, but it is a lovely place.

The thing that struck me when I saw this house is how exposed and open it is... Nary a window covering to be found.

The reason I raise this as an issue is that I lived in Calgary for many years, and am only too familiar with Calgary's brand of blinding sunshine. It is Canada's Sunshine Capital, with the most sunny days in the whole country.

Doesn't look to me like the eaves will provide much protection, and don't know the exposure, but white walls and lots of windows in Calgary spells "headache" to me... (the sun is so sharp and so bright, it's like Arizona or New Mexico).

Lot's of passive solar heating, in any case.

So, a lovely house, but I can't help wondering how comfortable it really is...

OMG this is a version of MY gut renovation (and better so far, in that it is complete)! We had the same big huge rock fireplace, same ceiling line and beams, same dark, weird, small rooms. We knocked down walls, raised ceilings and ripped up ancient dark green carpet and put down similar wood floors.

We got rid of our beams because they weren't real, solid wood anyway and would have looked awful painted. They really brought the ceiling down and not it looks much, much higher.

We painted everything superwhite to make it as bright as possible. Even with our huge windows (again, similar), we think we're going to need some solar tubes because our house is so shaded and faces the "wrong way."

Love the scandinavian, mid-century concept. That's what we're going for too. Similarly, we have a wood dining room table and plastic chairs - in our case, all white.

It is so awesome to see something so very similar to the "vision" I have in my mind. And to see the use of Ikea here and there throughout (as we are doing).

I agree that I'd love to see more art on the walls. But I think the starkness in general is the Scandanavian aspect coming out - and I like it. Can't wait to show my husband these pictures!

Echoing others, love it overall. Really dig the fireplace. I like renovations that keep what is there, in a creative way. You nailed it with the fireplace. Personally, really loved the beams and would have kept them. Perhaps there is a reason beyond aesthetics? At any rate, great work and thanks for sharing.

Even though I love this and even though this is similar to what I would have done - doesn't it feel like we've seen this before? Eames-chairs, white walls, open spaces ad infinitum...

Beautiful! I agree some art would be nice.

Patrick you crack me up!

Oscar, I absolutely love the fireplace!

I happen to live in Calgary, too, and am wondering if you have any secret special gems of shops you like to frequent?

Did you get the Eames somewhere local?

great one patrick!

i love it!

I'm a little surprised with the super finished/decorated living room, dining room and kitchen and what looks like a bedroom that ran out of steam and ideas. It looks as if it's still in the planning stage - what with not very nice closet doors, a bed that seems in the wrong or let's say, uncomfortable, place, a poor chair relegated to a corner... Not a room I'd look forward to going into at night.
I also agree with the office. Looks like the decorators walked out when they finished the open areas. By the way, I LOVE the bathroom window in the before photo. Is it still there? It seemd to inspire other windows that I'm not too clear about. And maybe you could have used the before entrance divider glass someone else liked in another context. Both it and the bathroom glass are very retro european and would have fit in beautifully.
I also agree that the living room chairs look unfriendly given the warmth of the room. And yes, the fireplace solution is terrific. The entire "public" area is beautifully balanced and conceived. Maybe your other Calgary friend has a point though about too much light. There are all sorts of interesting blinds that nearly disappear when rolled up that could resolve that though and I'm sure you'll find the way the more you live in the space.

I love the corner windows of the house, the light is also great.

I found very interesting the before and after pictures, love the fireplace job, the bathroom tiles, and all the chairs. Great job.

About the room and the office I think that they are still a work in project, but that's totally normal, decorate a house takes time and effort.

I have that same bed! It's a nice one. It has lasted me about 7 years!

lili09 (or anyone else) --

AP says that's an IKEA bed. I love it but I don't see it on their site? Is it from somewhere else perhaps?

Thanks!

Oscar! - Just wonderful! I love your fresh, simple and clean home.

Lili09- I have the same IKEA bed and they no longer make it. I bought it over 5 years ago and I am still in love with it. It is in our yellow guest room with a super bright and fun flower duvet cover over it.

Ocki! Vad kul att se! Du har verkligen ett mycket vackert hem, det ser superhärligt ut. Påminner lite om Frösakull;)) Ha det gott!
kram Eva

@luckybydesign...
ditto that, midcenturydweller in Inglewood! Kijiji has loads of stuff :-) Nice house Oscar.