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CASE STUDY

A Beautiful Home With Nowhere to Put Anything

PROJECT

Custom Family Residence

LOCATION

Vancouver, BC

SCOPE

Interior Architecture · Storage Planning · Custom Millwork · Kitchen · Mudroom · Bedrooms

THE CHALLENGE

The house had enough space.

The homeowners loved their home but were frustrated by one persistent problem:

Storage.

Sports equipment accumulated near the entrance. Kitchen appliances occupied valuable counter space. Children’s belongings moved constantly between rooms. The primary bedroom lacked adequate wardrobe capacity.

It simply wasn’t designed around the family’s actual routines.

THE VAULTORA RESPONSE

Storage was integrated into the architecture wherever possible.

Rather than adding freestanding storage throughout the house, VAULTORA looked at the problem architecturally.

The entrance became a functional transition zone with concealed cabinetry.

The kitchen was reorganized to separate display, preparation and storage functions.

The primary bedroom gained a custom wardrobe wall designed around the homeowners’ individual storage requirements.

KEY DESIGN MOVES

01

Created a concealed entry storage zone

02

Integrated appliance storage into the kitchen

03

Designed a dedicated pantry system

04

Added floor-to-ceiling wardrobe cabinetry

05

Introduced built-in storage to children’s bedrooms

06

Created concealed media and equipment storage

07

Coordinated millwork with architectural openings

THE DESIGN PRINCIPLE

It was to make it feel intentional.

The objective wasn’t to make storage disappear completely.

Cabinetry followed the architecture rather than being added to it.

01

Doors aligned with wall panels.

01

Doors aligned with wall panels.

03

Materials were repeated across rooms.

THE RESULT

The homeowners gained significantly more usable storage without sacrificing the visual calm of the home.

What had previously been a collection of individual storage problems became one cohesive architectural strategy.

Good storage doesn't simply hold things.

It gives a home room to breathe.

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Studio

Vancouver, British Columbia

Discipline

Interior Architecture

Project type

Custom Family Residence