Photography by Gillian Stevens.
Steve Sims and Chessa Osburn felt lucky when they found a house in their price range in Vancouver, BC, which has a tight real estate market that rivals New York and San Francisco, even though “it was an unremarkable post-war (1945) bungalow on a busy street with two bedrooms upstairs and a basement suite,” Chessa says.
Chessa and Steve used wood slats to disguise the chain link fence.
An extra large woven Bulawayo Gourd Basket from Zimbabwe anchors a corner of the entryway; it’s $485 from Twenty One Tonnes.
The interior is painted a uniform shade of Decorator s White from Benjamin Moore and is full of basketry from all over the world Chessa says which I both source and design in collaboration with...
...artisans for my business Twenty One Tonnes which I run with my partner Mary Jane Bolton Throughout the house I ve used furniture and collections handed down from family and beachcombed treasures from coastal adventures
The pendant light is the Series 21 by Bocci, available from Y Lighting, and the Tuareg Mat is from Twenty One Tonnes.
“In the living room, we had the existing gas fireplace insert removed,” Chessa says.
A portable DLM (“Don’t Leave Me”) Table designed by Thomas Bentzen for Hay serves as a side table. The Tulou Coffee Table from Hay anchors the space.
In the kitchen, Chessa and Steve removed the doors from the upper cabinets to create open shelving and replaced the knobs with leather pulls.
The Moroccan Glassware is from Twenty One Tonnes.
A La Pavoni coffee maker sits atop a birch Forhoja Cart from Ikea.
The Thonet bentwood chairs are vintage (for something similar, check out Chairish).
The rear exterior addition is clad in shou sugi ban; the Acapulco chair is from Innit and the Bistro Round Side Table is from Fermob.
“The new master bedroom includes built-in cabinets made by our friend Jeff LeMay and fir flooring sourced from Vancouver Island,” Chessa says.
A rustic pair of Moroccan Doum Stools serve as bedside tables; they’re available from Twenty One Tonnes.
A row of baskets from Twenty One Tonnes serve as decor in the bedroom.
A glimpse of the bathroom; the Portuguese Bathmat is available from A Detacher in NYC.
Chessa and Steve’s daughter’s room has a custom bed designed by a craftsman friend. Our daughter’s occupational therapist recommended an enclosed bed made for kids with special needs, but the few enclosed beds we found on the market were expensive and underwhelming.
A Ranarp Clamp Spotlight from Ikea serves as a reading light.
In Chessa and Steve’s son’s room, the Beni Ourain rug is from Twenty One Tonnes.