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home renovation. They were
also awarded ‘Best Kitchen’ at
the Alberta BILD Awards, and
the 2019 CHBA National Awards
recognized them for ‘Best Kitch-
en’ across Canada.
“Warm & Tranquil resonates
with people,” says Lisa. “It’s
the transformation of a dated
home into a modern oasis. Peo-
ple can relate that to their own
house and see themselves in it”.
The client on that project first
approached Lisa and Barry at
an open house they were host-
ing at a full home renovation
they had recently completed in
their area.
“They walked into this project,
liked what they saw, and start-
ed talking to us about their own
home,” Lisa recalls. “They want-
ed to do a full-on main floor re-
configuration, and a renovation
in their basement and upper
floors as well.”
The client’s existing home was
built in the 1970’s and has never
been renovated. It had dropped
floors, sunken living rooms, and
a “compartmentalized main
floor,” including a tiny kitchen,
a dining room that was never
used, and both a front and back
living room.
“It was all really separated,” Lisa
says. “You couldn’t be in one
room and talk to someone in
another room, because there
were walls all around.”
“They wanted to open it up,”
she explains. “They wanted to
host large family gatherings,
they wanted to entertain, and
they wanted a really big func-
tional kitchen that would bring
the entire main floor together.”
To achieve that, Dependable
Renovations removed three
load-bearing walls and replaced
them with large engineered
steel ceiling beams – which
they then clad in walnut, keep-
ing with the client’s goal to have
a “really warm, really peaceful
space.” They similarly carried
walnut through in the cus-
tom cabinetry and barn doors,
stained the ceilings to match,
and replaced the flooring with
natural pecan wood.
The combination of contempo-
rary custom finishes, hidden
lighting and an abundance of
wood elements resulted in a
home that is ultra-modern yet
feels peaceful and natural. The
name ‘Warm & Tranquil’ de-
scribes it perfectly.
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