as far as clients go, Ian Patrick is very refreshing. The finance professional (right brain) and hobbyist DJ (left brain) was busy looking at real estate in Canada's Montreal before the perfect listing lured him back across the country to Vancouver. 'I flew home and on seeing this apartment in person I couldn't help but imagine all kinds of possibilities,' he recalls.
Ripe for a change, the corner loft, replete with sandblasted bricks and old timber beams, was tucked within a converted industrial warehouse in Vancouver's hip Gastown neighbourhood. Ian sought an interior firm that might take his space in a different direction - he found Falken Reynolds, led by Chad Falkenberg and Kelly Reynolds, serendipitously just down the street. Falken Reynolds knew their client was keen to entertain fellow music enthusiasts at home and wanted his space to expand and contract accordingly. The main room speaks volumes with its kitchen, dining and living all in one, but they took it up a notch: a new zone takes shape as a separate reading nook, while a central drop-down projection screen can transform the loft into a screening room at the turn of a chair (or two).
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THE DESIGNERS
Chad Falkenberg and Kelly Reynolds of Falken Reynolds, a Vancouver-based studio, created this NYC-style loft for lan Patrick, a finance professional and music lover.
THE PROPERTY
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