It creates an open, warm and bright space to house the couple’s sleeping quarters. Using clever storage and operable partitions, the design can be adapted to accommodate privacy for visiting overnight guests – or telescope out to create an open, connected living space. The brief was to take an existing low and dark basement where the master bedroom, study / guestroom rather unceremoniously shared space with the washroom, laundry facilities and furnace room – and give it the same consideration and treatment as the more public living spaces throughout the main floor.