Interior: Cape Cod chic

Stay or go? Reno or sell? What homeowner hasn’t faced that dilemma? After years of trying to figure out how to make their three-storey house work for them, Alain Doom and Charles “Chip” Hamann of Ottawa decided to sell. “We were unhappy with the layout – it had been frustrating us for years,” says Chip. “We actually had a deposit down on another house when we met our contractor, Lindsay Nicol.” Lindsay recommended designer Irene Langlois to help renovate the house the couple was about to buy, but when they met Irene, plans changed. “With such a first-class team,” says Chip, “we decided to stay and make it work.” “It was really about maximizing living space,” says Irene.


Kitchen interior
The beautifully updated kitchen is now perfect for hosting memorable dinner parties and entertaining friends and family.