Today we’re taking a look inside a Canadian cabin, a quiet cottage tucked at the base of an ancient glacial fjord in British Columbia.
The tiny 525-square-foot cabin started life as a lumberjack’s home in the 1920s; a century later, it’s been updated by Jordan and Brittany Weller, the husband and wife partners behind Earth to People. The project is personal to the Wellers: The duo formerly used the space as a workshop for their in-house furniture line, with finds made from wind-fallen cedar and collected sap—and it’s in the seaside village where Jordan grew up. Originally built as a summer resort just 20 minutes from Vancouver, the town once hosted the likes of the Rockefellers and the Astors—and, legend has it, served as a hideout for Al Capone.
Wanting to transform the utilitarian space into a quiet refuge, Jordan and Brittany “decided to think economically when it came to maximizing space, prioritizing details over room count, and emphasizing a decidedly ‘west coast’ material palette: salvaged fir reclaimed from a former elementary school that was torn down nearby, tongue-and-groove cedar, homemade batches of coffee stain to give the old rough-cut wood new life, and new furniture and sculptures designed specifically for the space.”
The couple calls the finished hideaway the Coveside Carriage House, “an ode to its stone-throw proximity to the often whitecapped and rough waters which it overlooks. Join us for a look around—and if you like what you see? The cabin is available for rent via Airbnb; head here to book.
Photography by James Han (@takenby_jh), courtesy of Earth to People.
For more cabins we love the world over, have a look at:
- Big Sister, Little Brother: Little Onsen Cabins in Hokkaido, Japan
- Seaside Scandi : A 1970s Cabin Makeover on the Danish Riviera
- Summer in Hee: A Low Impact Coastal Cabin in Rural Sweden
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