The Family Apartment

Coming later this year is our third Airbnb. This was Raymond Viner Hall's family residence that he designed in the 1940’s. Here is a sneak-peek of where we are today. We still have a couple of major projects to accomplish but each day we get a little closer to opening. There are all the usual hallmarks of Raymond's designs with its sandstone floors, the use of mahogany built-in furniture, Walter’s beautiful stonework and of course a very unique fireplace. Some of our other favorite features are Raymond's use of glass block to illuminate what would've been a very dark center hallway with natural light. There is also a very subtle change from the main building with the use of rounded corners on the plastered walls. Part of our rehabilitation of it has been to add air-conditioning and heating, update the kitchen and bathroom – most of which was gone before we purchased the property, and refurnish the apartment with items that Raymond would have specified for some of his other clients.