ABOUT
Our story began in university, where our paths crossed, and from there, life unfolded in the most beautiful way. In 2013, we followed the pull of the ocean and the whisper of the pines, leaving behind the familiar to embrace a new rhythm of living on Nova Scotia’s breathtaking South Shore.
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What we found was more than just a place, it was a feeling. A sanctuary where time slows, where the sea and sky paint a different masterpiece each day. A place to rest, to dream, to create, to grow. Here, inspiration isn’t something you chase, it’s something you wake up to.
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We built our practice to share this magic, to help others not just see, but feel the essence of this landscape and lifestyle. Because life isn’t just about the spaces we live in, but the way they make us come alive.
ELAINE
I enjoy designing homes that feel like a deep breath, calm, effortless, and alive. Spaces that don’t just shelter but embrace, shifting with the light, the air, and the rhythm of life. A home should feel as if it has grown from the land itself, in harmony with nature, whispering its presence rather than imposing. It should adapt and breathe, shaping itself around the people who live within it. More than walls and a roof, a well-designed home nurtures, inspires, and lingers in memory like a beloved landscape.
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My love for food, growing it, cooking it, sharing it, has shaped the way I see a home. The kitchen to me, is its beating heart, a place of warmth and gathering where life’s quiet moments and celebrations unfold. A kitchen should feel effortless, drawing people in, allowing them to move intuitively, to create and connect without thinking, just feeling.
Here in Nova Scotia, life moves to the rhythm of the land. Mornings are washed in soft fog, afternoons shift with the tide, and evenings settle beneath skies that feel endless. The landscape is never still, never the same, and that movement, that breath, is what I seek to capture in the homes I design. I love helping others find their place in it, to create homes that feel not just lived in, but deeply, unmistakably alive.
GRAHAM
The decisions we make when designing buildings depend on how we think about life, and I like to think about what really matters most to your every day experiences. By travelling and experiencing new things our perceptions adjust and become at the same time more critical and open minded. Now we live and work off grid right on the shoreline and love to see the sunrise from the horizon and the reflections of moonlight dancing on the ceiling.
