Trinity Treehouse

Trinity Treehouse is a third-floor addition to a semi-detached home on Gore Vale Avenue, overlooking Trinity Bellwoods Park. The project converted a pitched-roof attic with a small office into a full primary suite, ensuite, and new outdoor balcony — and in doing so, reorganized the entire domestic logic of the house. Before the addition, the family shared the second floor with their children: primary bedroom adjacent to the kids' rooms, one bathroom between all of them. The brief was to create a private retreat at the top of the house. The result goes further than that.

The exterior is clad in white brick, chosen to complement the architectural language of the neighbourhood while reading as distinct from the home's existing painted blue brick below. A curved wall defines the massing of the addition — softening the facade, providing privacy from neighbouring properties, and establishing a gesture that travels without interruption from the street into the interior. The same curve reappears in the custom bed frame, which integrates storage and sideboards into a single piece of millwork. Black metal railings complete the exterior, tying the addition to the floors below with material precision.

Inside, large sliding glass doors open the primary suite directly onto the balcony, with unobstructed views over the park canopy. The ensuite is organized around a walk-in shower, freestanding tub, and custom vanity. A full wall of his-and-hers closets conceals the ensuite laundry — storage that disappears entirely into the architecture. A custom unit behind the bed provides a partition that maintains privacy without introducing a wall.

The second floor was reorganized simultaneously: the former primary bedroom converted into a dedicated home office, the shared bathroom returned to the children. The addition did not simply add a room at the top — it corrected the spatial hierarchy of the entire house.