n the southwest of the Canadian island of Montreal, in the thick of picturesque parks and lakes, the small (just over 3000 inhabitants) and cozy town of Baie-D’Urfé was lost. In it, a young family purchased a small two-story house, in the architecture and interior of which a number of shortcomings were revealed. To correct them, homeowners turned to the Montreal design studio Alain Carle Architecte.