Squamish kitchens sit in a different context than their neighbours up the highway. The light is harder. Palettes can take a cooler undertone without going cold. Granite from the Stawamus Chief is a real reference point, not a marketing line. And the houses are often being built by families who chose Squamish for the long term — which means the kitchen has to handle a decade of real use, not a season of vacation rental.
Designing for Squamish light and material
The Stawamus Chief is a granite monolith on the edge of town, and it affects every palette decision we make here. Warm interior palettes read beautifully against that cool, hard context. Cool palettes feel one-note. Most of our Squamish kitchens lean into antique oak, honed local stone, and unlacquered brass — warm metals counter the ambient cool of the landscape.
Local trades, short supply chains
Our studio is on 3rd Avenue in Squamish. Most of the millworkers, stone suppliers, and trade finishers we specify are in the corridor. That means shorter lead times, easier site visits, and the ability to look at a stone slab in person before we release the order. On a kitchen, those logistics compound into better decisions.
The types of Squamish kitchens we design
Ground-up new builds for families moving up from Vancouver. Full renovations of older Squamish homes getting a second chapter. Select downtown commercial kitchens (e.g., boutique hospitality, real estate offices, fitness studios — see Stilhavn). And occasional refresh scopes for owners who bought recently and want to update the heart of the house without touching everything else.
A registered, not a decorator
This matters more in kitchens than anywhere else in the house, because the stakes are technical — cabinetry dimensions, mechanical coordination, electrical loads, appliance specification, code compliance. Lauren is NCIDQ-certified and registered with IDIBC and IDC. Squamish currently has only one RID-led interior design studio — and we're it.
Work that shows the thinking.
Common questions.
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