Two Days, One Helicopter, and the Perfect Prefab Cabin in British Columbia

An afterthought of a sketch inspired the rustic, off-the-grid Keats Island love nest of a couple’s dream.

When Vancouver-based designer Daria Sheina was presenting concepts for Sean Sikorski and Chadd Andre’s retreat on British Columbia’s remote Keats Island, she barely paused on a half-finished sketch of two playfully stacked and rotated cuboid volumes. It wasn’t developed enough, she thought. "But we were like, wait, wait, wait, what was that one?" says Chadd with a laugh.

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Stacey McLachlan
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Stacey McLachlan is an award-winning writer and magazine editor living and working in British Columbia, Canada.

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