From Dutch designer Marie-Louise Reesink comes Kast van een Huis. ‘Kast’ is Dutch for closet or storage cabinet, and the expression ‘Een kast van een Huis’ translates roughly ‘enormous house.’ It’s along the same line as the English expression ‘barn of a house.’ And so is named Reesnik’s line of children’s armoires fashioned after Amsterdam’s 17th and 18th Century canalhouses. They’re fully customizable with a selection of 3 sizes, 3 styles of gables, a wide palette of colors and the option of adding additional doors and windows. They’re moveable closets, the focal point of your nursery, kid’s bedroom or play room, and can be utilized as a room divider. I’m thinking these might look smart in the clubhouse.

What’s it like to live in a real canal house?
Check out one couple’s story.

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