How can a home truly blend in with the natural world around it? Tucked away on the edge of a beautiful wooded property in Mirabel, the Du Corail Residence answers that question perfectly.
Designed by the Montreal-based studio Entre Quatre Murs, this contemporary 7,700-square-foot family home was carefully developed over four years. Rather than dominating the landscape, the house settles into it gently. The final design is the result of studying the natural site and carefully listening to the family who would call it home.
A Three-Level Journey
The architects designed the interior layout to feel like a journey through different spaces, all connected by a striking, suspended staircase. Featuring a clear glass railing, this seemingly weightless staircase acts as the spine of the house, allowing natural light to flow freely from top to bottom.
The home is divided into three distinct zones:
The Mezzanine: Perched at the very top, this level serves as a private, quiet retreat for the owners, offering carefully framed views right into the treetops.
The Main Floor: The heart of the home features a massive open-concept layout that brings the living room, kitchen, and dining area together. Huge windows line the walls, turning the abundant natural light into a defining feature of the room.
The Lower Level: Thanks to the natural slope of the land, the bottom floor feels surprisingly bright and open. This space is dedicated to leisure, teenagers' bedrooms, and guest rooms, built with the exact same high-quality standards as the upper floors.
Bringing the Outdoors In
The materials chosen for the Du Corail Residence deeply connect the home to its rocky, forested surroundings. Natural stone flows seamlessly from the outside of the house into the interior living spaces, blurring the line between indoors and outdoors.
Warm wood is used everywhere—across ceilings, floors, and custom cabinetry—creating an organic connection with the trees outside. These durable, natural materials are part of a smart, eco-friendly approach. The house also relies on clever positioning to take advantage of the sun's warmth and natural breezes to keep the home comfortable year-round.
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
A Kitchen Built to Inspire
Designed closely with the owners, the kitchen is a masterclass in modern style. It layers pale grey cabinets, natural wood, and bold black accents, all brightened by smooth, pale quartz countertops.
However, the true star of the main floor is the custom glass corner wine cellar. It marks the transition between the kitchen and the dining area, keeping the open-concept feel alive while acting as a stunning visual centrepiece. Instead of hiding the bottles away in a dark room, this glass cellar displays them like a beautiful library, turning storage into a piece of sculptural art.
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Designed Just for Them
This highly customized approach doesn't stop in the kitchen; it flows through every single room. After countless conversations with the family, the designers created custom walk-in closets, built-in furniture, and personalized bathroom vanities perfectly suited to the owners' daily routines. Even the smart backlighting is designed to change and adapt to the mood throughout the day.
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
More Than Just a Beautiful Space
The Du Corail Residence is a testament to smart design. It proves that a home can be stunningly beautiful without sacrificing everyday function. For the team at Entre Quatre Murs, an interior is never just about what looks good on the surface—it is a supportive framework built to hold, enhance, and celebrate the lives of the people living inside it.
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Du Corail Residence: Living Within the Landscape. Image courtesy of: Maxime Brouillet
Founded in 2009, Entre Quatre Murs is a Montreal-based high-end interior design and architecture studio specializing in large-scale residential and commercial projects, in both renovation and new construction. Driven by a team of young, passionate designers, the studio is dedicated to creating living spaces that are unique, timeless, warm, and deeply personalized. Its primary goal: to enhance the comfort of its clients' lives, evoke genuine emotion, and translate their identities into spaces that truly reflect who they are. To achieve this, its approach rests on three core pillars: functionality, materiality, and light.
Combining human and collaborative practice with meticulous attention to detail and a relentless pursuit of the finest available resources, the team at Entre Quatre Murs creates spaces imbued with a lasting sense of well-being and rightness. For these designers, life is a succession of experiences, a collection of moments and memories — and design shapes the setting in which most of them unfold. They believe, therefore, that working with an interior designer goes far beyond creating an aesthetically pleasing space: it is about crafting a place that mirrors the personality of its inhabitants and nurtures their fulfillment.
Recognized on numerous occasions for the quality of its work, the close-knit team at Entre Quatre Murs is a mosaic of talents committed to excellence and dedicated to redefining, day after day, the spaces we inhabit. With more than sixteen years of practice, the studio continues to grow through a careful selection of projects and an established presence in international design competitions and publications.
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