With Leung’s role requiring her to pay regular visits to Hong Kong – where Ratana’s head office for the Asian and European markets is situated – this is a family on the move, with an interiors style to match.

Their two-level, 1,300 sq ft, two-bedroom town house is in Coal Harbour, a neighbour­hood coveted for its seaside location and proximity to Stanley Park.

The mixture of mid-century modern, vintage and contemporary influences throughout the 16-year-old house is immediately apparent on the open-plan first floor. Here, walls are decorated with art and personal memorabilia, including a framed map of Hong Kong, First Nations artwork from Canada’s indigenous peoples, and photographs and prints from Belgium, Cambodia and London, Britain. The circumference of art unifies the floor while allowing individual spaces to emerge.

The couple didn’t want a home that was too trendy or relied on a single designer or design element. “We need to be able to come home and feel good about our lives and see ourselves reflected in our home,” says Loicq. “Our style is intemporelle [timeless].”

A 200 sq ft patio graces the front of the house. “We wanted to have space where we could marry indoor and outdoor living,” says Leung. “We carefully picked pieces for both the living room and patio to create a continuous flow.”

Inside the living room, Michel Ducaroy’s Togo sofa for Ligne Roset is comfortable and welcoming. Interestingly, Loicq and Leung chose the same classic set from his childhood, in Belgium in the 1970s. “I felt if it was good enough for me growing up, it’s good enough for my family,” he says.

Dividing the living and dining areas is an original Florence Knoll credenza the couple found while on honeymoon in New York, just after buying the town house in 2013. They so loved the green marble in the kitchen and fireplace hearth that when they spotted the piece in matching green marble, they immediately had it shipped home.

“But it arrived in a shambles,” recalls Leung. “It was in so many pieces and none of the antique stores wanted to touch it. They all said it was hopeless.”

But, given her family’s furniture connections, help was at hand: workers at Ratana meticulously rebuilt the credenza to near-new condition.

Another classic piece commanding attention downstairs is the Eero Saarinen Tulip table, above which is Vancouver-based designer Omer Arbel’s signature “bubble” Bocci chandelier. Against the wall are shelves that provide the perfect perch on which to display some of the couple’s collectibles, including vintage toys, books and a Loicq family Anglican Bible dating to the early 1900s.

The area that saw the most dramatic change was the kitchen, where cabinetry was updated. Original dark cherrywood doors were replaced with high-gloss melamine cup­board and drawer fronts in crisp white above the counter and taupe below, which helped compensate for the lack of light at the back of the house.

The two bedrooms on the top floor both enjoy views of a public park that is one of the city’s favourite destinations for locals and tourists alike. Whereas the girls share a bright room with fun accoutrements, such as a tree-shaped bookshelf hung low for easy reach, their parents bed down in a calm oasis of taupes and greys with few distractions (there is no television, for starters), except for the view of Stanley Park.

Looking out at their north-facing vista, Loicq reflects on their decision to buy this town house: “If we were going to live in Vancouver, I wanted an iconic Vancouver view. What’s more Vancouver than Stanley Park? And now, we have it right outside our front door.”

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