Renovation Transformation: Unappealing indoor pool becomes family room with home library

One family’s dream pool became another family’s nightmare.
For thirty years the moisture from a large indoor pool infiltrated the walls of a home located in Ottawa’s west end community of Qualicum-Redwood. Improper ventilation caused wooden structures to rot and mould to accumulate.
Caroline Dubé and her family moved in eleven years ago and from the beginning, she wasn’t fond of the swimming area. Her antipathy grew when she found out the pool had a major leak whic