Ottawa · Design & Build

Big spaces for big feelings.

We design and build custom playrooms and children's spaces — planned around how your children actually play, and finished start to end by one Canadian team.

Canadian-made · Anchored into joists, never drywall · 416-414-3005

Movement wall The Cabane Reading den Maker table Storage at their height
A room planned in zones — not decorated.

Our promise

Small town values. Big hearts. Built for childhood.

We listen first

Every space starts with understanding your family, your child and your home.

We design with purpose

Beautiful is just the beginning. Every detail serves a function.

We build together

Our team works as neighbours, not titles. Everyone helps. Everyone matters.

We support beyond the build

We share tools, tips and resources to help parents and kids thrive.

We keep it local

Canadian materials, Canadian makers, Canadian families — always.

The part nobody warns you about

A playroom isn't one job. It's fourteen.

Most families start with a Pinterest board and end up project-managing a renovation they never signed up for.

  • Find a designer
  • Find a carpenter
  • Find an electrician
  • Find a painter
  • Choose flooring
  • Order furniture
  • Source climbing equipment
  • Check what's safe
  • Figure out anchoring
  • Arrange delivery
  • Book installation
  • Buy storage
  • Organize the toys
  • Chase everyone

Or you call us.

We hold the plan, the budget, the schedule, the trades and the safety standard. You approve things, and then you get your room back.

One visit. One plan. One team. One invoice. One finished room.

Where every project starts

The Discovery Visit

Ninety minutes in your home. No prep needed — a messy room tells us more than a tidy one.

  • We watch how your children actually use the space — where they climb, crash, hide and lose interest.
  • We ask what's hard: the four o'clock meltdown, the toys nobody touches, the mess that returns ten minutes after cleanup.
  • We measure everything — dimensions, ceiling height, outlets, light, and where the joists run.

Within a week you receive: a zone plan for your space, a concept direction with materials and palette, a Canadian product list with real prices, safety notes and an honest build budget — plus a follow-up call to talk it through.

Then you decide. There's no obligation to build with us.

Our process

Start to finish, with one team.

01

Discover

We visit, listen and learn about your family's needs.

02

Design

We create a custom plan that supports the way you live.

03

Source

Canadian-made products and local partners, curated with care.

04

Build

Our trusted local trades bring the vision to life.

05

Enjoy

A space your child loves — and a team you can count on after.

The vocabulary of a Little Fox room

What we build

Every room is different. These are the pieces we plan from.

Le mur d'escalade

Movement

Climbing walls, bars and paths for the child who does not stop moving — anchored into the joists, never into drywall.

La cabane

The Cabane

An enclosed retreat for when the day gets loud. Small, dim, soft, and theirs.

Le coin lecture

Reading den

Somewhere to land with a book that isn't the couch you're already sitting on.

L'atelier

Maker space

A surface built for mess — art, building, and the projects that stay out for three days.

Le rangement

Storage they can use

At their height, visible, one step to put away. The reason a room stays tidy is never the child.

Grandir ensemble

Room to grow

Designed for who they are now and who they'll be in three years — so it doesn't get outgrown.

Made Here

We don't just say Canadian. We show you where everything came from.

Canadian makers, Canadian suppliers and Ontario trades wherever we can source them. Every project is delivered with a Made Here ledger: who built each piece, what city it came from, what it's made of, and what it's warrantied for.

Local heart. Canadian made. Built for childhood.

Made Here ledger · sample
Climbing wall panelsOttawa, ON
Made in Canada
Reading nook benchChelsea, QC
Product of Canada
Storage millworkOttawa, ON
Canadian-owned
InstallationOttawa trades
Installed in Canada

Why Little Fox House exists

Children's rooms usually get decorated. Furniture arrives, baskets get filled, and six weeks later the room still doesn't work — the toys nobody touches are still there, the climbing still happens on the couch, and nobody can find anything.

The room was never designed around the child. It was decorated around the adult idea of a child.

Little Fox House starts the other way around: we watch how your children actually play, plan the space in zones that match, and then build it properly — with trades I've spent a career managing, and materials I can tell you the origin of.

I don't do the work alone. I hold the plan, the budget, the schedule, the safety standard and the sourcing — and I hire Ottawa's best people to build it.

Now booking

The First Five Families

We're taking five founding families this year at founding pricing, in exchange for photographs of the finished room and honest feedback about the process. If you've been staring at an unfinished basement or a playroom that isn't working, this is the moment to talk.