The house was built in 1941. It reflects the picturesque traditions and vernacular revivals in British domestic architecture. The Brunette Residence is valued as a sophisticated example of a typical Anglophile Period Revival-style house. The house illustrates the continued economic prosperity of the Okanagan Valley through the Great Depression and into the Second World War and is unusual for its date of wartime construction. Kelowna’s fruit growing industry continued to serve as an important local resource, with the establishment of the community's first wineries in the early 1930s and the expansion of local canneries during the wartime years. The unadorned design and clean lines of the house are representative of a transition towards modernism, which prevailed after the end of the Second World War. It was considered the height of good taste at the time for houses to conform to a recognizable historical appearance while at the same time, embracing modern domestic ideals. The Brunette Residence was the family home of Carl Gregory Brunette (1906-1988), his wife Katherine "Kay" Brunette (née Mataya, 1914-2007) and their two sons. Carl Gregory was the son of A.O. Brunette, the founder of the Kelowna Machine Shop. Kay Brunette graduated from the Nursing School of the Kelowna General Hospital in 1936 and worked in the hospital from approximately 1958 until her retirement in 1978. Carl Brunette sketched the design of the house, which was inspired by the design magazines of the time; this house was based on an American house published in the Studio in 1928. It was one of two houses built on Water Street by local contractor Joseph M. Gagnon (1908-2001). The detached garage at the rear was added in 1947. ✅The set is including original watercolor painting on Arches paper (France) with Daniel Smith paints (USA), Matte black or brown painted wood Museum Style molding (frame), Opti-clear glass, Satin white mat, regular foam board, bumpers, hook.