Helsinki architect Ville Hara and designer Linda Bergroth collaborated on a prefab shed-meets-sleeping cabin, which can be assembled with little else than a screwdriver. Bergroth, inspired by nomadic yurt dwellers, wanted an indoor/outdoor experience for her property in Finland.
Stafford Residence floor plan
The private outdoor space showcases the renovation's south-facing windows, which were installed to connect the indoors with the yard.
Before: The pink and blue scheme in the kitchen, an 80s update, didn’t harmonize with the midcentury bones of the home.
Special features include hidden storage walls and fold-down beds.
There's a skylight over the sculptural freestanding soaking tub in the primary bath. Leon Lebeniste made the stool.
A clerestory window lets sunlight into the primary bath without compromising privacy. The water closet and pivoting shower doors are fabricated from frosted glass. Large format porcelain slab walls mitigates the need for distracting grout lines.
The wall holding the fireplace separates the kitchen from the living room (featuring pup Major). "It's nice to have some separation," says Weber. "In small-space design, you get more for your money by having different experiences, not just one room."
The concrete block wall is composed of a special blend made just for this house.
Steven and Nancy love how their home continues to change and serve them in new ways each passing year.
“Simple rectangular volumes with simple details” is how designer Thomas Egidi describes the house he created for architect Carlos Dell’Acqua in Malibu. “I wanted to stress its horizontality,” Dell’Acqua notes. Inside the dwelling, which is entered via a bridge that pierces the 25-foot-high main facade, the view opens up to a panorama of mountains and sea. Ipe flooring is used for the walkway and throughout the interior.