Both kids' bedrooms also have en suite bathrooms.
A full view of the wood and glass extension, which sits behind the original structure in the rear. Modern dormers were also added to the 1912 brick Edwardian.
The apartment above the garage received a dormer to enlarge the interior footprint.
The two-story artist's studio sits on a small footprint in a residential neighborhood connecting seamlessly with the home.
The screened porch functions as the building’s primary bedroom, creating a cabin-like experience.
Screen Porch
A generous porch offers views over the Columbia Gorge towards the mountain range beyond.
The large wraparound porch links the two main houses and two guest cabins, and is the site of many impromptu shared meals.
“Segovia is a very central region, but an underdeveloped one,” de la Quadra-Salcedo says. “Traditionally devoted to agriculture and mainly livestock, it flourished in the sixteenth century but now that the older generations are disappearing, there is a problem of abandoned villages and fields.” The structure highlights the rural surroundings.
The architects worked closely with the client to maintain the openness of the original plan.
A cylindrical glass staircase with Western red cedar and painted steel mullions dominates the front of the house. The stair treads, along with the floor, are made of recycled spotted gum.
Chickens foraging in an enclosed garden with vertical planters.
Unique among tiny homes, ESCAPE's Classic wraps the entryway in a screened-in and roof porch. It could also be fully enclosed to add an extra room to the home.
Designed by Stockholm firm Waldemarson Berglund Arkitekter, this prefab artist studio called Ateljé 25 is shaped like a Monopoly house, serves as an artist’s studio and has simple plywood interiors and massive skylights.
Inside, playful pillows can be rearranged in any manner, and are often used as mock beds for relaxing and looking at the canopies above.
The sinuous interior is lined with CNC-cut wooden panels that define stepped sauna seating and porthole windows.
Technically, this small building is not a tree house, since it’s braced at the ground by supports, but Grey didn’t want to compromise the tree, which “doesn’t have a very long lifespan,” the designer says. “So, I didn’t want to jeopardize however long that tree had with any excess baggage.”
The ribbon-like design affords the building three different gable profiles—one is symmetrical, while the other two lean in opposite directions.
The structure is made entirely from treated pine, while its corrugated polycarbonate roof protects it from the elements.
The LED lighting is encased in translucent poly-carbonate panels on top and bottom. Daylight streams through from the roof when the lights aren't on.
Despite its small footprint, the flexible, multi-purpose space includes bike storage and a niche for storing weights.
The secluded location of the house at the edge of a retired shale bank allows the luxury of an open outdoor shower. Corrugated steel siding provides a durable, zero-maintenance exterior finish and captures the changing sun and woodland shadows.
Surrounded by oak trees and lush grasslands, Field Cabin features a steeply pitched roof and an expansive glass door and decking on the front facade.
Moss-covered rocks and twisted tree trunks give the landscape a fairyland-like quality.
While Nature Pod pictured here has a showerhead installed outside, it is normally placed in the in the bathroom behind a glass door (or a curtain if the home is purchased without insulation).
The hot tub is a highlight of the home. “It was worth the investment,” says Kara. “Especially late at night when you can see the stars.”
The counters are ‘Dekton Aeris’ Cosentino and the white oak cabinets from Reform.
Matthew built the soaking tub from yellow Alaskan cedar. “There’s no finish on it, so every time the water hits it, you get this burst of cedar aroma,” says Matthew. Adds Holly: “It smells amazing.”
Matthew previously fabricated custom furniture for a decade, so built all of the kitchen cabinets, banquette and table, and island. The latter is made of a 120-year-old beam from the house that had to be replaced. Matthew counted the rings and surmises it was from a tree that started growing before the American Revolution. The perimeter counters are cherry and Butcher designed the upper cabinet to float over the window, which casts sunlight through the glassware and rainbows over the room.
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