Budget Breakdown: In Rural Texas, a Couple Build an Off-Grid Forever Home for $1.68M

The house opens to the central courtyard, where the swimming pool is a hit in the summer. The space is lined with Leuder’s limestone. "This was a place where we inverted the suburban house model, where they only put stone or brick on the front," says Legge. "Here, we put it on the inside. It’s a perfect square, and it acts as an anchor, but you can see it from all sides."