Budget Breakdown: A Writer Adds a $239K Backyard Unit to John Prine’s Former Record Label Offices

After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2019, writer Ben Locke had to rethink the way he lived. Growing up, his family had occupied a series of historic houses, where his mother ardently dove into design projects—a passion that would later rub off on Ben—but several years of severe illness exacerbated by exposure to irritants such as mold and dust forced him to approach his environments differently.