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Large, glass, accordion-style doors from LaCantina Doors open the family dining room to the home’s outdoor space, ensuring airflow and ocean views while effectively doubling the size of the room itself. The custom wood table and benches were made by Hill Construction from reclaimed California redwoods.

corten steel planter + Bonsai garden

View looking from the new deck along the central axis towards the new pool and existing living room (with new concrete deck). The new design built-up the sloping site around the pool so its surface could be raised to allow more of a connection between the existing indoor spaces and the water.

New outdoor dining space is defined and by a custom concrete and wood bench with steel trellis above .

A contemporary fountain wall beckons guests inside the residence.

Only one shade of paint was used in the interior of the home, including the bathroom: Sherwin-Williams's Harmony.

“Knowing that the kitchen would be where the family would spend most of their time, it was designed to have a variety of seating and really good views to the beautiful forest and field outside,” says Lewis. IKEA bar stools line up against white quartz countertops, and lighting by Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co. shines overhead.

Kartheiser's courtyard also includes a dry sauna with a ceiling made from 2,500 pieces of wood.

A matte black kitchen is perfectly in step with the Scandinavian style in this houseboat in the Netherlands. Via The Style Files

Sundial House, Living Room.

Sundial House, Entrance.

Photographer: Andrea Calo

Viewed from the street, the triplex’s brick wall and raised porch echo its neighbors’ visual cues. Its dark grey, Extira-clad upper level and bay window, however, hint at the expansive spaces that lie within. Full-height windows allow light to stream in on all three levels.

Höweler + Yoon squeezed high-design landscape elements, like a fountain and built-in seating, into a small 15-by-13-foot space.

The majority of windows are on the south facade to optimize solar gain.