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A new office sits at the front of the house, and its moody walls and bookshelves contrast the other rooms' mostly light and neutral palette.

Kevin designed and fabricated the black walnut dining banquette. It sits with a ‘Corbett' table from Room & Board, Room & Board dining chairs, and a ‘TR Bulb Suspension Frame’ light by Tim Rundle.

Having bought and restored several quirky properties in Washington over the years, including a five-story tree house and a 100-year-old barracks, architect Jason F. McLennan and his wife, artist Tracy McLennan, bought the camp-like retreat in 2020—even though it had no power or running water at the time and is on a secluded island with no ferry service.

Because the island is accessible only by boat or helicopter, the prefab pods were airlifted from a barge onto foundations that Pape had constructed on-site. “It was so well planned and executed that apparently it took the chopper just thirty minutes to drop the pods in,” says Jason.

Steel-framed wooden decks can be drawn up with cables to winterize the house.

The upstairs loft enjoys views through the forest to the water below.