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The kitchen is composed of stainless steel, from the cabinetry fabricated by Barcelona company Timblau, to the counters and backsplash, the latter given a mirror polish for contrast to the former’s patina on the surfaces. The boxes were brought in on a crane and then the group put them together in place. “The kitchen shouldn't be a closed dirty area of the house,” says Jon. “But [rather] the heart.” Fitting, as social life in the Basque culture revolves around eating together.

In the primary bedroom, a wall of melamine closets looks and feels like wood. The bed—which has a concrete headboard and cottonwood frame—is made by a local company, Homewood, that specializes in up-cycling invasive wood and plant species into furniture.