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The covered deck offers a place to sit and enjoy a drink and expansive views of the landscape.

An ESSE wood stove, purchased from AKP Heating/ESSE North America helps to warm the interior and provides a place to cook small meals.

“The house is kind of crooked, with rough floors, and no fancy finishes—but it has lots of personality,” says architect Francisco Mesquita Moura.

“Where we let loose was on the window,” Matt says. “It’s an aluminium window frame, which is bushfire compliant and easy to install, but the way that we detailed it was about hiding the frame so that the eye is drawn into the space.”

In the kitchen, a Henrybuilt kitchen system in blue walnut frames the space. The bar stools are by Calligaris.

In many of the home's corners, cracks appeared in the new concrete flooring once it was poured, including in this spot in the living room. Tajima and Bradley filled the cracks with grout and then gilded each of those grout lines to give the look and feel of kintsugi.

Durable VCT tiles were used for the floor. Though this material is typically used in a checkered pattern (you’ll find them in grocery stores, for instance) but all in one finish, it makes for a sophisticated, lightly flecked look.

The primary bedroom includes a reclaimed-wood headboard extending to the ceiling.

Before: The original living room was basic and cold, with just a wood stove to fight the mountain chill. “It was always cold,” Andrew recalls, but he didn't mind as long as he was near the ski fields.

Details like a plywood staircase and pine flooring lend the home extra warmth. A Splügen Bräu Flos pendant adds a touch of shine to the dining room.

Floor Plan of Mökki and Sauna by Kontio

Raw, common timber materials were used in rhythm to create a warm and casual canvas for the sunken and double height living space in our Not Precious house.

La Base designed the shelving in the living space.

Floor Plan of Baldie Hill Bunkie by Daymark Design Incorporated

Floor Plan of Alicia and David’s Farmhouse in Bavaria

The couple’s new home is in the Wendelstein region of Bavaria, known for its spas and wellness resorts.

The interior CLT surfaces are treated with a soapy wax that protects the wood and also reflects more light to create a more luminous space.