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Marie Saldivar’s experimental metal-clad dwelling is the perfect place to host family—and proof of concept for her new prefab company.

Next to a wood-burning fireplace is a setup for the family’s record player and albums. Instead of a standard television set, they use a projector.

Adair has long wished for Togo chairs, but as much as she loves the design, she tries not to be too precious about it. “We let the kids use them how they want, and they’re perfect fort furniture,” she says. “They’re really durable. It’s a design that makes architect parents happy.”

“Finding this house was like finding a treasure,” says Jessica. “A lot of people who saw it wanted to tear it down. But we wanted to do right by it. The pool has become a shared social space—it’s a very good hangout.”

The renovation added a new foyer in the place of its front porch, and expanded the attic-like upstairs into a full second floor.

The renovation reconfigured the kitchen to include a peninsula, which has a secondary level for the owners' wheelchair-using daughter.

The new exterior was kept dark, but the front door was given a punch of color.

The exposed timber framework is revealed up here, and the existing windows framed in a new window seat, which proves a nice contemplative spot.

While updating the aesthetic, it was also important to Leanne to modernize the mechanicals of the home to work for her family. “Those needed to be done and done right before we ‘closed up’ the walls and finished the visual aspect,” she says. “When starting a new interior design project, cosmetic changes, like picking out paint colors is the fun part. But what's behind the walls—the electrical, plumbing updates, structural check-ins, HVAC upgrades, the not-so-glamorous stuff—those are often not talked about.”

Family members have their own areas in the mudroom. Each is equipped with a hanging basket and a repurposed teak shower mat.

“The structures create spaces that bridge the outside and inside, so it’s one continuous space,” Thomas says. Terraces act as a path that border the getaway and connect it to the garden lounge and studio. He added the round deck when his architecture partner told him he felt like the scheme needed a circle.

The home sits at the end of a quiet, gravel road just 325-yards from the ocean. A board-formed concrete wall along the entry path hints at what is indoors.

Cobblestones reference the surroundings. “In winter, the frozen ground pushes out rocks that farmers collect in the spring to build walls,” Thomas says. “This is how they used the rocks on the farms back in the day.”