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The electric range and stove hood are both by Wolf, with a Subzero refrigerator and Cove dishwasher. The Franke sink has a DornBracht faucet and Muuto pendant overhead. The island light is by Lambert & Fils.

Schoolhouse Luna Cord pendant lights hang above the square island in the kitchen.

Tonalight Nuance tiles were used for the backsplash here. An MGS Taps faucet is mounted above a Julien undermount sink.

Lighting floods into the space during the day through many, many windows on the main floor. A Herman Miller Nelson Saucer Bubble pendant light above the dining table helps illuminate the room come nightfall.

The T&G fine line exterior siding was stained a custom color.

The main floor sitting room is decked out with furniture in colors—moss green, cedar, eggshell—that echo the nature seen through the sliding glass doors.

"I like to include window benches wherever possible, because it's a small detail that can be so calming,

Before: A later addition to the house included the windowed stairwell and a bedroom wing that hovered over the backyard, accessed by a bright metal staircase.

The windowed stairwell glows at night.

The 1948 street plan and lot division for Arapahoe Acres (left). Karen Laura and her husband David in their home (right).

The use of consistent and contrasting flooring minimizes disorientation, and decks are accessed via zero-step thresholds. “More and more, I’m having talks with clients about flexible homes,” Wylie says. “They want homes that will work now and for future needs.”

Architect Maggie Wylie of Point B Design Group designed a new multigenerational house for a couple in Austin, Texas, that would comfortably accommodate an older family member with late-stage Alzheimer’s in the near term and become a home they can expand for themselves and their children.

The entrance to the secret playroom is accessed through a custom media console that, when closed, looks like nothing other than what it is.

...but when you open the door, a surprise!