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At the master bathroom, the glass sliding door was replaced with a solid Birch plywood door and a screen made of retro glass blocks. The existing floor tiles were replaced with the same red tiles as those at the living space.

Lamps and vintage furniture that the homeowner and his partner collected on their travels adorn the home. Jun introduced an Enigma 425 pendant lamp from Louis Poulsen as a statement piece over the living space.

"Intense color immersion,

The tile is the 1X1 Seta Cielo tile from Nemo.

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In the dining area, Sculpture 16, by Japanese artist Daiki Nisiyama, is displayed on a pedestal. Nearby, the ebullient painting Take Time to Smell the Magnolias, by Sydney artist Alesandro Ljubicic, takes up almost an entire wall. British painter Ian Rayer-Smith’s Trampling Over the Subtle hangs above a Camaleonda sectional from B&B Italia.

Light pours through clerestory windows in the master bathroom. Staying true to the home’s overall aesthetic, Sweet used simple, contrasting materials—white oak for the cabinets and Ann Sacks white tiles for the walls.

When the rest of the room is neutral, bright colors can help anchor the space and become the stars of the show.

A recent painting by Mark hangs on the door between the living room and bedroom but might soon be swapped out. “The idea is that I can make a piece in the studio, put it up and live with it for a while, and then change it for something new,” says Mark.

A Stûv wood-burning stove in the living room provides heat for the net-zero home. (Solar panels supply electricity.) Four equal-size rooms are separated by barn doors that allow for a circular flow through the house when left open. “Our dogs love it,” says David. A recent painting by Mark hangs on the door between the living room and bedroom but might soon be swapped out. “The idea is that I can make a piece in the studio, put it up and live with it for a while, and then change it for something new,” says Mark.

Design firm Studio AHEAD and wood sculptor Ido Yoshimoto created a fireplace mantel and a threshold for a couple's Berkeley home.

“When I do a headboard, people will say ‘We want to put a shelf here or a sconce will attach here,’” says Yoshimoto. “And I'm like, don't do that because then it is only a headboard. If it’s not, then it's a sculptural thing that is acting as a headboard. As soon as you put a sconce on it, put wiring in—it is a headboard and it's lost its artistic ability to be a sculpture. If you don't want this to be a headboard, you could just hang it on the wall, and it's a sculpture. You could lean it on the wall on its side and it's still a sculpture.”