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Bathroom on the upper floor.

Kitchen area and its micro cement island.

The original bedroom—now a guest room—features modern ceiling fans that offer a hint of the contemporary design to come in the addition, while the restored shiplap timber walls speak of the home’s heritage.

There is a queen bedroom and full bath on the upper loft level that has its own deck and overlooks the woods and river.

The coffee table is from Anthropologie.

The bathroom is enclosed in pink vinyl sheets, creating what appears to be an art installation from the outside.

A massive, swinging pivot door connects the bedroom to a small courtyard with an outdoor shower.

The home is meant to be a gathering place for friends and family, making it so groups of three to 20 can feel at home. A long banquet of seats makes that possible, too.

One side of the living room is anchored by the Solna cabinet from Hedge House, which syncs nicely with the rattan and brass coffee table, the Paloma from Hawkins NY.

The upper cabinets were removed and replaced with a wall of blue-green handmade tile, with a glaze that reflects the sunlight.

Concrete-inspired Caesarstone counters offer an impervious worktop in Metal Lark’s chef-grade kitchen. Behind the desk on the left, pull-down Murphy bunk beds provide capacity for two additional guests.

The corrugated, Cor-Ten steel siding has begun to develop a patina. “We considered painted steel also,” says Wagner, “but Cor-Ten will last longer and it gives that nice, rusty

The Breathe + Spacecube project fits a small kitchen, seating area and bedroom into one unexpanded Spacecube Adaptable Living unit.

Built on a tight budget of $120,000, a retirement home in the mountains delivers unexpected contemporary design to a rural township.