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With COVID-19 closing down spas and saunas, Chau and Desna decided to bring the experience home. The bedroom features a custom bed built by Beauty and Bread Woodshop in Vancouver and a terrazzo stone freestanding bath tub by France & Son.

The ceramic floor tiles are from Ciot, while the ceramic wall tiles are from Céragrès.

They also added a floating teak shelf from Semihandmade, which was a pretty close match to the Lauan wood paneling in the rest of the house.

Builders, developers, designers, and architects have developed a range of homes that are composed of prefabricated, modular, or kit-of-parts pieces that can allow for lower costs, faster and easier on-site construction, and even higher quality spaces. Here, we delve into the differences—and similarities—among these manufactured residences.

After spending an adventurous summer traveling in a van with their dog, Richmond, Virginia–based couple Grace Kuhn and David Phinney wanted to take their van life adventures to the next level with an Airstream trailer.

Clinton’s passion seems more urgent than ever against the backdrop of one of the worst bushfire seasons on record in Australia. Fittingly, he has designed a new home for himself, his partner, and their three children to be an eye-catching emblem for the cause.

Raising the cabinet height and installing new color-blocked Richlite counters and full-height backsplash help the kitchen feel larger.

Installing the shelving unit proved to be an unexpected challenge. Because the building is so old, the floors aren't perfectly even, so the vertical 12' slabs didn't all fit. "We ended up having to cut some of them down,

"There is an open kitchen because we love to cook for crowds,

In Australia, a manufacturer and an architecture firm create an off-grid home that can be broken down and shipped across the world.

Bo, the family’s Old English sheepdog, keeps Sherry company in the office.

Reilly, pictured here, deleted the original front door in order to create an expanse of uninterrupted wall in the living room. The existing slider is now the main entry point. She clad the exterior with planks marketed as a shou sugi ban product that reads as burned, knotty cedar. A new, corrugated metal roof replaced asphalt shingles.