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Entrance By moving the foot of the stairway away from the front door, Bischoff and his team carved out a transition point from the stoop and sidewalk below, providing a welcome measure of privacy. (Visitors must scale the steps and stand at the door before they can peer in.) The concrete floor tiles were left over from an earlier MADE project. “We didn’t have an equal balance of black and white or even the right sizes,” Bischoff says, “so we made a design moment out of what we had.” Saving on the floor tiles meant that Casale and Crofton could spring for hand-finished wallpaper by Swedish company Sandberg.

Master Bath Casale and Crofton’s bedroom is configured as a casual open suite, with a sliding aluminum screen as the only barrier separating an adjacent bathroom and walk-in closet. The screen’s dappled, lacelike pattern was designed by Fiyel Levent, a local artist and architect. Bischoff handed her design to a metalworker, who then carved it into aluminum with a digital laser cutter. It runs on a track in front of a partial wall covered in wallpaper by Neisha Crosland. The vanity, designed and built in the MADE studio, sits atop the legs from an antique refrigerator that Bischoff and his team found in a junkyard. Calacatta mosaic tile, another MADE leftover, lines the floor of the shower (not shown). The firm had a limited surplus, so the amount of tile available dictated the shower stall’s footprint. “We have a keen understanding of the challenges presented by integrating the new with the existing,” Bischoff says of his approach. “We took this blank canvas and tailored it to the needs that Dawn and Dave had for their home. The result is fresh and unique but retains the patina of the many parts from which it was made.”

One of the first things the couple does on a summer morning is slide open the floor-to-ceiling glass doors to let the fresh air and the forest into the house.

The floor-to-ceiling windows provide a connection to the forest, nature-inclusive rather

Both renovated bathrooms are outfitted with new Heath Cermics tile.

Homeowners Jamie and Cleo eschewed the option to add a second story, as their neighbor had chosen, instead doubling down on their "jewel box."

The original house was U-shaped around a small courtyard, but later expanded into the courtyard to create a new living room.

The old master bedroom still had its original 1940s Douglas fir panels, but also lacked light.

The kitchen was moved from its original location, facing the ocean (though you'd never know it in this picture), to the property's southeast corner, facing wetlands.

The remodeled kitchen offers a whole corner of glass, and continues as a backsplash beneath the new cabinetry.

In addition to featuring an original brick fireplace, the radiant living and dining area also offers direct access the private backyard patio via floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors.

Before: The design team relocated the kitchen to the end of the house and connected it to the side yard.

Before: The kitchen footprint was expanded when it relocated to this room.

A Blu Dot table is surrounded by custom made stools by Dan Druley Craftsman. A Dolomite slab, Enigma in 3cm, covers the counters. The overhead light is Roll and Hill Fiddlehead Cantilever.

Packed with personality, this retooled shed by Best Practice Architecture might just be the cutest little ADU in Texas.

The original owners made the shoji panels themselves, and John and Erik replaced the rice paper. “There’s something special about knowing the screens were made by hand,” Erik says.

A coumarou deck at the back of the house provides John, Erik, and their dog, Ludwig, with a tranquil place to unwind. “We get an immense amount of enjoyment out of it,” Erik says.