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Danny fitted the kitchen into an alcove outfitted with Ikea cabinets and Semihandmade fronts. The refrigerator is by LG. On the jute rug from Armadillo, chairs from Threshold join a table from Inside Weather.

Hexagonal penny tile ascends from floor to ceiling in the skylit primary bathroom.

The all-over green tiles of this bathroom feel the most like camp.

City House by SMS Arquitectos features a second-floor townhouse extension that explores new possibilities with plywood.

Working with a demanding budget, Filipe Pina Arquitectura added a cost-effective annex with an upper level with walls lined with exposed oak plywood.

High-quality birch plywood lines the interior of this sharply angular and minimalist backyard office.

Throughout the home, the walls and floors feature the natural grain patterns of lacquered plywood. The Stokke Tripp Trapp chair in the dining room was Lizz’s when she was growing up in the 1980s while the two Steen Ostergaard chairs were a thrift store find, and Project Room designed the table.

On the main floor of the second-story apartment, rustic oak flooring is paired with fir cladding, which unfolds into the staircase and walls of the “wood box” that contains the mezzanine level.

An expanse of windows along the transparent, glass-filled southern facade keeps the main living area well-lit during the day; a grid of Buschfeld Shop-V 100 lights illuminates it by night.

Natural redwood pergolas provide shady places to linger at Jeriko Estate and Resort in Hopland, California. “Redwood has a way of dissolving boundaries between garden rooms and their picturesque surroundings,” says Hewitt.

The pergola-topped tasting area at ZO Winery in Sonoma County, California, is made of redwood and features a stained redwood deck that contrasts nicely with the main structure’s concrete exterior.

A cedar-clad soaking tub awaits in the primary ensuite bath located on the upper level.

A large skylight draws ample sunshine into the main bedroom located on the second level.