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The wildflowers on the roof can be seen through the skylights throughout the day. A duo of sliders allows for a clear connection to the garden.

Located in Marrakech, Morocco, the riad features two bedrooms and three bathrooms.

Kim created the marble dining table in collaboration with furniture designer Jona Maaryn, who made the matching chairs. A plaster and steel chandelier, another of Kim's designs, hangs overhead.

Kim accidentally spilled on this Hammerhead Sofa Jared designed, but turned the blunder into an art project by painting bleach squiggles all over the reupholstered fabric. "It was a happy accident," Kim says. "I was so surprised by how good it looked that I painted the wall in the dining room the same pattern."

The mural in Kim's kitchen, painted to resemble a wallpaper, is replicated again in the painting on top. Kim says she was going for a trompe l'oeil effect, "like a painting on a painting on a painting." The furnishings were sourced secondhand from thrift stores and flea markets.

Kim in her guest bedroom, on a daybed she fashioned out of a queen-sized bed and a plywood headboard she painted. The walls are cloaked in Farrow & Ball Inchyra Blue.

BarlisWedlick helped the couple convert the barn into a self-sufficient guesthouse, complete with solar array and battery storage, which allows it to function off-grid.

Large windows and sliding glass doors were placed in key spots in the new layout, with the rolling doors reinstalled to act as large “shutters,” says architect Doug Huntington.

Before: The firm incorporated many of the existing elements of the barn into the finished design, including the rolling doors, exterior siding, and roof.

The oak countertops in the kitchen are the same as the flooring.

The staircase needed to be rebuilt to meet current building code, but being in basically its original location, is an anchor in the redesign. The wall color is "Hamilton Blue

Aleksandra restored the foyer's original proportions, adding porcelain tile, the Mutina Mews pigeon from Stone-Tile, in a herringbone application to the floor.

Aleksandra and Daniel removed the gray stucco, which revealed the original lap siding underneath was rotting, and replaced it with fiber cement siding board from Hardie instead.

Twilight

The owner, founder of Archistoric Lighting Studio, restored mid-century Danish light fixtures throughout the home.

Double fir rafters encase steel flitch plates, allowing for long spans of open space. Hemlock ceilings layer above, bringing warmth to the inside.