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A bathroom skylight increases the sense of space.

Even the bathroom offers access to the outdoors.

The wardrobes, living room furniture and kitchen cabinetry were custom made according to the owners’ preferences.

The ensuite bathroom located towards the front of the original dwelling’s footprint

Master Ensuite with Skylight

The bathrooms’ white walls and wood cabinetry keep the areas light, bright, and airy.

Pine plywood shelves offer great storage for a kids’ space, as does a carpeted floor.

A large island is now central to the space, with a dropped ceiling overhead that’s also functional, for it holds lights and a Miele Ceiling Extractor Range Hood.

Lutron Sivoia automatic roller shades in a custom valance were mounted to the window mullions, which were also painted Benjamin Moore “Wrought Iron.” The sofa is the Kasala Venice five-piece modular sofa tucked up against bespoke cabinetry by Beechtree Woodworks.

Mutual Materials CMU ground face "Willow

Each child has their own sleeping nook in the “Sibling Lair.”

This 4,080-square-foot house in Shoreline, Wahington was a former adult living facility, that has since been converted into a single-family home by Seattle firm SHED Architecture & Design. “The wall of glazing facing towards the West is still one of the most striking elements of the house,” says designer Rebecca Marsh, so it was key that any redesign maintain its integrity.

In the office, existing track lighting illuminates cabinetry covered in Lemon Bar by Miller Paint.

Marlatt built the cabinets in place from Russian Birch plywood, and the counters are a thin application of Neolith stone. The backsplash is glass, making for easy clean-up, and a few of the cabinet fronts are painted Masonite, for fun pops of color. The ceramics on the shelves are by Burgevin.

This bright bedroom has a monochromatic bathroom with a spacious walk-in shower that is covered in sleek subway tiles.

Canny 'The New' Ensuite

The master bath also received a new materials palette, including tile from Mosaic House, lights from Apparatus and Workstead, and tadelakt plaster walls and ceiling, which the designers say "feel simultaneously consistent with other home elements, yet fresh and forward."

New plantings provide privacy for the glass-walled shower in the master bathroom. The matte black fixtures are by Phoenix.