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Designer Christina Boschetti has a neon-lit Julia Child quote in her kitchen

The project took a little over two years -- 26 months, to be exact -- from initial design survey to move-in. About 14 months of that were spent in design, while construction took the remaining 12 months.

neighborhood, known in DC as an elegant and chic area home to ex-presidents, ambassadors, and other notable residents, features tree-lined streets and large, historic homes.

An outdoor dining area connects with the living space on one side and a cowboy pool on the other.

The bedroom on the first floor gets natural light from a floor-to-ceiling window.

The original layout was very much of the time: a perfect midcentury modern flow, with a closed-off kitchen and a fire put in the floor. “They were cool but impractical spaces,” says Schaer.

For a family of four, Ueda Design Studio restores the luminous-yet-drafty midcentury home of Alden Mason with warm materials and sensible restraint.

The home's entry stairway is bookended a by glass-ensconced guest room that doubles as a music room, and a home office.

The house is nestled into a wooded ravine, and scarcely visible from the street, giving its owners seclusion even in a highly urban setting just seven miles from Seattle's Space Needle.

The Alden Mason House, built for Seattle artist Alden Mason in 1958, features a sloping roof and a surrounding outdoor deck, maximizing natural light amidst its wooded setting.

Keeping ample green space on the property was a top-tier goal. One of the house's original screened-in porches remains, but, according to Emily, "we dropped the screens so when you're sitting in the dining room, you can look out and see the bamboo." The divide between the new and old sections is marked by a gap in the roof that lets the sun into a small planted area.

This countryside residence favors simple, sustainable moves over square footage, and strategically captures views without walls of glass.

The open-space interior is divided by furniture and clusters of columns. Here, the kitchen flows into the dining and living room areas, heated by a wood-burning fireplace.

Vertical pine siding, stained near black, accents the bedroom though all exterior-facing walls in the house are glass.

When the homeowners purchased the site in the Pedrógão Grande region of central Portugal, it had terraced gardens of trees and the ruins of a barn. But it was soon decimated by the country's deadly 2017 fires.

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.

The primary bedroom cabin sits in a natural clearing amongst the trees, allowing for a water view and copious sunlight. The boulder-studded coast offers gently sloping paths to the ocean for a quick dip.

In the living room, soft-hued seating arranged in a circle is perfect for entertaining. On the far wall, Sunrise Over the Hudson, by Erik Koeppel, competes with the stunning scenery outside. “Charlie was interested in skewered views, like looking straight up at the sky and then out to the woods,” says Rick.