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Jeff built an outdoor shower in the backyard. "At this point, we know when to hire someone and when we can do it ourselves,

A vintage wood bench from the Canteen Shoppe sits beneath a custom weaving by Emma Shepherd of Sundance Studio. In the guest bathroom just beyond, the couple combined zellige wall and floor tiles from the Cement Tile Shop.

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A painting by Cándida hangs in the primary bedroom, whose sliding doors were relocated from the front room. She bought the chair at the Rose Bowl Flea Market in Pasadena.

Rather than buying costly and heavy flagstone, Cándida and Jeff designed the floor in the primary bathroom with honed ceramic tiles from Stonepeak Ceramics that they broke themselves. "We then filed down the rough edges, decided where to place them, and had them set,

In what is now the den/fourth bedroom, a faux fireplace becomes a focal point where the bathroom once stood, along with sliders that previously occupied the primary bedroom.

Another picture window is featured in the living area, where a mirror hangs on a new wall that borders a new guest bedroom. As elsewhere, the oak floors are from Eurostone.

A new picture window in the dining area offers an ocean view. Cándida designed the dining chairs, which were made by Wildbird Woodworks; the pendant is from Huegah Home.

The couple and their daughters in the kitchen, which Cándida centered around an island clad in zellige tiles from the Cement Tile Shop. "That got a little pushback from our contractor,

The couple updated the exterior with Benjamin Moore's Green Black. "It's easier and more complicated to renovate a mobile home,

The couple retained the peaked ceilings in the main space, while reorganizing the rooms to open up what was once a galley kitchen.

The sleeping loft can also be used as an additional seating area or workspace.

The dining table and chairs were from Gylfir’s in-laws. “We wanted to use fixtures and furniture with history so that it wasn’t all new, so that it had character,” says Sævarsson.

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

One of the biggest challenges of the project was just finding solid ground to build upon. “We just dug and dug, nearly five meters down. It looked like an area of war,” says Gylfir.