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A glossy orange pendant adds a bold, warm pop against neutral tones, perfectly complementing the kitchen’s poured concrete countertop.

Ellie installed the Étoffe wallpaper over the banquette seat.

Durable VCT tiles were used for the floor. Though this material is typically used in a checkered pattern (you’ll find them in grocery stores, for instance) but all in one finish, it makes for a sophisticated, lightly flecked look.

8. "How often do I like to communicate with my realtor and what's the best way to do so?" "Your agent should know how you like to check in and by what method—text, email, or phone,” explains Hoffman. “The biggest complaints we hear from clients who have worked with other agents is that their agent did not communicate with them in the way they wanted."

“Everything is in the core,” Farley says. “It’s an efficient way to organize space and functions.

The headboard was built from three pieces of prefinished maple plywood that cost $80 each. “We’re obsessive about measurements because everything you transport in has to go back out if it’s not used,” says Jeff.

Below the sink, a cooler slides out on a plywood board with the help of casters. The whole kitchen was built for $1,000.

“We’d go to the salvage yard every weekend and painstakingly go through hundreds of windows, see one that might work, write down the measurements, run out to Jeff’s truck, and put it in the SketchUp model,” says Molly. The chair is by Christophe Pillet for Emu.

The couple also built an outhouse for the bathroom area.

A sleeping area is tucked away underneath the rafters. Large windows brighten the space and provide views of the forested surroundings.

Molly preparing food in the kitchen. A Crane Light by Andrew Neyer hangs over the countertop, which is accompanied by a pair of Nerd stools by Muuto.

A humble kitchen built with Ikea cabinets and a butcher block countertop gets the job done—but here, Sean and Chadd do most of the cooking outside.

“The material palette is the same for the entire house,” says architect Daniel Iragüen, pointing out the porcelain tile floors, laminated pine ceilings, and whitewashed pine slats that form the interior walls.