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The kitchen balances functionality with quiet materiality — oak, concrete, and blackened steel. Stools by Muuto.

The circulation corridor hides deep storage behind custom millwork that acts as a canvas for changing light and shadow plays throughout the day.

Floor Plan

The dining space. The Joules midcentury modern chandelier was ordered from Etsy.

"I've always loved the way buildings look when they're under construction, and the walls of the office are basically like open framing," Davis says.

The team designed a 200-square-foot dwelling—the maximum interior living space on the brief—that balances private and shared gathering areas for their extroverted, art-loving client. “We created separate living and sleeping areas by offsetting the plan elements in hopes of fostering a greater sense of privacy with multiple rooms,” says Jamie Chioco, the firm’s founding principal.

A built-in shelf blends with the CLT wood panels used to create the walls.

A freestanding wall in the living area creates a divider for the entryway while concealing mechanical systems and providing storage.

Throughout the home, the walls and floors feature the natural grain patterns of lacquered plywood. The Stokke Tripp Trapp chair in the dining room was Lizz’s when she was growing up in the 1980s while the two Steen Ostergaard chairs were a thrift store find, and Project Room designed the table.

The office includes a Chapman and Bailey desk.

Flansburgh's office and study still contain his original built-in desks and shelving.

After: A custom-built bookshelf now forms the living room's centrepiece, fulfilling the clients's wishes of multiple nooks and functions in one room.

Designer Raili Clasen forged through a challenging loan process to salvage a rundown property—saving its bocce court in the process.

The guesthouse has similar built-ins and is outfitted with a reproduction rotating sconce by Serge Mouille and rugs by Stephanie Odegard.