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The historic home is dressed in a neutral palette of cement, wood, and glass.

Meals aren’t included in my stay and nearby dining options are limited without a car, however Terrestre’s on-site restaurant serves three meals per day.

Both the walls and the maple cabinet facings in the kitchen are covered in a toxin-free whey-based finish. Clove-colored 2-by-10-inch backsplash tiles mimic the alley’s brick street, and the wall is covered in spray cork, a paint substitute made primarily of cork granules. The door pulls are closet knobs that Jack retrieved from his grandfather’s house in D.C. before it was torn down.

Seventies nostalgia abounds in this Byron Bay renovation by YSG Studio, with timber lattice screens, chrome balustrades, and a bevy of vintage pieces creating a relaxed sensory experience for the homeowners.

At $5,890, the 30-inch BlueStar range with color was a splurge. Sam extended the original countertop so it's now on both sides of the range, making sure to keep the rounded edge. "For it to all feel so continuous, was a success for me,

The gap between the back wall of the pavilion and the roof is perfectly sized to capture winter sun and summer shade.

The twelve-foot-long table in the courtyard is fabricated from cast concrete and fallen palm trees and designed collaboratively by members of the firm. It’s since proven to be a popular gathering space for employees, friends, colleagues, and the contractors who worked on the remodel.

The firm added to the small footprint of the existing building to gain more workspaces.

A desk was built around the Custard Apple tree, and a strip of open roof allows the canopy to grow through it. The door opens to the front yard.

The one-level home rests on a spacious green lot, surrounded by soaring Palm trees. Partition walls and a tall, wooden border fence ensure ample privacy.

The bedside sconces are from Ladies & Gentleman Studio.

Valspar ‘Black Evergreen’ covers the beams, doors, and trim. The perimeter counters are concrete, by Cement Elegance.

Boy Boy fabricated the framing for the flue shroud and base, which was then finished with plaster, and given a limestone benchtop. The Arto Ceramic tile extends into the kitchen, which has a preserved wood ceiling with new skylights.

"Our many ideas were floating around the mountain, and we needed someone to bring them down and turn them into reality,

We proposed large openings that can open wide to connect the interior and exterior,

Interlocking light and dark hardwood flooring fit right in with the vintage aesthetic of this small flat in Katowice, Poland.