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In bright daylight conditions, the home’s standing seam metal roof appears visually light—complementing the tones of the charred wood cladding. A metal retaining wall is an extension of the home’s metal siding, wrapping in a ribbon-like fashion around the lower perimeter.

Painting the walls Benjamin Moore's Gentleman's Gray went a long way to elevate the den, which doubles as an office for Noah. Interior designer Allyson Campbell completed the space with a Roche Bobois sofa, a lounge chair by Ferm Living and pillows covered in a Garza Maria stripe (on sofa) and fabric by Pierre Frey (on the built-ins flanking the fireplace).

The exterior is clad in matte-black-painted rough cedar siding.

Chelsea designed a large garage for the ADU so her family could have room for a shop and to store their outdoor gear—not that they have to go far to enjoy nature. “You can just go out of the driveway and be right in the woods,” Chelsea says.

In an effort to preserve the material and patina, much of the concrete throughout the property was repurposed from the original site.

The architects brought more light into the kitchen by including a window behind the sink. It wasn’t a nice view, so they installed open shelving in front of it: birch plywood attached to threaded rods hung from structural wood and steel.

Matt (a solutions engineer) and Leah (a medical writer) Ray met at the University of Texas Austin—coincidentally the same school where architects José Minguell and Laura McQuary met years earlier.