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The kitchen’s concrete countertops complement the handcrafted cabinetry.

The living room’s wood-burning fireplace has a concrete hearth that wraps the chimney and runs under the windows, acting as seating, a plant ledge, and creating a spot to store logs, all of which are harvested from the site.

“The Near Cabin has a close but distant relationship to the gathering spaces,” Shaw says. “Trees provide privacy but there is a visual connection, especially at night when you can see the lights on in the guest bedrooms if someone is awake.”

The plinth for the ladder to the sleeping loft in the primary bedroom building doubles as a bench for putting on shoes. Storage along the wall becomes a desk and a window seat nestles into an intimate corner.

A narrow partition wall provides some separation for the bed in the Near Cabin.

The couple painted the cabinetry a soothing blue, adding just the right pop of color to the white and wood interior.