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By designing everything around standard size wood boards, the project came together incredibly quickly.

The Alerce shingles change color when it rains, moving from red to grey. “It’s alive,” says Marambio.

Openings in the ceiling allow sunlight to wash over the black slate floors and fir columns. A velvet-upholstered Mr. Chair by George Mulhauser adds color to the living room.

Some windows that were salvageable were kept, while others were replaced with new Jeld-Wen units that Jocie liked better for their size, shape, or function. At the corner of the sunroom, for example, an angular corner window looks much cleaner than the two units that had been there before.

Western red cedar slat panels are paired with a pine ceiling and stained oak cabinets in the kitchen. Model Six Stools by Jeff Covey for Herman Miller line the concrete counter.

The rear garden is filled with ferns, sedges, lowbush blueberry, and a poplar tree growing out of a rock face.

In Scott's office, a new steel window bookcase and the adjacent window are painted in the same International orange as the dining room windows and doors. "It's one of those colors that's followed me from California to Texas,

A Bouticcelli Corian stone bathtub beckons guests in the downstairs bathroom.

“We decided it was a fun moment to have no white in the space and use the fireplace as a kind of accent,” says Paula.

The entire home is clad in Western Red Cedar siding, imbuing the built form with a rich warmth that responds to the natural surroundings while also making a striking design statement.

Maria Milans del Bosch’s Catskills home is attuned to the changing seasons. Sunlight pours into the double-height living room, where a Stûv fireplace and radiant floors keep the space warm in winter.

The home’s master bedroom and living room face south for optimal landscape views. A large outdoor deck emphasizes the home’s indoor/outdoor connection.

A loft takes advantage of the tall ceiling height in the main living space, whose unusual form is emphasized by wood ribs.

“Metaphorically, the cabin’s exterior is like a cut log,” Lane says. “The black-stained Western red cedar is the bark, and the Douglas fir siding under cover is the exposed wood once the log has been cut.” Beyond the house and native sod gardens, a meadowscape blends into the mature pine forest at the lakefront. “We wanted a woodland garden quality,” landscape architect Soren deNiord says.

The interior is kept clean and pure, making it easy for the owner to live in, and creating a contrast with the "rough and shaggy

The curves of the deck follow the contour of the land.