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The other structures in Snow, both of which Bob overhauled, are a small cabin with a kitchenette, sitting area, and sleeping loft and the “clubhouse,” an old farmhouse with a 1980s extension.

The deck is made of pressure-treated pine that’s meant to age naturally and discolor unevenly, depending on how the sun hits it.

The amount of time Melody and Bob spend at Adelaide “ebbs and flows,” says Bob, depending on commitments in Nashville, where he works on projects and Melody owns a salon and bathhouse. “When we’re here, we make amazing food, swim, goof off, and go for walks,” says Melody. “We walk the whole loop of the property.”

The guest bathroom includes a concrete wall and pale yellow tiles from Daltile.

Their dogs, Goya and Sonny, hang out on the steps next to the elevated dining area.

The living area features a Strato CB2 sectional that Melody owned before the couple moved in together. In the kitchen, pendants made by the pair hang over a concrete-topped island.

A complex created by designer Bob Butler on 60 rural acres in Fairview, Tennessee, includes a cabin, a renovated farmhouse, a tree house, and a home for Bob and his partner, Melody Geer. The sprawling property is just what the couple sought—an antidote to their busy lives in Nashville.

Highly-durable furniture was chosen for the upper deck's sitting area, which routinely hosts sunset parties.

The bathroom features the same dark-wood palette as the rest of the home.

A U-shaped kitchen sits behind the living area, closest to the deck.

A large cement fireplace can be used in the winter months, and it's surrounded by walls of windows and sliding doors that can be opened in the summer. "We adapted our work and finishes during construction according to the possibilities presented by local labor,

To maximize function, the living room's Brazilian-made sectional can be transformed into two separate beds for guests.

La Base also designed the bathroom’s modular hangers.

Movable slatted-wood panels allow Teresa and Nicolás to control the flow of light as well as the level of privacy from the nearby road. The space between the screen and home acts as a small deck.