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A Seattle couple built their own backyard house with a city-sponsored design—and then rented out their old home on the property to friends.

“Sometimes you go with emotions rather than logic,” says Woodhull founder Caleb Johnson. “I just wanted to renovate the little Pizza Hut look-alike my son told me looked like a blowfish.”

To avoid excavating the land, Pang and Boyle designed a structural platform to keep the cabin level.