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To maximize the limited square footage, there are few swinging doors in the house; instead, each bedroom has a pocket door that slides into the wall.

Sheer curtains let light and breezes into the master bedroom.

A closet is built into the bed frame in this London guesthouse. With hangers so close by, there's no excuse for not hanging up your clothes before bed. Photo by Ben Anders.

Double doors connect the outside to a main living space in this “garden cottage” ADU.

This is a door! It's also a art piece that cleverly conceals the heat pump.

In Joshua Tree, Tyler Quinn built a tub—which looks like a mirage you’d stumble upon while wandering the landscape—right into the bed rock next to his off-grid house (and very first build). “I accomplished this with a concrete saw, with my cuts about four to six inches deep. I would then remove the entire layer of granite with hand tools; chisels and hammer,” says Quinn.

A 1958 photograph showing Ray and Charles in their living room. The CMP team catalogued the carefully preserved objects, textiles and artworks that the couple filled their home with and created conservation guidelines.

The first-floor living room features a full-height concrete fireplace and floor-to-ceiling windows. Warm wood along the floors and ceiling sandwich the concrete block walls.

White-and-blue, wood-grain–patterned UonUon tiles by 14oraitaliana line the bathroom walls in a loft above the garage.

Custom built-ins can be found throughout the interiors, including the long wooden bench in the dining area which doubles as storage.

An office addition separates the work area from the domestic sphere.