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A table from a Design Within Reach Outlet is joined by vintage chairs from L.A. Modern in a corner of the living room, which now opens to the kitchen. “The floor plan really tells the story,” says architect Barbara Bestor. “It’s not not the same, but it’s differently organized.”

Now the kitchen opens to the living room and dining room in one open space.

The exposed brick of the fireplace was painted the same as the walls, Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore, used throughout. The Emil Dresser by Pinch, a piece the couple bought as they fleshed out their aesthetic, now has a designated place in the room.

Despite its small footprint, the flexible, multi-purpose space includes bike storage and a niche for storing weights.

The home overlooks Rapunco Lake in Southern Chile, about 10 hours from where the owners' primary residence is.

Masa Arquitectos designed this minimalist house in Montevideo, Uruguay, for a young family on a tight budget who wanted to do most of the carpentry themselves.

The countertop is a custom Concrete Collaborative terrazzo, and the colored flecks nod to the wall tiles.

Elina and Otto paired their Iniö model with a sauna from Pluspuu and an adjacent hot tub that sit just down a path beyond the home. In winter months, guests can skinny dip before warming up again.

Cozy!

McLucas House / Girard House floor plan

The elevated modular home is clad in locally sourced radiata pine treated with a stone-gray oil stabilizer.

Located in La Unión, a city and commune in Chile’s Los Ríos region, Refugio 3x3 is set in a forest on the side of a new lot of residential houses that were built in response to the recent expansion of city limits.

After staying in a tree house listed on Airbnb, Remo Kommnick and Emi Moore wanted their own getaway in the woods. "It was amazing being up in the trees,