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In this living area, a built-in Murphy bed can be pulled down to create a flexible sleeping area when needed. This Murphy bed incorporates two small bedside nooks with built-in lighting.

The couple added a half-bathroom to the main level and replaced the tiling, costing them around $6,600 combined.

The interiors are grounded by a simple palette of black and wood tones with a few pops of color.

The overall home is constructed with larch timber, a British wood, and features a central ridge beam that gives it a butterfly-shaped roof. Shou sugi ban was done on the wood to give it a charred finish.

The new kitchen features an integrated steel sink, drawer dishwasher, and custom dish drying rack.

Finishes for the rental came to a total of $7517, including costs for tile and installation. Augustin prefers to take tile to the ceiling, making for a grand impression. The white hexagonal floor and wall tile is by Antik, and measures 1 3/4” x 1 3/4” in size. The 12x12 tiles for the bathing area are by Demettra in the color Sculpture Gray.

Augustin spent $6200 on concrete floors, which included the new slab and the control joins, as well as grinding, polishing, and sealing. “We just put one layer of sealer on and they ground it down a bit,

“I pulled in other vintage pieces to give the space some soul,” Kelli says. A salvaged door was added to the bathroom and brass drawer pulls from ebay were added to the vanity.

The groundbreaking Trane Hyperion air handler was added directly into the home’s duct work to keep the basement’s air quality in tiptop shape. Its innovative refrigerator-style insulation sets new standards for efficiency and performance, and the variable speed motor guarantees optimal comfort while minimizing energy consumption.

New concrete pathways, all built by Jake and Antony, are arranged around an artful tool shed, which has a weathered steel wall punched with a pattern from the Faroe Islands in Denmark, where Sigrid is from. “That was a nod to Sigrid’s heritage,” says Bassett. The shed also acts as a privacy screen for the patio below it.

A massive gable roof makes this two-story house appear as if it’s laid out on a single level.

The second floor feels more like a mezzanine, with two bedrooms appearing to hang from the ceiling, connected by a bridge, with views onto both the dining and living areas.

Nicknamed La Madriguera (The Burrow), this cozy, 538-square-foot home in Madrid is wrapped in lush greenery and mirrors that reflect the surrounding gardens.

The former painting studio is now a multipurpose kitchen/dining/living/office space. Woodworking accounted for a major portion of the renovation budget—many of the furnishings were custom made using either pine or birch plywood (as seen in the countertop and office table).

The blockwork has been left exposed and painted off-white in the same color as the façade, doors, windows and other elements. The blocks were laid as stack bond when used for the exterior garden wall and as a stretcher bond on the interior, creating a subtle difference between the inside and the outside.