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A crackling fireplace—faux, as well—is the centerpice of the living room,

The reoriented staircase creates a perfect spot for a (faux) tree.

The home is accessible year-round, although snowy winters and road closures make the trip from Seattle a bit longer during the colder months.

Seen from the guesthouse, the new home touches every corner of the property without overwhelming its natural beauty.

The remote studio/office that Robert Swatt of Swatt Miers Architects designed for a Healdsburg, California, property is marked by glass walls that provide the feeling of working in nature.

Just outside the studio, Ground Studio Landscape Architecture created a natural courtyard with a meadow and an edgeless pool that mimics a pond.

Although it’s “veiled” from the street, the light-filled hideaway amplifies its connection to the outdoors.

A projector that casts images upon a white, floating pavilion is embedded in the media/playroom's millwork.

The landscape design, by Anna Boeschenstein of Grounded, followed a 2,200-square-foot extension by Formwork architects Robert and Cecilia H. Nichols. The front door is painted in Chinese Red by Sherwin-Williams.

Backdrop’s After Hours, a soft charcoal hue, gives Carlos Naude and Whitney Brown’s home in Woodland Hills, California, sleek curb appeal. Lund Sconces by Kuzco Lighting punctuate the exterior, and the streamlined garage doors are by Amarr.

Homeowners Izabel and Paul made a large open kitchen a top priority, insisting on counters at double the standard width.

A Dutch door at the entrance, with the grain of the exterior facade's darkened cedar visible just outside

Project architects Studio Marshall Blecher and Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter opened up the center of the house, previously comprising a maze of fourteen small rooms, creating one large and airy kitchen and dining space with a high, chapel like ceiling. A six-meter-long concrete plinth standing at the center of the room which doubles as an island bench and dining table, had to be lowered into the house by a crane while the roof was being reconstructed.

A gravel path leads from the dining area to a bridge across the restored creek that runs along one side of the house.

The architects used cedar slats to enclose a steel-and-concrete staircase that leads to the master bedroom upstairs.

A centuries-old blue oak stands near the intersection of the two wings of the house, which is clad in Alaskan yellow cedar. “We decided to split the house into two volumes to let in light and allow us to be more nimble with where we placed the structures.” Jess Field, the architect.