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Local artist John Bisbee created a decorative screen out of nails for the end of the base cabinet. Stuart built the drawers using traditional wood-on-wood slides and proportionally spaced dovetails, which operate differently in summer and winter. “Those idiosyncrasies effect the way you interact with it,” Stuart notes. “The kitchen is experiential in that way.”

“Where we let loose was on the window,” Matt says. “It’s an aluminium window frame, which is bushfire compliant and easy to install, but the way that we detailed it was about hiding the frame so that the eye is drawn into the space.”

Like many Farrow & Ball shades, expect this Teresa's Green to change from green to blue, and back again depending on the light.

Just past sunrise at Betasso Overlook.

One of the benefits of building into the hillside is that Catherine and her dog, Lydia, are able to access the home's rooftop deck.

Jason and Laura Miller-Smith tapped Cover Architecture and EEK Studio to update their Buff and Hensman midcentury home with custom casework, ribbed glass, and a grand fireplace while staying true to the original plans.

Warm wood detailing ensures that the concrete flooring has a natural contrast.

Blue Sky Building Systems worked with CB Architecture to create a modern home for a family of four in Orinda, California.

In the dining room, a Lulu and Georgia table is surrounded by Maria Yee chairs and overhead is a Flos light. The stairs act as buffer between the main rooms and bedrooms. The painting is by Mimia to fit the scale of the room.

Model of the family's home and trees on the property.

Natural light was extra important to Aaron, as this space functions as his art studio, too.

Concrete floors were polished a few extra times to reveal the pebbles and stones for a terrazzo-esque effect.

"The forest outside our windows brings us joy from the moment we wake up in the morning," says Jonah, "while we watch the hawks and birds and drink our coffee to the period of dusk when the deer pass through on their evening foraging and the fox come out of hiding."

Floor Plan of Reimagined Ranch House by Samaha + Hart Architecture