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The white oak bench seating wraps a vintage wood table found on Offer Up. The custom cushions are by Legacy Custom Upholstery in Perennials 'Raffia' fabric in Geranium Red. The wall light is the Schoolhouse 'Gantry Pivot Sconce.'

The white oak cabinetry has fronts painted in 'Weekend Getaway' by Benjamin Moore. Cabinets were designed by Emily Kopp and fabricated by JV The New Carpentry.

Emily purchased the used Brizo Odin faucet in chrome on Offer Up, and a new Brizo Odin beverage faucet to match. The sconce above the window is vintage and the counters are honed Basaltina ($2,934.38).

Emily detailed the kitchen to have more storage than before, thanks to custom cabinetry she designed, and which was fabricated and installed by J.V. The New Carpentry. The backsplash tile is 2x6 Zia Tile in 'Burnt Sugar.' The stove is a Thor electric range and the refrigerator an iio Retro Mod Fridge RM1, both part of the $4215 the couple spent on appliances.

A custom cork bed fills an alcove in the couple’s bedroom. The linens are from Hawkins New York.

The studio has a full bath and sleeping loft. It’s also clad in cork, but here they scored lines in the panels to create a different pattern. On the deck, an outdoor shower is encased in batu wood slats. “We love showering outside with nature,” says Alyson. “We had an outdoor shower in our Texas home and got hooked.”

In the kitchen, a cork floor joins a preexisting cedar ceiling and cherry plywood cabinets built by <a href="designinpractice.com/">D...

A new banquette seating area tucked off the kitchen links to the breakfast terrace and has great views. "That's a nice perch to sit in and enjoy the kitchen and the landscape," says Woofter. Carolyn Woofter designed the custom copper hood to sync with the La Cornue stove beneath it.

The couple took advantage of numerous municipal programs when landscaping the backyard. Mandy recently completed a free course through LADWP, who also promotes resources for the SoCal Turf Replacement Program, to become a certified California Native Plant Landscape: “There is an amazing amount of knowledge and resources for transitioning yards with more native/drought-tolerant plants through LADWP and the Theodore Payne Foundation,” says Mandy.

Throughout the home, windows by Pella and sliding doors optimize passive cooling and solar gain. The cottage exterior is clad entirely in shakes of Alaskan yellow, a type of cedar with neutral hues; the surrounding fence is made from western red cedar.

Angled openings in the roofline function as both windows and vents, allowing views and cross-breezes. A dining table completes the nearly all-wood room.

The house is perched in the midst of an astonishing landscape. The rocky islands here were violently scraped clean by glaciers more than ten thousand years ago.

On the opposite side of the fence, flowers are ready to be cut as gifts for guests.

The garden is just outside of the kitchen at Dan Pelosi’s Hudson Valley area home, making barbecue prep as simple as possible.

Custom shelving from Modern Shelving organizes provisions for a household that shops infrequently (the nearest major grocery store is 15 miles away).