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The Kavner house is a California take on the classic Adirondack style of upstate New York. The main house is used every weekend and the cabins fill up at family gatherings.

A storage niche just inside the garage entry has three minty-green Shelfology Doohicky hooks and a shoe shelf. Heated terrazzo floors in the kitchen were the idea of one of the homeowner’s daughters, Sarah Smith, who was the lead architect on the project.

With the Wirick House, Calvin Straub used slender, exposed wood framing and tall windows to open up views of the San Gabriel Mountains.

Much of the home’s furniture was designed by Wu, Emily, or their artistic community. The kitchen island was fabricated by Wu and the curtain panels by friend Meg Callahan. That’s not to say the whole home was handmade—a Muuto pendant hangs in the middle of the room.

Quynh-Vy and her sisters Tuvy Pham and Yenvy Pham share a laugh while folding shrimp dumplings. “I wanted a kitchen big enough for everyone to gather in,” says Quynh-Vy, “but even though it’s big, it feels warm and intimate. It draws everyone in.”

An antique Chinese screen with embroidered silk panels acts as a headboard in the primary bedroom.

A jewel-box-like bathroom with walls painted Black Forest Green by Benjamin Moore juxtaposes the light schematic of the rest of the home. "It's very relaxing thanks to the darker color,

The shower is tiled in muted green tiles and installed with contemporary fixtures.