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By shifting the staircase the architects created a hidden library nook. Hidden amongst Klara’s collection of books it’s her favorite part of the apartment.

"The primary bedroom has a king bed, the second bedroom has twin bunks, and the loft has a queen sleeper-sectional, so the cabin can comfortably sleep six people,

Floor plan of Alerce Oculto by Alejandro Otero and Felipe Lüer, ZeroCabin

Marita painted the kitchen floor in a checked pattern, and added Rifle Paper Co “Peacock Wallpaper” in Emerald to go with the kitchen cabinets painted Benjamin Moore "Forest Green.

If you’re curious about renovating your own Airstream, “set aside twice as much time as you think it’ll take,” David advises. He worked on it six days a week with the benefit of his own cabinet shop and CNC machine.

It was important for the creative pair to be able to showcase their collection of art pieces throughout.

Blandine asked Égoïne to create handholds along each bookshelf to allow her boys—and herself—to climb from the ground floor to the second story. A pull-down ladder leads to the uppermost level, a mezzanine nestled beneath the roof.

"Keeping the vanity cabinet as narrow as possible helped make the space easier to move around in,

The designer-builders chose white oak in a Cathedral cut, embracing its more rustic quality compared to riff-sawn white oak.

By coincidence, the stairs leading up to Lizzy’s apartment were already painted in bright colors, but they serve as an excellent lead-in to the magic that lies beyond. “I’m an aggressive colorist,” she says.

Artist Christopher Florentino says his respect for Gene Leedy drove his update of the architect’s 1963 Ellison Residence in central Florida: “Being original is important to me. I don’t want Gene Leedy to come here and be like, ‘Damn, you killed my vision.’” In the living room, George Nelson’s Saucer Bubble pendant hovers over Eames classics, like an LCW chair, a Molded Fiberglass armchair, and a Molded Plywood coffee table. Christopher found the lounge, an Eames replica, in a dumpster and couldn’t let it go to waste. A Warhol print hangs from the sandstone block wall; the Ekko mobile is by Matthew Richards.

Combo Oven and Stove Christopher found the 1962 Custom Imperial Flair combo oven-stove by Frigidaire/General Motors in perfect working order when he moved in—it just needed new burners. The eye-level dual ovens are fitted with glass doors that open vertically—a bit like the gullwing doors on a DeLorean—while the burners hide in a sliding drawer. With its Howard Miller–inspired clock and cursive labeling, the Flair was the “it” stove of the ’60s, seen in the kitchen of Samantha and Darrin Stephens on Bewitched.

The couch bases pull out to become a queen-sized bed and a retractable screen pulls down for privacy – and movie nights.

The Colemas replaced the orange carpet in the loft area with grey tweed carpet tiles from FLOR. The pair of smaller windows was removed to make way for a Skycove window seat by Marvin.

"One visit over the winter, and we drove up to find four feet of snow covering the driveway and stairs down to the cabin,