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After: By knocking out a wall and building a new island, the kitchen flows more cohesively into the living room and dining room. The

A peek at the floor plans of Canterbury House by Murray Legge Architecture.

Caterpillar floor plan

Speaking to his original design, architect Saul Zaik says, “We were really just building boxes with a bunch of windows but experimenting with how you integrated indoor and outdoor spaces.” The house has seven different openings to the exterior, allowing different courtyard or patio settings for a range of outdoor activities, including seating for a gathering on the street-facing side. The Milfords hired Lilyvilla Gardens for the landscaping around the house, including variegated bluestone steps with thyme joints.

The open floor plan and a retractable sliding glass door along one side of the house makes the first floor feel spacious.

Storage was built in all down the hallway, making efficient use of a linear space.

To avoid excavating the land, Pang and Boyle designed a structural platform to keep the cabin level.

The corrugated metal roofing is a subtle reference to the many sheds found on farms in the local area.

Kitchen

In this custom-built London guesthouse kitchen designed by Studiomama, lustrous vertically clad cabinetry achieves additional depth with the addition of the chairs, which were picked up for $15 each at a local market and powder coated in bright orange.

Top designers give their advice about how to choose a stylish, functional faucet and what it will cost. Hint: it’s more than you may think.

The couple wanted a home where they could relax, cook meals, listen to music together, and leave the hustle and bustle of the city behind.

The dark kitchen cabinetry is set off by a marble tile backsplash in a herringbone pattern in this Australian kitchen.

Kitchen

Hatchet Design Build took a contemporary approach with this kitchen while still drawing from the a traditional palette. The grain-matched walnut cabinets echo the walnut pocket doors elsewhere.

The lovely cornflower-blue kitchen cabinets in this Brooklyn, New York, home by Elizabeth Roberts Architecture & Design were professionally painted.

Entry Courtyard