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Located minutes from downtown Sonoma, California, this 1,750-square-foot home takes advantage of the steep topography of a hillside and provides sweeping views of wine country from nearly every room. It was designed to be a modern-day rustic country retreat, featuring a triple-gabled roof made of deep red Cort-Ten steel and plenty of outdoor space.

“The home is angled slightly off of the street and features a simple architectural language of vertical plywood siding and brick combined with an oversize roof,” Kinney says.

Paola Lenti furniture in rich navy and burgundy tones outfit the reimagined backyard, which also features chiseled retaining walls by a local stonemason. Japanese maple trees add to the zen-like atmosphere.

A landscaped garden includes bright sculptures by late artist Brother Mel Meyer.

The 1968 residence designed by local architect Jack Sherman Baker is now listed at $739,900 in Springfield, Illinois.

The residence at 1111 Williams Boulevard in Springfield, Illinois, was designed by late architect and Illinois School of Architecture professor Jack Sherman Baker in 1968.

The facade of the home, while updated with new lap siding, embodies the craftsman style of its original iteration.

Built on the footprint of an old stone barn, Freestone Farm takes inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright and ancient Greece.

The backyard evokes the serenity of a Japanese Zen garden with a beautiful leaning tree and a shou sugi ban shed.