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Joe Banuelos, who lived off and on at PorchLight’s prior shelter, is training to become part of its peer mentor program.

The bedroom is given some privacy from the kitchen and dining area, and the bench can also be slept on.

One of Leanne’s more pleasant surprises during the remodel was finding hundreds of stunning first-edition and vintage books in the basement, “which have all happily found their way back up stairs to the living room and the library,” she says.

While updating the aesthetic, it was also important to Leanne to modernize the mechanicals of the home to work for her family. “Those needed to be done and done right before we ‘closed up’ the walls and finished the visual aspect,” she says. “When starting a new interior design project, cosmetic changes, like picking out paint colors is the fun part. But what's behind the walls—the electrical, plumbing updates, structural check-ins, HVAC upgrades, the not-so-glamorous stuff—those are often not talked about.”

The elongated vanity handles the linen storage, with a wood counter that syncs with the tub surround.

A petite en-suite bathroom was added to the guest room.

Undeterred by the pandemic—and with their one-year-old daughter in tow—Danielle and Ely Franko spend seven months overhauling a former hay barn.

Outside the kitchen, an orchard is planted with 50 varieties of fruit and nut trees, and there are 100 olive trees that the previous owner had put in.

Loft stair with hidden pull-out storage

Hynam built additional storage along one angled wall of the bedroom loft and beneath the skylight.

IKEA’s Stolmen system holds the couple’s clothes in the master bedroom. Solid core maple doors from Lowe’s match the structure’s interiors, which are lined in wood largely sourced from Union Church Millworks.

Photo caption: The wall beneath the stairs of this Beverly Hills home holds hidden storage, including an Enomatic wine dispenser and Sub-Zero refrigerated drawers.

Steps with storage that lead up to the balcony.

Light-pink built-ins flank one wall of the bedroom, providing storage and a bit of fun flair.

A closet features sleek built-in storage.

A dressing room continues the high-contrast theme with stone flooring and blonde wood fittings.

A bathroom leads out to one of the roof terraces.

This home in Melbourne by design duo Kathryn Robson and Susie Cohen has deep nook shelves at one end of the wardrobe, which gives the bathroom a warm, natural and organic feel.