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The rear deck of the existing floating home was boarded up and appeared abandoned.

The floating home's rear deck displays an outdoor swing and bright yellow sconces from Sonoma Country Antiques. The dock is arranged with Adirondack chairs, a fire pit, and Marka and Joe's kayaks.c

Project Name: Forest Hut

Reilly, pictured here, deleted the original front door in order to create an expanse of uninterrupted wall in the living room. The existing slider is now the main entry point. She clad the exterior with planks marketed as a shou sugi ban product that reads as burned, knotty cedar. A new, corrugated metal roof replaced asphalt shingles.

In the primary bath, the vanity countertop and integrated sink is done in the same micro-topping material as the room’s walls and floors.

In all, only 39 square feet were added to the home, but it feels entirely different.

London-based architecture group Theis and Khan designed their own office space, an art gallery and family home with a hanging fireplace and built-in cove for firewood. The cove creates a tabletop-like surface on top and brings texture to the space.

Tasked by John Powers and Jennifer Bostic with renovating a run-down cottage that was never meant to be lived in year round, Otto Ruano of Lead Studios transformed the space while keeping as much of it intact as possible. Potence lamps by Jean Prouvé illuminate the kitchen and living area. The bifold doors are by Loewen.

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With an off-the-grid house on a remote mountain, architect Smiljan Radić rebuilds the past.

A new covered seating area was created on the existing redwood deck, with hanging basket lamps inspired by decorations Sharp created for the couple's wedding.

The Frankos also tackled three bathroom renovations. The main bathroom was previously dark, cramped, and dingy, but it did feature a clawfoot tub (albeit lopsided and painted a startling red). After taking it down to the studs and fixing some plumbing issues, they added a window to bring in natural light, introduced wood trim, refinished the tub, and laid new floor tiles.

Earth tones, dried plants, and a brass bed frame create a harmonious mix in one of the two upstairs bedrooms. Aiming for maximum comfort and style, Danielle and Ely brought in West Elm furniture, lighting fixtures from Hudson Valley Lighting Appliances, Parachute linens, Marshall speakers, Fireclay tile, and Tuft & Needle mattresses to furnish The Barnhouse.

Thoughtfully placed succulents, ivy, and fiddle leaf fig trees accent The Barnhouse. For the plant wall, homeowners Danielle and Ely Franko mapped out the composition with tape to get the spacing just right. They also built the sliding barn door that shields a downstairs bedroom from view.

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.

A sliding panel separates the living room and kitchen when necessary; the rest of the time, it conceals the wine and liquor cabinet.

Before: Rafael enlarged the glass-door opening in the living room to bring in more light and inserted triple-pane glazing for better energy efficiency.

It was important to ensure that the writer’s work space connect seamlessly with the rest of the apartment. The built-in shelving echoes the library shelves downstairs, and the white oak desk, designed by e.g. Projects, is consistent with the white oak cabinetry throughout. The top is wrapped in leather, in a nod to traditional writer’s desks.

In the living room, the design team removed a drop ceiling to expose the vaulted roof, and they installed a simple prefinished pine floor.