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The Weekend unit features a small bed and a desk for working.

The bathroom features the same dark-wood palette as the rest of the home.

the office has a desk that can be folded down and a couch that can extend into a bed, for occasional guests.

"On the wall behind the stove there is a panel of tiles from Oficina Brennand, to bring in Brazilian character to this space,

To maximize function, the living room's Brazilian-made sectional can be transformed into two separate beds for guests.

"Our many ideas were floating around the mountain, and we needed someone to bring them down and turn them into reality,

Another design feature that was important to Carly—because she likes antiquing and thrifting—was to have ample built-in spaces to showcase her finds. “So, we really worked at interspersing those throughout the house and finding ways to make them proportional,” says DeBaker. “It is more fun if we have this collaborative team around and everyone is sort of willing to try new things, try new materials and play around with the different shapes, different built-ins, different design ideas.”

Bright Designlab designed the custom walnut island, fabricated by Maple Key. A Workstead light hangs overhead.

Patricia designed the home without a pool, a fairly common feature on the island, for ecological and spatial reasons—so an understated yet oversize sunken bath is where the family cools off during heat waves. “We really tried to find an aesthetic that ‘speaks’ of the island,” says Patricia, “that expresses how natural materials can embrace beautiful spaces and how this type of design can also be considered luxurious.”

The existing kitchen was tiny, so Patricia converted it and a small bedroom into a library. She saved the original chimney, as well as the woodburning oven and hot plate, and relocated them to the new, larger kitchen. “Everything I repurposed had to have a function,” she explains.

Polished concrete walls continue into one of the bathroom, where circular windows with colorful glass adds a playful touch. A large home office area also awaits on the lower level.