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While on a walk through a nearby town, Eva saw an old door that caught her eye, knocked on it, and offered to buy it. Now it’s in her home.

Behind Eva is one of her canvases. Vintage Moroccan rugs are strewn on the floor of the second story.

The primary bathroom is decorated with found stones, a handmade porcelain candleholder, and other small objets d’art.

Eva designed new, curved stairs with a smooth plaster surface that contrasts with the roughness of some of the exposed stones. A few of her ceramics fill the niche under them, and skylights bring in sunshine from above. The table, bought locally for about 20 euros at a garage sale, is made of olive wood.

In the sculpture studio on the top floor, Eva turned an existing opening into a decorative nook. The fabrics on the bench are antique nets used for olive picking. “They have all these olive stains that are gorgeous—they are like pieces of art,” she says.

In the guest suite is a staircase that goes nowhere. Eva initially wanted to connect the space to her bedroom above but changed her mind. “I told the workers, ‘Leave the stairs,’ ” she says. “Then I started to put some stones and pieces of leftover chaux. It’s full of objects that aren’t really anything.”

An opening in Eva’s closet looks into her bedroom. The photograph she is adjusting was taken by her friend and fellow artist Julian Lennon. “He is the only person I take design advice from,” she says, adding that the circular opening was his idea. On her bed are Rose and Lili, the mother-and-daughter pair who have traveled the world with Eva.

Exposed Douglas fir beams add warmth to the bedroom. The pine bed frame and headboard were built by the couple, as were all the doors and window frames. The painting above the bed is by Earl Hamilton.

The original living space is now an open kitchen outfitted with cabinetry made by the couple.

Towering bamboo plants conceal a cedar deck with a sunken redwood hot tub from California Hot Tubs.