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Architect Lina Bo Bardi designed this home for herself in São Paulo, Brazil. It was meant to be a place for the designer to bring creative types together; now anyone can enjoy its design and views.

In the bedroom, the home’s allover fir lining extends to the base of the platform bed, which has matching linens for a highly monochromatic effect. Daylight streams through a skylight and ground-level window.

The bedroom flooring, a continuation of the waterproof MDF panels used for the cabinetry, also sets it apart. Beneath a pair of ri-soprints bought at an antiques shop in Antwerp are cork stools by Jasper Morrison for Moooi and a Chiara lamp, at left, by Mario Bellini for Flos.

A Fun Furniture for Friends chair sits near a large-scale print of a 1970 manifesto by conceptual artist Agnes Denes.

Original details are peppered throughout the interiors, including the wood-paneled ceilings and brick fireplace in the main living area.

One of the two bathrooms is completely covered in green tile, offering a playful pop of color.

Daybeds flank the kitchen, where a rattan chair from Thai brand Kitt.Ta.Khon sits at the head of a custom onyx dining table.

Ernesto designed the villa’s kitchen more “for every day,” he says, but the one added to the courtyard has a professional range and parrilla to accommodate groups. “I don’t need super-fancy equipment,” Ernesto says. He and Yektajo designed the bar stools.

“Economy was always at the forefront of all of our decision making due to the high cost of building in California,” explains Kille. But that did not stop her and the design team from selecting strong color choices, like green kitchen cabinets and a bold orange-red front door.

A look at the couple's adjoining bathroom.

After: "We don't believe in the hierarchy of materials,

Powder Room

The home has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and each space complements one another.