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Oak cabinets and flooring bring additional woodsy warmth.

The flooring switches from warm, engineered white oak in the living room to concrete in the kitchen to make cleaning a breeze.

Using natural materials is one way of bringing nature indoors. Oiled white ash floors and ceilings, along with Italian poplar and Lawson cypress joinery, are found throughout architect Andrew Simpson’s 538-square-foot home outside Wellington, New Zealand.

Colorful ceramic tiles on the back wall in the Westbourne Cottage scullery