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Finishes for the rental came to a total of $7517, including costs for tile and installation. Augustin prefers to take tile to the ceiling, making for a grand impression. The white hexagonal floor and wall tile is by Antik, and measures 1 3/4” x 1 3/4” in size. The 12x12 tiles for the bathing area are by Demettra in the color Sculpture Gray.

Before: There wasn’t much in the way of a backyard, with a mural of ivy painted on a brick wall instead of real plants.

Site plan of Chalet Pic-Bois by Ravi Handa Architect

Dial down the stress of live flora with paper flowers, like these Geranium Stems by Livia Cetti of The Green Vase. Beyond decoration, they can serve as charming wedding favors that will last at least until your paper anniversary.

The Lucca SC51 Portable Table Lamp by Space Copenhagen for &Tradition features satinized opal glass and a discrete dimmer, providing a paper-lantern-like glow for your patio in black, moss gray, or maroon powder-coated trim. A single charge by mini-USB lasts up to nine hours at the highest of three settings.

Fermob’s Luxembourg Trolley Bar provides carte blanche for indoor/outdoor hosting with its removable tray top, smooth-rolling casters, and 24 UV-resistant color options. The aluminum cart is part of designer Frédéric Sofia’s 25-piece outdoor furniture collection based on the iconic Jardin du Luxembourg chairs, first produced by Fermob for the Paris parks department in 1923.

From camp lantern to hanging globe, standing lamp, or waterproof float light: The four configurations of the rechargeable NoBox Globe Lantern prove it’s a design with legs.

Feed the four-foot-tall Prism Chiminea kindling and it will reflect light and heat from its golden belly. Designed by Drew Seskunas for Prism Outdoor Furniture and handmade in Long Island City, Queens, this lightweight aluminum fire-sculpture comes in two colors: five-alarm red and soot black.

The two new buildings create a courtyard-like feel in the small urban backyard.

Milan designers Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez bring a splash of color to your sink with Nice, their new faucet collection for Fantini. The translucent resin knobs take on candy-like hues from a thin strip of color at the base. Options include green, red, and turquoise (shown here), and the sleek spout comes in chrome or matte black.

When it comes to your shower, good design shouldn’t go down the drain. Case in point: interior designer Christopher Grubb’s geometric brass drain grids for California Faucets.

Father-son industrial design team Alberto and Francesco Meda introduced a svelte line of fixtures with Zucchetti last year. With its sleek profile (available in finishes ranging from gold to matte black), the basin mixer is a showstopper.

Like a work of art, this minimal vanity from William Gray (the product line of residential and hospitality designers Meyer Davis Studio) hangs gracefully from your bathroom wall, and it’s available with several different stone facings.

This pearl-like little vessel from Brooklyn-based Light + Ladder (helmed by RISD alumna Farrah Sit) can contain your choice of trinkets, but we like that it’s food safe, too, transforming quotidian pantry items like salt, spices, or even avocados into whimsical surprises.

A series of Ultimate Casement windows line the bottom of a hallway leading to the principal bedroom, providing an ideal spot for Luke to observe the action outside.

Balconies bring the outdoors in. The architect of this apartment in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Chacarita covered the terrace in a perforated skin for shade. During winter, it helps to trap heat and keep the interiors warm. Light streams through the balcony into the interiors of the compact, 269-square-foot home.

The sinuous interior is lined with CNC-cut wooden panels that define stepped sauna seating and porthole windows.