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The first design scheme for the cottage was "too fancy

By moving the door to the bathroom, the architects could place a custom headboard against that wall, so the view can be seen from the bed. Custom storage underscores the windows.

Floor Plan of St. Andrews ADU by Assembledge+

The new interior includes a meditation room with an Isamu Noguchi lamp, flooring made of tatami mats, and a Murphy bed for visitors.

Pickled whitewashed pine walls continue into the kitchen and are contrasted by dark, ebonized red oak cabinetry and soapstone counters. A custom white oak table continues from the island and offers additional seating with Mogensen chairs. Above, a pendant from Santa & Cole is arranged in a custom configuration.

“Opening the house to the southwest also gave the best chance of hearing the ocean noises in the house at night,” says Sabbeth. A Malm Firedrum 3 fireplace anchors the corner, with a cream Piero Lissoni sofa, coffee table by Andrianna Shamaris and leather Cassina chairs placed before it.

Loon Lake Retreat floor plan

A linear window with its sill dropped to the floor creates connection to the side yard. “We incorporated all these new windows in order to stream a lot more light into the house,” says Bassett.

New folding glass doors connect the downstairs living room to the revamped yard. The floors are concrete and the ceilings are Hemlock.

The experience of the farm includes to the permaculture vegetable garden, fresh farm eggs, interactions with the goats and horses, and hiking through a landscape populated by giraffes, zebras, antelopes, and warthogs.

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T+E+A+M completed Northwood ADU in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in late summer 2021.

The hallway looks out onto a small alcove beside the wrap-around deck.

"Since we knew the house would have bold color blocks, we wanted the bathroom to feel a bit more fluid and loose,

Floor plan of Parallelogram House by 5468796 Architecture