Interesting Houses

Furniture designer Pat Carson created a plethora of custom fixtures for this guest room, including a riveted aluminum Murphy bed. The best Murphy beds raise and lower easily, often requiring only one hand. This unique wall bed employs a hand-cranked wheel-and-pulley system.

In this living area, a built-in Murphy bed can be pulled down to create a flexible sleeping area when needed. This Murphy bed incorporates two small bedside nooks with built-in lighting.

The elevated modular home is clad in locally sourced radiata pine treated with a stone-gray oil stabilizer.

A thousand-year-old redwood stump abuts an Airstream suite.

A massive block fireplace dominates the interior of this secluded retreat, which pairs industrial finishes with woodsy charm.

The exuberant hot pink of the Magenta House reveals a calmer, plywood-clad interior.

After months of waiting for approvals to build a house in Sintra, Portugal, artist Chris Saunders decided to pivot, commissioning a custom tiny home on wheels from architecture studio Madeiguincho.

Owners Jill and Toby Gebben went on their first date by the shores of Lake Michigan, and long dreamed of building their own lakeside cottage.

"Another tricky aspect was finding a place to stack the sliding doors,

The home, which is located on waterfront property, sits atop cement columns as both a safety measure and to take advantage of the ocean views.

Jennifer and Kenard Bunkley braved resident wildlife and the soaring cost of plywood as they demolished and rbuilt their vacation home in upstate New York.