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For the floor and built-ins, the architects opted for Douglas fir. The recessed wood-burning stove is a Morsø 5660.

The interior walls, ceilings, and built-ins are clad in Siberian larch from UPK Concept. Tham placed the glazed openings and doorways to maintain clear sight lines throughout the long and narrow home.

“I wanted the house to feel like a boat in the middle of the forest or on an island, standing alone,

The Rosy Mound Retreat is comprised of two intersecting volumes: a wood-clad main house and a living room wing.

The southwest-facing corner with the wood stove and the forest views is the spot in the home Emilie loves best. “It’s the spot where we do everything,” she says.

The living room’s large wall of glass frames a view of the adjoining grassy field and Puget Sound, visually blending indoors and outdoors.

"A steep or unstable site can make it difficult and costly to seismically retrofit a structure, or stabilize the site,” says Thomas Schaer at SHED Architecture and Design, a Seattle-based firm with extensive experience in adaptive reuse, as well as midcentury remodel. “There also may be land-use code provisions that limit or prevent development on the lot."

SHED enhanced the original tongue-and-groove ceiling and bold dark beams with new paint and stains. Expansive walls of glass create a strong indoor/outdoor connection.

The room benefits from much more natural light, thanks to the open plan and new windows.

Romero dressed the daybed cushions with linen and merino wool.

The custom bench in the media room was designed and built by Henrybuilt. Mill Valley, California Dwell Magazine : September / October 2017

The expansive windows and door in the kitchen-and-living area frames views of the lush natural surround.

Lutron Sivoia automatic roller shades in a custom valance were mounted to the window mullions, which were also painted Benjamin Moore “Wrought Iron.” The sofa is the Kasala Venice five-piece modular sofa tucked up against bespoke cabinetry by Beechtree Woodworks.

Manuela and Filipe sit on a built-in daybed with their daughter. Mapa Architects decided to showcase the home’s cross-laminated timber structure. “We could have added a coating over the material, but we believed the exposed wood would give us a nobler effect,” says architect Luciano Andrades.