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The house, painted in "Poppyseed

The single-volume home has been designed to appear to float over the lot on its deck. Ryan upgraded the existing foundation to support its passive design. "Originally, I wanted to make the whole house powered with wood pellets," he says. "But I decided against shoveling pellets in the snow. I'll get weird in a little bit less of a cold climate."

García's 19th-century home in Mexico is a joyful space that embraces the patina and heritage of the building and is

Hess combined a John Boos butcher-block table with a piece carved by local wood sculptor Vince Skelly to create a sculptural kitchen island. "As soon as [Skelly] brought that in there, [Charlie and Todd's] little daughter hopped up on it and owned it. So, that's where she hangs out in the kitchen," says Hess.

Cast Architecture started a renovation on this property at the start of 2020, and finished a year later.

A two-story home in the Court of Mysteries, in Santa Cruz, California, designed by Brian Friel and Meghan Dorrian, wraps around a grassy lawn bordered by a brick patio.

Marlatt built the cabinets in place from Russian Birch plywood, and the counters are a thin application of Neolith stone. The backsplash is glass, making for easy clean-up, and a few of the cabinet fronts are painted Masonite, for fun pops of color. The ceramics on the shelves are by Burgevin.

Kille's oldest son currently lives in the space, but moves back to the main house when family come to visit.

The renovation created space for a new entry foyer, separated from the living room by a wall with a large interior window-like opening.

She used cedar planks from Lowe's and stained them to match the vanity and other wood elements in the room. “We sealed the cedar planks with tung oil, and after a year it's held up wonderfully against water seepage,” says Bertolini

Reilly, pictured here, deleted the original front door in order to create an expanse of uninterrupted wall in the living room. The existing slider is now the main entry point. She clad the exterior with planks marketed as a shou sugi ban product that reads as burned, knotty cedar. A new, corrugated metal roof replaced asphalt shingles.

Modern larch interior woodwork combines with retro furniture and lighting pieces.

The home is built into its grassy-dune landscape (icluding a day-lit lower level) yet still appears to float over its terrain.

Squaring the window made it possible to install a window seat for reading sessions beside a favorite Spruce tree in the front yard.

The kitchen was relocated in the old family room, to be closer to the mudroom and garage access. It’s enveloped in custom whitewashed Ash cabinets by Sunview Cabinetry, with Caesarstone counters and a Bianco Ionio Marble backsplash that wraps into the stairwell.

The top of the staircase is three feet wide, to accommodate the built-in shelving, and becomes wider towards the base, to four feet, making the storage underneath very useful for bigger and boxier items.

Nola cement tiles by Riad Tile.

The outdoor space includes a fire pit.