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Mullioned doors separate the vanity from the indoor shower. La Cantina Sea Foam Green doors (not pictured) connect the indoor shower to an outdoor shower.

An abundance of shelving offers plenty of storage for the couple's books and knickknacks. The wallpapered ceiling, which hides cracks in the drywall and speakers, is Flashdance in Gray Matters.

Accessed via collapsible ladder, the 58-square-foot loft bedroom with a queen mattress is located beneath an angled tongue-and-groove cedar ceiling that's painted white and punctuated by a large skylight. The floor is wool carpet.

Blue-painted cedar siding wraps around the 169-square-foot Backyard Reading Retreat. The smaller wooden shed hidden in the rear houses a prefab dry sauna.

Concrete pavers line the new hardscape, which steps up to a deck built of ipe wood. Ipe wood has also been used for the built-in benches and fencing.

In the renovation of a 1950s building in Royan, France, interior designer Florence Deau selected a fleet of vintage and new furnishings.

Deau sourced the apartment's high-low mix of furnishings from flea markets, local antiquarians, international design fairs, and boutique shops online.

Architectural designer Sebastian Mariscal and project manager Jeff Svitak created a house in Venice, California, for Michael and Tamami Sylvester. Known as Dwell Home Venice for its role as an exemplification of modern architecture, the house is an homage to indoor-outdoor living. Photo by Coral von Zumwalt.

Hall paid special attention to details like custom light switches and door latches, since they tend to stand out more in small spaces.