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Surf photographer Nick LaVecchia’s idyllic, sustainable home in Maine Read more at www.grindtv.com/cul...

Surf photographer Nick LaVecchia’s idyllic, sustainable home in Maine Read more at www.grindtv.com/cul...

In a family’s pint-size lake retreat in Austin, Texas, ipe siding and decking meet concrete floors and steeland-glass windows. Stained cyprus was used for the ceiling and soffit. The custom barn-style sliding door conceals the family’s collection of giant inner tubes and other boating equipment. Photo by: Kimberly Davis

While shopping for containers, Hill was instantly drawn to this one’s existing blue color and chose to buy it and leave it as is. Poteet added floor-to-ceiling sliding doors to allow light in, as well as a cantilevered overhang to shade a window on the left side, which houses a small garden storage area.

Designer Paula Hayes points out that surgical tweezers are a terrarium builder’s best friend, since a blunter object could break the fragile glass of the container. Her go-to online retail source for tools is Black Jungle Terrarium Supply.

"Most of us overlap on informal and formal ventures all the time," Benson says. "I'm currently working on some pro-bono work with one of the downstairs neighbors on design research. The parking lot serves as a living laboratory at times as well."

"Food generally plays a part in the exchanges," explains Benson, "so the adjacent kitchen plays its part in lending to that [collaborative] atmosphere."

Upstairs, tenants and friends gather outside sculptor Chris Puzio’s apartment.

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