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The meditation room can also double as a guest room when the couple has visitors. Wide plank white oak floors throughout bring a softness to the cabin.

Seattle firm Wittman Estes designed this compact cabin floating above a meadow on Whidbey Island.

A series of “stacked boxes” laid the foundation for this Sea Ranch–inspired home on a narrow site set on two flood zones and filled with protected redwoods.

Handmade Moroccan Zellige tiles from Zia Tile continue from the kitchen into the bathroom.

The Perch at sunset.

A more narrow window focuses the eye on tree trunks, creating an “abstracted view of the landscape,” says the firm.

The house was designed to minimally interfere with the hilltop vegetation, which is what attracted the family to the site.

The living room has views of the veranda and kitchen through sliding glass doors.

Greenway Studio designed this home addition In Victoria, British Columbia, to blend in with an existing natural rock formation.

The rock outcropping in the backyard of this house in Victoria, British Columbia, influenced the design of the home’s addition.

Skylights throw pink and yellow tones across the 850-square-foot unit’s stepped ceilings. “With small spaces, we try to play with clerestory windows, skylights, and ceilings. It makes the architecture feel spacious, almost as though it’s levitating.”

The sophisticated white motif of this bathroom capitalizes on its natural light.