Mint green-painted ironwork and tiles connect the indoors to the outside more fluidly.

Molteni dining chairs are overseen by “someone’s” ancestral portraits.

The Max-A studio is also built with a pine frame, though it has pine panelling on the ceiling, while the main house ceiling is painted a warm white.

Golden Lift

99 by Von Tundra and Lydia Cambron $13,000 Oregon-based Von Tundra’s unit combines three different storage options—a rack, drawers, and boxes—into a multipurpose dresser.

In Breezy Point, Queens, one of the communities hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, Azaroff's +LAB architects raised a damaged home to avoid future floodwater.

The Lifted House has been used by the Department of City Planning as a case study for resilient renovations.

Taking inspiration from train cabins, the guest bed lifts to reveal a bathtub. Garlick made the mechanism using sailboat hardware. The velvet curtain is by Restoration Hardware and the tile is from Stone Tile.

The floating bookshelf is composed from wood found on the property. Garlick purchased the Technics turntable and receiver from a used audio store.

For the 2014 iteration of the Solar Decathlon Europe in Versailles, France, students from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, teamed up with peers from the Université d’Angers in France to design an energy-efficient, market-ready home that also happens to be entirely prefabricated.

Ed Slattery, seen here with his son Matthew, wanted to create a sustainable home that is accessible without feeling like a hospital.

Detail of "Lift," a limited edition piece designed by Frederick McSwain for Neal Frey Studio.

“A majority of the house is lifted on concrete columns to maximize the views and also provide a covered ground plane for protected parking and outdoor living,” Mulvena says. “Future additions to the house can be built on this ground level within the existing structure."

Milwaukee studio Vetter Denk Architects designed this eye-catching prefab on the banks of Moose Lake, Wisconsin, as a weekend retreat. The home was based on an idea presented by the home's owner, who was inspired by a screw-top jug of $9.99 red wine.

When the Rusa chaise is lifted, the structure forms an intriguing geometric pattern.

Chicago, Illinois Lift Brushed Copper Fruit Bowls by fferrone design, from $260. These sculptural serving pieces by Felicia Ferrone are handcrafted in brass and finished with the metal of the moment: copper.

The open, pull-out shelves allow for easy reaching and the gap at the bottom of the drawers makes room for the feet of someone in a wheelchair so they can be closer to the counter.

Guests ascend a staircase into the cabin, while a small lift carries up their luggage.

Considering the abundance of biodiversity, lifting the structure off the ground was an ecological measure as much as a utilitarian one.

"Our many ideas were floating around the mountain, and we needed someone to bring them down and turn them into reality,

Yutaka Sone, Perfect Island - Ski lift, 1999 acrylic on canva

The original structures were lifted from their foundations to accommodate new ground-floor units.

Simpatico Homes founder Seth Krubiner has lived in the prefab company’s nearly net-zero prototype since it was customized and lifted onsite in 2011.

The 301-square-foot cabin is situated on 99 acres on Bruny Island, an island off the coast of Tasmania. For the exterior, the architects have chosen materials that "comply with the Bushfire Attack Level of 19," they explain, including bushfire resistant wood and zincalume metal. The cabin collects its own rainwater—storage tanks are underground for an uncluttered look—and the roof sports solar panels.

The Outward Bound cabins, designed by the University of Colorado Denver's design-build program, have steel frames that lift the structures above a three-foot snowpack while supporting corrugated-steel "snow roofs."

Lift-and-slide doors open the ground-floor living space up to the outdoor courtyard. The exposed concrete floor of the interior is echoed in the courtyard by linear concrete pavers to emphasize indoor/outdoor living.

The custom floor is made from maple. As you lift storage hatches and walk through the Airstream, the pieces follow a sea to sun design that designers Schmitt and Jacobs worked with Kyle on.

Add an extra Porsche with a custom residential car lift by American Custom Lifts, designers of the first and only American-made single post car lift for storing two vehicles in the parking space of one.

In an apartment in Hong Kong, the bedroom sits on a raised floor that contains storage beneath. The Japanese-inspired cabinetry keeps the bedroom feeling fuss-free and simple, but the storage spaces are still accessible without needing to lift up the bed.

LG SIGNATURE Washer/Dryer Combo (model LUWM101HWA, MSRP: $3,199.99) pairs a sleek design with optimal functionality. The​ ​LG SIGNATURE Sidekick Pedestal Washer (model LUWD1CW, MSRP: $799.99) is specially designed for your small, custom-care laundry loads. It can be used on its own or at the same time as the front load washer above.

Lee Buchanan of Lee Build created a screen of white ash slats beside the kitchen as well as the entry. "The stairs are beautifully integrated into the kitchen so the kids and I are always talking and someone is always sitting on the bottom steps,

Facing a COVID-19 shutdown, Taylor and Michaella McClendon recruited their family to build a breezy tiny home on the Big Island—which you can now purchase for $99,800.

Facing a COVID-19 shutdown, Taylor and Michaella McClendon recruit their family to build a breezy tiny home on the Big Island—which you can now purchase for $99,800.

On to the second module. The crane tethers (pictured at the top of the image) will be attached to the "lift points" on the top of the module.