To highlight the existing architecture of the home, Hill retained the dark polish of the casement windows, which she finds enhances period details instead of undermining them. In the rear sunroom, the vintage Case Study furniture pieces with Plexiglas bases are from Metro Retro in Houston. A Bourgie lamp by Kartell is atop an old marble end table by Knoll, and the Gan kilim rug pictures a branch motif echoed in the kitchen and breakfast room.

The kids’ room of the Milford Residence in Portland, Oregon is outfitted with a cheerful orange Case Study daybed from Modernica and a selection of vintage maps and artwork.

Casement windows let cooling breezes in from the west.

The walnut staircase and slide in a Chicago town house leads from the main level to the basement. To protect people on the ride down, a “crash pad” fashioned from a standard gymnastic mat covers the wall at the slide’s base.

Paul built the walnut bed with the help of Hannah’s two brothers, however, we like the simple look of DWR’s Case Study Alpine bed, also in walnut. Like the Catlett’s version it is made in the USA. From $2,895

A large, circular opening with sliding glass doors leads to the curved terrace on the front of each structure. For one of the terraces, the architects designed a cutout to accommodate a mature tree that continues to grow through the platform.

The outcrop of rock and a tree have been incorporated into the design of the home.

The unique window arrangement floors the space with light and improves the flow of air through the space.

In the study, an oil painting by David Kroll, one of the artists represented by Sette's gallery hangs above a Le Corbusier daybed.

Historic centres usually have a clear, harmonious melody, but oftentimes the soundscapes of the outer layers of a city are disrupted, lacking a conductor able to integrate architectonic interventions throughout space and time.

Locally sourced, low-emitting materials were used inside and out. The floors throughout are bamboo.

The Case Study Ceramic Cylinder Planter was originally designed during the post-WW2 architecture and design period. The ceramic planter is defined by its basic geometric shape—a cylinder—and its simple, clean finish. A Brazilian walnut stand elevates the ceramic planter from the floor.

Both bedrooms now glory in the inlet views.

Corner Window

Jonas runs up the custom walnut stairwell, with inset Corian handrail, that leads up to the second-floor master suite.

“The walnut unit between the kitchen and dining room ties into the fumed oak floor,” Dubbeldam says. “The rest of the materials in the house—glass, marble, stone—were selected to offset the wood.”

The Balcony daybed is an exercise in line and volume. Photo courtesy of Vera & Kyte.

The master bedroom is furnished with V-leg beside tables and a bed from Modernica’s Case Study Furniture line.

Bart Daybed by Moooi "There’s no seat on the train line that looks that good," says store owner Lorn Dittfeld. This piece exemplifies the store's curated collection of smaller, more independent designers.

Cloud 9 bed by Vidi Vixi Neamonitis and Miner are fans of furniture makers Vidi Vixi, run by Mark Grattan and Francis Bradley. Their wooden Cloud 9 bed is exclusive to WorkOf. Photo by Emily Johnston.

In the living room, guests gather on a matching ebony sofa and daybed from Hudson and a pair of Jorge Zalszupin lounge chairs. An Yves Klein coffee table—filled with the artist’s signature International Klein Blue pigment— provides a vivid burst amid otherwise organic tones. The walnut-and-bronze cabinetry is a custom design.

For a family in Lima, a team from local firm 51-1 Arquitectos built Casa Serpiente, which meanders around 25 existing trees. Husband Irzio’s study is among the few ground-level rooms in the 4,300-square-foot house.

A 2009 Cedric desk by Kay + Stemmer occupies the study.

The study features floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that bring the outdoors in. Space-saving custom walnut desks are accented by a Pixo Optical LED Table Lamp, an AJ table lamp, and a 1958 Eames Management Chair.

While most homes have their front doors centered on a flat wall, this home in Canada by Omer Arbel is entered through two solid walnut doors at the corner of the home.

A grille of walnut slats, designed by Syme and made by the local millworkers MCM, delineates the edge of a new stair with open treads made of hot-rolled steel. Tall Bulthaup cabinets mark the edge of the dining area; Evans, a mechanical engineer, had them custom-made to conceal heating ducts that vent almost invisibly through the top edge.

Case Study Kelvin40, 2003. Photo by Daniel Adric.

Case Study® V-Leg Daybed

Case Study® V-leg Daybed

Case Study® V-leg Daybed

Modernica Case Study V-Leg Daybed

Case Study Furniture® V-Leg Daybed