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  6 days ago

  A Santiago Couple Build Four Cabins—and a New Life—in Chile’s Lakes District

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  Leaving the bustling city behind, a psychologist and an engineer start over with a set of rentable retreats clad in reclaimed wood. Gabriel Granda and his wife, Pamela, were in search of a different life. The engineer and psychologist lived in Santiago, Chile, and they felt exhausted from the …

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  1 day ago

  Budget Breakdown: A Couple Roll Up Their Sleeves to Revamp a Colorado A-Frame for $164K

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  Amy Pigliacampo and Corey Szopinski brave snow, fire, and falling trees as they transform a ’70s cabin into a Scandinavian-style retreat. When interior designer Amy Pigliacampo first picked up the keys to this cabin in a remote enclave of Alma, Colorado, she knew that referring to its neck of the …

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  3 days ago

  One Night in Snøhetta’s Remote Hiking Cabin in the Norwegian Wilderness

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  On an impromptu road trip, my friends and I squeezed in a quick stay at the recently rebuilt Tungestølen cabin complex in western Norway. Welcome to One Night In, a series about staying in the most unparalleled places available to rest your head. This past spring, my friend Kevin and I were tossing …

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  Jul 15

  When the Office Starts to Look Like Home

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  When award-winning film and TV production company Epic was incorporated into Vox Media and the new Los Angeles headquarters was under construction, its cofounder Josh Bearman looked toward his own home as the source of inspiration. In the Epic days, Bearman used to host meetings in a converted …

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  Black Metal Steels the Show at This Renovated Live/Work Space in Toronto

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  Design firm UOAI uses metal panels and beams to give definition to a once-open plan inside a 19th-century laneway building. Location: Toronto, Canada Architect of Record: UOAI / @uoai_studio Collaborator: Piccaluga Design Inc. / @pd_inc From the Architect: “The project is located within an existing …

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  Apr 19

  Garage Renovation by Kyle Huberty

  dwell - Ashlea Halpern

  The friends scoured Facebook Marketplace and local salvage centers—locating such treasures as decades-old Douglas fir flooring from a decommissioned munitions plant—to remake the 600-square-foot space into a homey creative commons. Kyle Huberty’s enthusiasm is contagious. “He’s really good at making …