[Do It mYself]

Fujimori has an affinity for building structures that appear to be perched precariously: His charred cedar-clad Guest House seems to balance on a sliver of a wall.

A pared-back scheme gives this room its nickname: the "Zen Room."

Diana's ceramics and the couple's art collection add small pops of color to the neutral unit.

In the New York loft that he shares with two friends, industrial designer Joshua Skirtich covered one wall of his 8-by-11 bedroom/ design studio with a pegboard for organizing his tools. A plywood desk runs the length of the room, accommodating Joshua’s 3D-printing equipment at one end and clothing drawers at the other.

The pegs in the master bedroom can be rearranged to alter the layout of shelves, allowing flexible storage options.

The Uphill Utilitarian Shed when fully opened.

becomes this wood cocoon with ambient light coming through the clear wall panel. You don’t need to even turn on a light.”

A red-tiled table beside the window offers a sunny nook for meals.

Ceramicist Josephine Heilpern spent weeks cleaning, painting, and upgrading the kitchen of her rent-stabilized Crown Heights apartment to make the room usable. It had been "fully abandoned