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The site and existing driveway were minimally disturbed while relocating the garage and opening up the horizontal sight lines.

In the kitchen, Superfront and IKEA cabinets are combined with a concrete counter.

An Oslo apartment by architect Johan Tran features a Nordic and Japanese sensibilities. A Japanese-inspired sliding door made of birch plywood acts as a flexible room divider.

The light-filled office presents a similar aesthetic as to the main residence, complete with exposed brick walls, polished concrete floors, and large sliding glass doors.

A bonus loft area perched on the top floor frames panoramic treetop views.

“The pitched ceilings and ribbon of clerestory windows make the interior feel more spacious than it is,” notes Gooden.

A queen-size Murphy bed folds down from this interior wall, transforming open living space into a bedroom.

A deep window frame in the living space doubles as a sitting area and harnesses views of the garden and the village church.

Chris made a point of avoiding plasterboard, instead using structurally insulated panels for the walls to create an airtight seal, and for the flooring, a hydronic concrete slab from Hydrotherm that can warm or cool the interiors.

The design changed slightly throughout the building process. For example, the window seat bench was initially going to extend along the entire wall to create an end table near the bed, but then "that tall skinny space appeared,

The original ceiling panels featured pine paneling, which was a familiar choice for Kristinsson. The panels were removed, refinished off-site, and then reinstalled. New ceiling panels of matching pine were installed in the additions.

Those costs were partially recouped by using knotted pine planks for the exterior.

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