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The white countertops are made from concrete and the wooden cabinets have been painted a subtle shade of sage. The floors are white oak hardwood.

The coffee table is a keepsake from Beaulieu’s grandparents, made of monkeypod wood and bought in Hawaii in the 1960s. The couple flanked it with a Design Within Reach Raleigh Sofa and Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair. A Nelson Pear Lotus Floor Lamp and Rattan Ottoman from Franco Alibini finishes the room.

An oak beam spans the room, and a custom fireplace was created by Noor El-Mohandes.

A custom built-in dresser and wardrobe optimize storage in the main bedroom.

"We were interested in revealing structure not just as a gesture toward honesty, but as a way to increase the apparent volume of the interior and create warmth without adding decoration,

Shawn loves the play of colors in the new space, from the pink pantry door to the aqua fireplace to the multicolored chips in the new terrazzo flooring. “We knew we wanted something really interesting and sturdy,” says Shawn of the tile, which is the Frammeti style by Del Conca.

Mouser Cabinetry’s textured laminate flat-front doors were used throughout. The slim, black hardware is Europa by Top Knobs.

A photo from a 1972 photoshoot for Vogue magazine by fashion photographer Henry Clarke. At the dining room table with writer Joan Didion, novelist John Gregory Dunne, and their adopted daughter, Quintana Roo, in their Malibu, California home. Didion and Quintana Roo are seated on Hitchcock chairs, while Mr. Dunne sits in a peacock wicker chair as they eat at the Federal era drop leaf table. The floor is terracotta Mexican tile. (Henry Clarke/Condé Nast/Shutterstock)

Since the photo shoot, the couple have placed a desk in the triangular window nook and use the perch as a workspace. “There’s just something about it that hugs you,” says Shelley. “I feel very focused and relaxed when I’m here.”

A plethora of oak hooks provide hanging storage in the room.

The new millwork tucks neatly into the existing niche of the living room, and the couch base was designed around the dimensions of a single bed mattress.

Karvelius gave the room floor-to-ceiling tile, and designed a new shower rod as an oak update of traditional ceiling-suspended metal rods.