A couple wanted to build a house on a sloped lot in Washington State, but they didn’t want to cut into the hillside to lay a ...

The Sanger property has a curved indoor ceiling and a living room designed around a Steinway piano.

1 Distressed, robin’s-egg blue chairs with hand-woven rush seats and backs are comfortable, lightweight, and easy to maintain. “We didn’t want all wood tones or upholstery,” Smith says.