"At the end of several miles of sandy, unpaved road, one couple's dream home sits amidst giant boulders and twiggy desert plants. When visitors walk through the door, they're greeted in many ways at once: Painter Heather Day and creative director Chase McBride wave as they cook in the kitchen; their dog, Juno, jumps up to say hello; and the enormous glass doors in the living room, sitting open to let in the cooling desert air, frame a perfect view of the sun setting over a nearby mountain. After falling in love with the beauty and solitude of the desert, Heather and Chase decided to move there full time, hiring architect Ryan Leidner to build their new home. Seen from afar, the two-bedroom, 1,930-square-foot house resembles a small white line on the horizon, tucked almost out of sight"
"One of the couple’s biggest priorities was studio space for Heather, an artist who occasionally paints until 4 a.m. before jumping into bed. She says that in their previous live/work loft in San Francisco, "the studio space really poured over into the living room." Now, the floor of her atelier sits six feet below the adjacent living area. Heather can look down into the space for a zoomed-out perspective on her work, and there’s a place to store paintings below the living room floor."
-Janelle Zara for Dwell Magazine
