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Chiao and Frezza’s home is just down the block from their studio, and it’s every bit as much of a design project for them as well. Pictured is the so-called “cabin nook,” they built inside it, “a private place where our guests hang out when we have them,” says Chiao. “The entire apartment gets a lot of nice daylight, so we populate as much of it with plants as we can. We also hang our friends’ artwork up in hopes that a traveler staying with us might want to take one home with them…”