This home has star quality of its own. It’s an entirely new build with an interior design conceived by the award-winning Austin-based practice, Christina Cole Studio, whose eponymous founder is renowned for her quiet but commanding interiors bathed in soft light and clad in natural untreated materials that lend spaces a refined but lived-in look. This was an unusual project for the designer and her team, in so far that there was no client brief has a rustic farmhouse feel thanks to exposed beams and wooden cabinets crafted with softened edges and glass fronts for a look that instantly draws one in. Cole and her team have juxtaposed nostalgic influences with more dynamic and adventurous inclusions – notably in the form of a custom-made marble-topped island, which stands out against the backdrop of traditional white oak cabinetry.