Ceramicist Raina Lee has made a showroom for pottery with her partner, architect Mark Watanabe, inside a stilted shed in the backyard of their home in Los Angeles.
The 68-square-foot (6.3-square-metre) structure hides behind the couple's house in Los Angeles' Mount Washington neighbourhood. The cabin was already built on the property when Lee purchased it in 2013, but she had no intention of using the extra space to showcase her work.
"I purchased the property but didn't have an intended use for the treehouse, besides the occasional tea and morning yoga," the artist told Dezeen. "Eventually we realised it would make sense to use the treehouse as a dedicated showroom."

The shed is raised on stilts to match the height of surrounding trees. It is accessed from wooden steps that lead to a bridge lined with bungee cords. Fir wood clads the exterior of the mini structure, which is also fronted with large glass windows that draw in light and provide views of the verdant surroundings. "The treehouse is made out of exposed wood which helps it blend in with the trees on the hillside," Watanabe said.
Plywood comprises much of the interior's details including its furnishings and accents. Lee chose the simple material to draw attention to her "maximalist" ceramics.

"The treehouse is mostly plywood, which provides a blank slate for the ceramics, which are often maximalist," Lee said. "The clean interior of the treehouse helps show...