A Kebony wood deck surrounds a pool with views of the Texas hills

Located near Dripping Springs, Texas, Peached Casita was designed and built by Kim Lewis of Kim Lewis Designs. This small house of 52 m2 offers a peaceful and romantic setting in the heart of nature, with its round swimming pool surrounded by a Kebony wooden terrace.

Kebony wood was chosen for this project because of its ability to withstand the Texas heat and sun. Its modern appearance, which acquires an elegant silver-gray patina over time, also helped to appeal to the architect. The Kebony decking boards were installed with ease using the Step-Clic method, while the Fastenator hidden fixing clip was used for the area surrounding the pool.

The characteristic appearance of Kebony wood allows this terrace to blend harmoniously into the modern-bohemian expression of the house as much as into the surrounding natural landscape. Developed in Norway, Kebony technology is a patented, environmentally friendly process that modifies sustainably sourced softwoods by heating the wood with furfuryl alcohol; a product of organic origin. These softwoods then adopt the qualities of a tropical hardwood, namely high durability, hardness and dimensional stability.

Peached Casita is available for rent for a totally immersive escape into the quiet Texas hills, while still being close to Austin and Dripping Springs points of interest.

Kebony is a real, high-end, ecological and durable wood, used in many outdoor applications: decking, cladding, roofing and furniture.

Kebony technology is a patented production process that improves the properties of softwoods to give them characteristics comparable to those of exotic woods. Thanks to an environmentally friendly process, the woods are impregnated with an organic liquid from agricultural crop waste. By heating the wood, the furfuryl polymers are impregnated into the cell walls of the wood, increasing its density and dimensional stability, and giving it a dark brown color similar to a tropical wood. The company's global headquarters are based in Oslo, Norway, and its production sites are located in Skien, south of Oslo and Antwerp in Belgium.