然而,他们每年在那里生活五个月,很快就发现了这个小小的沙漠度假地的缺点。他们一致认为,问题不在于它太小,而在于它过时的布局。“两个人不需要1万平方英尺,”黛比·威廉姆斯说。“当你找到了自己真正喜欢的房子,为什么要搬家?安迪·威廉姆斯问道。“为什么不把它修好?”为了做到这一点,他们在2008年春天动身前往密苏里州之前,请来了当地设计师兰迪·巴顿(Randy Patton)。“我们列出了我们的需求,”黛比·威廉姆斯说。“安迪有他的愿望清单,我也有我的。”排在这两项之首的是速度。巴顿必须在他们秋天回来之前把一切都准备好。 He began by moving a few walls, “pushing and shoving,” as he says, to steal space from rooms that had more than enough and to bestow it on those that had too little. Nothing escaped his eye, and even Andy's shower had to give up a foot or two to an adjacent closet.