Transformed from corrugated chicken coop to a rustic-luxe cabin, on a former pheasant farm—must be France.
Photography by Ricardo Labougle and styling by Loreto López Quesada, courtesy of Isabel López-Quesada.
![In Biarritz on the Basque coast of southwestern France, interior designer Isabel López-Quesada left the corrugated metal walls exposed in her summerhouse cabin.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fields/cabin-france-corrugated-metal-living-room-isabel-lopez-quesada-gardenista.jpg)
![Interior walls are sided with reclaimed corrugated metal panels, recycled from a chicken coop.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fields/cabin-france-isabel-lopez-quesada-corrugated-metal-siding-gardenista.jpg)
![The cabin\2\17;s facade is sided with cedar shingles and eucalyptus wood.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fields/cabin-france-isabel-lopez-quesada-former-farm-outbuilding-gardenista.jpg)
![A peaked roof of pine beams covers the porch.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fields/cabin-france-isabel-lopez-quesada-covered-porch-gardenista.jpg)
![A covered porch does double-duty as an open-air outdoor dining room.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fields/cabin-france-isabel-lopez-quesada-screen-porch-gardenista.jpg)
![French doors connect a bedroom to the covered porch.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fields/cabin-france-french-doors-isabel-lopez-quesada-gardenista.jpg)
![Antelope antlers decorate the hallway that leads to the bedrooms. Pine support trusses are new; left unpainted, they look as if they were part of the original framework of the structure.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fields/cabin-france-isabel-lopez-quesada-anterlers-hallway-gardenista.jpg)
![The bathroom has a double sink.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fields/cabin-france-isabel-lopez-quesada-sink-bath-shower-gardenista.jpg)
![Open air dining, thanks to an oversize window wall in the dining room.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fields/cabin-france-isabel-lopez-quezada-open-dining-room-gardenista.jpg)
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N.B.: This post is an update; the story was originally published on August 14, 2015.
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