This A Skateboarder’s Dream Homes: Ms. Bigbie interior designer and aesthetic omnivore is how the empty pool as metaphor and touchstone became a focal point for the tiny Victorian house Ms. Bigbie and Mr. They moved into a rental cottage in the Mission along with two dogs (Sen-C, a mutt, and Rollie, a black Labrador), his musical instruments and her furniture. The house had been divided into two apartments with tiny, dark rooms and a sleek container of honed slate, stainless steel and Eames chairs. The scooped-out space that Mr. Shapiro had prepared, Mr. Burnham inserted two bedrooms, an open kitchen and living room, the dreamed-about pool bathroom and a ground-floor studio space.