From the vantage point of Jim and Terri Palm’s immense, secluded compound in the rarefied enclave of Sugar Hill, every single thing is beautiful. The rolling landscape outside of Arcadia could almost double as the couple’s beloved Colorado, which for them is as much a feeling as a place.

William Graeber has at least three superpowers. One is that he can make precise calculations, design and engineer furniture in his mind. He sees his thought process as though he’s writing it out on a chalkboard, and he can hold that chalkboard in his mind and refer to calculations, measurements or notes he’s mentally written out throughout the process of building or overseeing the production of a week’s worth of furniture in his design studio.

On a blazing summer day, a trio of Thomsons stand in a cluster, intently mulling the precise proposed placement of four family-heirloom framed sketches on a wall between the kitchen and living areas of a massive Nichols Hills project.

Even if you’ve never heard of Nathan and Scarlet Cao, founders of Modern Touch by Omega, you’ve probably seen their work. They are the historic home rehabilitators behind the restoration of the Hawk Mansion and hundreds of other homes in Oklahoma City, but there’s much more to the story than that.