The rear extension was widened to about 15 feet to create a generous mahogany-paneled kitchen with an island, pantry and home office nook. A deck off the kitchen extends the materiality of the interior living spaces out into the yard.
Upstairs, the master suite is located at the front and insulated from the bustle of the house by an airlock of two parallel pocket doors. A windowed walk-in closet, sky-lit bathroom and west-facing glazed wall bring lots of light inside.
In the back, corner-wrapping windows take advantage of the open skies behind the house to bring generous amounts of light into the children’ s bedrooms. White oak, used for floors, stairs and built-in shelving and cabinets throughout the house, keep the palette pale and neutral.
In the bathrooms, oak elements mix with cement tile and ceramic mosaics in blue and white. In the basement, which is set up as a family room and equipment storage space, vinyl tiles in a graphic pattern provide visual interest.
Outside, tongue and groove white cedar siding, paired with integrated fencing and planters, creates crisp square corners. Rectangles of gray stain wrap the corners and insets to emphasize the volumetric shifts in the facade.
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