Anderman Residence

Clients: A researcher and a journalist from California and their three school age children.

Challenge: Add a laundry room and porch to the rear of the house that connects the kitchen to the spectacular garden at a lower elevation. The clients did not want to feel like they were sitting high above the yard.

Design Solutions: A multi-tiered deck created gradually leads one down to the garden. A combination of solid siding and metal cable railing keeps the views of the garden open and prevents the porch from looking like a traditional deck. The same siding used for the addition is used to create a solid looking base, but has airspaces to provide ventilation and light to the storage space. Barn doors provide easy access to the space created below the deck for storing kayaks and wood. The added laundry room creates a side entrance and mud room, as well as a place to drop dirty clothes before entering the house.

Scope: 400 s.f. kitchen, sitting area and dining room renovation. Laundry room and porch addition.