The clients wanted to remodel their 5,370-square-foot mid-century home for their current life with three kids in Seattle’s Windermere neighborhood on the west side of Lake Washington.  New renovations focused on three interventions: the addition of a second-floor dormer for three new kids’ bedrooms; a new primary entry to the home, and the addition of a new backyard cabana.

The new kids’ bedrooms are tucked into a dormer added to the front of the house. Bedrooms are organized around a central study and music room to provide a private gathering space of their own. Built-in window seats in the central space provide views to the front pool and garden court.

The dormer maintains a subtle Pacific NW style with a single, gently sloped metal roof to harmonize with existing warm tone of the stained cedar siding, concrete foundations and paving, and charcoal-colored windows.

A new glass entry door adds transparency and improves the visual connections of main level living areas to the pool garden court. New full-height, glazed windows combined with the glazed entry seamlessly connect inside with outside.

Outside, a new 270-square-foot cabana provides a year-round sheltered space to extend seasonal use of the garden and pool area. The cabana is a tricked out prefabricated unit that features a roof that opens to the sky via motorized louvers, while the west-facing side includes a motorized shade system to protect occupants from the elements. 

Each intervention creates more opportunities for the family of five to connect with each other, as well as the outdoors.