THE PERISCOPE

The Periscope is a carefully inserted addition that expands the kitchen and living room, while projecting a second-story volume that serves as a quiet retreat with immersive forest views and framed glimpses of Puget Sound.

This full remodel and addition expands the kitchen and adds an expansive living room that opens onto the backyard and rain garden. Aptly named The Periscope, the second level of the addition adds a primary suite and bathroom that projects views into the beautiful backyard landscaping and red cedar forest beyond.

By extending the kitchen and living areas outward towards the south, the new addition secures generous space for a communal hearth that opens frame-like onto the home's large backyard garden and patio. Floor-to-ceiling glazing dissolves the boundary between interior and green periphery, inviting the murmur of rain and the rustle of native planting to become part of the existing living spaces.

Perched above the living room, the primary bedroom emerges as a quietly immersive sanctuary. The height of the trees and a canopy hood extension shades the bedroom throughout the day making it a comfortable and quiet retreat from direct sun to the south and a busy street to the north. The soft wood textures in the floor paneling also bring the warmth of the forest beyond into the primary bedroom. The connection between the two levels features a thin steel staircase and a large skylight that washes the plaster with changing light throughout the day.