A house originally built for a single person became too small when over the years one man became one family, a family of three. A one bedroom house with a loft serves this family, but their desire is to radically expand it with new bedrooms, a kitchen and dining room, a laundry room and a garage. This house will more than double in size as the rustic home is multiplied with an addition and renovation to reinterpret the original log home language.

The existing bedroom is given up to permit a new entry and vestibule on the front of the existing house, a much needed addition. A large gabled structure completes most of the new added space. The laundry room and garage are included in the one story portion that visually balances the composition.

Corner windows allow for expansive views of their ten acre property and surrounding farmland while challenging the traditional language of the original house. A stone base anchors the house to the ground while the upper floors duplicate the existing log siding. New outdoor patios are covered with exposed timber framed roofs that celebrate the structural language of the heavy use of wood.

Contractor: Graft Carpentry