This house extension was commissioned by Marjorie Harris to permanently replace the deck dining room with an all-season indoor dining room without losing the airy, outdoor quality of the deck, or impeding the view to the astonishing garden from the interior. The solution is a 14' wide x 12' deep x 12' high room that takes in the whole garden – a three dimensional frame with the lower eight feet of glass folding away out of sight, and its extended walls allowing the plants in this oft-photographed garden writer’s garden to come right inside the frame. The sloped floating ceiling subtly makes the transition from the existing house to the new room. Like the extending walls of the frame, the slate floor continues to the exterior. A built in cherry sideboard doubles as a stair rail.

The Cherry Sideboard

Looking at the Side Entry