progress

robby and i sat down over pizza and dr. pepper tonight and finalized a few things, including the floorplan and what the new roof over the addition will be like. sketches to explain...

this combo hard line/hand sketch drawing shows the 10' addition off the back that contains the kitchen and master bath. also shown here is my idea for the deck to have a wall of louvers on the south side that will be planted (vine-ish greenery) to provide privacy and protect that side of the house from the hot raleigh summer sun. (CLICK IMAGE TO MAKE LARGER)

this one shows my newest idea for the roof of the addition. originally we had planned a traditional shed roof... but then i thought : why not pitch it up and make a little butterfly roof so we can get added height and light into the kitchen? i pitched it to robby (no pun intended) and he said sure. (he actually really likes it).

for those of you worried about water (that valley we just made with a quick little sketch can be a big problem if it's not detailed right) the solution is pretty simple... a "cricket" will be built up between the old and the new roof and provide a tiny new little roof that the water will drain off of and into two rain barrels (one on either side, we hope. see top right corner of sketch) so we can water our yard this summer. more details on that to come...

so the new roof idea will provide a nice 10' (10'6") height to the far end of the kitchen and the master bath. we will put a clerestory of windows at the top to flood the space with natural light as much as possible (east light... we should be okay because there are some nice big trees in the backyard). here is an idea of what the kitchen will look like... elevation/section combo.




the other new idea came from this month's DWELL (thanks susanna!). they show an addition to a bungalow that has a kitchen with the exact color/cabinet combo we're using (lacquer white IKEA flat front cabinets with matte black quartz stone counter tops) and it has this wonderful warm wooden box accenting the space. so i decided i wanted the same feel! so the plan is to wrap the walls surrounding the fridge/pantry/laundry with a horizontal wood to provide a little more interest to the space. budget might not allow for this, but for now, it's in the plan.

* this view is from the dining room looking back out through the kitchen. the wood going across the top over the bar is already history.

so that's it for tonight.... we're feeling better about a few things. now i just have to do REAL drawings and probably make a physical model to try out a few of the roof pitches for the back. please let us know what you think... or if anything doesn't make sense.