This modern addition turned an upstate NY home into a spacious and luxurious everyday getaway. The design relies on clean lines, an open floor plan, and floor to ceiling windows to create a crisp, clean living environment and a sense of bringing the outdoors in. The existing outdoor living space helped inform the decision to use natural materials, such as the wood flooring, staircase, and cedar throughout the home.

When first meeting with the homeowner about an addition, a LEAP architect discovered an impressive back yard: brick pathways, planting beds with beautiful gardens, outbuildings with wooden patina, and a stone fire pit. Instead of thinking about the addition in terms of expanding the existing house into the yard, the architect decided to expand the yard into the house.

C&J Custom Builders of Selkirk, NY was hired to construct the design. They were a pleasure to work with, understood the design intent, and executed the details with precision. C&J was an integral part of this highly successful project and the homeowners couldn't be more pleased with their new living space.