Oregon Home | 27 Entertaining Spaces and Functional Living With a plan in place for a more open-living concept, a private main-floor primary suite and plenty of outdoor spaces for entertaining, Metke got to work. “Our goal was to balance the addition so there was a semblance of symmetry to the house,” says Metke’s Senior Design Coordinator Crystal Elder. “It needed to look like it was built that way.” The home had a traditional curved staircase and small separate living, dining and kitchen spaces. Outdoor entertaining spaces had no flow or functionality and were connected to the home by one small door. Utilizing pathways between the existing home and the new 1,100-square-foot addition, Elder created a sense of sanctuary and retreat in the private primary suite. Out went the old staircase and in went a new contemporary staircase with floating risers and a straighter trajectory, opening up the home’s sight lines. “Now when you walk in the front door, you have unobstructed views through the house to the patio and public entertaining spaces beyond. It draws you in,” says Elder. The yellow siding was replaced by distressed wood siding from Tualatin-based Hewn, and Aurora Landscape was enlisted to lay stone pathways between the pool and the covered seating area just off the kitchen. A new 1,200-square-foot patio is accessed via large multislide doors where family and guests can gather together around the stunning masonry fireplace or large dining table. An outdoor kitchen makes entertaining a snap and a beautiful tongue-andgroove cedar ceiling warms the space. The patio hits the sweet spot of being large enough for a group to gather by the fire or under cover for a meal, but small enough that it still feels cozy and inviting to relax alone with a good book. Follow a stone walkway to another patio and you’ll find a fire pit surrounded by Adirondack chairs — the perfect spot to chill under the stars.
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