Second-Floor Extension
Richard and Darcy Lettieri have two small decks on their 40-year-old contemporary home in Weston, Massachusetts, but neither is particularly convenient to the kitchen. Besides, says Darcy, "The bugs are bad enough that it's more comfortable to eat in an enclosed area." Last year, as part of a major kitchen remodel, the Lettieris added the screened porch they had always wanted but couldn't manage in the three previous additions they made to their house.
Because their kitchen is on the second floor of their home, they built a carport first on which to mount the porch. "It's a very square-shaped house," says Darcy, "and one of the things I asked for was something without a 90-degree angle in it." Their architect, Gary Wolf of Boston, obliged by designing an angled bay on the front of the porch; it's 9 ft. long and protrudes 2 ft. beyond the house. Not only does the bay "give the porch some identity from the outside," as Wolf puts it, but it also provides enough extra space in the 200-sq.-ft. porch to add a seating area. And space was an issue with the Lettieri porch because of zoning setback requirements and the compact size of the remodeled kitchen, which a large porch would have overpowered.
Besides the kitchen door that opens onto the porch, Wolf added a pair of casement windows looking out from the kitchen—"a nice way of connecting the interior and exterior space," he says. The windows are also convenient for passing food and dishes back and forth during alfresco family gatherings.
Richard and Darcy Lettieri have two small decks on their 40-year-old contemporary home in Weston, Massachusetts, but neither is particularly convenient to the kitchen. Besides, says Darcy, "The bugs are bad enough that it's more comfortable to eat in an enclosed area." Last year, as part of a major kitchen remodel, the Lettieris added the screened porch they had always wanted but couldn't manage in the three previous additions they made to their house.
Because their kitchen is on the second floor of their home, they built a carport first on which to mount the porch. "It's a very square-shaped house," says Darcy, "and one of the things I asked for was something without a 90-degree angle in it." Their architect, Gary Wolf of Boston, obliged by designing an angled bay on the front of the porch; it's 9 ft. long and protrudes 2 ft. beyond the house. Not only does the bay "give the porch some identity from the outside," as Wolf puts it, but it also provides enough extra space in the 200-sq.-ft. porch to add a seating area. And space was an issue with the Lettieri porch because of zoning setback requirements and the compact size of the remodeled kitchen, which a large porch would have overpowered.
Besides the kitchen door that opens onto the porch, Wolf added a pair of casement windows looking out from the kitchen—"a nice way of connecting the interior and exterior space," he says. The windows are also convenient for passing food and dishes back and forth during alfresco family gatherings.
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