Barrington Sunroom Wins Green Remodeling Award

In this project, we took a 7' wide porch which had been converted into a 4-season room and replaced it with a functional family space which gained better water views and more natural light.

The resulting two story addition creates a dramatic new look for this traditional home in a traditional neighborhood and appeals to the owner's more dramatic, shake-it-up style. Design by Solly Design.

The design (massing, color, texture) is a departure from the traditional colonial box it has become a part of, yet it also uses traditional materials and textures in a new, but more subtle manner to bring full circle its departure from the norm.

The family now has a warm and welcoming new entrance to their home...

...and the closet space for coats, boots and hats that their home had been lacking.

The lower level sunroom is now a light and energetic space, with banks of windows to let in the sun and allow views of the water.

The new sunroom has an exposed sawn roof structure, custom milled tongue & groove ceiling planking, and cove lighting to highlight their textures. All of these features act as the perfect backdrop for the decorative ceiling fan.

The project is loaded with hundreds of little details and interesting nooks like the niche above the closets to display the owners' collection of shells (both are avid divers)...

...the exposed and highlighted structural connector...

... and the low window in the office upstairs.

The upstairs portion of the addition includes and efficient home office workspace and also affords wonderful views of the river.

And, what was formerly the 'office/occasional guest room' now can really be used as a guest room since the office has moved into the addition's tower.

Not that it was in the original plans, but this addition also won a 'green remodeling' award for the durability of its construction, its energy-efficient construction techniques and materials, and the fact that 27 tons of jobsite waste were recycled, rather than going into the Johnston landfill.