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The door in the laundry room is the Marvin Elevate Swinging French Door, and was initially designed as a walkway out into a dog run. “We love dogs and we take into consideration most of our clients have dogs,” Becky says. “Typically, laundry rooms can be dark with no windows, no doors. It was an opportunity for us to bring some natural light into that space.

The lower level walk-out offers three additional bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kids’ cubby, family room, and plenty of storage.

“It's a hidden door, so you just push it open and it's on springs and it returns back to its closed spot, and you don't even know that it's there unless you push on it,” says Nate of the scullery’s entrance.

A large hidden open-air scullery centers the main living area. Hygge Design + Build covered the cube with a paneling system of white oak and black aluminum trim to give it some detail and break up the monolith.

The Marvin Elevate Sliding Door functions as a large window that you can also walk through onto the 14-foot-high open-air porch.

The main floor includes 20-foot vaulted ceilings and an open kitchen with custom cabinetry, Thermador appliances, and quartz countertops.

The exterior features natural slate cladding and massive floor-to-ceiling Marvin windows on the east side to take advantage of the home’s views of the rolling terrain. The tongue-and-groove clear cedar accents are used between the windows to make them a single mass and “warm up and bring some accents to the house,” says Nate.

While the facade favors privacy, clear cedar was used on the entryway to create a warmer welcome.

The 3,249-square foot home sits on a rural 1.4-acre lot in picturesque Ada, Michigan.