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A small kitchen tucked in the corner received cosmetic updates during the renovation.

Floor plan of North Salem Farm by Worrell Yeung

“Cocktail hour is sacred,” says Roberta. So, in a storage wall (shared by the living area on one side and the kitchen on the other) Bjorngaard tucked in an elegant bar (with a French Pyrolave lava stone counter and backsplash) that has everything she needs for drink service.

Floor Plan of Tall House by Tall Architects

Outside the dining area and kitchen, Cor-Ten steel columns support a deep roof overhang. “The building is open and accessible on multiple sides, recalling a pavilion where you might gather in a park,” Shaw says. “Rather than front doors defining entry or exit points, there’s porosity.”

The breezeway outdoor access converted to a wintergarden with a glass house style roof

The exterior of the home is clad in Norway spruce. All of the windows are from Velfac, with the sliders from Schuco.

It took a total of 24 days to install the unit. “We prefabricated the framing, the insulation, and the waterproof sheeting, which are all panelized so all that the contractors had to assemble was the interior finish and the exterior siding,” says Lee.

The KitHaus K3 can serve as a backyard studio, home office, pool house, or playroom.

Floor Plan of Evelyn ADU by 3R Studio

The kitchen now occupies the addition, and the island was detailed to look like a piece of furniture to better meld with the living room. The cabinet colors are Farrow & Ball’s Skimming Stone and Sherwin-Williams’s Garden Gate, and were handpainted instead of spray-finished, so as "not to have something too slick or sterile," says VW. "We wanted them to be warm and have personality."