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Massive glass folding doors connect the living area to the rear yard.

Built on a shale ridge with a 35-foot drop-off, Scott and Julie Pelletier’s house in Maine comprises a succession of simple gables.

The new addition has two additional rooms spread across two levels to accommodate Carolina’s three teenagers.

The entry hall culminates in integrated shelving with arches that echo the archways of the walls.

Oak walls with integrated storage and clerestories supply sleekness for the hallway.

Most of the color in the primary suite comes from the greenery right outside.

A 12-foot-wide sliding pocket wall opens the living/dining area to a spacious terrace.

The architects made sure to step back the upper-level addition so as not to overwhelm the scale of the surrounding neighborhood. Plus, "If we build on top of it, and try to make it a new and larger box, it will falsify the identity,

Low-lying furniture and art makes the high-ceilinged living room appear even bigger. Most of the furnishings were sourced secondhand, though the hanging lamp is a DIY Nick made by fusing two paper shades together.

The main space opens up entirely—visually and literally—toward the Pacific Ocean. It’s clad in large sliding windows that connect the interior spaces to the outdoors.