A comfortable cape-style home nestled between conservation land and a working farm gets an addition that fits right in. The addition is a barn-like structure, in keeping with the rural character of the site and the simple forms of the original house. The great room is on the upper, entry level, and there is a bedroom suite and storage on the lower, terrace level.

The expanded kitchen is the link between the great room addition and the existing house. A generous new island is the focal point of the home. The open porch on the lower level, with heavy timbers, exposed metal connections and stone veneer foundation walls, transforms what might otherwise have been just a walk-out basement into a handsome backdrop for an outdoor living room.