Inlet Residence

Puget Sound, WA (2016)

9,855 Square Feet

This waterfront estate-style compound features an 8,400 square foot main home, a 1,455 square foot guest home, a chapel, an outdoor pool and extensively landscaped grounds. Panoramic views of Puget Sound, the Olympic mountain range and Mount Rainier were the driving force in the siting of the structures on the property. The resulting irregular shaped layout works to frame views, disguise the actual size of the edifice and to provide the owners with distinct entertaining and living areas.

The home was designed in a traditional shingle style and features three bedrooms, six bath rooms, formal living and dining rooms, a family room adjacent to the kitchen, two pantries, a gym, an office, an exterior kitchen and numerous utility and support spaces. The single story plan allows convenient access to the grounds and affords the owners the opportunity to age in place… a stated project goal. To that end Universal Design practices have been employed with an eye to a future date when the owners are no longer as mobile and independent. One of the home’s bedrooms and its en suite bathroom are wheelchair accessible and the guest house is slated to become the on-site caregiver’s home.