The new sunroom: a vaulted ceiling with a skylight, walls of windows onto the trees, the dining table

Cherry Hill Addition

Cherry Hill, NJ · Completed

Custom homes & renovations

A vaulted sunroom extends the house toward the trees on part of the existing deck, so the yard and pool stay as they were.

Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
Status: Completed
Project: Addition, Renovation
Our role: Architect — existing-conditions drawings, concept options and permit drawings
Addition: A sunroom and small wing at the rear, on the main floor
Retained: The deck, spiral stair, glass railing and chimney
Built: 2025

The rear of the house, finished: the deck and spiral stair above the pool, the new glass gable — The rear, finished: the sunroom’s gable of glass at the left, built out over the deck.

The owners wanted a bigger living room and kitchen without losing their connection to the yard. The sunroom and a small wing take over part of the existing deck, so the yard and pool below stay as they were. A skylight in the vaulted ceiling and the tall glazed gable bring in light from above and from the trees.

Under the addition, the deck framing was reinforced and carried on new posts and timber struts. New stucco, roofing and gutters match the house, so from the pool the addition looks like part of the original.

The reworked kitchen and its island, opening into the new room — The reworked kitchen opens straight into the new room.

What stayed, and what was added

The rear of the house before the work and as proposed, at the same scale and on the same ground line. Slide across: everything drawn in gray stays as it was.