Cedar

The Cedar is where Heartwood goes to two floors, and the division is a clean one: the ground floor keeps the living, the upstairs keeps the bedrooms. Dining and living share a single volume 28 feet long, opening the whole way along onto a covered patio that runs nearly 30 feet wide and stays 16 feet 6 deep. It is a room in its own right rather than a strip of shade.

The kitchen runs 20 feet 4 with an island and its own walk-in pantry, and the family room beside it is 18 by 16 feet 6, so there is somewhere to sit that is not the room you entertain in. Laundry, at 13 feet 8, sits directly behind the kitchen rather than off in the garage.

One bedroom stays downstairs. It is 12 by 13 feet 8 under a tray ceiling with its own bath and walk-in closet, set by the entry and away from the main living rooms, which makes it work either as a guest suite or for anyone in the house who would rather not take stairs.

Upstairs the primary suite is 18 feet 4 by 16 with a separate sitting room in front of it, two walk-in closets and a bath 20 feet 4 across. Three more bedrooms and a loft of 14 by 18 feet share the floor, and a covered balcony runs 32 feet 4 along the back. Four cars park in two bays plus a tandem run of nearly 33 feet.