The Anchorage HouseThe AnchorageHouse

Two storeys arranged along a single hardwood deck. The glass walls fold away entirely, and the difference between the living rooms and the deck stops mattering. The water is in every sightline.

The bedrooms sit at the far end, away from where people gather. Upstairs opens to a balcony over the canal. Downstairs runs out to the pool.

The pool is built to the edge of the canal. Swimming in it, you are level with the water beyond it.

The deck is silvered hardwood — day beds along the pool, a long table in the shade. A pontoon sits at the end of the lawn, for a kayak in the morning or a boat brought alongside.

A second sitting room, set apart from the main house. A bar along one wall, a leather banquette facing it, a servery window through to the deck.

The room is built to hold its own sound. The rest of the house stays quiet.