Due to a sloping yard and a busy boulevard below their property, our clients were searching for a way to enjoy integrated indoor and outdoor spaces, protect their deck from street noise, and enhance the available play space for themselves and their grandchildren. The added benefit of updating their existing deck is that their cottage home now has a more contemporary flair and the treatment of the railing shields the boulevard from within the home. The protected wrap-around deck allows for expanded seating and gathering areas, more room for the grandchildren to play outside while being supervised from within, and ease of flow from within to without when weather permits.