The Arts & Crafts spirit of the place is expressed in the bare “flag wall” masonry, the picturesque grouping of ranges of differing heights, the asymmetrical fenestration, prominent chimneys, and the carved front door, which is set into a round-arched opening beneath an elongated “eyebrow” canopy. The house perches on the edge of that dramatic wooded scarp, the Palisades, overlooking the Hudson River. The writer’s studio was created out of several rooms. The central range was heightened to accommodate a master bedroom suite with a balcony overlooking the river. We converted a former goat shed into a guest annex in the garden – a quaint, half-timbered eye-catcher in an English Arts & Crafts style.