A Three-Season Outdoor Room With a Built-In Kitchen
A Hudson homeowner wanted more than a deck. The brief was a covered outdoor room: shelter overhead, a real cooking station along one wall, and a finished floor that would handle Colorado weather without complaint. Western Sky Designs delivered a vaulted timber pavilion, a built-in outdoor kitchen, and a Deckorators Voyage deck underfoot.
A Vaulted Pavilion in Heavy Timber
Pavilion is the headline.
A high gable roof opens up overhead, with a stained wood plank ceiling, exposed beams, and heavy timber posts anchored by black steel post caps and brackets. Recessed lighting runs through the ceiling, and a wide-blade ceiling fan keeps air moving on warm evenings. The structure pulls indoor finish quality outside without losing its outdoor feel.
A Built-In Cooking Station Wrapped in Thermory Ignite
A full kitchen station runs along one interior wall, with stainless appliances, prep surface, and grill space built into a custom cabinet base.
The wall behind it is clad in Thermory Ignite, a thermally modified wood siding from Scandinavia. Heat-treating the wood at high temperature locks out moisture, rot, and insect damage without chemical preservatives, and gives the boards a rich warm tone that lights beautifully under the pavilion’s recessed fixtures.
Deckorators Voyage Decking in Multi-Width
Three Voyage colors come together on the floor:
- Costa as the main field, a warm taupe with golden, driftwood undertones
- Dark Slate for contrast at the step nosings and detail lines
- Sierra as a charcoal accent in the layout
Multi-Width planks vary the board sizes within a single field, giving the deck a custom-floor feel rather than a uniform stripe pattern. Voyage’s Surestone mineral composite carries a 50-year structural warranty, absorbs virtually no moisture, and offers 34% greater traction than capped composites in wet weather.
Fortress Fe26 Steel Railing
Fortress Fe26 wraps the front perimeter in pre-welded panel railing made from high-strength steel, powder-coated black to match the post hardware and ceiling fan above.
Profile runs thin and clean. From outside, it frames the deck without competing with the pavilion. From inside, sightlines remain open across the yard.
Built for Three Seasons of Hard Use
Pavilion roof, thermally modified siding, mineral composite decking, and Fe26 steel railing share a common thread: each element was chosen to hold up to Colorado wind, sun, and temperature swings without seasonal upkeep.
A covered cooking room. A deck that reads as one composition across multiple Voyage colors. A pavilion that turns the back of the house into a destination. That was the brief. That’s the build.
