A Myrtle Beach
Sunroom Addition
Built for Year-Round Use
A vaulted, glass-wrapped room added to the back of the house, opening onto a new concrete patio with stacked-stone seat walls, a grill station and lighting that keeps it working after dark.
The Room and
the Patio, Built
as One Thing
Most additions stop at the exterior wall. The room gets built, and whatever is outside it stays whatever it was — usually grass, sometimes a slab poured later by somebody else, at a different height and in a different finish.
Here the sunroom and the patio were planned and built as a single scope. The room opens with windows on three sides and a door that steps down onto poured concrete framed by stacked-stone seat walls. The walls give the patio an edge and seating at the same time, and the grill station is built into the same stone run rather than parked on the lawn.
Inside, the ceiling was opened to the roofline, finished in tongue-and-groove and given exposed beams painted dark against the white. The flooring continues the plank already running through the house, and a glass-panel door ties the addition back into the main hallway. It reads as a room of the house that happens to have a view, which is the whole point.
Scope of Work
Structure & Roofline
The addition carries its own gable and ties into the existing roof. Siding, shingles, soffit and trim were matched to the house so the new volume reads as part of the original, not as something bolted on the back.
Vaulted Ceiling
The ceiling was opened to the roofline and finished in tongue-and-groove boards, with the beams left exposed and painted dark against the white. It is the detail that keeps the room from feeling like a converted porch.
Windows & Doors
Windows wrap three elevations, which is what makes a room like this worth building in the first place. An exterior door opens onto the patio, and a glass-panel door connects back to the main hallway.
Climate & Electrical
A ductless mini-split heats and cools the room independently of the main house, so the addition did not have to be tied into the existing system. Recessed lighting, outlets and a media wall were run in the same scope.
Patio & Hardscape
A poured concrete patio steps down from the sunroom door, framed by stacked-stone seat walls and columns. The walls give the patio an edge and a place to sit without furniture, and a grill station is built into the run.
Exterior Lighting
Downlights set into the stone columns, sconces on the house and lighting along the soffit. The patio was wired so it stays usable after dark, which is when a space like this actually gets used.
Materials & Finishes
Selected for Coastal UseTongue & Groove Ceiling
Boards run the length of the vault with the beams left proud and painted dark. It costs more than drywall, and it is the first thing people notice when they walk in.
Stacked Stone
The same stone runs through the seat walls, the columns and the grill station, so the hardscape reads as one element instead of three. It also takes coastal weather without upkeep.
Luxury Vinyl Plank
The floor continues the plank already running through the house. Matching it is what lets the sunroom feel like a room of the house rather than an enclosed porch you step out into.
Thinking About an Addition?
Baldwin Builders plans and builds home additions across the Grand Strand, including sunrooms, room additions and bump-outs, alongside whole-home renovations and new residential construction.