So.  An Outdoor Room.  And a Sleeping Room.
What I arrived at.
Looking out towards the back yard:

 Cliffside.  At the bottom is Dry Creek, which is, ironically, rarely dry.

 My new main entrance:

 The porch connects to my cedar Sleeping Room:

 Dawn from inside my front door:

 And again, wider:

Oh- and for my dad

The view above.   I can't see stars through it, but the corrugated plastic acts like ocean waves on the full moon - the reflection repeats and repeats into a bright line of moonbeams.   And each morning, Jupiter and Venus peak in my Sleeping Room window.