Reclaimed cedar timbers support a bucolic country-style front porch.
Inside the living room, armless sofas through Liz O’Brien are covered in a Holland & Sherry fabric. Rug is through Woven Accents.
From the outside, the house looks like an enchanted fairytale cottage.
Soapstone kitchen countertops from Tedeschi Tile & Marble complement a Rohl farmhouse sink with Lefroy Brooks fittings.
A reclaimed-wood bunk bed designed by Reese Owens unobtrusively slips into the house’s structure.
Bright white paint outlines the bathroom vanity (fabricated by Nichols Woodworking).
A bright and airy dining room mixes a sleek and modern table with comfortably relaxed dining room chairs and even more supple armchairs. The tall windows provide a view out into the surrounding nature while the solidity of the wooden beams offers respite and protection.
Like a glowing jewel box, this entirely rebuilt modernist masterpiece perches brightly on top of a hill.
On the front entry, a bright white exterior wall works functionally to reflect sunlight and conceptually to offer a moment of visual calm.
Open-plan modernism is continued through the steel and light-wood staircase.
All of the living spaces, such as this living room, by New York-based Carrier and Company are a personal reflection of the homeowners and are grounded in layers of color and texture.
A traditional exterior belies the home’s high-tech interior; landscape design is by Rutherford Associates, PC.
Inside, all-white detailing hints at the tension between old-school style and contemporary technology so perfectly articulated by the architect. Interiors are by Lee Ann Thornton. Chair fabric is Holland & Sherry; Curtain fabric is Carleton V Harper ; light fixture is through Remains Lighting.
The level of detailing—from the dark shutters to the window frames to the placement of the stones on the ground floor—add even more power to this house’s traditional exterior. Windows and doors are through Dynamic Architectural Windows & Doors. Shutters are through Kingsland Shutter Company. Columns are through Cheyenne Company.
This article appears in the August 2015 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).