A Brooklyn-Based Architect's Connecticut Home Is a Steal for $650,000
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1/10Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real EstateBrooklyn-based architect Lynn Gaffney calls the Sharon retreat she designed for herself and her family “the Bog House”—a moniker that downplays the home’s lovely and blissfully private natural setting. Featured in this magazine 10 years ago, Gaffney’s vision was to echo the lines of the iconic agrarian shed while making sustainable construction choices, including bamboo flooring, radiant heating and pre-fab construction panels. The result: stunningly simple interiors that center on a great room with 18-foot ceilings and feature glass window walls with views over the wooded, eight-acre property.Gaffney chose to keep most of the acreage wild, except for the green courtyard-like lawn between the property’s two structures, which she landscaped with plants selected to require no irrigation. The Bog House is now in contract, last listed for the wonderful price of $650,000, with Ira Goldspiel and Howard Schissler of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty.Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real EstateBrooklyn-based architect Lynn Gaffney calls the Sharon retreat she designed for herself and her family “the Bog House”—a moniker that downplays the home’s lovely and blissfully private natural setting. Featured in this magazine 10 years ago, Gaffney’s vision was to echo the lines of the iconic agrarian shed while making sustainable construction choices, including bamboo flooring, radiant heating and pre-fab construction panels. The result: stunningly simple interiors that center on a great room with 18-foot ceilings and feature glass window walls with views over the wooded, eight-acre property.Gaffney chose to keep most of the acreage wild, except for the green courtyard-like lawn between the property’s two structures, which she landscaped with plants selected to require no irrigation. The Bog House is now in contract, last listed for the wonderful price of $650,000, with Ira Goldspiel and Howard Schissler of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty.
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2/10Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real Estate
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3/10Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real Estate
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4/10Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real Estate
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5/10Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real Estate
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6/10Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real Estate
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7/10Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real Estate
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8/10Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real Estate
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9/10Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real Estate
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10/10Photograph Courtesy of William Pit | Sotheby's International Real Estate
This article appears in the May 2018 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).
