A Black Cabin Designed Like a Camera Frames the New England Countryside

Through a viewfinder-esque front door is a wall of windows that capture wooded Vermont surroundings.

Diane and Matt, who live in a third-floor apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, wanted an escape from the city—somewhere they could recharge surrounded by nature. In thinking about a second home, they wanted it to feel as simple and natural as its surroundings, using words like "essential" and "elemental" to describe their vision.

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Caitlin Wheeler
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Caitlin Wheeler was a lawyer in Silicon Valley and is now a writer in Durham, NC. She's written about lawyers with zany careers, the North Carolina wine industry, and global architectural design.

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