Farmhouse Redux
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Red and yellow accent colors blend with natural North Carolina foliage. Cantilevered porches and decks provide deep shadows. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
The original Depression-era “box frame” farmhouse was constructed without studs, using only one-inch-by-ten-inch planks. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
The first floor plan for “Farmhouse Redux” adds two porches and two “bump-outs,” or saddlebags, for additional interior space. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
Inside the main living area, tongue-and-grooved white pine covers the walls and vaulted ceilings, and a red closet door, built of salvaged pine from the original house, slides along barn-track hardware. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
The kitchen, totaling an affordable $5,000 for all fixtures, refrigerator, stove, etc., came from Ikea. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
The vanity in the bath is housed in what Chad calls a “bump-out” or a saddlebag, a feature that expands interior space by a few feet on either side of the farmhouse. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
An off-the-shelf post-and-beam system is used as foundation for the porches. Welded wire mesh is used for the guardrail. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
The ceiling was dropped over the dining room to provide a more intimate setting. Strips of salvaged hemlock and chestnut wrap the interior wall and ceiling. A loft for naps and overnight guests is above. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
Exterior materials include Galvalume metal roofing/siding, local white-pine lap siding, Hardie panel siding, and an original concrete block foundation. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
The red barn door on a sliding track door is an icon, built from salvaged pine from the original farmhouse. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
The Everharts added two porches to the form of the original farmhouse. This one is for dining. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
The corner window in the bedroom frames the view of one of three creeks and streams surrounding the two-and-a-half-acre site. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect. -
The new home’s porches glow like lanterns at night. Image courtesy Chad Everhart Architect.
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