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• Very interesting. I've seen old Italian farmhouses that were centuries old reconstructed, but never an American farmhouse. I bet there would be some great examples in the North East as well.

  Styleture 10/06/2009

• Interesting. I owned an architect-designed house near Boone from 1993 until this past June. What Erickson has done is accept traditional site placement -- next to the "hard road," where farmers and their families tended to build after the coming of cars and pavement -- rather than the hilltop view or streamside locations that most non-locals look for in this resort area. I wish I had known about Everhart when I was deciding what to do with my hilltop house, which had passive solar features and was a "deconstructed" version of the traditional New River Valley I-house. Neither the realtors i talked to or the eventual purchaser of my house had a clue as to the value of the design features. When i left, the new owners were busily planning to destroy the passive solar features in order to take better advantage of the view.

  John 10/06/2009

• great place. I really like the galvalume cladding. John, I can completely relate, having just sold a modernist passive solar home in New England. Our buyer also didn't understand or appreciate the value of the features they got. Heard from our former neighbors after we left that the house was being altered to remove some of them. So sad.

  Kerry 10/06/2009

• I am searching for land to build my barn/loft/ studio. This was a good look at some pier+beam construction.

  James 10/06/2009

• I love this renovation. Thank you for including the before and after floor plans in the slide show. I can't tell you how homesick these pictures have made me. There are so many homes like this built right on the side of old highways in New England. The end result is affordable, inviting, modern and yet respects the spirit of the original structure.

  Alison 10/06/2009

• This is the kind of modern home that I like. It has a traditional and recognizable form - very farm like. Yet the design is distinctly modern. Simple,Unique, Small House Plans Cottage, Craftsman and Modern Home Plans Spreading the word on great home design

  ron brenner 10/07/2009

• Superb. Building something stunning with a million bucks is easy enough. The real challenge is doing it on a fifth or a tenth of that. Congratulations!

  M2 10/08/2009

• A great contemporary vernacular home. It's important to remember that place matters. I'm curious as to what clear finish was used on all the interior wood- since it will yellow some even with the great new water-borne products...and there is so much wood!

  sks 10/12/2009

• Fantastic! We ride our bikes out your way loads and have loved your house since it was completed! Way to go on getting it into Dwell! Tina

  Tina 10/13/2009

• I used galvalume underneath cantilevered overhangs across the front of my house. it corroded within 2 months. the manufacturer wouldn't take responsibility. has anyone else had this problem? the corrosion looks like a cloudy white substance on the aluminum colored galvalume. in spite of this problem, we love it and will use more of it on an addition. but i would like to find out if this problem is common or how to prevent it. thanks. sherry

  Sherry Rosso 10/14/2009

• I usually don't like "tons" of wood interiors but don't mind this at all! I think it is what I'd like to see more of in Dwell. What a challenge it must be to build with very little $$. Like someone said before $500K + I expect a superb home but with a fraction of that what a feat! More of this in Dwell please. :)

  Joe 10/17/2009

• Great exterior style, I thought that a major part of modern architecture traces European culture and ideas. However, this home is completed has a modern style and at the same time carries a traditional American design. I think the idea to build modern style building out of our colonial architecture would be terrific. This is just a cabin in the woods but I wonder how the homes with the red bricks would look like if they are redesigned into modern

  Anhony Rud 10/25/2009

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