Modern Farmhouse I

Just outside the kitchen, raised planters for vegetables have been placed to allow gardening without having to lean down.

The house is a cluster of pavilions that pick up idioms of the valley’s agricultural heritage into the sloping site in a manner that appears to flow naturally, that allows views out over the hills towards the ocean eight miles away, and permits patios on both sides for easy access to the outside.

Our clients were interested in a “contemporary farmhouse”, “modernist agrarian”. Timeless, simple, elegant. Scandinavian, Shaker, Japanese influenced.

We created a durable, low-maintenance, energy conserving, timeless, modern home with a voluminous great room, centered on a cook’s dream kitchen, which allows our clients, retired journalists, to delight in life in the country and age gracefully.