Step Inside 8 Refined Farmhouses That Are Undeniably Modern
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- 21 Jul 2022
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With the bucolic charm of rural life and the stylish comforts of 21st century living, the modern farmhouse really does offer the best of both worlds. Pitched roofs, exposed beams, and the enthusiastic use of natural materials may be the charming hallmarks of a classic farmhouse, but these interiors truly sing when combined with contemporary elements. Below, we share eight homes, published by AD, that flawlessly exemplify this principle. From an envy-inducing retreat to Jared Padalecki’s family-infused abode, these homes show just how chic the countryside can be.
Indoor Coziness, Outdoor Splendor
Beverly Kerzner first met architect and designer Niels Schoenfelder over 20 years ago. At the time, he was 24 years old and had already built a stunning hotel, that caught her eye. After tracking him down and initiating a fruitful conversation, she tapped him to build her dream home.
Fast-forward to 2017, she purchased a vast plot of scenic land in the Valley. The sprawling hill-scape contained two stunning barn structures, a river that runs through the property, a cabin, and a residential home. Just like in the far-off regions near Pondicherry, this was a landscape that had to be appreciated, worked with, and understood. After four years of designing the property, the resulting home is a distillation of the land they had gotten to know inside and out—a modern barn-inspired structure meticulously crafted to fit seamlessly into its surroundings.
A Fresh Spin on a Farmhouse
In Luberon, a mountainous region in central Provence, a centuries-old house sits on a plot of land that sprawls nearly 136 acres. Farm animals roam the grounds, newly planted with local species like pollarded plane trees, wild grasses, and olive trees. (The residents make their own olive oil.) A decade ago, local legend Alexandre Lafourcade renovated the farmhouse, bringing it into the 21st century. But after the homeowners were stuck there during the first of several pandemic lockdowns, they wanted to give the serene interiors a bit of a revamp. When they called on the interior designer Diego Delgado-Elias, he remembers, “The house was very interesting, but it didn’t have much of a soul. It was missing details and materials.”
To create a spirit for the stunning country house, Delgado-Elias started there, following his clients’ single bit of advice: “More material; less color.” Walls were given a rough plaster finish, and one was covered in woven raffia. All the standard 10-centimeter baseboards were removed and replaced. “Little things like that gave the interior a bit more grandeur,” explains the designer, who realized it all in an elevated and earthy palette heavy on hues like ivory and praline.
100 Acres of Hodgepodge Charm
When a tutor stumbled upon a 100-acre property outside of the city at the height of the pandemic, it was love at first sight. The historic compound had an original farm-fresh feel that she wanted to update with charming furnishings.
Three years earlier, the client in question had completed a gut renovation of her Arts and Crafts home with Cameron Ruppert Interiors. She turned to the decorator again for help replicating that same aesthetic in this project—which Ruppert refers to as “bold maximalism.” Architect Suzie O’Brien and Jeffco Development were also integral to the process.
“She didn’t want it to feel like a brand-new house that she’d gutted, but rather [one that was] layered on top of the original,” Ruppert explains of her client. “I knew from working together before that she loves dimension and tons of patterns and color, but she wants it to last. It had to be timeless.”
Light, Bright, and Airy in Connecticut
Like so many modern relationships, the New Canaan, architecture firm Brooks & Falotico and their soon-to-be client Tyler Mitchell met through social media. Mitchell—a partner and co-owner of Mitchells, his family’s generations-old retail business—and his wife stumbled upon an über-contemporary project by Brooks & Falotico on Pinterest. Only a few weeks later, Mitchell invited managing partner Vince Falotico and one of the firm’s partners, Chuck Willette, to walk their eight-acre former dairy farm.
“My wife and I found the 18th-century property and thought, Why don’t we restore the existing structures and then build something similar to the [Brooks & Falotico–designed] house we saw and loved on Pinterest?” Mitchell explains of his modern farmhouse. “The idea was to connect the seams between the farm’s very old, original structures and the new, contemporary ones the architects would add.” Read More...
