Mixing classic farmhouse style with sustainable features, this Connecticut home is as charming as it is sensible
Not only do solar panels provide all of the energy needed (the only time the family pulls energy from the grid is when they run the filtration system for their freshwater pool), but all the packing materials and building scraps were either reused or recycled during construction.
Houzz at a Glance
Who lives here: A couple and their 2 children
Location: Sharon, Connecticut
Size: 4,500 square feet; 4 bedrooms, 2½ baths
Photography by John Gruen
Exterior paint: Yellow Oxide, Benjamin Moore
Real plaster covers the walls for an authentic look; it was lightly polished for a subtle sheen.
A full refrigerator and a full freezer flank the sink, and they are not surrounded or fronted by cabinetry. “A modest vintage house would not have concealed the appliances,” says Churchill. “We fantasize about the nostalgia and charm of a farmhouse, but when you buy a Sub-Zero refrigerator and hide it behind cabinetry, it can go the other way. Sometimes it’s best to simplify.”
Lights: PW Vintage Lighting; cabinet paint: Babouche, Farrow & Ball; appliances: Frigidaire Professional Series
Molding paint: Babouche, Farrow & Ball; light fixture: Sky Garden, Flos
Chairs: BDDW; coffee table: Berkshire Antiques and Garden
Window molding paint: Blue Hague, Farrow & Ball
Molding paint: Incarnadine, Farrow & Ball
Molding paint: Teresa’s Green, Farrow & Ball; floor paint: Cornforth White, Farrow & Ball; antique coverlet: Millerton Antiques Center; bed: Country Bed Shop; bedside table: Hunter Bee
Source: Houzz
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