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A vintage European pine desk displays mirrors, stationery, and ceramics from Kansas City, Missouri, and New York’s Hudson River Valley. The pottery holds dried florals grown at the Bry’s vacation rental, The Farm Home.

French basket pendant lights hang above a vintage Hungarian mulberry dining table topped with ceramic dinnerware from Sarah Kersten Studio.

Tyson and Lisa Bry with their daughter, Ingrid, at Farm Home Marketplace in Stowe, Vermont.

. In the kitchen area, a sideboard holds everything from cookbooks and hand-blown Moroccan glass tumblers to trivets, coasters, and baskets made by artists in Guatemala.

A bed is layered with European linens designed to mix and match.

A native stone soaking tub brings an industrial feel to the primary bath.

The burned-and-stained pine paneling and riveted steel on the great room’s fireplace are echoed in the kitchen cabinetry and range hood.

The design team kept furniture profiles low in the great room to emphasize the views. “You can actually see a chairlift right out the window,” says principal Jayme Kennerknecht. Project manager Courtney Dana custom designed the hair-on-hide ottoman, which is topped with a sliding wood table.

The homeowners relax around a firepit and spa located right outside the cozy den, where wallpaper adds interest opposite the TV wall. The ceiling is clad in reclaimed barn board.

The design team didn’t do much to change the exterior of the condo, which is attached to an adjacent unit, but they did add a vestibule on the other side of the front door to create a weather barrier.

An alabaster-and-leather light fixture casts a welcoming warmth in the mudroom.

The dining table’s manufactured-stone top is durable—and heavy. “Because there’s wood everywhere, this top added some weight, both in terms of how hard it was to get up the stairs and in gravitas,” says Kennerknecht.

An angled ladder connects the lower queen-size bed with the upper twin-size bunk and saves space in tight quarters.

Woody Hayes, named for the famous Ohio State University football coach, relaxes in the mudroom, where each family member has a space for outdoor gear.

The living room is painted Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal.Double doors open to what Benedict calls an “indoor-outdoor room” that connects the barn and the house, and the artwork is by JP Kilkenny.

The kitchen island’s deep teal Wood-Mode cabinets sparked the home’s palette.

The front doors open to a foyer that holds an epoxy-topped table on a base of reclaimed wood and a pair of sturdy bronze benches. “All winter that table has a jigsaw puzzle on it that we chip away at,” Benedict says.

The new barn holds a cozy family room and, on the upper level, a pool table. The wood trim on the stairway was made to look old by Pauline Curtiss of Patina Designs.

The Vermont vacation house originally ended at the stone chimney, so designer Elizabeth Benedict and architect Brian Hamor created an addition at the back of the home with a spacious mudroom that uses the old chimney as a wall.

he designer, along with Woody (in the lead) and Gus, enjoys a snowy day at her refurbished farmhouse.

An antique cabinet from Belgium in the barn’s billiard room holds a number of curiosities, including a collection of old National Geographic magazines.

Low-backed dining chairs from Four Hands and host chairs from Essentials for Living surround a table that seats twelve.

When Benedict and her husband are home alone, they often spend time in the cozy den above the mudroom; Benedict’s friend Mally Skok designed the ottoman-coffee table for Dowel.

The bunk room, with its trio of triple bunks, is a favorite spot for visiting cousins.

A corner of the Hunt Room shows off the original slate floors and the restored natural oak post-and-beam framework.

Off the foyer, a home office in a former conservatory is “the prettiest room in the house,” says the homeowner.

One of the structural changes involved inserting a steel beam in the ceiling to create the large opening between the living room and the former sunroom, now the dining room. It is framed by a transom and sidelights Holly Gagne designed using windowpanes original to the house.

Premier Builders created the kitchen’s custom hutch, where the owner’s collection of French ceramic dinnerware is displayed.

“Masculine meets feminine,” says Gagne of the Hunt Room, where oak beams and large slate pavers are balanced with a sculptural modern sofa and chair

For a second guest room, Gagne used campaign-style furniture, giving the retreat a masculine sensibility John Silsbee Lawrence might appreciate

The house, built in 1908 as a summer house by John Silsbee Lawrence, a prominent textile merchant, sits on ten parklike acres; planters by Dew Collective in Newburyport, Massachusetts, brighten the entry.

wall in the front entrance, where painted woodwork and floors set the tone for the rooms beyond. The custom light fixture by Randy Zieber dangles three stories, lighting every level of the stairwell

In the Hunt Room, circa 1977 leather Cab chairs by Mario Bellini surround a table crafted from reclaimed hemlock.

The doorway was added to connect the space to the butler’s pantry, painted Pelt, an aubergine tone from Farrow & Ball.

A brick arch, a remnant of a ballroom wing removed long ago, leads to a cozy nook in a guest bedroom.

The primary bathroom is an oasis of serenity; in keeping with the rest of the house, the floors are painted gray.

The sleekest and tiniest of sinks cantilevers from a wall in the long, narrow powder room.

Designer Liz Miller and BSA Construction’s Dave O’Malley helped their clients transform a brownstone in Boston’s South End. Miller combined old and new by hanging contemporary light fixtures—like the three-armed AERIN for Visual Comfort & Co. piece here—from existing plaster ceiling medallions.

Pops of color on the tile floor and pineapple-emblazoned Hygge & West wallpaper bring some fun to the laundry room.

It was important to Miller to allow her clients—a young couple with a baby on the way—room to grow. The kitchen’s window bay remains open, rather than filled with a banquette or window seat, and the island is small enough to allow for a play area between it and the nearby fireplace.

A bar and storage for toys hides behind a panel between the kitchen and living area.

The team made smart use of space, building storage for kitchen and dining items into alcoves on either side of the kitchen fireplace.

Miller turned the den at the back of the garden level into a multipurpose space. The TV-watching zone includes a leather Interior Define sectional that also corrals a play space for the kids.

The entryway on the garden level offers views down the hall to the den and up the home’s original carved-wood staircase to the parlor level.

The dining table in the parlor level’s street-front window bay “could be family friendly at the same time as formal,” explains Miller.

The couple’s love of, and frequent visits to, Cape Cod inspired Miller’s subtle use of blue to help brighten the darker lower level, which includes the primary bedroom.

Miller and O’Malley reorganized and completely gutted the primary bathroom to accommodate the clients’ request for a freestanding soaking tub.

A fully stocked bar is accented by artwork by Sarah Madeira Day.

Century chairs surround a coffee table from industrial designer Kenneth Cobonpue on the screened porch

Guests love this cozy basement-level bedroom with its scenic Thibaut wallpaper and plush bench from OKA

The powder room is enveloped in a wallpaper from élitis, while sconces from The Urban Electric Co. flank an Arteriors mirror.

In the combination craft area and workspace (also on the basement level), custom shelving and a coordinating desk are joined by Potocco chairs; the room divider is from Masterpiece Woodworks.

An abstract oil painting by Fran O’Neill brings a jolt of color to the living room, where a pair of sofas from Coup D’Etat face each other to facilitate fireside conversation.

The existing kitchen, thoughtfully preserved with minimal updates, features new lighting for a refreshed look while maintaining the original builder’s quality design.

The family room, with its stone fireplace and wood-planked ceiling, is positioned between the kitchen and the screened porch and serves as the heart of the home.

In the dining room, designer Tiffany LeBlanc painted the existing paneling in a high-gloss Farrow & Ball shade called Dead Salmon; the built-in bar is a new addition.

In the eat-in kitchen, a light fixture from The Urban Electric Co. hangs above a table by Altura and a rug from Patterson Flynn.

A casual entertaining space on the basement level contains a sofa and chairs from Porada, ottomans from Normann Copenhagen, and a light fixture from Visual Comfort & Co.

Surrounded by windows, the sunken “nest” faces the back of the central fireplace, which holds a recessed television.

Interior designer Brenna Connor worked closely with the homeowners on the furnishings, like this ethereal Zaneen chandelier.

The expansive modern kitchen features a coffee bar, a live-edge island with a built-in pet feeding station, and an open pantry tucked away toward the rear of the house.

From the rear of the house, the accessory dwelling unit perches above the garage on the left. The great room brings everyone to the center of the house for family time, and the primary suite is far from the hustle and bustle all the way to the right. The second son’s retreat is below the primary suite.

The home’s cedar and slate exterior blends seamlessly with its forested surroundings.

The expansive primary suite in this Stowe, Vermont, home serves as a private retreat for the homeowners. The bath includes an elevated tub and shower with floor-to-ceiling windows that face the wooded backyard.

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The study is dressed in Zak+Fox wallpaper: “Opposite the reading room, we went really moody and dark,” the designer says, which is fitting for a space where the family occasionally piles in to watch TV together.

Shapely chairbacks around the dining table add some eye candy to the foyer.

Above the kitchen island, antique Italian garden lanterns from L’Antiquaire bring a timeless charm, seamlessly blending vintage elegance with modern function in this inviting space.

The design team renovated the third floor to add additional bedrooms, like this guest room swathed in a Sanderson wallcovering, one of Lindsay’s favorites, that has a bit of a retro vibe.

In the family room adjacent to the open kitchen, Lindsay brought in an antique wood console accented with a plaster table lamp. Above the kitchen island, antique Italian garden lanterns from L’Antiquaire nod to yesteryear.

Shapely chairbacks around the dining table add some eye candy to the foyer.

The primary bath’s new flooring, comprised of tumbled Bardiglio and Carrara marbles, has a timeworn look.

To complement the Gracie wallpaper, designer Melissa Lindsay painted the trim Benjamin Moore Caldwell Green, which, she says, “struck the right balance of being historic in nature, feminine but still Old World, and paired really nicely with the wood tones, brass, and mauve that we brought in.”

The bedroom boasts yet more walnut cabinetry, with two built-in chests of drawers surrounded by bookshelves.

Three sawtooth shed roofs provide northern light through transoms to the second floor, which includes a home office with a built-in walnut desk, oak flooring, and plaster walls.

White-oak screens function as partitions to provide spatial divisions; this one separates the stairway from the kitchen.

Large triple-glazed windows at the back of the house bathe the kitchen in light.

Unlike the front of the house, the back is contemporary in style. It opens to a private garden centered around a cluster of river birches. The carport doubles as a covered outdoor dining area for large parties.

In deference to his Somerville, Massachusetts, neighborhood, a bachelor homeowner asked architect Garth Goldstein to design a state-of-the-art house with a facade like the Second Empire mansard-roof home that he was replacing.

The carport is clad in shiplap Red Grandis, a plantation-grown member of the eucalyptus family. The carport’s roof is covered with photovoltaic panels that are tied to a battery array that stores extra energy in the basement.

River birches were installed to underscore the sense of a forest/jungle, while an extant white pine suggests age and maturity.

Furnished by interior designer Louis Lin, the terrace features a rock retaining wall; soil in its crevices nurtures corydalis, Japanese forest grass, and ferns.

The glassed family room offers panoramic views of the front garden’s kaleidoscope of color showcased by players like birch, bayberry, and staghorn sumac growing above ferns.

Positioned between a busy highway and a reservoir, the house stands out but is also concealed. “It makes you feel as if you’re deep in the woods,” says Cunningham. Positioned between a busy highway and a reservoir, the house stands out but is also concealed. “It makes you feel as if you’re deep in the woods,” says Cunningham.

Weathered fieldstones are arranged naturally to evoke a dry riverbed etched with bugleweed and creeping white thyme, which has transitioned to moss as the canopy overhead has filled in.

An elevated boardwalk leads through the tree canopy to the home’s front door. “You feel like you’re entering a treehouse,” says landscape architect Matthew Cunningham, “and the dense vegetation wraps everything in a sense of mystery.”

A balcony that skirts the house delivers a view of the garden from an elevated vantage point.

The Beginning (2024), 3.75″H x 2.5″W x 2″D, bronze.

Stamp with Wings (2024), 2.5″H x 2″W x 2″D, bronze.

Rockabye (2019), 48″H x 29″W x 8″D, steel, paint, bronze, styrene, and white-gold leaf.

Knotted Branch (2023), 20.25″H x 15″W x 9″D, stainless steel.

Growth (2024), 2.5″H x 5″W x 6″D, bronze.

Branches (2023), 19″H x 18″W x 8″D, stainless steel.

Artist Gillian Christy.

The landing on the hefty staircase in the foyer is flooded with natural light from a large window, its original decorative wooden mullions still intact.

The new powder room features slate countertops repurposed from the old kitchen; Zoffany wallpaper is framed by woodwork painted Benjamin Moore Yellowstone.

The existing pantry off the kitchen, which provides out-of-the-way storage, is refreshed with Benjamin Moore Windy Sky.

The mudroom provides entree to the new rear stair; the flooring is antiqued limestone from DiscoverTile.

As with the Shingle-style country houses he designed, William Ralph Emerson gave this Cambridge home a large living room that invites a crowd. With the original fireplace as the focal point of the room, interior designer Kate Maloney created an airy, modern vibe fortified with a custom O’Lampia chandelier. The chenille sofa is balanced with custom chairs by Partners in Design.

Kitchen cabinets are painted Firebush, a special-order color from Fine Paints of Europe.

On the second floor, relocating the back staircase inspired architect Alice Dunn to design a charming hallway by duplicating the existing arch (in the foreground) and adding a window to bring natural light into the space.

The horseshoe armchairs from Red Egg provide seating.

The living room window bay is the ideal spot for a vintage game table.

The dark brown exterior was brightened with a cheery blue-green Sioux Falls stain by Benjamin Moore. The built-in bench on the porch is a typical Emerson feature.

Between the foyer and living room, a long-unused pocket door, original to the house, was restored to working order. Also original are the front door with its decorative wood mullions and the newel post and balustrade defining the staircase.

In the dining room, new bookcases designed by Charles R. Myer & Partners display the owner’s collection of Canton china. The vintage table, an estate-sale find restored by Wayne Towle Master Finishing and Restoration, is complemented by cane-back chairs from Made Goods.

A built-in bench and simple trestle table form a breakfast nook; the door leads to an outdoor deck. The leaded pattern in the transom windows reflects the design found on the house’s original front door.