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The area gets 100 inches of snow per year, so architect David R. MacLean drew up a design with steeply pitched roofs and crystalline skylights that echo the cupolas on traditional barns.
It all started with the view. Twelve years ago, Don Jones and his wife, Nancy, were biking in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom when it struck Don that the state might be a nice place to live. With successful careers behind them and their two sons out of the house, the Boston-based Joneses were ready to start the next chapter of their lives.
For Don, Vermont wasn’t new—he grew up skiing in New England, and for several years the family had rented an old farmhouse in the town of Warren during winter school breaks—but there was something about the picturesque landscape that struck him as he and Nancy cycled down into East Burke.
The design team used granite elements for landscaping and kept plantings simple and cohesive with the existing site.
Photo by Dave Fredricks
"It was just spectacularly beautiful," Don recalls. "I turned to Nancy, and I said, ‘We have got to come back here,’ and she wholeheartedly agreed." The idea of revisting quickly turned to talk of relocating, and Nancy, an outdoors lover, was soon on board for a move.
The couple hired a realtor and spent weekends driving to north central Vermont to look at properties. One afternoon, on their way home from a weekend of scouting, Don and Nancy remembered a listing they had seen online but hadn’t yet toured. "It was 5 pm," Don recalls, "and we thought, ‘Why don’t we just drive by and take a look?’"
Using a contemporary play on vintage Vermont ski cabins, architect David R. Maclean designed a modern home that takes advantage of sweeping valley views and opens up to the surrounding forested landscape.
Photo by Dave Fredricks
Designed and built a few years before the main house, the carriage house served as a prototype for the latter. The homeowners lived in this building while their residence was under construction.
Photo by Dave Fredricks
See the full story on Dwell.com: Retired Vermont-Lovers Build a Forever Home Inspired by Vintage Ski Cabins
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By: Rachel Gallaher
Title: Retired Vermont-Lovers Build a Forever Home Inspired by Vintage Ski Cabins
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Published Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 23:52:37 GMT
