PRELUDE Volume IV

The home has a feeling of airiness and space without being overly grand.
The family comes here to relax; it’s pretty but not precious, and
meant to feel easy and calming.” –Carter Williams, LDa Architecture & Interiors
everywhere to the meadow, paddocks and barn. “Those
views have a lot of significance,” says Williams, “but it is
also just objectively beautiful land. We wanted to bring
that inside as much as possible.”
While the exterior of the homestead, with its classic
stone and shingles, copper gutters and downspouts, and
low-skirt apron roof celebrate a traditional New England
aesthetic, the interior takes a more minimalist approach,
and was designed to be “clean and simple,” maintains
Interior Design Associate Erin Tracey of LDa. The living
quarters reveal an elevated rusticity as well as flourishes of
“unexpected glamour.” However, it’s the intangible feeling
of airiness and “warm-weather” sensibility conjured by the
designers and contractor that may be the home’s crowning
achievement. As for the nods to an equestrian lifestyle?
Whether subtle, like the hide rug in the great room, or
overt, like the reclaimed trusses overhead, those details
are just plain fun. LDa was careful not to overdo the riding
references, says Tracey, “but it’s what our client loves and
what this place is all about.”
In the breezy master bedroom, Pella’s transom window with custom arched top and
French patio doors frame a spectacular view of the oak tree-lined pasture and lead to
a private deck. The hardware was upgraded to a distressed bronze for a rustic feel.
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