Knotty pine walls, an octagonal window and the lake light pouring through the open door.
Cottages and Gardens Magazine
August, 2020
The farm table seats eight, and every seat faces the view.Red barns and cottages cluster on the shore, the lake stretching away between the hills.
A glass tower rises from the middle of the house, the lawn rolling out to the trees.Purple iris spills across the lawn toward a cluster of stone buildings at the foot of the hill.
A steel sculpture stands on a point of grass at the edge of the pond.
Books pile up on every shelf and table beneath the wall of windows.Looking straight up past the chandelier chains, a skylight opens to the summer clouds.
A white colonial and its carriage house sit at the end of a curving gravel drive.
Navy drapes frame the bay windows, and the table is already set.A white farmhouse with a green metal roof and one bright red door.
Stone and white clapboard rise to a tall arched window above the front door.
A soaking tub waits beneath a tall window, a sprig of flowers in the light.An old tree leans over a red door as the leaves come down.
A quiet bedroom under an arched window, a lamp left on by the bed.
A gravel drive curves toward the farmhouse through a yard full of fall color.A stream winds through the lawn to the pond, a white house resting in the trees beyond.
A backyard pool sits behind a white picket fence, the neighborhood in full autumn around it.
Cedar siding glows against the blue spruce, a stone wall holding the garden in place.Twin wreaths welcome visitors to a flagstone porch sheltered by the pines.
At the top of the stairs, a window frames the rolling farmland like another painting on the wall.
From above, the house settles into its clearing as the woods around it begin to turn.From the roofline, the forest runs unbroken to the far hills in full autumn color.
