Charming New England Houses

Things We Love: Painted Wood Houses

Zestimate® Home Value: $365,224. This is an amazing opportunity for an Antique Home on a beautifully landscaped piece of property in rural Rehoboth. Add a gorgeous heated greenhouse, 2+ Acre wooded lot, a back deck complete with Jacuzzi and you are truly in Paradise! The house juxtaposes old with new to give you both authenticity and modern comfort and convenience. Come see to Appreciate!

FARMHOUSE – vintage early american farmhouse like this saltbox houses, also love this paint color that was chosen.

Sheldon House

Walk back with us through Coggeshall Farm Museum, featured in the June 2014 issue. This living history farm museum is literally filled with life--authentic animals roam the grounds and heirloom gardens brim with good eats. The unique nature of this museum extends to its history as well. This Rhode Island home, built in 1799, was a part of a tenant farm. Take a look around a few extra pictures we are sharing from our visit. Maybe you will be inspired to visit!

Just like many A-listers, we'd spend all our time here if we could.

The Thomas Lee House in the Niantic section of East Lyme, Connecticut, was constructed between 1660 & 1664. It is one of the oldest wood frame houses in Connecticut & still in its primitive state. The original dwelling consisted of a post-&-beam timber frame erected on six 2-story wall posts, with the Judgment Hall below and the Chamber above. A steeply pitched roof covered a spacious attic over the chamber. A stone-walled partial cellar pit under part of the hall was reached through a trap…

Outstanding! Another really, REALLY old house in New England is for sale! This Cape dates back to the 1690’s so that puts it in the range of being one of the oldest surviving homes in the United States. I have a soft spot for these elderly Capes and love doing posts on them – like this colorful …

Kastberg House Sources

Two decades ago, when legendary Manhattan-based interior designer Robert Couturier, a native Parisian, met his now-husband, the Connecticut-born historic preservationist Jeffrey Morgan, their tastes were poles apart. “I didn’t know much about American decorative arts,” says Couturier, famed for creating grand-scale, lavishly decorated interiors on four continents. “Jeffrey said he wanted to show me some […]

A Homestead at Old Sturbridge Village

Colonial era home in Wickford RI. My bags are packed and ready to move in. #PrimitiveHomes