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It sits at the entryway to High Meadow Farm,
a 252-acre property that has been in Watts's
family for some six decades. Over those years,
the farm has been home to 25,000 egg-laying
chickens, a large apple orchard, corn and hay
fields and a maple syrup operation.
Watts, now a writer, spent his childhood
summers working on the farm. Holly, a chaplain
who has worked in hospital and home settings,
also spent many summers in Freedom, attending
a nearby camp.
However, the two did not meet until they
ended up at a one-year agriculture program in
Vermont. They were married five years later and
now have three grown children, all of whom
have also spent many summers (and winters) at
the farm.
After Watts's mother died in 2016, the couple,
who were living in Providence, Rhode Island,
inherited the property and decided to make it
their full-time residence.
" It's been a special place for both of us and
our families, " Watts says. " But we also wanted
to find a way to open things up to a broader
community. Holly had the great idea to arrange
things so we could host small, contemplative
retreats in my parents' farmhouse at the top of
the hill, and then keep the Lower House as a
more private space for us and our family. "
They commissioned Kaplan Thompson
Architects and Heidi Lachapelle Interiors,
which are based in Portland, Maine, to create a
living-working space that accommodates them
as well as visiting friends and family. Their
wish list was as simple as Lower House itself.
They wanted a sustainable compound with two
separate work spaces (a writing study for Watts,
an art studio for Haynes), a place for family
gatherings at holidays and vacations, a suite for
Haynes's mother, and a redesign that respected
the home's architectural history while also
updating its aging systems.
" We wanted a lot of windows and sightlines
so you can see outside, " Haynes says. " We are
on the side of a small mountain with hills and
valleys around us. With the new design, you
can see from one end of the house to the other. "
The result, a close collaboration between
architect and interior designer, is a traditionalstyle
farmhouse with a more open layout and
that lives, for the most part, off the grid.
" It's a restrained renovation, " says Jesse
Thompson, principal at Kaplan Thompson
Architects, noting that the greatest changes to
the home modified its performance, not appearance.
The farmhouse underwent a deep energy
retrofit that completely stripped and rebuilt its
envelope. Leaky and creaky walls were improved
with insulation and rainscreen siding,
and high-performance windows replaced the
home's aging glass.
The connector,
furnished only with
a bench, a bookcase
and a reading light,
is designed to be
a place of quiet
contemplation.
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