The homesteader’s place had been added onto over the years, and the space felt haphazard at best, so the owner returned it to its original footprint, salvaged the wood and concrete from it for reuse, and set about tackling his redesign. The idea was to blur the boundaries between indoors and out, so he raised the roof, created an open floor plan, added modern bathrooms and a large bedroom suite, and upcycled the homestead’s original wood and concrete into exterior and interior cladding, outdoor furniture, and patios and walkways.
Indoors, white oak covers the communal-styled kitchen that is fully equipped to serve a crowd with a dining area that seats 12 and a window seat-type reading nook that seats an additional five. The decor throughout favors a mid-century vibe, and furnishings include Hay pieces made to replicate Danish Modern designs. Open, floor-to-ceiling shelves divide the cathedral-ceilinged living room from the dining area, and the mid-century modern look continues, where the fireplace mantle holds cool wooden accessories, funky pendant lamps hang overhead, and a 1970s era swing chair sways in one of the many banks of windows offering views out onto the rugged, prehistoric-seeming landscape.