My Houzz: A Rural Idyll on Shy Rabbit Farm - collectors and artisans Sandy and Jim Gorman fulfilled their New Hampshire home with thoughtfully purchased and reused treasures, handmade items that blink of an look at the surrounding nature.
Despite the already dark interior, sumptuous and upholstered, Sandy had a vision immediately and went with it, whitewashing the walls and adorning each room with beloved antiques. Its charming and specific style of uninterrupted flow throughout the house, so that no single room is a favorite.
Houzz at a Glance
Who lives here Sandy and Jim Gorman
Location New Hampshire, USA
Size 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths
This is interesting Although the house was inspired by the architecture of the 19th century, it was actually built in 1975.
Despite the already dark interior, sumptuous and upholstered, Sandy had a vision immediately and went with it, whitewashing the walls and adorning each room with beloved antiques. Its charming and specific style of uninterrupted flow throughout the house, so that no single room is a favorite.
Houzz at a Glance
Who lives here Sandy and Jim Gorman
Location New Hampshire, USA
Size 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths
This is interesting Although the house was inspired by the architecture of the 19th century, it was actually built in 1975.
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Sandy sewed these chalky white sofa covers. A current knitting project is sitting on the footrest.
Sandy was in purchase business and selling antiques for nearly 10 years, while attending the New England flea markets and sales of car books was an inevitable part of the decoration his home.
Sandy was in purchase business and selling antiques for nearly 10 years, while attending the New England flea markets and sales of car books was an inevitable part of the decoration his home.
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"The only something I could never live without is our brick fireplace room, "Sandy said. The couple often used when family and friends visit and warm during winters in northeast cold.
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When decorating Sandy chooses great character pieces and accents the rooms with natural materials. Just after the living room furniture is a creative space with one-of-a-kind finds, including branches, pinecones, wool and bird's nest under a bell jar.
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This gate is the original front door, now used more in the corridor leading to the office and upstairs.
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The door 'entrance leads to the original mudroom of the house, now a relaxing space and light that connects to the rear garden and kitchen.
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A large integrated old wooden cupboard overlooks the entrance room. Victorian wicker suitcase is under the table of a baker.
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Dried herbs and garlic hanging in an industrial light at the entrance of the court. Sandy pushes these herbs in his garden, using them as decoration and for cooking.
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Shaker style chairs rocking create a casual seating area in this hall entrance.
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Hanging lamps industrial style dangling in the country-style kitchen. A large piece of slate displays sweet messages to and from friends.
cabinet An antique butcher was left as is, with its original green paint and lovingly worn.
More ideas to mix styles
cabinet An antique butcher was left as is, with its original green paint and lovingly worn.
More ideas to mix styles
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Sandy and Jim kept the renovation budget of small kitchen by painting the original cabinets with a simple black, focusing their money on stainless steel appliances and new lighting. Sandy would one day have an industrial-style kitchen with a granite fireplace.
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A large anchors antique pine table dining. vintage cheese boards and cutting boards line the back wall. "Working with Nature" is one of Sandy philosophies in life and design -. The angular side and the tiny bird's nest attest to this mantra
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Sandy decorated this simple, small office with office supplies and vintage brass lamps articulated. A rotary dial phone working accessorize altered blue office.
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Another great vintage cabinet holds old sketch writing and a strawberry pot of jam with pheasant feathers.
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The main bedroom Edison was quiet bare style Ferrowatt Ithemba without nuances to showcase their distinct style.
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This office room was not in the high origin when the couple found. They came across a slab of tin to a flea market just like right -. Instead of cutting it to size, they bent to create a backsplash
The driftwood lamp has a cotton shade of a local factory that closed down. Unfinished edges add to the relaxed atmosphere of the house.
The driftwood lamp has a cotton shade of a local factory that closed down. Unfinished edges add to the relaxed atmosphere of the house.
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Each side of bed has a lamp redirected from a tripod.
Browse designs that use recovered wood
Browse designs that use recovered wood
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Sandy grows several herbs in its raised bed garden. A potting shed built recently overlooks the garden. - So put thoughtfully together, it feels like a second home
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a long work plan spans a wall of the crowd in the recovered antique windows. In the left corner hangs an oil painting of Ooghna, beloved Bernese Mountain torque.
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Sandy and Jim built the shed themselves as a place to house the gardening tools and as a relaxing space away from home.
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Energetic and curious , Ooghna obedient is in front of a large pile of firewood.
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The exterior shingle style also shows a two-car garage.
Sandy and Jim called their home Shy Rabbit Farm, the poem by William Butler Yeats "For an island in the water.
Sandy and Jim called their home Shy Rabbit Farm, the poem by William Butler Yeats "For an island in the water.
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owner Creative Sandy is in the garden shed, wearing layers of cotton, linen and denim with its signature style of the Heidi braids.
'Do what you like and what feels comfortable for you, "she said. "Keep it simple, always change, and continue to hunt for bargains."
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'Do what you like and what feels comfortable for you, "she said. "Keep it simple, always change, and continue to hunt for bargains."
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What is your greatest find in your home? Tell us in the comments below.