![Winhall Barnhouse / Alchemy Architects - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b76/d841/f197/cca9/9b00/0182/newsletter/Winhall.01.jpg?1534515245)
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Architects: Alchemy Architects
- Area: 2750 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Photographs:Geoffrey Warner
![Winhall Barnhouse / Alchemy Architects - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b76/d8b4/f197/cca9/9b00/0187/newsletter/Winhall.03.jpg?1534515363)
Text description provided by the architects. Renovation of this 22’ x 64’ long farmhouse involved saving the skeleton—a 19th century timber-framed barn—which revealed two smaller stick-framed structures. The original structure was maintained and exposed by strategic demolition followed by adding a highly insulated 12” SIP shell outside the original timber + log structure, echoing the BarnHouse vernacular of an iconic shell holding individual spaces, some lofted.
![Winhall Barnhouse / Alchemy Architects - Countertop, Table, Windows, Kitchen, Sink, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b76/d996/f197/cc5c/2300/00a8/newsletter/Winhall.08.jpg?1534515583)
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![Winhall Barnhouse / Alchemy Architects - Wood, Beam, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b76/d97b/f197/cca9/9b00/018d/newsletter/Winhall.07.jpg?1534515557)
The intimate 7’-2” high ceilings in half of the ground floor were maintained, while the kitchen was opened up to a one and three/quarter story space, featuring a literal and figurative bridge to the original buildings’ frame. Large glazed openings reveal timbers and expose framing ties, collars, and brackets.
![Winhall Barnhouse / Alchemy Architects - Bathroom](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b76/da0d/f197/cc5c/2300/00ac/newsletter/Winhall.10.jpg?1534515697)
The charcoal colored wood siding and metal roof provides a striking contrast to the smoked white oak window and door trim assemblies. The Owners added their own history / personality to the 4 bedroom, 3 bath home by using traditional Russian tile set into the steel framework at the fireplace wall and artful wallpaper and fiber art accents.
![Winhall Barnhouse / Alchemy Architects - Windows, Forest](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5b76/d914/f197/cca9/9b00/018a/newsletter/Winhall.05.jpg?1534515454)