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"Country Homes\nTo celebrate our June Country Houses issue, we've compiled a stunning collection of rural residences from the AD archives.\nArchitects Thomas W.S. Craven and Floyd E. Johnson were inspired by neoclassical architecture when planning Summer Duck Wood, the estate of Mary and James H.T. McConnell in Rapidan, Virginia. The fieldstone-clad house was built as a half octagon, a longtime favorite form in the area. The library, which draws heavily on Nancy Lancaster's Little Haseley in England, was decorated by Tino Zervudachi. (June 2007)\nOn a flat 11-acre plot of land in Michigan, architect Bruce A. Calhoun and landscape designer Gary Karlene created a Shaker-style residence and working organic farm. In addition to the three-story white clapboard main house, the property also includes two guesthouses and five barns, which boast a gym, a party space, a work space, and an aviary. The pared-down interiors by Mark Manardo and Barbara Balow echo the simple architecture. In the kitchen, ladder-back chairs surround a large communal table. (June 2010)\nDesigner William Sofield put a contemporary spin on the traditional log cabin for this ranch house in the Colorado Rockies, utilizing reclaimed wood and stone. The rustic triple-height breakfast area is flooded with morning sunlight thanks to numerous casement windows. (June 2010)\nFor his progressive Hamptons retreat, architect Lee F. Mindel of Shelton, Mindel &amp;amp; Assoc., in collaboration with architect Reed A. Morrison, combined elements of both modernist and Shingle-style homes. Constructed of reinforced concrete with an exterior clad in glass and stained cedar, the house also serves as a gallery for Mindel's striking collection of art and furnishings. The living area displays a Charlotte Perriand shelving unit, a Ron Arad chair, and a Kaare Klint sofa. (June 2007)\nArchitect Howard J. Backen, known for his work with Northern California wineries, created a hillside farmhouse with vineyard views for his family in Napa Valley. Decorated by his wife, Lori, the intimate main space\u2014comprising the kitchen and living and dining areas\u2014opens onto the veranda. Wicker furnishings and abundant white surfaces evocative of Swedish farmhouses give the room a relaxed, rustic feel. (September 2004)\nThe trio of architect Paul F. Shurtleff, interior designer Thad Hayes, and landscape specialist Douglas Reed joined forces to create this outbuilding for a home they designed in upstate New York. The exterior resembles traditional farmhouses in the area, with a fieldstone wall, barn doors, and a sloping shed roof. The interior, meanwhile, is filled with modern luxuries, including a pool, a gym, a spa, and a guest studio. The media room, shown here, is used for casual movie-screening evenings. (June 2008)\nThis Colonial Revival house outside Philadelphia was brought back to life by fashion designer Lauren Sara. Vines covering the exterior were removed, and the interior was gutted and refined with a minimalist palette of black and white. A clean-lined sofa and club chairs in the library are paired with a circa-1770 Rhode Island Windsor chair. (June 2006)\nNow home to a family with young children, this 19th-century barn was moved from Canada to Connecticut and converted into a 15-room house. Architect/designer S. Russell Groves was enlisted to update the interiors, including the living room, shown here, which he decorated using contemporary furnishings in neutral hues. (June 2008)\nThis 11,000-square-foot Shingle-style house, built by Nantucket Architecture Group, sits above the island's north-shore dunes and offers scenic views of the water. The owners, a couple from Los Angeles, hired interior designer Karin Blake to give the home a relaxed, aged feel. The double-height kitchen's reclaimed beams were flown in from New Hampshire, and the 1870s pine flooring was stenciled by a local artist. (June 2007)\nInterior designer Ellen Denisevich-Grickis moved an 18th-century barn from Ontario, Canada, to her property in Rhode Island. A stone fireplace and energy-efficient floors of concrete custom-mixed with sea glass and abalone shells were installed on the ground floor, which includes a cavernous kitchen and living and dining areas. (June 2008)\nPenny Drue Baird transformed an airy 19th-century barn on her clients' Bucks County, Pennsylvania, property into a comfortable space for entertaining and housing guests. The main floor was left open, and Baird decorated the living areas in a variety of earthy tones to complement the reclaimed wood used throughout. (June 2010)\nFor a ranch in Colorado, architect Gordon Pierce designed three small structures\u2014a main house with an attached recreation space known as the barn and a guesthouse\u2014to reduce the scale and help the residence blend into the landscape. Designer Elissa Cullman devised the interiors, including the rustic yet elegant living room. (June 2010)\nClay Hill, jewelry designer Elizabeth Locke's 1816 house in Virginia, was updated by Andy Lewis of Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects and decorator Alison Martin. Lewis added a kitchen wing, designed to echo the original architecture, while Martin paired bold wall treatments with refined antiques, as seen in the library. (October 2011)\nWhen a British entrepreneur purchased Ch\u00E2teau de Fontenay, a 16th-century estate in France's Loire Valley, he called on interior designer Tino Zervudachi and landscape architect Louis Benech to enhance the property. The rear veranda is adjacent to a pool and flower beds and features inventive columns made of tree trunks set on stone bases. (May 2011)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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