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"Back to Basics\nEasing a Historic Farm into the Present is a Labor of Love\nA sign marks the entrance to Peaceable Farm, in Solebury, Pennsylvania, whose historic buildings were designed by architect Richardson Brognard Okie in the 1930s.\nOwners and design partners David Guilmet and Patrick Bell restored the 22-acre property's main stone house.\nThey wove together early American antiques, such as the tavern table in the living room, and American folk art, including a copper weathervane and a circa 1830-40 painting by an unknown artist. Ralph Lauren Home leather on sofa and chair cushion. Elizabeth Eakins rug.\n\"It's an addition to Okie's many interesting outdoor spaces,\" Guilmet says of a gazebo he and Bell designed.\nIn the kitchen's small office area, a 19th-century portrait in its original frame hangs above a desk made of pine and tiger maple.\nGuilmet and Bell, who is also an antiques dealer, used a sparse mix of 18th- and 19th-century pieces to accommodate traffic flow in the dining room, which connects to several other spaces. The overmantel panel, by Guilmet, is based on a painting by Isaac Heston. Valance trim, Samuel &amp;amp; Sons.\n\nSee more Country Homes \u00BB\n\"We're not trying to live in a museum,\" says Bell. \"The architecture is so strong that we really prefer not to clutter it up.\" In the master bedroom, an antique Stafford shire rooster lamp sits atop a circa 1830 side table. Above the bed is an unsigned late-18th-century oil.\nThe goal for a guest room, says Guilmet, was to keep it \"light and inviting while remaining true to the Colonial Revival architecture.\" He made the carved watch holder next to the tester bed, as well as the chalkware garniture that flanks a circa 1840 theorem on velvet.\nBell, left, and Guilmet sit on the fence of their pasture, with their dog, Scout. They collaborated on the landscaping with Fringetree Design Studios.\nThe working barn was recently restored, and a cupola was added. \"The house is a joy to look at and supremely comfortable to live in,\" says Guilmet. \"I don't think we will ever leave.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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