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"19 Country Homes for a Summer Escape \nA stunning collection of rural residences from the AD archives\nG. P. Schafer Architect blended a century of American country heritage into this single elegant Dutchess County, New York, farmhouse, which has both a Federal-style wing and a neo-Victorian carriage barn. A de Gournay wallpaper lines the dining room, which hosts a Regency table and chairs.\nCattle graze outside the sophisticated minimalist home of Molly and Eric Glasgow at the Grey Barn and Farm in Martha\u2019s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Local firm Hutker Architects created the main house (left), which was designed to look like a repurposed barn, as well as several outbuildings; the residence was decorated by Manhattan-based Kathleen Walsh Interiors. Pendant lights from Rewire Gallery hang in the kitchen\u2019s breakfast area; the chairs are by David Iatesta.\nEast meets West at this 17th-century house in northwest Belgium. The home\u2019s interior design and the construction of two adjacent barns were overseen by Axel Vervoordt; the grounds were planned by Wirtz International. In the living room, the cocktail table and slipcovered sofa and club chairs are by Vervoordt; the antique armchairs are Louis XIII.\nBuilt at the turn of the 20th century, Marshcourt is one of architect Edwin Lutyens\u2019s most notable English country houses. Designer Robert Couturier recently gave the home\u2019s interiors a stylish update. In the kitchen, the French sea-green vases arrayed across the counter and breakfast table are 1950s Primavera.\nWild turkeys roam the backyard of artist Cindy Sherman\u2019s ten-acre property in East Hampton, New York, part of which is protected marshland. She transformed the dilapidated 19th-century home into a charmingly eccentric refuge with designer Billy Cotton; architect Annabelle Selldorf served as an adviser. The dining room, lined in a Fromental wallpaper, features a George III oak table ringed with chairs designed by Adam Otlewski and custom made by Cotton.\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\u2019s Little Haseley in England, was decorated by Tino Zervudachi.\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.\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.\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\u2019s striking collection of art and furnishings. The living area displays a Charlotte Perriand shelving unit, a Ron Arad chair, and a Kaare Klint sofa.\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.\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.\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.\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.\nThis 11,000-square-foot Shingle-style house, built by Nantucket Architecture Group, sits above the island\u2019s 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\u2019s reclaimed beams were flown in from New Hampshire, and the 1870s pine flooring was stenciled by a local artist.\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.\nPenny Drue Baird transformed an airy 19th-century barn on her clients\u2019 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.\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.\nClay Hill, jewelry designer Elizabeth Locke\u2019s 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.\\n\\nRelated: The Ultimate Summer House Guide: Beautiful Beach Houses, Country Homes, and More"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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