Plants & Gardens
“This home has been evolving since 1745, with each successive owner adding to it, so it is a living thing, not a ‘historic colonial,’” says Allen, pictured here with her dogs, Mr. Peabody and Clementine. See more photos of this homeMy Houzz is a series in which we visit and photograph creative, personality-filled homes and the people who inhabit them. Share your home with us and see more projects.Browse more homes by style:Small Homes | Apartments | Barn Homes | Colorful Homes | Contemporary Homes | Eclectic Homes | Farmhouses | Floating Homes | Guesthouses | Lofts | Midcentury Homes | Modern Homes | Ranch Homes | Townhouses | Traditional Homes | Transitional Homes | Vacation Homes | Homes Around the World
“My big contribution to my house — and I hope in the future someone loves it as much as I do — was my add-on, my enclosed porch,” Allen says. “Old New England houses are all added on to over time. Every time more space was needed, you just built a new room on the back. It’s my favorite room, and I designed it.” Allen used a combination of handmade brick, granite and recycled barn wood in the space. Recycled Victorian kitchen pantry doors from Olde Good Things were turned into the windows. “I wanted paned windows, because the big, open-screen windows look soulless without them on an 18th-century house,” Allen says. “Everyone fought me on using barn wood on the ceiling. They thought it would be too dark, but I think it makes the space more intimate. And when it was done, they liked it!” The step down from the kitchen and the living room into the space means that the change from 8-foot ceilings in the older parts of the home to the 10-foot ceiling in this room isn’t as noticeable. Allen finds that in the fall, sitting in front of the fireplace here is lovely after coming in from her hot tub. The fireplace and mantel are both eBay finds. “The faux bois planter [on the mantel] came ...
Very elegant window box.
Love Spanish moss.
The door and it looks like it has been here forever.
Love the real shutters.
Working shutters and draping window box plants.
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Gorgeous.
I would love to have a "pool under glass."
Love the hidden-from-the-street patios of New Orleans.
Wow!
Love the little barn.
The adorable guard dog statues.
A Gypsy caravan!
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