The homeowners shown here on his vintage tractor.
Green Acres Farmland surrounds the country home of Henry Smedley and Kathy Chow.
Large windows on the south and west sides of the home permit light to infuse the barn-like home designed by JLF & Associates.
Looking Glass Farm’s bucolic setting is complete with the neighbor’s grazing cows.
Looking Glass Farm’s bucolic setting is complete with the neighbor’s grazing cows.
Living-room curtains in a Schumacher fabric were made by homeowner Kathy Chow.
Hats, coats and boots are lined up and ready to go in the hallway.
From above the fireplace, “Bruce the moose” gets a good view of a Big Ass Fan ceiling fan, which adds a bright spot of red in the living room. The dining room table, under lighting from PW Vintage Lighting, was crafted out of a centuries-old white oak from Smedley’s family farm in Pennsylvania.
A wall of wood planks backs a bed made by Henry Smedley. Bed linens and Facet folding stool are from Calvin Klein Home.
A steel-plated guest bathroom door features a repurposed porthole.
Master bedroom doorknob is from a City of New York municipal building.
The Looking Glass Farm logo.
A cow figurine fills a mantel nook.
Artistic peeled tree is by Dan Mack of Rustic Furnishings.
Dining chairs sport a star motif.
An outdoor shower is complete with a Calvin Klein Home beach towel.
Railing detail, from a church salvage yard, stands for In His Service. An outdoor shower is complete with a Calvin Klein Home beach towel. The Looking Glass Farm logo.
Newel posts were fashioned from old telephone-pole insulators.
Encaustic kitchen tiles are from Tile Source.
This article appears in the October 2014 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).