If you spent twenty years building something from nothing, the house you grew up in was never going to be the house you ended up in. The Blackawn is built around that arrival: a wine cellar ready before the first dinner party, a shingle-wrapped exterior that reads like a reward, and a two-story layout with a proper loft where mornings with coffee happen before anyone else is awake.
Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 3,553
- Bedrooms: 4-5
- Bathrooms: 3.5-4.5
Floor Plan – Main Floor
The first floor moves from great room through kitchen into breakfast nook, with a mudroom entry and three-car garage running alongside.
Floor Plan – Second Floor
Upstairs, a loft connects three bedrooms, a laundry room, and the master suite. His-and-hers walk-ins flank the vaulted master bath, and a sitting alcove with a coffee station rounds out the owners’ side nicely.
Floor Plan – Basement
The basement puts a 20×21 family room with built-in shelving at its center, flanked by a bar with direct wine cellar access, a bedroom, a 3/4 bath, and a mechanical room. Unfinished storage sits beyond the bar.
Pergola Dining That Pulls the Covered Porch Into the Yard
White-painted pergola beams carry string lights over a patio dining set anchored by a blue-and-white patterned outdoor rug. Steps up to the covered porch reveal a ceiling fan and wicker seating tucked against board-and-batten siding, with hanging flower baskets bridging both zones. Two distinct outdoor moods, maybe fifteen feet apart. It doesn’t try to be a resort, which is exactly why it works.
Did You Know: Pergolas have been a fixture in garden design since ancient Egypt, where open-beam walkways connected temple structures and provided shade without fully blocking the sky. That open framework filters light rather than cutting it off, which keeps the space underneath cooler in summer than a solid roof would. Pairing one directly with a covered porch, as seen here, gives you both options without walking very far.
Bright Green Front Door in a Shiplap Foyer That Actually Stops You Cold
Painted shiplap runs floor to ceiling, keeping the palette deliberately spare so that green door lands as a full design statement rather than an accent. A gray storage bench with carved spindle details anchors the right wall beneath two framed architectural prints.
Style Math: Shiplap earns its place here by functioning as both texture and color field, giving the green door something quiet to push against. Go with warm wood floors rather than tile so the entry doesn’t tip into showroom territory. The geometric brass sunburst accents on the wall add dimension without pulling focus.
Sage Ceiling and Tufted Chesterfield in a Farmhouse Living Room Worth Sitting In
Tongue-and-groove planks painted sage green pull the eye upward, while wide-plank hardwood grounds everything below. The tufted Chesterfield sofa is doing the heaviest lifting in the room — it’s the anchor, and it knows it.
Budget Tip: Shiplap ceilings cost noticeably less to install than coffered or beamed alternatives. Painting them a mid-tone like sage also hides minor imperfections that white would expose mercilessly. If you’re drawn to this look, price out pre-primed shiplap boards — they cut your prep time significantly and the finish holds better on the first coat.
Dark Island, Copper Hood, Wicker Stools: Farmhouse Kitchen Done Without Apology
A copper range hood anchors the wall while dark green island cabinets push back hard against white uppers and a classic subway tile backsplash.
Why the Two-Tone Cabinet Approach Works Here
White perimeter cabinets draw the eye toward the shiplap ceiling, while the dark island reads almost like a piece of furniture that wandered in from another room. In a kitchen this size, that separation matters — a single cabinet color running wall to wall turns into visual wallpaper fast. The wicker stools reinforce the effect by introducing a third material, something organic that sits comfortably against both finishes without favoring either one.
Patterned Ceiling and Tolix Chairs Turn a Farmhouse Dining Room Into Something You Remember
The black-and-white geometric ceiling treatment earns its place by contrasting sharply against the board-and-batten walls below — a trick that works because the pattern stays contained overhead rather than wrapping the room. A reclaimed wood table does the heavy lifting. Tolix-style metal chairs keep it from going too precious, natural light pours in from three sides, and the teal rug grounds the whole arrangement without competing for attention.
Tolix-style metal chairs keep it from going too precious.
Iron Canopy Bed and Shiplap Wall Make This Master Bedroom Mean Business
The iron canopy frame gives the room a vertical anchor without blocking light from the flanking windows — a harder balance to pull off than it looks. A hexagon-pattern quilt reads blue-gray in daylight, keeping the palette cool and cohesive, and the teal drapes with a blue glass lamp on the nightstand lock that palette in. The globe chandelier overhead adds warmth without competing with any of it.
Fun Fact: Four-poster and canopy beds date to medieval Europe, where the enclosed frame supported heavy curtains that retained body heat in unheated stone rooms. The curtains are almost always gone now. What remains is pure silhouette — and it still commands a room.
Sage Vanity and Freestanding Tub in a Vaulted Master Bath Built to Last
Freestanding tubs photograph well, but this one earns its square footage.
Sage green cabinetry with marble counters and nickel fixtures gives the double vanity genuine longevity — nothing in that combination is going to feel dated in five years. Shiplap climbs the full wall height to the vaulted ceiling, where an exposed wood beam keeps the room grounded without tipping it into spa-brochure territory.
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Exterior photo of a modern farmhouse paired with its first-floor layout showing garage, great room, and porch.
Trend Alert: Double-gable farmhouse facades have surged in popularity partly because they read well from the street, but there’s a structural reason behind the look too: the dual gables create attic volume that supports upper-floor bedroom square footage without raising the full roofline. If this exterior style appeals to you, look closely at how the metal shed roofs over the lower windows tie the two gables together. Remove that horizontal element and the facade splits into two competing forms. It’s a small detail that holds the whole front together.
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