
Friday night in late November, and the cousins haven’t all been in one room since last Christmas — the great room ceiling climbs overhead, voices carry, and someone has already dragged a second chair to the table before dinner is even plated. The Haystack V is built around moments like this: a vaulted great room that holds a crowd, an open layout that keeps the cook in the conversation, a farmhouse kitchen built for serious messes, and a single-story flow that nobody has to navigate in the dark.
Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 2,070
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 3
Floor Plan – Main Floor

Three bedrooms fan out from a central great room with a vaulted ceiling, while the kitchen and dining area open directly to each other. A mud room entry off the garage handles the daily chaos, and a workshop plus walk-in closets throughout keep practical storage from becoming an afterthought.
Vaulted Ceilings, Warm Wood, and a Fireplace That Actually Gets Used

Tongue-and-groove wood panels line the cathedral ceiling, pulling warmth down into a room that could easily turn cold at this scale. The herringbone firebox tile is the quiet standout — understated enough to miss on first glance, interesting enough that you keep looking. A pale linen sofa, a chunky pedestal coffee table, wood-frame chairs with loose cushions. Nothing’s trying too hard, and that’s exactly why it works.
Copper Pendants, Dark Island, and a Kitchen Built for the Long Haul

Two copper dome pendants anchor the island without apology. The dark base contrasts the granite top, and raw wood barstools keep it from feeling precious. Black-framed windows pull the treeline inside, which does more for the room than any backsplash could. It’s a kitchen that wants people in it.
Why It Works: A dark island base against white perimeter cabinets defines the workspace without requiring a wall or partition. The copper lighting ties both zones together without matching them exactly, which is harder to pull off than it looks.
Rattan Chairs, Globe Lights, and a Dining Room That Earns Its Square Footage

Pierre Jeanneret-style chairs with cane backs pull up to a travertine-base table clearly built for more than four. Overhead, a matte black linear fixture holds globe shades that read industrial without feeling cold — a harder balance than it sounds. Cane furniture ages well and softens acoustics slightly in open-plan rooms, which matters more than most people expect.
- Cane backs add texture without adding visual weight to a large table setting
- Linear chandeliers scale better than round pendants over rectangular dining tables
- A patterned area rug anchors the dining zone in an open floor plan without adding a wall
Crystal Chandelier, Warm Wood Doors, and a Bedroom Built Around Natural Light

A fluted glass chandelier anchors the room while copper-framed French doors bring the outdoors in without competing for attention. Calm, considered, and genuinely restful.
Why Pendant Placement Matters More Than People Think
The two bedside pendants hang at noticeably different heights, and that’s almost certainly intentional. Dropping one lower creates visual rhythm without adding furniture or decor to do it. It’s a small call that keeps the room from tipping into the kind of rigid symmetry that looks fine in a showroom and feels oddly sterile to actually sleep in.
Brass Fixtures, Freestanding Tub, and a Shower Built to Slow You Down

Rose-gold plumbing against marble-look tile earns its place here. The glass enclosure keeps the room feeling open rather than carved up, and the oval soaker tub sits close enough to the shower that the whole wet zone reads as a single composed space rather than two separate decisions jammed together.
Budget Tip: Frameless glass shower enclosures cost more upfront than a curtain rod or framed door, but they’re far easier to clean long-term because there’s no track collecting soap residue. If budget is tight, a single fixed glass panel on one side cuts costs while keeping the open feel.
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The exterior rendering shows a dark board-and-batten farmhouse with timber gable detailing; the floor plan below reveals three bedrooms, a vaulted great room, a workshop, and a two-car garage.
Quick Fix: Mud rooms earn their keep when they sit between the garage and the kitchen, not tucked behind the laundry room. This layout gets that right. If you’re building from scratch, it’s one of the adjacencies worth protecting early — before contractors start value-engineering the plan and that corridor quietly disappears.
