Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 3,630
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 4.5
Floor Plan – Main Floor
Single-story layout with four bedrooms, a great room, studio, and outdoor kitchen porch. The master suite sits privately off the left wing, opposite the guest rooms.
Covered Rear Porch With Outdoor Kitchen Built for Long Summer Evenings
Board-and-batten siding in soft cream wraps the exterior, and the covered porch just beyond the sliding doors shelters a full outdoor kitchen and lounge seating — the kind of setup that makes it genuinely hard to go back inside.
Vaulted Ceilings and an Open Kitchen Make This the Room Nobody Leaves
Exposed wood beams anchor the cathedral ceiling without feeling heavy. The kitchen island’s natural oak finish reads warmer than the cream cabinetry behind it, and that contrast does a lot of work.
The great room’s vaulted ceiling carries that same open energy right into the living area below it.
Warm Wood Beams and a Kitchen That Pulls You In From Across the Room
Natural wood beams run the length of the cathedral ceiling, substantial enough to register but not so heavy they close the room down. Below them, cream cabinetry lines the perimeter while a walnut island holds the center — wide enough to seat a crowd, with pendant lights hung low over it so the cooking zone has its own sense of place. The sectional faces inward, which sounds obvious until you’ve been in a room where it doesn’t.
Pendant Lights Over a Waterfall Island That Earns Every Inch of Attention
Four black dome pendants drop over a wide marble-topped island with warm wood cabinetry and brass hardware below.
Did You Know: Islands with prep sinks have become one of the most requested features in open-concept farmhouse builds because they let whoever’s cooking stay part of the conversation. Positioning that sink off-center on a long island is a practical move too, leaving a wide uninterrupted stretch of counter for serving or rolling dough. The warm wood base paired with a light stone top keeps the island from reading too heavy against white perimeter cabinets — furniture rather than built-in.
Cream Cabinets, Warm Wood Island, and Pendant Lights That Know Their Place
The natural wood island base holds its own against the painted upper cabinets without turning into a competition. Black dome pendants with brass hardware mark the cooking zone clearly, and white subway tile keeps the backsplash from doing anything it shouldn’t.
Pro Tip: Mixing painted cabinetry with a stained wood island base gives a kitchen two distinct zones without requiring a wall or a layout change. It’s one of the more practical ways to add visual weight to an island that doubles as a dining table, since the wood tone reads as furniture rather than built-in cabinetry.
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Rendered exterior shows a white farmhouse with board-and-batten siding and a covered front porch. Below, the floor plan lays out four bedrooms, a vaulted great room, outdoor kitchen with gas grill, grilling porch, studio, walk-in pantry, and a four-car garage.
History Corner: Modern farmhouse style draws from the utilitarian rural architecture of 19th-century America, particularly the farm buildings of the South and Midwest. Builders of that era prioritized covered porches and cross-ventilation because summer heat had to be managed structurally — there was no other option. Today’s versions keep the porches but layer in outdoor kitchens, which turns what was once a survival feature into the most social square footage on the property.
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