Nestled into a steep Vermont hillside, this home was carefully designed and positioned to efficiently and thoughtfully take advantage of the challenging terrain and stunning mountain views.  The house is characterized by a series of connected ...

Hilltop House

The Wooded Lake House underwent extensive renovation work and dramatic transformation.   By shifting spaces and adding on a much needed mud room, entry and half bath, we were able to create a dramatically more functional and beautiful home, all ...

Wooded Lake House

Awarded 2017 Citation for Interiors by the American Institute of Architects Vermont Chapter. Our charge was to design an addition to a rural Vermont home--a string of connected, historically detailed buildings which evolved over twenty-plus years ...

Timeline House

Both budget and ethos drove the design of the Little Black House. From the start, it was established that finish quality, good design, and high performance would not be sacrificed to satisfy budget constraints, and so the house evolved ever smaller, ...

Little Black House

Sitting on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, this home was designed to take full advantage of its spectacular setting.  The street-facing side is quiet-- its varied volumes, offset forms and deep-set porch create a welcoming entry ...

Modern Lake House

This 2,300 s.f. house for a family of four rests atop a ledge knoll ringed by trees and overlooking a meadow. During intermittent camping stays on the land, the owners spent several years under the guidance of Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture ...

Knoll House

When an artist approached EH with the ambitious goal of creating a beautiful, tiny, energy-efficient house on a tight budget, she jumped at the opportunity.  The project had all the ingredients of a good challenge along with many aspects of ...

Micro House

This project involved the dramatic transformation of a dark, compartmentalized house into a light-filled, open plan more suited to the lifestyle of a modern family . The entire first floor was gutted and reconfigured to include a mud room, large ...

Dark to Light

Built to replace a dilapidated camp, this new lakeside home occupies the demolished camp's footprint and sits directly on the shoreline at the base of a steep, narrow lot. The three-bedroom house is small, (1,583 finished s.f.) but it feels ...

Cantilevered Lake House

This colorful home was built for a couple on one of Vermont's beautiful

SPLASH! a colorful lake house

Built in the Williams Hill Community of Charlotte, a small subdivision of energy-efficient/high performance homes, this new net-zero ready home was designed for a growing family.  Perched on a wooded hill, the house takes full advantage of solar ...

Net Zero-Ready Modern Farmhouse

This miniature sauna and retreat sits pondside off the beaten path somewhere in the Green Mountains. Nestled among the trees at the edge of a woodland, this small outbuilding is set apart from the house as a quiet getaway. It has no power, no ...

Pondside Retreat and Sauna

Perched on a hill overlooking a scenic river, this new farm house was designed to take advantage of beautiful views and natural light. Inspired by the simplicity of traditional Skandinavian architecture, the house derives its character from ...

Riverside Farm House

This elegantly simple, new cottage sits in a clearing in the woods overlooking the Champlain Valley and Adirondak Mountains. Though small, the house's open, well-organized plan makes it feel roomy. Warm wood floors and antique, salvaged doors ...

Cottage for Two

Part major renovation, part new construction, this exquisitely appointed country estate is a showpiece bearing little resemblance to the modest, speculative house it once was. Interior spaces were re-configured and re-finished, and the exterior ...

Country Estate Exterior

Part major renovation, part new construction, this exquisitely appointed country estate is a showpiece bearing little resemblance to the modest, speculative house it once was. Interior spaces were re-configured and re-finished, and the exterior ...

Country Estate Interior

The land on which this remodeled house stands has sweeping Lake Champlain and Adirondak views, but the kit Cape Cod style house built there in the 1970's seemed to face the wrong direction and did not acknowledge its outstanding viewpoint. Rather ...

Turn Around House

Perched at the top of a hill, this small home was built to replace an old camp that once occupied the same spot. After determining that the camp was beyond repair, we decided to tear down and build new rather than renovate. This presented us the ...

Green Mountain House

Designed for a builder and his wife, this new house sits atop a gently sloping meadow and is surrounded by rolling hills. The project came with an unusual constraint: when the clients purchased the land, a foundation was already in place. The ...

Meadow House

The exterior of this new farm house has a traditional feel, but the interior has an updated, open plan with generous living spaces, large, south-facing windows, and tall ceilings. To create comfortably scaled but open rooms, custom built-ins and ...

Contemporary Farm House

This Cape Cod style home was transformed by adding a carriage barn-style addition and refinishing the entire exterior. Vinyl siding was replaced with cedar shingles; an asphalt roof was replaced by standing seam metal. Details such as a new fir ...

Cape and Carriage House

This new home was designed to gracefully transition its owners from a full house to empty nest and beyond. The owners desired a place suited to family life as well as retirement. We designed a home that would allow a couple to live entirely on the ...

Woodland House

These photos show part of a circa 1930's house that underwent a complete update. As part of the work, we swapped the kitchen and dining spaces. Since the owners preferred a kitchen with more natural light than the old kitchen afforded, and since ...

Kitchen Dining Swap

Ski House

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