This gorgeous urban farmhouse home was designed by Drawing Dept, located on a tight infill lot in an established suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. The homeowners are transplants from the South and were looking for a 21st-century regional farmhouse – including the commensurate wood porch and swing that makes a house a home.
Owing to an unconventional site that includes the adjacent properties’ side, front, and backyard, a strategy was developed to extend the house along the property lines in order to create a cloistered effect. The result is a thin ‘C’ shaped plan that features the development of a variety of private exterior spaces: a screened porch, an auto court, an elevated dining terrace, a garden, and a covered porch that eventually spills out to the backyard.
By creating protracted views through multiple layers of spaces and taking advantage of the site’s topography, the otherwise small site feels enlarged. Large north-facing banks of windows and doors open to the private exterior spaces expanding the dwelling’s interior, while walls at the perimeter fortify the site.
What We Love: This beautiful urban farmhouse in Cincinnati offers a welcoming exterior facade that opens into warm and comfortable living spaces for daily living and entertaining. Our favorite room in this home is the screened porch, an idyllic space to enjoy throughout the seasons whether lounging or gathering with loved ones.
Tell Us: What elements in the design of this home do you find most inspiring and what would you change if this were your own home? Let us know in the Comments below, we enjoy reading your feedback!
Note: Be sure to check out a couple of other fantastic home tours that we have featured here on One Kindesign in the state of Ohio: Beautiful Bridge House Suspended Across A Ravine In Ohio and Stunning riverside house renovation in the Chagrin Valley.
Above: The exterior paint colors include: the dark color is “Urbane Bronze” by Sherwin Williams. The white is “Pearly White” by Sherwin Williams (SW7009). The roof is “charcoal gray” a standard color offered by Union Corrugating (the metal roof company). The windows are Andersen ‘E’ Series, also known as “Eagle by Andersen.” The posts are rough-sawn cedar with a clear finish coat.
Above: The kitchen island countertop is a natural stone called “Fantasy Brown Quartzite.”
Above: The covered patio is 27′ long, by 19.5′ wide. The paving material is a natural stone commonly referred to as “bluestone.”
PHOTOGRAPHER RVP Photography
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