This lakefront home, designed by Bonin Architects & Associates, offers dynamic spaces for family gatherings and intimate daily life, nestled along Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire. The home, called ‘Aerie Bluff,’ prioritizes lake views and outdoor integration while respecting the natural environment, shaping the home’s overall design.
The gently sloping site offered a unique opportunity to create an outdoor living space adjacent to the first-floor kitchen, dining, and living rooms, while maintaining walkout access to the home’s lower level. A screened porch and Goshen Stone patios for grilling, dining, and enjoying time around the firepit extend living space beyond the home’s wall.
A small lawn also provides space for the family’s four-legged members to enjoy the outdoors. A pathway leads down a boulder slope from the upper terrace to the lower-level terrace and hot tub, and a path to the waterfront and dock.
Bordered by healthy buffers of native woodlands, this project proudly resides in New Hampshire. It’s easy to appreciate the setting when Bald Eagles are frequently seen in the skies above the property.
The home’s interior has varied spaces for the couple and their guests. The first floor includes the finely detailed primary bedroom suite, a stately great room with heavy timber accents and a handsome fieldstone fireplace, a well-appointed kitchen, dining room, pantry, mudroom, laundry, powder room, and screen porch.
What We Love About This Home
This lakefront home in New Hampshire offers effortless indoor-outdoor living, with main living spaces opening to stone patios, a screened porch, and pathways leading to the waterfront. Inside, warm details such as heavy timber accents, a fieldstone fireplace, and a walnut-slab bar create inviting spaces for both gatherings and quiet moments. Surrounded by native woodlands, the home feels deeply connected to its natural setting. Overall, we love the inviting living spaces, especially the light-flooded living room with its massive stone-clad fireplace.
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The second floor offers ample space for extended family and guests, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a bunkroom, and an office.
The lower level features a beautiful bar with a single slab walnut top, a recreation area with a pool table and TV space, and a seating area with a gas fireplace. The walkout entryway includes a lakeside mudroom, a powder room, and convenient access to a basement storage area.
PHOTOGRAPHER John. W. Hession
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