Designing a New Old Home: Mistakes

But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to seeThat a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me— Dubliners, The Sick NoteThis post is part of a series about building a house that looks and feels traditional in New Hampshire. However, this post can be read by itself.Designing a New Old Home series, Table of ContentsBeginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came to buy landCuriosity — Advice on startingResearch, Sketch, Collect — Essential research for home designDefining Constraints — What can we do withoutThe Elements — Heating and cooling and airflowMaterials and Hardware — Making choicesLight — Designing for LightMistakes ← You are hereKitchen ← nextIn 2018 we built a 30x38 foot house among some overrun haying fields. Our chief design considerations were to make something that had all the qualities we loved about old houses, while remaining within a fairly limited budget. Here’s what it looks like today:Siting the house in a somewhat austere and solitary fashion…