A Peek at the 2011 Homes...
Anglo-Indian Manor
Originally a neglected outbuilding of a larger estate, Gitanjali was restored by Dinyar Wadia, principal of Wadia Associates in New Canaan, for his family in 1998. Set on ten private acres, the English cottage is surrounded by beautifully maintained gardens and trees that inspired the design of the house. In restoring the older structure, Wadia reused much of its historic fabric and highlighted original architectural features to create a truly special and welcoming home that houses many of the architect’s interesting collections and family heirlooms from India.
Country Stables
Built as a barn in 1934, this house was converted for residential use in 1956 and renovated by Southport-based architect Mark P. Finlay in 1999 for a prior owner. Finlay, who specializes in contextual and historic architecture in addition to new construction, took his cues from the house’s historic fabric, retaining and highlighting many of the features that make this home so special—including the silo and the open airy atmosphere of the interiors. Recently decorated by New York-based designer Tamara Eaton, it is just the right combination of new and old.
Exotic Estate
Designed, built and decorated by its owners, this 13,000-square-foot shingle-and-stone house, completed in 2008, is set on seven acres of land. The main section of the house is beautifully designed with custom finishes and sophisticated decoration. The piece de resistance however is a separate building designed especially to house the owner’s museum quality collection of animals which he amassed over the past thirty years on various hunting trips all over the world.
Ranch Redux
This house, now unrecognizable as the1956 ranch is once was, was dramatically transformed into a California Style house. In reworking its dated interiors and facades, New Canaan-based interior designer Shelley Morris collaborated with architect Jeff Kaufman to emphasize the connection between the interiors and the out-of-doors and to incorporate elements such as reclaimed beams and raised ceilings to modernize and brighten the rooms.
All-American Cape
Preeminent Boston architect and Cape Cod style house specialist Royal Barry Wills originally designed this house in the 1940s. Over the past twelve years, owner and designer Jean Marie McLaughlin, principal of JMac Interiors, reworked the interiors—as well as the exterior---and added a wing to not only correct a 1970s addition gone wrong but to accommodate the growing needs of her family. Her well conceived transitional decor reflect her enthusiasm for architectural detailing, millwork, lighting and antiques.
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