A New Take on the Classic Farmhouse

Architect Bethany Puopolo pulls from the influences of American barn construction and her Swedish heritage for an new take on the classic farmhouse.

Farmhouse Decorating
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn

Farmhouse Decorating

Bethany based her clapboard farmhouse on the style's basics—two stories with a gable roof and lots of porches—but she gave it her own signature.

"Instead of duplicating the compartmentalized way rooms are laid out in old farmhouses, I employed post-and-beam barn construction to open up the inside and get a more modern floor plan"


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