This 4 bedroom home was designed to capture the character of a New England farmhouse and was sited to preserve as much farmland as possible while providing views up and down the valley from the principal rooms. The house and barn define an outdoor room that frames a visitor’s view across the valley into Vermont. The barn contains a studio apartment, office, workshop, boat room and equipment storage. The rooms in the house are modest in scale and the layout is informal. The energy performance of the house approaches net zero.