ECLOSE HOUSE
Eclose House transforms a 1890s Greek Revival farmhouse in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood from dark and cavernous to light and lofty. An outdated rear service stair is replaced with generous windows that maximize inside/outside connections and tap picturesque views of the landscape, framing a vintage barn as a folly. Upstairs bedrooms are reshuffled to add a primary suite, and newly vaulted ceilings expose historic rough-hewn joists to create an interplay of new and old. The house is thoroughly updated with insulation, windows, and heating/cooling systems to bring it up to contemporary energy performance standards, but the interiors retain vestiges of the building’s history.
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LOCATION: Roslindale, MA
STATUS: Completed 2018
ARCHITECTURE & INTERIORS: Nidify Studio
GENERAL CONTRACTING: Hutchinson Construction
CABINETRY: Faneuil Kitchen Cabinet
PHOTOGRAPHY: Patrick Rogers Photography