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New Hampshire's Lakes Region is our specialty and has been since the beginning. Family-owned and locally operated since 1992, Roche Realty Group has consistently been recognized as a top independent real estate company in New Hampshire for all-time sales.

Our team of over 40 Realtors® strives to provide clients with the greatest insight and richest possible perspective on this truly unique marketplace. We provide you with the market expertise, tools, and resources to make your real estate experience as effortless and satisfying as possible. Our ultimate goal is to help you reach yours.

Laconia: 4BR/4BA, 2,678 sf. detached ranch at Holiday Bay with an attached 2-car garage that has been meticulously maintained and updated. Enjoy the beautiful beach and day docking on Lake Winnipesaukee. The back deck over looks the inground swimming pool. $769,000 MLS# 4952515

Loudon: 3BR/2BA, 2,652 sf. ranch home located in a quiet neighborhood close to Concord. The first floor is ADA accessible with a step-free entrance and adapted bathroom. The perfect balance between rural charm and city conveniences. $435,000 MLS# 4953074

Moultonborough: 3BR/2BA, 1,334 sf. Lake Winnipesaukee water access home in West Point Association only a short walk away from the beach. Amenities include playground, tennis court, basketball court, and boat slips/moorings by seniority. $542,500 MLS# 4953151

Center Harbor: 4BR/3BA, 3,144 sf. modern Colonial Williamsburg reproduction on 7.93 acres of heaven. This hilltop home situated in a neighborhood of fine homes, historic farms, and Squam Lake waterfront walking trails. Only 5 minutes from downtown Meredith. $1,100,000 MLS# 4933671

Laconia: 2BR/2BA, 1,320 sf. end unit condo with lake and mountain views. Vacation here while bringing in rental income. Cedar Lodge amenities have recently been upgraded including: pool, jacuzzi, basketball court and gym. Ample parking for your boat or RV. $349,900 MLS# 4953245

Moultonborough: Rare 0.92 acre lot in Suissevale on a paved road that borders 3 streets. Great area with gorgeous Lake Winnipesaukee beach access, clubhouse, playground, tennis courts and boat launch. Large parking area for the beach and the marina. $115,000 MLS# 4952370

Moultonborough: 4BR/2BA, 2,117 sf. home located approx. 150 yards from the shared beach on Lake Kanasatka. The first floor has a well-appointed kitchen with a breakfast bar open to the dining area. Amenities: beach, canoe/kayak storage, bathhouse, & boat slip area. $630,000 MLS# 4943588

Laconia: 3BR/2BA, 2,072 sf. brand new penthouse at Lakeside at Paugus Bay. Enjoy contemporary living space with amazing views from 60' above ground. With many custom upgrades throughout including high-end ss appliances, granite counters, tile work & more! $1,275,000 MLS# 4953162

Belmont: 12.4 acres ideal for private residence, with good exposure for solar installation and raising animals. The woodland section has varied species of mature trees for timber harvesting or personal usage — property is in current use. Listing agent has interest the property. $385,000 MLS# 4907707

Paula has with brush and paint. She also does a variety of drawings.

Paula and her husband found the home and property many years ago after she graduated from Plymouth State University. (She obtained a teaching degree with a specialty in art education.) After college, she decided to stay in the area and married. Looking for a home, they admired the Campton property, but it wasn’t for sale at the time. However, once the owner decided to sell, they purchased the home and moved in.

“It was built in 1900 and over the years, we have done work on the house and tended the yard,” Paula explains. Paula and her husband have lived at the home for 37 years, raising their three children there. She worked across the street at the elementary school as an art educator for years and retired only to find she wanted to keep painting.

“I taught at the elementary school for 20 years and painted on the side when I could,” Paula says. “It was my husband who said I needed to open the studio and sell my work. He renovated the space in the barn into a small shop and I opened it in 2015. I have a studio upstairs where I work.”

While the shop might seem off the beaten path, Paula has a following of collectors and others that find their way to her door. She closes in January and February, deep in the winter but keeps busy working on paintings.

Paula also has discovered a totally different way to create, aside from her paintings. “A friend called and said she wanted to make something different for her family for Christmas. She said she had been collecting ‘stuff’ and wanted to make some environments with cloth, wood, acorns, twigs and other materials.”

Paula started to make the little ‘envi-

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ronments’ and found it a lot of fun. “I adore making them,” she says with a smile, pointing to an area in the gallery where little figures and environments are on display. It is an area where fantasy reigns and visitors to the shop are immediately drawn to the figures, which are reasonably priced and enticing to collect. The little woodland figures are dressed in materials made from sweaters, clothing and felt. Their hats perch on smiling wooden heads, their arms full of flowers and now and then holding something like an acorn or greenery.

A creature would be a great addition to any home year-round, but I can imagine them being especially charming at Christmas. “Buyers like to name them,” Paula says. “Since I started I have made about 800 of the pieces. Friends sometimes discover a piece of pretty fabric, or on a walk in the woods, find things to add to the creatures such as moss, branches, acorns and more.”

Art collectors love the gallery and the chance to purchase one or more paintings. Paula says her customers appreciate her work and one woman, from out of the area, returned to purchase more than one painting to add to her collection. It was thrilling for Paula to have someone appreciate her work in that way.

“I have friends who collect and some of my customers give my work as gifts. Painting is all about having fun, and I love to create artwork!”

In her studio, light streams in the big windows and Paula divided the big space into two areas: one where she creates the little woodland creatures. Within reach are supplies such as wool fabric, cotton material, acorns and items collected in the woods, among other things.

At the other side of the studio, there is a large table where Paula can draw and paint. Natural light from the window is perfect as she creates, and nearby she can glance at her prized and favorite paintings from her personal collection. These are paintings from a memorable trip she took to France to take a workshop in Monet’s Garden. “A friend invited me to go with her to France to paint in Monet’s Garden. It was quite an experience; we were there 10 days. Each evening, we got to paint in the garden, which was a treat. That was in 2000.”

The workshop in France gave Paula a unique and memorable experience she will cherish forever, and the paintings from the trip will be in her collection forever.

Although she has not held painting classes, Paul says she would be open to giving a small class for one or two people, sharing her insights into creating beautiful paintings of the world around us.

Those who are looking for a chance to get away from the hustle and bustle must plan a trip to the Red Barn Studio and Gallery. You will find fine art and unique gifts, but most of all a serene and creative spirit in Paula, the owner of the special place where peace and beauty reign.

For information, visit www.facebook.com/redbarnstudio or call 603236-6133. The studio/shop is open Thursday to Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. It is located at 1119 NH Rt. 175 in Campton (.08 mile south of the lights