The Details

Impeccable interiors make this house a home. Here are some of homeowner, Staci’s notes on the subject.

SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING: The chandelier is Elk Lighting’s 8-Light, 1-Tier Chandelier from The Natural Rope Collection, Model:63043-8. The lantern pendants over the kitchen island, in the hall, and in the stairway are Generation Lighting’s, “Labette” 3-Light, 10” Wide Pendant from the Sea Gull Collection, Model:5140603-12.

ON THE COUNTERTOPS: To personalize the home, Staci says she added final touches of tobacco baskets with barn-cured leaves from her family’s farm in Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, to countertops and shelves. The kitchen countertops were crafted of Calacatta Laza Quartz.

ON THE WALL: The barn door, purchased at 84 Lumber is made of Knotty Pine Alder Wood. Style: KA-181, V-Groove.

IN THE DINING ROOM: Our dining set was custom-made by a craftsman in Thurmont, Maryland. This was one of the cases where we did lots of looking before we made a decision. Interestingly, he took the front porch spindles/columns from an old house that had been torn down and used them for the legs. The top is made from walnut. We wanted the bench on one side and the chairs on the other. We met with him and described the (farmhouse) style that we wanted, the length, etc., and he delivered!

ON THE FLOOR: The floors are from Castle Combe Artisans and the color is Rookwood. They are oak. We were looking for something rustic and it took us months of searching to find these floors. (Which we actually did during a trip to South Carolina). Ultimately, we found them locally at Chesapeake Family Flooring in Chestertown.

Every time we went on vacation, or anywhere we visited—we went to college in Barnville, Virginia (they have a furniture market down there), or Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head—we gathered ideas from each. Many of them are coastal areas, so we were able to get ideas for how to decorate on the water.

Staci Lang