330 Homes Fall 2021

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by ALEXANDRA SOBCZAK and photos by ASHLEY CARTER, ASHLEY IRIS PHOTOGRAPHY

HOME STEAD A farmhouse connects a Hudson family to their land.

A red barn filled with alpacas, a chicken coop, a greenhouse, a guest cottage, a wooden split-rail fence and expansive fields of green — these all complete the view from the back porch of the Fosters’ farmhouse, which sits on nearly 5 acres of land in Hudson. When the family was planning the new build through Alair Homes Hudson, they wanted to feel like their indoor and outdoor living spaces were connected.

“It’s a modern farmhouse,” says homeowner Lisa Foster. “[It’s] trying to bring the views in the house.” One of the main ways they threaded the areas together was through the addition of porches. From the front porch’s three black-framed glass doors, the Fosters can see straight through their open-concept home and through three more glass

doors onto a back porch with a wall of windows. “Although their color scheme to the house is neutral — it’s very white and black — the green from outdoors was very much a part of the whole design con cept,” says Amiee Wiley, the project’s designer. After moving in in December 2019, the Fosters now sit on the

porch swing or black rockers on the front porch while enjoying

cocktails and watching the sunset, and the back porch provides the per fect spot for family meals with pastoral views. Wiley and Foster discuss some of the aspects that make the porches so special.

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