TIMBERFRAME, POST and BEAM HOMES

And neutral-color paints and stains were chosen for the custom tables. “There is something unpretentious about the house,” she says. “It’s quality, but there’s nothing formal about it. In Vermont, you have so many months of the year when it’s cold and gray and you’re surrounded by snow. It was a goal to pick warm colors so no matter how gray and cold it was outside, there was a glow in the house.”

The homeowners spend almost half the year here cooking, skiing at nearby Smugglers’ Notch, and watching the sun set while sitting on the summer porch. “The most successful thing about it is how the house fits in the landscape, how it celebrates a sense of play,” Deetjen says. “The best of Vermont is all right there.” BH