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36 FALL 2019 vignettes nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ ring to the loft. "Over the horse stalls, we placed a trap door to drop down hay bales. A big door in the hay loft opens to the outside and allows hay to be delivered directly from a truck, which shuttles it up." At the cou- ple's request, MacNeille also built a small storage shed to hold tractor equipment and firewood that mimics the barn's appearance. For the garage and studio apartment piece of the project, MacNeille had to use the original square foot- print of the old garage. To visually connect it to the main house, MacNeille incorporated many of the same external details, including the half-timbering of dark wood trim on an off-white-painted stucco exterior and a slate roof in mixed tones of green and gray with a purplish tint. "The garage has room for two cars on the right, the doors are electric and the flooring concrete," says MacNeille, "and looking out front you'll see two diamond-pane windows that match the windows on the main house." On the right side of the garage, Mac- Neille placed a door that opens into a small, terra-cotta ceramic-tiled vestibule with stairs leading up to the loft apartment, which are lit by a school house–style ceiling of fixture of oil-rubbed bronze from Rejuvenation. The apartment features a soft palette of grays and whites and includes a kitchenette with espresso-colored Cae- sarstone counters and stainless steel General Electric appliances. To give the space more head room, due to the sloped eaves, MacNeille installed a shed dormer. For privacy, a door leads into the bedroom, a snug space with a sloped ceiling on one side and a window on the other. A small bathroom includes a stall shower, sink, and Toto toilet with fixtures from Kohler and Moen. "It all came together so nicely," says MacNeille, who, along with project architect Tim Curtis and construc- tion manager Don Davis, finished the project in 2017. "When the dust settled and the horses moved in, the couple was absolutely delighted. The design fulfilled their vision of connecting the main house to these three new structures to create a complete property that really enhanced the beauty of what already was there." carpentermacneille.com The two-car garage has charming diamond-paned windows.