Fifteen years in the past, Robb Nestor and Invoice Reynolds found what would change into the masterpiece of their inventive endeavors. “We had been on the lookout for two years earlier than we discovered River Road Farm and from the very first time we drove up, it simply spoke to us. I believe we each instantly knew we had discovered dwelling.” Please be part of me and Susanna for a behind the scenes go to with Robb and Invoice at their historic Connecticut home and backyard.
Set in the charming hamlet of Hadlyme, CT, the home sits on a rustic lane, a stone’s throw from the Connecticut River. One of the interesting points of the property to Robb and Invoice was that, not like many vintage New England houses, it was set again from the highway.
Beginning with a clean 11 acre slate, Robb, armed with a horticulture diploma and a landscaping firm in Atlanta, and Invoice, who got here from a household of avid gardeners, steadily remodeled the property right into a lush and verdant backyard paradise.
Over the primary decade or so, they have been forwards and backwards from Atlanta, with solely quick visits at River Road Farm. They planted steadily, every time returning with contemporary eyes and new concepts. Rob and Invoice designed, put in and keep all the things themselves so that’s at all times a prime of thoughts consideration as they proceed to transplant and tweak the gardens.
Their love of previous houses impressed the duo to solely modestly renovate the farmhouse with delicate additions that respect the previous and authentic construction and as passionate collectors, they discovered all the things effortlessly match, whether or not inside or out, like they have been at all times meant to be there.
As Robb and Invoice proceed to replace the backyard with a watch to the New England seasons, so that they have added a number of outbuildings, the newest of which is a construction removed from the primary home, with no electrical energy, the place they like to entertain in the hotter months.
So thanks Robb and Invoice for welcoming us to River Road Farm! You’re an inspiring supply of infinite creativity!
all photographs above by Stacey Bewkes for Quintessence
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