Photography by Gentl + Hyers, courtesy of Bovina Farm & Fermentory, except where noted.
Since we first featured Bovina Farm & Fermentory in Upstate New York see Simple Good Things: 13 Ideas to Steal from a Shaker-Inspired Farm & Fermentory in the Catskills we ve returned to the many details that make...
...it sing hand stamped and stenciled walls Shaker peg rails that wrap around rooms and simple yellow tapers on the tables
The kitchen is in a bright, open space on the second floor, above the dining area and market, under the rafters.
Elizabeth in the kitchen.
“The sink is a Villeroy & Boch farmhouse sink with deVol’s Brass Mayan Taps. We cut a small piece of marble and fit it under the taps for extra durability in the wet area around the sink and built the shelving ourselves, mixing peg rails with corbels and a plate rack to maximize dish storage.”
Jake cannot say the same…Suffice to say that the second house we’re building for ourselves on the property will not have separate sink taps.”
“The peg rails were custom made by Ed at Peg and Rail USA,” Elizabeth says.
The couple’s dining area.
Elsewhere on the property, the couple built a duck house and a chicken coop, started an orchard out back with eleven fruit trees, and built a root cellar into a hillside last fall.