Set across 70 acres in Old Chatham, Hemlock House is a late-18th-century farmhouse restored with a remarkably light hand. Built in 1796, the property preserves the quiet proportions and material character of its original architecture while introducing an unexpectedly contemporary layer of art, furniture and collected objects.
The interiors have a deliberately unpolished elegance: the restored hemlock floors that give the house its name, wide-plank wood, simple millwork and historic detailing sit alongside European and Japanese antiques, artist-made lighting, ceramics and sculptural furniture. The result falls somewhere between Shaker farmhouse, Japanese minimalism and a lived-in artist’s residence— restrained but never sterile. Natural textures and a muted palette give the house a highly adaptable backdrop for fashion, editorial, beauty, lifestyle and interiors shoots, while its layers of artwork and objects provide more character than a conventional country house.
