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With a new tin roof, siding, and sliding

shutters, the old chalet-style home now

resembles a barn,

opposite.

Pictured

in front of the silo, above, are Erin and

Adam McIntyre with 2 /2-year-olds Ailey,

Rory, and Grey.

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MIKE BUTLER

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W e w anted to m ove to the

country and take on another

renovation challenge.

ERIN MCINTYRE

T h e p la n n in g s ta g e o f e v e ry r e m o d e lin g is a flu id p ro c e s s , b u t

n o th in g w ill s e n d y o u b a c k to th e d r a w in g b o a r d fa s te r th a n a

d o c to r te llin g y o u t h a t y o u ’r e g o in g to h a v e tr ip le ts .

E rin a n d A d a m M c I n ty r e h a d p u t th e fin is h in g to u c h e s o n

th e re m o d e l o f a 1 0 0 -y e a r-o ld h o m e in L o u is v ille a n d h a d ju s t

s o ld it w h e n th e y b o u g h t th is “v e ry b a d e x a m p le ” o f a c h a le t-

sty le h o u s e a b o u t 35 m in u te s aw ay . “W e s ta r te d d e s ig n in g a n d

s o lic itin g b id s fo r th e re m o d e l,” E rin say s, “t h e n —h o ly c o w —

th e d e s ig n d id n ’t fit an in s ta n t fam ily .”

W ith its tw o - s to r y liv in g ro o m , th e 1 ,5 7 0 -s q u a re -fo o t c h a le t

h a d a lo t o f v o lu m e g o in g fo r it. C u ttin g th e liv in g ro o m d o w n

to o n e s to r y c r e a te d s p a c e u p s ta irs fo r k id s ’ b e d ro o m s . B u t th e

tr ip le ts ’ a rriv a l la p p e d a c o n s tr u c tio n s c h e d u le s lo w e d b y

d e la y s a n d b a d w e a th e r. “A d a m a n d I, th r e e b a b ie s , tw o d o g s,

a n d a c a t w e re all liv in g in o n e ro o m w ith c o n s tr u c tio n g o in g

o n a r o u n d us,” E rin re m e m b e r s .

E v e n tu a lly , a s le e k n e w k itc h e n , d in in g r o o m , a n d p riv a te

m a s te r s u ite e m e r g e d fro m th e g u tte d firs t-flo o r sp a c e , a n d

life s e ttle d d o w n . W ith th e fa m ily ’s b a s ic n e e d s ta k e n c a re

of, E rin a n d A d a m re a lly le t th e ir im a g in a tio n s ta k e flig h t. A

s ilo -lik e s tr u c tu r e n o w s e rv e s as e n tr y a n d tr a n s itio n b e tw e e n

th e o ld h o u s e a n d a s o a r in g n e w fa m ily ro o m a d d itio n .

“A s a n a rc h ite c t,” sa y s A d a m , w h o d e s ig n s a m u s e m e n t

p a rk s a r o u n d t h e c o u n try , “I ’m a lw a y s a s k in g c lie n ts to tr u s t

m e a n d g o o u t o n a lim b . W e tr i e d to d o th e s a m e h e re .”

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GARDENS