The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape
What do you get if you combine a sculptor with a builder? The Soot House, that’s what! Sculptor turned builder Anthony Esteves built the Soot House by hand, combining his learnings as a sculptor with newly acquired high-end building techniques. The charred black structure was inspired by the ‘ghostly quality’ of 17th century New England homes and the wild, craggy landscape of Spruce Head, Maine. Today Anthony, his wife Julie O’Rourke (founder of RudyJude kids clothes) enjoy the house and it’s beautiful surroundings first hand. 
The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

I’ve always been such a big fan of black houses. They’re fairly common in Scandinavia (especially for summer houses / cabins). For this charred black structure, Anthony was inspired by the island’s black spruce and lichens as well as the wild landscape. 

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged LandscapeThe table (which was picked up at a local secondhand shop) is so beautiful, don’t you think? My Mother has a similar one which she bought at auction years ago- sadly the drawers mean that it’s too low to fit a chair / your legs under the table (just a word of warning to measure up before you acquire one of these bad boys!). She uses hers as a side table, and it looks equally beautiful!

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

I love how the textures – such as stone and wood – have been carefully selected to mirror the craggy surrounding landscape.

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

A small stove resting on a vintage chest-of-drawers serves as somewhere to cook evening meals (in a back-to-basics kinda way!).

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

Rails made from copper pipes and ropes are used as clothes hangers in the bedroom.

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape
Wow! So striking, personal and unique! You can really sense the connection that the house has with its surroundings.
The interior would look equally at home on the rugged Swedish Baltic island of Gotland.
And the exterior reminds me a lot of this incredible black house by the sea in rural Iceland which I’m totally planning on renting one day! 
Are you a fan of black facades too?  
Niki
Photography Greta Rybus, found via Remodelista with thanks. 

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The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape
What do you get if you combine a sculptor with a builder? The Soot House, that’s what! Sculptor turned builder Anthony Esteves built the Soot House by hand, combining his learnings as a sculptor with newly acquired high-end building techniques. The charred black structure was inspired by the ‘ghostly quality’ of 17th century New England homes and the wild, craggy landscape of Spruce Head, Maine. Today Anthony, his wife Julie O’Rourke (founder of RudyJude kids clothes) enjoy the house and it’s beautiful surroundings first hand. 
The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

I’ve always been such a big fan of black houses. They’re fairly common in Scandinavia (especially for summer houses / cabins). For this charred black structure, Anthony was inspired by the island’s black spruce and lichens as well as the wild landscape. 

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged LandscapeThe table (which was picked up at a local secondhand shop) is so beautiful, don’t you think? My Mother has a similar one which she bought at auction years ago- sadly the drawers mean that it’s too low to fit a chair / your legs under the table (just a word of warning to measure up before you acquire one of these bad boys!). She uses hers as a side table, and it looks equally beautiful!

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

I love how the textures – such as stone and wood – have been carefully selected to mirror the craggy surrounding landscape.

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

A small stove resting on a vintage chest-of-drawers serves as somewhere to cook evening meals (in a back-to-basics kinda way!).

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape

Rails made from copper pipes and ropes are used as clothes hangers in the bedroom.

The Soot House: A Beautiful Cabin Inspired By Rugged Landscape
Wow! So striking, personal and unique! You can really sense the connection that the house has with its surroundings.
The interior would look equally at home on the rugged Swedish Baltic island of Gotland.
And the exterior reminds me a lot of this incredible black house by the sea in rural Iceland which I’m totally planning on renting one day! 
Are you a fan of black facades too?  
Niki
Photography Greta Rybus, found via Remodelista with thanks. 

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