Live Well
HOMESTYLE
by Robert Isenberg
Bringing Down the House
Ellen Denisevich-Grickis is fond of old barns. An interior designer based in Connecticut, Ellen knew she wanted a home that integrated pieces of antique agriculture. She already owned a four-acre property in Little Compton with her husband, Bill, and they imagined a summer cottage nestled among the wildflowers. Ellen even visited area farms to examine the old-fashioned architecture. “I knocked on people’s doors and asked if I could do measurements and take photographs,” Ellen remembers. “I ended up designing a house that resembled a barn.” But everything changed when Ellen met a group of “barn scouts” who specialized in
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The Bay • March 2018
Photography by Grace Lentini
How one woman shipped a Colonial barn from Canada to build a dream home in Little Compton