Property Description

Welcome to Willow Vale Farmhouse, a 1790s farmhouse on just under 3 acres along a quiet country road in Pine Plains, Dutchess County, with 700 feet of frontage on the Shekomeko Creek. Over four years, the owners worked with a team of craftspeople to meticulously restore the home, preserving its historic character and bringing professional designer acumen to all the details. Inside, 3,065 square feet include 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, and gracious rooms with new Venetian plaster and beautifully restored old growth Heart Pine wide plank floors throughout, warmed by multiple wood-burning fireplaces. Outside, a durable metal roof and new copper gutters cap the restoration in materials that will weather handsomely. A historic barn retains its hand-hewn beams to serve as a studio, collector's garage, or party barn. The setting is quintessential Hudson Valley, a pastoral landscape of open farm fields and winding creek.In the kitchen, wide plank floors hand-painted in a harlequin pattern run beneath a beadboard ceiling, and a matte black La Cornue gas range stands against statuario marble counters and custom-built maple millwork. Mullioned windows look over the verdant backyard to nearby cornfields, and an antique butcher block island, skirted in a vintage Moroccan kilim, gathers everyone together. Beside it, a dining area sits near tall French windows. A generous living room opens toward the terrace, and a light-soaked sunroom overlooks the front lawn. The library features a working wood fireplace, made for winter afternoons or cozy evenings with a glass of wine. A dining room with its own sitting area completes the main floor, along with a full bath finished in Belgian terracotta tile. Upstairs, the primary bedroom is warmed by a fireplace and expansive stone hearth, with a second bedroom across the hall. Nearby, the largest bath combines an antique clawfoot tub, Rohl fixtures, and custom Schumacher shower curtain with a marble sink in a matching skirt. The third bedroom occupies its own private wing above the kitchen, with a private full bath.Willow Vale Farmhouse has a celebrated and historic past. Decades ago the house operated as Mon Blason, an inn remembered as the first haute cuisine French restaurant in the Hudson Valley, run by chef & author Charles Virion, who cooked for Orson Welles and the Ringling brothers. It was also the home of Theoni Aldredge, the Oscar- and Tony-winning costume designer whose work included the 1974 film The Great Gatsby starring Robert Redford. Outside, a broad bluestone terr

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