Barn Raising

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Would you be willing to live in a barn? Well, yes, if the barn looked like the romantic compound that Andrea Filippone and William Welch have created by combining 19th-century barns and farmhouses in New Jersey horse country. The couple owns <a href="http://www.tendenzedesign.com/" target="_blank">Tendenze Design</a>, which is housed in their 11,000-square-foot home/workspace that continues to evolve after 18 years. "Our aesthetic is based on a love of how older buildings age and the resulting textures of old wooden surfaces, stones, etc.," says the couple's website. They use architectural salvage to create interiors and landscapes that are inspired by "the classic design of European country houses and gardens." Take a peak . . .</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lZDOlXigUj4u7EfbSfo1hJP3P9VGbG8BRKwR6E0Ecz4SqjfP5YGdlbHXZu4yQeZptkZ5SYEzlA2yqRbpZhcvXpkY1yVgGpJbFPk3Mm0dXmQBnP2tSPzCDM2DIGVgvxFQGFB6VCFZ0SA/s1600/EDC050112Fillipone02-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lZDOlXigUj4u7EfbSfo1hJP3P9VGbG8BRKwR6E0Ecz4SqjfP5YGdlbHXZu4yQeZptkZ5SYEzlA2yqRbpZhcvXpkY1yVgGpJbFPk3Mm0dXmQBnP2tSPzCDM2DIGVgvxFQGFB6VCFZ0SA/s640/EDC050112Fillipone02-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The biggest compliment," says Andrea Filippone, "is that people say this place looks like it's been here forever.  . . . That's what we're going for."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by JC Garcia-Lavin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (May 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOUamj3E7KmbF9qO8TUno6AkQ1YAUyXO3j61ZpTGiEVYWFOuSEf_70d-nqiP1fCgC2tItNkO8ZmTSpXSO_dixBevFAc5OGM-VR2G1SLaIbFgl4J5h1hceOlG8k0b2j4KBWr0Um50pS7U/s1600/EDC050112Fillipone01-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOUamj3E7KmbF9qO8TUno6AkQ1YAUyXO3j61ZpTGiEVYWFOuSEf_70d-nqiP1fCgC2tItNkO8ZmTSpXSO_dixBevFAc5OGM-VR2G1SLaIbFgl4J5h1hceOlG8k0b2j4KBWr0Um50pS7U/s640/EDC050112Fillipone01-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Circa-1910 fireplace surround. 1920s mirror.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"The flooring was originally beams in a Civil War hospital in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by JC Garcia-Lavin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (May 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUjes0xhlOkJfHcep-J2JStQO_0KHn25h09lSr6Ib12lOTcomHqljo3ZXldd6Q6uUpufwwC14yk_HDBMcgqbyyY8Tq5ryr9BRHYX2FjTPx9hqhg9w798rCA4T0Q6ziq6CzUX6GFmvIe8/s1600/EDC050112Fillipone12-625-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUjes0xhlOkJfHcep-J2JStQO_0KHn25h09lSr6Ib12lOTcomHqljo3ZXldd6Q6uUpufwwC14yk_HDBMcgqbyyY8Tq5ryr9BRHYX2FjTPx9hqhg9w798rCA4T0Q6ziq6CzUX6GFmvIe8/s640/EDC050112Fillipone12-625-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The orangery.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Italian chandelier. 19th-century French doors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1920s farmhouse bench from France.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Busts of Diana and Caesar.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by JC Garcia-Lavin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (May 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Gzf1IQuDHGu7E1wSshLrv6u0GSUsPlJkCcq2oQQRsJ_m4Nt1ImUtsAhPYNaFgBqi9qfbWhemaCmQcpT1EqGkm-uVlvvw4E_E_UrCBLU6y7-yAkqsjg4DDxVu8qWavb4kzdp49DpOL18/s1600/EDC050112Fillipone10-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Gzf1IQuDHGu7E1wSshLrv6u0GSUsPlJkCcq2oQQRsJ_m4Nt1ImUtsAhPYNaFgBqi9qfbWhemaCmQcpT1EqGkm-uVlvvw4E_E_UrCBLU6y7-yAkqsjg4DDxVu8qWavb4kzdp49DpOL18/s640/EDC050112Fillipone10-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Circa-1930 ladder-back chairs. American drop-leaf table. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Empire-style chest. Antique pine floor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by JC Garcia-Lavin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (May 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qWY0tZycKlv4qiN3G7ZhiXK_OKxuT413M2QMoV_JyUbcRyqjBGDYdIbKeVV9ZJ9IzV4QNY_oCl6vyZzINz03ZUYA5bCc4I3yLLmpsO-bEnOw3k56RDfZwFLGN_v4Kb4uMd-JsOQqvsc/s1600/EDC050112Fillipone05-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qWY0tZycKlv4qiN3G7ZhiXK_OKxuT413M2QMoV_JyUbcRyqjBGDYdIbKeVV9ZJ9IzV4QNY_oCl6vyZzINz03ZUYA5bCc4I3yLLmpsO-bEnOw3k56RDfZwFLGN_v4Kb4uMd-JsOQqvsc/s640/EDC050112Fillipone05-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boxwood hedges in the courtyard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by JC Garcia-Lavin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (May 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2w8bMYwS0XLEwtHbiDlvwdV3K8wDC64TiHGswMJoHq1WCAKYjOu4IJfW0LvNsyonisMTFN_TH1544DpGAYoDGPUbMJr-DxWAstEgfsXX94bomWfSfNLArFv8nNdEp2Wbvveax-ukukw/s1600/EDC050112Fillipone03-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2w8bMYwS0XLEwtHbiDlvwdV3K8wDC64TiHGswMJoHq1WCAKYjOu4IJfW0LvNsyonisMTFN_TH1544DpGAYoDGPUbMJr-DxWAstEgfsXX94bomWfSfNLArFv8nNdEp2Wbvveax-ukukw/s640/EDC050112Fillipone03-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrea Filippone tests plants for their ability to withstand the many deer that roam the area.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Having challenges focuses you, makes you humble about what is possible. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But it also makes you more creative."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by JC Garcia-Lavin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (May 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqh3m0hng_7SVKn-WWHoxTldUb6YUqaH0PG4OsDI4eBp2k4a8VQ4Ft2mh1dxts97ehRUbfhjAUSzGAhJTi3wh-H18t5hGLtycXFveSlUhVQ-ud8Hd3kcsv9FQcSnazFOBX6pHcLM2JK4E/s1600/EDC050112Fillipone07-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqh3m0hng_7SVKn-WWHoxTldUb6YUqaH0PG4OsDI4eBp2k4a8VQ4Ft2mh1dxts97ehRUbfhjAUSzGAhJTi3wh-H18t5hGLtycXFveSlUhVQ-ud8Hd3kcsv9FQcSnazFOBX6pHcLM2JK4E/s640/EDC050112Fillipone07-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The compound is a popular site for photo shoots. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fashion editors are drawn to its elegant beauty and aristocratic grandeur.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by JC Garcia-Lavin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (May 2012).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvF5TGt-M_40Q9C07hgYqWOZAnEcPHxL4FcCU5U39QufYISmkRp2hBD9w3PVB8WPhxvpsHLqE4e03zGqj8V0av-n0LWKJlVTwzza3ZBQQLNcdq9uNVD175N_4t2JRSGtFWGQ5ckTQIDw/s1600/EDC050112Fillipone11-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvF5TGt-M_40Q9C07hgYqWOZAnEcPHxL4FcCU5U39QufYISmkRp2hBD9w3PVB8WPhxvpsHLqE4e03zGqj8V0av-n0LWKJlVTwzza3ZBQQLNcdq9uNVD175N_4t2JRSGtFWGQ5ckTQIDw/s640/EDC050112Fillipone11-400-lgn%255B1%255D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Husband and wife Andrea Filippone and William Welch, the creative team of <a href="http://www.tendenzedesign.com/" target="_blank">Tendenze Design</a>, met while studying at Harvard University's School of Deisgn.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by JC Garcia-Lavin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Nancy Hass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (May 2012).</span></div>

Barn Raising

Would you be willing to live in a barn? Well, yes, if the barn looked like the romantic compound that Andrea Filippone and William Welch hav...

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