Ramshackle farmhouse in China's Hubei province gets a slick makeover

The reimagined farmhouse is now a contemporary bolthole

The reimagined farmhouse is now a contemporary bolthole
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A previously ramshackle farmhouse snuggled amid the lush emerald green hills in China's central Hubei province has been transformed by The Design Institute of Landscape & Architecture China Academy of Art into Nanchawan•Shiwu Tribe Homestay – a bijou, four-room guesthouse.

Reinforcing the original stone walls with a new steel frame and large glass windows that frame rural village views, the reimagined farmhouse is now a contemporary bolthole that makes the most of the bare stone walls with wooden ceiling beams and flooring, considered lighting and clean-lined furnishings. 

The house's entrance view

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Comprising two separated stone structures, which have been connected by a large glass and steel structure that serves as the house's entrance, the ground floor features an open-plan café and lounge, while the four bedrooms are located above. Here, an understated palette of natural timbers and sisal rugs are highlighted with low-slung furnishings, stand alone bath tubs and boxed window seats.

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While away your day here with a book, or head downstairs for a bite to eat or for some tea in the sunken living room, which surrounds the sleek ceiling hanging fireplace.

Bedrooms with understated palette of natural timbers

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Reinforcing the original stone walls with a new steel frame

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Wooden ceiling beams and flooring

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Fire place in the guesthouse

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Steel frame and large glass windows that frame rural village views

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Bedroom beds with sisal rugs are highlighted with low-slung furnishings

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Boxed window seats in bedroom

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Low-slung furnishings with boxed window seats.

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Stand alone bath tubs in bedrooms

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ADDRESS

Nanchawan Village
Fenxiang Town
Yiling District
Yichang City
Hubei Provinc
China

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