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

The reimagined farmhouse is now a contemporary bolthole

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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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Lauren Ho

Lauren Ho is the Travel Director of Wallpaper*,  roaming the globe, writing extensively about luxury travel, architecture and design for both the magazine and the website. Lauren serves as the European Academy Chair for the World's 50 Best Hotels.