28 Edgefield Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312, in Chatham Park

Barnaby is the first intentionally-designed and constructed home based on findings from two waves of the America at Home study. The 2,600-square-foot, two-story home containing 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths is designed for a hypothetical family with two working parents — one who works from home and the other outside the home.

Design considerations and key decisions were driven by how the concept home could support safety, comfort, and wellness through separate homeowner and guest entries, two dedicated office spaces, flex spaces, a guest suite with outdoor access, a larger family bathroom, multiple covered outdoor spaces, improved kitchen functionality, flexible storage, drop zones for package deliveries, and more.

Combining modern and traditional aesthetics, Barnaby is designed with a garage off the back of the home, where the owner’s entry, a mudroom, laundry room, secondary refrigerator, and powder room are situated, as most homeowners enter their homes through the garage. The guest entry, positioned in the front of the house, leads to an oversized vestibule with glass pocket door and access to a guest suite, all of which is isolated from the rest of the house to contain and control the flow of people and germs. Barnaby also includes two dedicated home office spaces, one located on each of the two levels, neither of which is a bedroom. “Flex spaces,” defined as multi-purpose spaces that can change over time, highlight how built-ins can be added or removed to transform a room’s purpose. Improvements in the layout and design of the kitchen and bathrooms, and addition of flex space in the garage for a home gym and a secret room off the primary suite, complete the metamorphosis.

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