A Modern Farmhouse From Scottish Ruins

**Honey** · May 6th, 2011, 12:43 PM

Michael Harding for The New York Times
Alex and Seonaid Maclean-Bristol’s house on the Isle of Coll in Scotland was built in the ruins of a house abandoned 150 years earlier.

In Scotland, a Modern Farmhouse Rises From Ruins - Slide Show - NYTimes.com

**sputnik** · May 6th, 2011, 03:12 PM

yes, please. their furniture and that nasty wood-panelled office have to go but i absolutely love how they restored the ruin without transforming the exterior. love.
i'll keep the dog too.
and the setting, omg it's so gorgeous. i want to spend months in that house being a total hermit and taking walks along that gorgeous coastline.

**Brookie** · May 6th, 2011, 03:26 PM

Yes, please. Really like this one. Beautiful views and lots of solitude.

**greysfang** · May 6th, 2011, 04:04 PM

Jeez, that office is so small my throat is closing up just looking at it.

**Baby Face** · May 6th, 2011, 04:15 PM

I love it. The office does remind me of those study rooms in my college dorm - a large closet.

**Bellatheball** · May 6th, 2011, 10:25 PM

Isn't that where Dobby was buried?

**McJag** · May 6th, 2011, 11:41 PM

Love this!

**Novice** · May 7th, 2011, 05:12 PM

The house is great, but I find their furnishings a bit pedestrian, fir example that bed looks like it's from Ercol...

**A*O** · May 7th, 2011, 09:56 PM

I love how they merged the old with the new but that pokey office looks like a closet. I really love the way they make that big crack a feature, especially when it's all lit up at night.

**chartreuse** · May 7th, 2011, 10:35 PM

as i read the thread title, i was like "oh yeah, this sounds sweet". LOVED the location. loved the exterior. then, i literally cringed when i got to their furniture. it's bad, really awful. take it all out. but the house is incredible.