Stone farmhouse with standing-seam roofs wrapping a snowy gravel courtyard under a pink sunset sky in the hills above Crow Valley

Crow Valley House

Island: Orcas Island
Year: 2019
Architect: Christopher Rost, Studio 21

A stone farmhouse under standing-seam roofs, set into the hills above Crow Valley.

The story

Crow Valley is Orcas farm country, and this house takes its cue from that. Its farmhouse form has three dormers and a long covered porch, stone at the base, and standing-seam roofs built to shed the island’s winter weather.

Set into the hills above the valley, its wings step around a gravel court and look out across the valley to the hills beyond.

Architect: Christopher Rost, Studio 21
Photography: Taj Howe Photography

Farmhouse with stone columns, a long covered porch and glass-railed decks set into a mossy hillside

White Shaker kitchen with two islands, woven bar stools and heart pine floors under a vaulted ceiling

Tall fieldstone fireplace with a lit hearth, wood coffee table and a glass door opening to the porch

Vaulted bedroom with a cushioned window seat framing a pine tree in the fog

Hallway with heart pine floors and white trim leading past a built-in walnut office nook

Family room with colorful floor-cushion sofas and French doors looking out to the valley and hills

Kitchen with a stainless range hood, white subway tile backsplash and a gray-topped island below a branch sculpture

Living room with swivel chairs beside a stone fireplace, with windows looking out to misty forested hills

Farmhouse with standing-seam roofs, a stone chimney and a deck overlooking Crow Valley on Orcas Island after a light snow

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