*Drool* The first pic is my favorite. All these rooms are GORGEOUS though. Wow.

Maybe we can have Giant House Therapy, too?

I love that white couch in the first pic.

there was a tour a few weeks ago in St. Louis where someone was living alone in 3500 square feet home that he owned, not rented. no one had anything negative to say about the size of that place. not sure why this home deserves criticism more than any other large home featured.

Lisa, I love the ceilings. It's a beautiful house. We're fixing up an old home too and sometimes it's hard to find that balance. Good job.

I *want* the white sofa in the piano room. Where did you find it?

lulz, I am also amused by all the living rooms. XD; I am most indifferent to 3, and think I like 4 the best (but I like the walls in 1&2, not that it would work with 4....) The armchairs in 2 are pretty sweet though.

Lately, I find myself judging coffee tables by the standard of "if I fall headfirst into it, how dead could I get?" >.>;;

What kind of farmhouses are these, though? Surely they were not all so huge? Or were these the kind with the barn attached?

Love the style of the home! The second pic will all the wood trim is divine. So jealous of all the space!!!! I like a little Giant House Therapy in with my Apartment Therapy.

Are these pictures taken in the same house? Does not compute.

I love the woodwork. It's amazing. I don't care what size it is - it is beautiful. Thanks for sharing! (And nice job on the renovation - I can imagine it was a lot of work.)

Lovely home, but it's so big that it feel empty. Even with all that furniture! Maybe take some of those groupings and put them diagonal in one or two spaces, to fill things up more?

I agree that it's a lovely home. I still vote for more small apartment tours please.

wait, wait, wait...these are all rooms in the SAME house?! geez.

If you really look closely, the ROOMS are fabulous, but the decorating is sort of meh. She's checked all the boxes on current trends (white sofa, hide rug, lucite, antlers) but all of it is strangely flat and impersonal.

The first picture is my favorite--by far the most elegant feminine living room I've seen in a long time.

This is a classic example of Connecticut architecture. I never get tired of it. My brother lives in Connecticut and every time I go to visit I point to houses along the street and tell my husband "I like that one, and that one, and that one ..."

obleak1, you summarized exactly what I was thinking!

Thank you, Mansion Therapy for showing me what an unlimited budget can do to a house in Greenwich.

are some of these before and after?

Here is my 2 cents about why this post is irksome:

1) Greenwich - commuter suburb for billionaires and global CEOs - is hardly a community representative of even the more affluent AT devotees, nor is it a town with a lifestyle most of us would ascribe to - keeping the riff raff at bay, instead of embracing city life with all of its foibles;

2) Did the owner even decorate her own house? There's no discussion of process, where she found pieces. This makes one assume she hired a designer and said, "find me these trendy items, like on that cute little blog. I want to be the hippest house in Greenwich, no matter the cost!"

3) As others have pointed out, the items in the rooms seem to have little organic relation to the house or each other. They just seem sort of stuck there, like a staging area. I find much the furniture and the artwork to be on too small of a scale to fit in with the house.

I agree that the house itself is beautiful.

I like the third living room best. It looks like it could be up in the Berkeley hills.

Serious question: why is this site called Apartment Therapy when so many non-apartments are featured? Did it start out as a site for apartment dwellers? I guess it's too late to change the name to House Therapy?

nice rooms but I don't understand how they relate to each other or why this is on here.

Totally agree. The house it self is amazing, but the rooms are neither cohesive or complete.

It all seems very unfinished.

No offense taken, Dutchman. It's a funny joke. Some friends just bought an old colonial in Maine and it has like 3 living rooms. It's a very traditional style house here in New England, but we often wonder how many different rooms one needs to sit in. Anyway, my comment wasn't directed at you in particular -- more of a wondering out loud why some large homes get a pass and others don't.

Wow. What a pretentious group we are. ;) Who cares if it's a house, not an apartment, and who cares how big it is. Can't you people just be happy for each other? Lots of interesting elements here, and I imagine if there were more close-ups, we would see plenty of personality. I love the book cradle and the simplicity of it all. Not everything needs to be "merchandised" to death. There has been plenty of kitsch and thriftstore design in the past few weeks on here, so this is a refreshing change. Quit being a bunch of whiners.

I like to see any place (apartment or house) with a space or budget challenge, as well as any post in which someone has done something clever and inventive. But as obleak1 pointed out, there is nothing special about the decorating in this. I also give it a resounding "meh". And, yes, it irks me to see a Greenwich manse on this site too. It's like flipping through Budget Living and seeing an article on the French Riviera.

Their house has FOUR living rooms? All with completely different styles? Wow!!

I like the first one the best for what it's worth (maybe because I have the same gus modern sofa). And the chandelier in the third one is really nice.

I hope this does not sound negative because yes I am jealous! The first room looks very glam, more uptown girl maybe NYC and I like it but it very unexpected for this type home. The second one looks very nice like a lobby or communal room in a nice inn and the third looks like a nice corporate country retreat communal space..all three are void of personality but beautiful. I guess restoring a old home over two years would take a lot of money and the art and accessories will come later. Still its a beautiful home just not getting the mine (she), his and their spaces.

Thanks for reminding me I haven't played Powerball in a while. Gotta go get a ticket!

I love the house but the range of styles just don't seem to work. This type of house sets a distinctive mood and the rooms reflect a whole bunch of decorating ideas. It's almost like the decorator was trying to do a room in each style she loved without regarding the flow of the house. I also agree that the home feels incomplete. I hate to criticize but there's something missing!

Just 5 photos? Definitely wanted to see more and to have more of a description of the project. More info please!! Love the first 2 rooms. Love the beams and environment in the last 2. What about the rest of the house? Quite curious.

The house is amazing, and I love the first living room. I was a little confused after seeing the other pictures though, and thought maybe it was a designer's portfolio. I had to go back and re-read the description.

I agree with some of the other reviewers that it seems a tad unfinished and the rooms do not seem to go together. I prefer homes that are a collection of a person's (or family's) items that have evolved over time to reflect their individual style. This has a very "decorated" look to me, and is not at all the sort of thing I look for on AT.

I don't mind that it's huge though. I live in a four bedroom house, but often find inspiration in studios or one-bedroom apartments, as well as larger homes. It's all good.

i'd love to see the kitchen, which is probably as big as my apartment, and is probably outfitted with enough industrial grade (but oh so pretty and well matched) appliances to feed an army...

I'm confused - are these all pictures of rooms in the same house? If so, I really can't conceive of how this flows at all.

this place has the feel of a rental home. there's nothing personalized here and nothing that reflects the heritage of the house itself. and WHY is there a house on here in the first place????

It appears that photos 1&2 are of the same room end to end. The only additions I could possibly recommend would be a basketball hoop and bleachers. Photo 3 is from "The Shining". I believe an intervention is in order simply for the statement, "... and feel as though we struck the perfect balance between old and new".

It's fine that AT posts about houses. Besides, some houses are smaller inside than some apartments and condos. The interior design strategies for each overlap almost completely.

I really like their the mix between the old and the new. I'm new to Apartment Therapy and I am finding it to be endless with great new and fresh ideas.

gemuetlichkeit, where have you been? There's houses on Apartment Therapy ALL the time.

Albeit, not apartments with 3 living rooms.

Lot's of catty comments on this post. Makes me think twice about posting my own pics.

Enough of the family homes, AT, please! I joined because I thought this renter had found a style-hacker home; now I'm seeing gigantico homes designed by perfect decorators and oh, yeah--by Time-effin'-Warner?! REALLY?!

Meh.

Lot's of different styles. How do you decide what LR to use & which is your favorite?

Nice to see a CT house on AT!! I agree with some comments about the cohesion (or lack thereof). Both the scale and cohesion seem a bit off to me. I do NOT agree that AT should put a square footage cap on their house tours. I have gleaned inspiration from 500 square foot rentals and 3,000 square foot homes alike. I do NOT agree there there should be a separate site for large homes and keep AT small/rentals...just not practical. What I love about AT is it is my one-stop-shop for all things dwelling : )

In defense of those of us living in larger homes: by choice, I live in a rural area where housing prices are much lower. I also bought a fixer-upper, which stretched my dollar that much further. I rescued a home rather than building a new one. Some might scream that it's unfair that I live alone in a 1600 sq ft home, but there were two of us when I bought it, and given that my adult daughter is a frequent visitor and one of her friends is living in the spare room now while working a nearby construction job, I don't feel the need to apologize for my spacious home.

I agree with b77 -- each of the rooms is nice, but decorated differently. There is little personality in any of them and no flow or coherence overall.

So difficult to blend the old and new but nicely done. Seems like the white and light colors are the new black. Very nice.