A three-year restoration of a former parsonage from 1863 balances its original features with modern touches. The home retains its stately formality with original panelling and a waist-high workbench in the kitchen. Contributions from friends, like Matt Merkel Hess’s ceramics on the dining room walls, complement the Federal-era bones. Green accents, such as a moss-colored silk headboard and olive rugs, reflect the verdant outdoors. Connecticut Home by Studio Giancarlo Valle.

Photography by Stephen Kent Johnson.