Remember the Practical Magic-inspired kitchen I showed you last week? I thought you might like to see the rest of this newly built home in Huntsville, Utah, which caught my attention because it looks like it’s been there a lot longer than it has.
It was designed by Derek Mecham with Oviatt Design Group, who says his clients wanted a new house with an old soul. The result was inspired by traditional Gothic Revival style.
If you drove past this house, would you guess that it was finished last year? Take a look inside and see how they managed to blend the new with the old.
A New House with Gothic Revival Style
It has truly fooled some people into assuming it’s an old house, Derek says.
He adds, “The greatest compliment I have gotten so far is when a member of a local historic society asked what year the home was built, and I shocked her with the year 2007-2009. She honestly thought is was a renovation project of a house built in 1860.”
The house has vintage light fixtures, stained-glass transom windows, and gorgeous
stained wordwork to achieve the effect of an older home.
This pretty blue sitting room reminds me of the “morning room” in Rebecca:
The bedroom has vaulted and beamed ceilings similar to those in the Practical Magic movie house, which inspired them:
How fabulous is this window with the interior shutters?
The kitchen was inspired by the one in the movie Practical Magic. See the similarities?
You can see the rest of the photos and see side-by-side comparisons with the Practical Magic kitchen here.
It has an AGA as a focal point in the kitchen, another nod to the one in Practical Magic:
There’s even a charming back staircase similar to the one in Practical Magic. I always wanted one like this off my kitchen:
Gothic Revival was an architectural movement popular from the late 1740s through the 1870s. It’s sometimes called Victorian Gothic and was a contrast to the neoclassical styles that were prevalent during that time.
According to PHMC:
The most commonly identifiable feature of the Gothic Revival style is the pointed arch, used for windows, doors, and decorative elements like porches, dormers, or roof gables.
Other characteristic details include steeply pitched roofs and front facing gables with delicate wooden trim called vergeboards or bargeboards. This distinctive incised wooden trim is often referred to as “gingerbread” and is the feature most associated with this style.
Gothic Revival style buildings often have porches with decorative turned posts or slender columns, with flattened arches or side brackets connecting the posts.
Thanks to Derek for sharing this house with us!
For more information about this new house built with Gothic Revival style,
check out the gallery of photos at Oviatt Design Group
and read about how they were inspired by the Practical Magic kitchen.
Oh my WOW! When can I move it?! This house is beautiful! I love every part of it! Even the white picket fence… 🙂
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Hello…the kitchen is amazing! I might actually cook if I had that! I am not a fan of the gingerbread trim, but I could learn to live with it for the kitchen 🙂
PS Love the new website design – so pretty and clean. Ahhh…
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This is really amazing. I can only imagine how much it cost to recreate this!
I think I would have a Frank Lloyd Wright house but with all the modern amenities. That would be so phenomenal.
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They really can build them like they use to! Wow! I don’t see a thing I would ever change! Absolutely beautiful!
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That is truly an awe inspiring house. Derek really nailed it – the design and details are amazing!
For myself, I would choose a cottage or bungalow style house from the early 1900’s. Although I like large homes, I prefer living in a smaller, cozy one with lots of character.
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I do love this house. Especially the dark woodwork and the kitchen. PERFECT!
Okay, this is seriously my dream house. I don’t think I would change a thing. And that kitchen? YUMMY! Excuse my while I go wipe the drool from my chin….:)
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The entire house is just stunning! I wonder if they used all new mill work or if some of it came from a restoration company? The period details are amazing.
Susan
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wow amazing! I love how some rooms are so dark…but then others add such a night light element! with the blues and white…amazing!
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You are truly amazing. I love the posts you do. You feature some of the most incredible houses. Thanks for feeding my house addiction.
A Manderly post??? Can’t wait! I always wanted one of those huge fireplaces that seem like you could just walk right in them.
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I think that house may be a little too Gothic for me. I do like some of the rooms though!
I always go back and forth between loving Southern-style homes (ranch/plantations) or retro bungalows. If I had to choose now, I’d want a rolling ranch house with “Gone with the Wind” touches.
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Amazing. Just amazing! Especially the interior shutters and all that glorious woodwork. Love!
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What a talented designer…I would have totally thought I was stepping into a reno. Gorgeous. I am also loving that pretty blue room.
I’ve never sat down to think about what style of home I’d want to have if I could choose a new home built in an old style. I wonder if there is some sort of online quiz for that sort of thing. 😉 I’ll have to think about it.
My dream house is Clara’s house in the movie Lonesome Dove – it is two story and beautiful….
My favorite part of the house was the wood paneled hallway! Loved it! I would like a house from one of the Jane Austen movies. If we’re dreaming big I’ll just take Pemberley.
I LOVE it…who wouldn’t want to live there?! Just awesome! Come say hi 😀
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I really really like the huge kitchen and the bedroom with the long posts…very cool!
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I really like the light and airy rooms but it seems a little funny that there is such a contrast between the rooms with all white and bright colors and then the dark dark wood in other areas.
Love that kitchen.
Wow. I’m not a fan of all that dark wood, but I really admire skill that went into designing and building this home. My favorite spaces, besides that awesome kitchen, are the blue room and the other light space with the great gothic shutters.
Can’t wait to see what you come up with for your Manderley post!
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I’d definitely go with one of those New Orleans Garden district Italianate/Greek Revival mishmashes. They’re my favorite!
He really did a magnificent job making it look old. He’s extremely talented. I wish I could see what he would do for an old house that was falling apart 😉
rue
(who’s been to busy to come by until now, but missed it)
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Wow, great job Derek! My jaw is dropping right now. I love every bit of this house, the staircase, darkwood, kitchen, the outside, no wallpaper, and more. This is almost my dream home.
My dream home is a victorian home. I want a turret on the front of it.
Amazing- Exactly my style! Is Derek available to redo my kitchen? Ha- as if I could afford him!
Oh my goodness that kitchen took my breath away.
There is even a MORE amazing house in the new issue of House Beautiful. It is in Houston but is an Italian country house! Go look, it’s amazing!
Hi Julia. I love your site. Wow. It’s lovey. I too am a house lover, as the saying goes a woman can’t resist a great house. I’ve just discovered your site and haven’t had time to go through all of it yet, but I can’t wait to.
I used to live in Carmel, I was born and raised there and the Parent Trap trivia was fantastic. It’s things I’ve always wondered about and now I know, because of you.
Thank you. I didn’t realize the exterior shoots were just a facade and not a real house. They did a very confincing job. I have always loved, loved that house. I agree with you the rooms flowing into courtyards and patios and balconies off of bedrooms, it has made an impact on me through my whole life, of wanting a ranch house and now finally having one. It’s not as wonderful or as spacious as the Parent Trap house but it’s in the same spirit and I hope one day it will be close.
Anyway, thanks again for all the time you have taken to give all of this wonderful information, it’s been so much fun.
Also, I am in love with the kitchen on this post.
thanks,
Kim
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I can appreciate the house for what it is, but it leaves me cold. I personally can’t stand the gingerbread trim, and that dark parlor is way too imposing and cold. They did a wonderful job with many of the rooms, but some of it, especially in the hall/parlor/stair rails is just too ornate for me.
I love this house! So beautiful! And truly it looks like an old house remodeled. Wow. It’s a tad dark for me though but I still love it. If I could have any style house, I’d like to have a 1920s Tudor style home that looks old but is brand new with all the modern amenities. Wouldn’t that be fab? 🙂
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Gothic Revival houses are quite delightful, but if I could have any kind at all, I would go with one of the plantations in my area. Talk about romantic!
There are aspects of the house I love and some I hate…sorry. I love the blue room and the one with the indoor shutters and the kitchen is to die for. I just couldn’t live with the dark woodwork in the house. I definitely love southern style homes…something with a huge front porch. The rest of the house doesn’t matter so much 😉
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What a meticulously planned and rendered home! Still, it is way too much house for me. I would dearly love a small stone cottage, maybe a story-and-a-half, with deep set windows and some unique masonry. The interior would be small scale with very basic amenities and as many built-in cabinets, bookshelves and window seats as could be accommodated without being too claustrophobic. It might sound odd but the icing on the cake would be pocket doors.
WOW!! Isn’t it great how some people have money and can live like this? Lucky, lucky, lucky!
This is gorgeous. It manages to be cozy and warm – not cold and museum-like.
Really good taste and styling at work here! Rich details.
I love all of the rooms, including the bedroom. I don’t usually like big poster beds like that because I don’t like big, sharp things in a bedroom. But it works in this room.
We also have interesting indoor shutters in the family room. Perhaps I could send you some pictures of our house and you could post them.
Thanks for letting me take the grand tour. Although not my style, I do appreciate the magnificent detail work and style period.
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i love that bottom pic of the kitchen, but the house above is a bit “heavy” old style for me!
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What a gorgeous house….the kitchen is fabulous and my husband would fall in love with all the interior brick…He has a thing for brick inside of a house….I myself hate it only because he has tried using it in the past and he used faux brick paneling….Can you say…”Very very tacky!”…..only something a man would like.
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This is absolutely stunning!! I would love to own that house!
Fantastic home! Enjoy your blog! Glad I found it! ~lulu
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Hi there Julia its almost bedtime over here 11.15pm but I had to check out your blog which is absolutely beautiful. I do love the Spanish Colonial style. In this house I loved the stained glass, the kitchen and everything else…thanks Julia goodnight from my side of the earth and goodmorning to you have a great day…. Regards Esther from Sydney with a starry night….
NICE JOB! i want a morning room now! : )
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OMG I want that kitchen!…. beautiful!….I would love to build an ol’ farmhouse.. from the 1900’s….
This house is fabulous!
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I LOVE IT, ALL OF IT!!! (I personally prefer the rooms with dark wood paneling over the one with white painted walls…) And what a kitchen!!! Woaw! Perfect!
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I love this house. Another house that would be awesome if you could find photos of it is Charlies house on the TV show Numb3rs.
Oh my goodness! I LOVE this house! I could see the charm from the first picture with the gingerbread trim! Wow! I see others want to move in too-I think it’s big enough we could all SHARE!!!! 🙂
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This is absolutely stunning
This is my first visit to your blog. I LOVE IT! I thought I was the only house nut out there! This house is gorgeous, although I’d skip the brick. I’m a big fan of yellow houses.
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