IN 2012, HISTORICAL CONCEPTS collaborated with Southern Living magazine and the town of Senoia, Georgia to design the magazine’s first historic renovation Idea House. The project included the relocation and transformation of a circa 1830 home into a charming, modern farmhouse. Multiple renovations by past generations had masked the historic character, and the restoration peeled away those changes; salvaging what remained of the original materials, retaining heart pine floors and hand planed wall boards. The design team then added to the home, remaining sympathetic to the initial style and massing. The resulting design marries simplicity and charm with technology and convenience, updating the home for the twenty-first century while staying true to the home’s architectural heritage and rural roots.