DIANE GARDNER has been intrigued with primitive style for as long as she can remember. As a child, she visited Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, an outdoor history museum that depicts a rural New England town of the early 19th century, and she recalls being enamored with the architecture. “I remember wishing I could have a house like that someday,” Diane reflects. “When I met my husband, Keith, we shared the same taste, so it was fun to go out and find neat pieces for our home.”
When an opportunity arose in 2020 to move from Massachusetts to a home
