Orchard — A house that earns its keep among the trees.
Concept library
Concept · RenderBuildNo. 06 of 06

A house that earns its keep among the trees.

Six palettes + One house

See Orchard in every direction.

Same envelope, six designer palettes. Pick one to start — every fixture, finish, and material tunes itself to match. The choice carries through to the configurator if you decide to fork this concept.

Orchard in the Studio McGee palette
Rendering

Showing Studio McGee. Each render is the same composition + camera + light, restyled in the palette's materials.

Build type
Build
Town
Stevensville, MT
Sqft
3,600
Bd · Ba
4 · 4
Lot
9 ac
What this concept explores

A house that earns its keep among the trees.

Concept render. A 3,600-square-foot modern farmhouse mid-build on a working nine-acre apple-and-cherry orchard outside Stevensville. Framed, sheathed, partially clad — the version Candace would render to a buyer who wants to walk a half-finished house before committing to the cladding palette.

Candace's voice memo · transcript
The render at mid-build is a sales tool — walking a buyer through the bones makes the finished version feel earned. The orchard rows are the real value here, not the house.
The concept, room by room

Every room of Orchard.

Aerial drone view at 200ft showing the framed house centered in nine acres of blooming apple-and-cherry orchard rows
Architectural close-up of Douglas-fir stud framing detail with Simpson hardware, copper rough-in, and orchard blossom blurred behind
Render: the same orchard farmhouse finished — painted-bone cladding, cedar entry tower, ranch truck at the entry, orchard in late-spring bloom

Orchard — floor plan

Rendered · Plan
Top-down architectural floor plan, 3,600 sqft two-storey, ground floor with wrap-around kitchen-living-dining and primary suite north-west
NSWE
Total 3,600 sqftBeds 4Baths 4Scale Drawn 1/8" = 1'

Volume study

Iso · cutaway
Isometric cutaway showing the mid-build construction stage: framing, partial sheathing, Tyvek wrap, orchard rows behind
§6 · Materials · Orchard
  • StructureStud framingLocal millKiln-dried Douglas fir 2x6
  • StructureConnectorsSimpson Strong-TieStandard zinc-coat
  • StructureRoof framingLocal millEngineered I-joists
  • ExteriorSheathingLocal supplierOSB w/ ZIP system tape
  • ExteriorVertical board-and-batten claddingLocal millPainted bone (planned)
  • ExteriorStanding-seam roofAEP SpanMatte black (planned)
  • SiteFoundationLocal concrete6" slab on grade w/ insulation
7 of 7 specs · Drawn for record

Use this as a starting point.

Open it in the configurator — pre-populated with this concept's lot, cladding, footprint, and finishes. Change what you'd change.