Inside A Rustic & Spacious Amish Home (22 Photos)
I love the photos of this Amish home, on the market in southern Indiana. You’ll see some really neat interior pics below – a mix of plainer rustic charm and spaciousness.
These are pretty fresh photos as well going by the snow (it’s only been on Zillow for about three weeks). The community is at Vevay, Indiana (home to two separate Amish groups).
The description from Zillow:
Discover the charm of this serene mini farm property situated on 6 level acres. The large 3000+sqft. Amish-style home built in 21/22 features 6 spacious bedrooms, offering quality throughout. If not fond of the current layout and feel it doesn’t suit your lifestyle but love the location and outdoor space then envision a different design that better utilizes the space and enhances functionality for your needs.
Imagine breathtaking sunrises and sunsets with unobstructed sky views from your expansive wrap-around wood deck in the countryside, ideal for gatherings with family and friends. The property also boasts a picturesque half-acre pond and three impressive barns/workshops, measuring 3,456 sq. ft., 3,600 sq. ft., and 2,016 sq. ft., along with a 384 sq. ft. lean-to.
With ample space and facilities, the possibilities for pursuing your passion for animals, agricultures, hobby or business manufacturing are endless. This is more than a home; it’s a lifestyle waiting for you to embrace.
Let’s have a look inside.
Inside the Home
As you can see this home has a rustic but very tidy, picture-perfect look to it.
The downstairs area, as is typical in Amish homes, comprises several large spaces which flow into one another. Here’s a kitchen area with food preparation space, kerosene stoves, and a nook for shoes and hanging coats.
Here we see the kitchen table with that charming light blue oilcloth covering typical in some Amish communities. I always like seeing the seating combination in these Amish families once they start growing. A bench for smaller children. They have a stool here I would also guess for a smaller one.
A bed in the corner gives a convenient space to grab a day nap.
Here’s a gathering area in one “wing” of the downstairs floor space.
The corner woodstove keeps you toasty on winter evenings. Note the reflective material. I am guessing that helps reflect the heat, though I can’t say I recall seeing much of this in other Amish homes we’ve looked at here.
Bedrooms
Here are several of the bedrooms. This Amish home is not too “showy” as some of them can be, even in these plainer groups like this Swiss community. But it’s very aesthetically pleasing.
Beautiful rolltop dresser in this one.
Part of the home (upstairs) is unfinished. That’s where most of the bedrooms would be. You can see the ceilings and walls in partially-finished state in this boys’ room.
Back outside, we see a nice big front porch.
As you saw in the photo at top, this family has a business making primitive furniture and crafts. Here’s a look inside workshop space.
And open-top buggies characteristic of many Swiss Amish communities.
I can’t quite figure out where this space is – part of a basement perhaps – but you can see it is well used as canned goods storage. A stair case leading up to the tight crawl space?
Here’s another view showing some of the outbuildings.
Some of the photos in the full listing (there are 78 of them) were taken on a different day, as you can see here with the snow being absent. We can see by the black church wagon that this family either recently hosted church, or will do so soon.
There’s a beautiful half-acre pond for fishing or swimming or maybe even skating and collecting ice.
Here’s the view from above showing the rough outline of the six-acre property.
So what’s the price of this six-bedroom, 3,336 square foot home with its assorted outbuildings?
It’s currently up for sale at $289,000. Represented by Sandra Pickett and Marybeth Castner of Meisberger and Associates.
Roll top "desk"
That’s not a roll top desk in the one bedroom. It’s a dresser. There’s no way to sit at it. For it to be a desk, there would have to be an opening for your legs and a chair to slide into.
Ah of course you’re right! I might need to get some more sleep. Fixed it, thanks
Wood Stove / Basement storage
Some towns (counties? States?) are now requiring metal or stone panels behind wood stoves set close to walls for fire protection. The reflective quality might work in this situation, but it’s most likely there to meet local building codes. As for the basement storage, several homes in my daughter’s neighborhood have a full-height basement under the central part of the house and, if the house is very long, will have crawl spaces at either end of the basement. That arrangement allows for one or more spaces for a family room or play room in the central part along with a utility room, and leaves room for the crawl spaces to store boxes, bins, etc., items which will always stay dry if the basement leaks. In this area of NJ, it is a way to have a basement without the cost of a full basement, more often used on one level homes.
Rustic Spacious Amish Home
Sorry, though there appears to be water (via a hand pump) in the kitchen, I didn’t see an indoor bathroom. That’s a deal-breaker for this (spoiled) English woman. Lol. Still, a beautiful home you can put your own stamp on. And the pond would be heavenly during hot, sticky Summers. Thanks for showing it to us Erik.
I know that the property lines in the aerial photo are just approximate but that pond looks like a big half-acre, or the property looks like a small six acres. Maybe it’s just the angle of the picture. The house looks cozy though. Plain and simple but not too much so. As for the storage space it appears to be a crawl space adjacent to a full height basement, the stairs leading up to it are interesting though….never seen that before.
Yeah. 6 acres but the property lines make the property feel small.
The pond is half an acre but takes up so much space with property lines like that.
Whoever drew up those property lines and sold the land that way was being, well, i’ll, bite my tongue and just say they wanted the money.
Price is decent but 6 acres and you don’t have much room for a garden? Yeah. Not a fan of who drew up those property lines.
I completely agree with you J.O.B.