Inside Kristi and Albert Eddings’ European Farmhouse Built on 38 Years of Collected Treasures
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Before the house became a European farmhouse tucked among trees, before the miniature silo marked the way in, and before sunlight began pouring through every room at sunset, the land was nearly empty.

“There was nothing here except trees and a little metal barn,” Kristi Eddings said.

For Kristi and Albert Eddings, owners of Villagi Homes, the property arrived at just the right moment. They had been living in one of their model homes in Heritage Farms, the Upper Valley community in which they were key developers, when that house sold. As they walked out of the closing, the owner of this land called. The timing felt less like coincidence than direction.

Some time later, the home they built for themselves feels like the most personal expression of a life spent designing for others. The black concrete stairs, stained glass, wall of crucifixes, custom chandeliers, and rooms wrapped in windows. Peaceful violin music moves through the house, softening the architecture with a sense of calm.

“Every room in this house is full of windows,” Kristi said. “Everything here is peaceful and serene.”

The home carries the intimacy of memory. Kristi and Albert have been married 38 years, and many of the objects inside have followed them for decades. They came from travels across the country by RV, from family and from the many lives the couple seems to have lived through the homes they have built.

“Everything here has been gathered for 38 years,” Kristi said. “I’m the gatherer.”

Albert points to the foyer light, which came from Chihuahua, Mexico, while other fixtures tell a more familial story.

“My father and mother would make custom chandeliers for the houses that we built,” Albert said.

There is humor here, too. Over the dining table hangs a chandelier crafted from a teapot with small ceramic roosters, a detail that feels playful without overpowering the room. In the living room, a full wall of art shows places Kristi imagines herself escaping to.

“They’re all places I want to be,” she said.

That instinct, part dreamer and part collector, is also what has shaped Villagi Homes. Kristi handles the design, sitting with clients, asking questions, studying their dog-eared pages and drawing each space by hand. Albert becomes the structural force, the one on-site making the vision work.

“We’ve only built for the people that are drawn to us, and we’re drawn to them,” Kristi said.

They have never advertised. They do not have a website. Still, the phone keeps ringing.

After four major moves, this house feels final.

“We’re never moving,” Kristi said. 

And when the sun sets through all those windows, it is easy to understand why.