The Bracy Cottage is a tiny black cottage in the woods.
The Bracy Cottage lets Traci Roloff's love of all things contemporary run wild. Following the demolition of a dilapidated seasonal cottage, this 800-square-foot caretaker’s cottage built in 2019 was designed to be her and her husband’s getaway home (albeit in a small size). This tiny home was constructed with SIPs (structural insulated panels) plus double and triple-glazed windows to provide a highly insulated dwelling that stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Since the cottage is situated next to a guest house called The Bracy House, the fenestration was intentionally laid out with clerestory windows facing the house to provide privacy to the guests in the house as well as to the occupants of the cottage. On the other sides, large windows provide views of the surrounding woods and a thirteen-foot sliding glass door opens onto a deck that wraps the cottage. The building also features black stained cedar siding, Kolbe windows, polished concrete floor with radiant heat, German bath and kitchen fixtures, and Scandinavian furnishings.
Due to a series of unfortunate (or fortunate, depending on your perspective) events, this diminutive dwelling became a caretakers’ cottage where the owners of Traci and her husband resided for three years. And The Bracy Cottage was featured in the Jan / Feb issue of Maine magazine.
