Wender·Vista
Covered bridges preserve red-painted siding or weathered grey, gabled portal, single-span timber truss
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
across New Hampshire's back roads and rivers

Covered bridges preserve red-painted siding or weathered grey, gabled portal, single-span timber truss

— — the portal that frames the road on the other side.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“New Hampshire still holds more than fifty historic covered bridges, more per square mile than any other New England state. Some keep the old barn-red paint. Others have weathered to silver. The roof is almost always gabled, the truss a single timber span, the portal a square frame you drive into and out of. They were built to keep the snow off the deck and the timbers dry.

from the studio
Covered bridges preserve red-painted siding or weathered grey, gabled portal, single-span timber truss
— bring it home

Covered bridges preserve red-painted siding or weathered grey, gabled portal, single-span timber truss, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Covered bridges preserve red-painted siding or weathered grey, gabled portal, single-span timber truss

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Covered bridges came to New Hampshire in the early nineteenth century, peaking between 1830 and 1880. State and society listings count 54 historic covered bridges still standing in 2024, the highest concentration in New England. The forms vary by builder, with the Long truss, the Town lattice, and the Paddleford truss most common; the Paddleford was designed by Peter Paddleford of Littleton in the 1840s. The gabled portal and the single-span timber deck are nearly universal on surviving examples. The longest, the Cornish-Windsor over the Connecticut River, runs 449 feet across two spans.

— the colour

The red bridges carry traditional Venetian red or iron-oxide barn red, a mineral pigment cheap and stable enough to weather a century of New England winters. The unpainted bridges go through their own slow colour cycle: pale gold for the first year, then a deepening grey as the lignin in the spruce or pine breaks down under sun and rain. By the fifty-year mark the timbers read as silver in cloud light and almost black in shadow. Both finishes are historically correct depending on the bridge's town and builder.

— the visit

The New Hampshire Covered Bridges Society maintains a touring map of all 54 surviving bridges, organised by county. Most carry light vehicle traffic; a handful are foot-only. The Albany Covered Bridge over the Swift River, the Bath Covered Bridge over the Ammonoosuc, and the Honeymoon Bridge in Jackson are among the most-photographed. Late October light, with the maples down and the timbers low against the bare ridges, is the kind of light the form was made for. The Cornish-Windsor crossing has carried traffic continuously since 1866.

— where
United States · New Hampshire
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
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Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge
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Bath Covered Bridge
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Albany Covered Bridge
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Covered bridges preserve red-painted siding or weathered grey, gabled portal, single-span timber truss
Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge
Bath Covered Bridge
Albany Covered Bridge
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Covered bridges preserve red-painted siding or weathered grey, gabled portal, single-span timber truss — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Listings count 54 historic covered bridges still standing in New Hampshire as of 2024, more than any other New England state. About 35 carry vehicle traffic; the rest are foot-only or closed to all use.

The cover protects the timber truss from rain, snow, and sun. An exposed wooden bridge in this climate lasts ten to twenty years; a covered one routinely lasts a century or more. The roof, not the cover, is the structural point.

Town truss uses overlapping diagonal lattice planks pinned with treenails. Long truss adds vertical posts and braces. Paddleford, designed by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, is a Long truss with the counter-braces interlocked.

Red was the traditional finish, Venetian red or iron-oxide barn red, cheap and weather-stable. Unpainted bridges weather from pale gold to deep silver-grey over decades. Both are historically correct depending on the bridge's community and budget.

The Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, 449 feet across two spans of the Connecticut River, is the longest wooden covered bridge in the United States still open to traffic. It has carried traffic continuously since 1866.

— about the piece in your home

The covered bridge is one of the most recognised symbols of rural New England. The tile suits anyone who grew up driving these back roads or who returns each fall. A Medium with a handwritten note from the studio travels well.

The red-painted version pulls warm and works in colonial, farmhouse, and warm minimalist rooms. The weathered-grey version reads cooler and sits well with coastal-modern and Japandi interiors that lean toward natural wood and stone.

Grandmillennial and warm-traditional interiors have brought back regional landscape art over the last few years. The covered bridge reads as place, not nostalgia, and pairs well with painted wood and natural-fibre rooms.

A Large above a console or love seat. Above a full sofa, a four-tile Mural carries the scale; for a long horizontal wall, a nine-tile Mural reads more like a window onto the bridge itself.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and stands up to splash zones. Glossy is for framed wall display only.

A microfibre cloth and clean water. No solvents, no abrasive cleaners. The colour lives in the surface beneath a thin protective finish and will not lift with normal cleaning.

— if this one stayed with you

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