The house, built from pine logs using the "in the round" technique, is a typical example of peasant housing in the Kostroma region. It has unique structural and planning features, as well as individual decorative elements influenced by urban classical architecture. In 1969, the house was moved from the village of Aristikha in the Sharya district, where it had long belonged to the Tsipelov family.

Restoration of the house took place from 1970 to 1977 according to the project of architects V.S. Shaposhnikov and I.Sh. Shevelev. The two-tiered yard that previously adjoined the house has not survived; the current yard was recreated based on local agricultural buildings of the 19th century. The main volume of the house, elongated and rectangular in plan, includes a winter hut with four walls, a hallway in the center, and a summer hut at the back. The roof of the house is gabled, with birch bark insulation and decorative elements such as a roof cap and chickens. A side yard with a single-pitched roof and a separate entrance adjoins the house. On the opposite side of the house, in front of the hallway, there is a porch with a gabled roof, accessed by a single-flight staircase. The windows of the winter hut, located on the main and side facades, are adorned with window frames featuring shelf-like pediments, reflecting classical influences. The upper part of the frames is decorated with carvings of solar symbols, and below the pediments are belts of teeth and saws. The windows of the summer hut have framed window frames with profiled pediments on decorative brackets. Decorative elements such as the under-porch boards and carved columns of the porch are made in the style of folk architecture.

Inside, the winter hut is divided into two unequal spaces: a corner with a Russian stove and the main room with a red corner. The interior recreates the traditional furnishings of winter huts, including sleeping platforms, a stove board, a log with a door to the cellar, built-in benches, and an altar with a triangular pediment. The hut is connected to the hallway by a door opening; the hallway has a pantry and a staircase to the attic. The yard was used for storing horse harnesses and firewood, with a platform and staircase made in front of the entrance to the hallway, and at the back, there are two isolated rooms for livestock. The ceilings in the house are made of planked boards on beams, and the floors are made of wide boards.