2019 Homestead Magazine

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FEATURES

DREAM HOMES

33 DESIGN INSPIRATION,

PEOPLE + PROFILES

86 FROM THERE TO HERE

68 SHOWING ITS SOFT SIDE A growing landscape trend replaces traditional lawns

with eco-friendly, no-fuss green spaces, gardens and recreational areas.

72 NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S WALLPAPER

Placed creatively within a home, unique wallpaper selections add delicious splashes of color, texture and whimsy.

78 LIKE A COWBOY AND HIS BOOTS

Valley residents step in to preserve the rapidly disappearing structures that symbolize Jackson Hole’s rustic frontier history.

ON THE COVER

Expert sourcing leads to an interior design rich in history, culture, craftsmanship and nature in a majestic mountain home.

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92 EUROPEAN MOUNTAIN CHATEAU

Traditional textures, colors and layers offer warmth and comfort to homeowners and guests alike.

96 ARTFULLY INSPIRED

An artist and her husband infuse their homebuilding project with an intention that connects family and faith.

100 SLOPESIDE SPLENDOR

An expansive Teton Village lodge offers ski-in/ski-out access and gorgeous indoor and outdoor living spaces.

PHOTO WILLIAM ABRANOWICZ

34 ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE

Local architects discuss their favorite design elements.

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104 REFUGE WITHIN A REFUGE

A rare opportunity to build within the National Elk Refuge produces an understated design capitalizing on breathtaking views.

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112 PROFILE: 2019 FALL ARTS FESTIVAL FEATURED ARTIST KATHRYN MAPES TURNER 114 FALL ARTS FESTIVAL + WESTERN DESIGN CONFERENCE

Celebrating 35 Years of Excellence 120 RESOURCE DIRECTORY

PHOTO AUDREY HALL

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LATHAM JENKINS, publisher and founder of Homestead and Jackson Hole Traveler, spent his first summer in Wyoming in 1990 as a scenic raft guide. His idea for Homestead began in 2001 in response to the expanding number of exceptional home-design projects in our valley. His goal was to provide a platform to showcase these works of art and give others a chance to admire them. Latham now spends his time connecting people with experiences through his pursuits in media and residential real estate.

Homestead’s sales and marketing director, MINDY DUQUETTE, has been with the publication since its inception in 2001. With a passion for the diverse beauty of architecture and design, Mindy feels fortunate to forge partnerships with so many of the valley’s multitalented artisans. A bit of a multi-talent herself, she loves photography and spending quality time with her husband and children.

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MEGAN JENKINS is the executive editor of Homestead, as well as the coordinator of the Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes, now in its seventh year. She loves creating opportunities for patrons to experience the residential masterpieces of the magazine. A valley resident for more than two decades, she spends most of her time raising her two active children.

Stop searching for your dream home ... create it.

Author, journalist and editor LIZ ILIFF PRAX is ever grateful to the conservationists who protected (and continue to protect) the lands of Jackson Hole, her “backyard playground” since she escaped East Coast suburbia 19 years ago. In addition to contributing to Homestead, Jackson Hole Traveler and Practical Horseman magazines, she’s helping to expand the TravelStorys app’s audio tour library.

After working on the magazine many years ago, MARTHA VOREL has reunited with Homestead.

An Indiana native, Martha studied television and film before moving west. Jackson’s dearth of TV gigs compelled her conversion to graphic design. After leaving the valley for her husband’s stint in graduate school, Martha and her husband recently returned to raise their girls.

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FROM OUR TEAM A peaceful house. In the words of Ursula K. Le Guin, “Isn’t it what all the great wars and battles are fought for—so that at day’s end a family may eat together in a peaceful house?”

In essence, this is the goal of every architect, builder, interior designer and landscape specialist. Whether it is creating a warm, inviting kitchen atmosphere for a family who loves to cook together, a seamless flow from one beautiful room to another for homeowners who enjoy entertaining, or functional entryways from which outdoor enthusiasts can easily embark on their adventures, it is expert craftsmanship, imagination and attention to detail that shape the quality of the spaces we live in—and, thus, the lives we live.

However, spaces that suit one may differ greatly from those that suit another. When building or remodeling a home— or simply enhancing it with a new artistic touch—listen to your inner voice. Designs that speak directly to you will last a lifetime. Here at Homestead, we showcase a wide range of timeless design elements to spark your imagination.

Whether a one-bedroom condo or a sprawling estate; contemporary, traditional, mountain modern or rustic, we hope these examples inspire you to create your peaceful home.

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Showcase of Homes

Each autumn, included in a busy September week during the Fall Arts Festival, Homestead magazine hosts its signature event, highlighting the valley’s top professionals in architecture, interior, building and landscape design. The tour benefits local charities and takes people across the valley and across aesthetics, welcoming them to step inside a diverse array of locally designed and built homes and to see up close the valley’s talent and craftsmanship.

Hitting a sweet spot somewhere between design consultation, philanthropic fundraiser and social hour, unique encounters abound at each location. The Showcase of Homes is an exclusive, one-of-akind opportunity.

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Elements of Architecture From the general layout of your home to the smallest structural details, every aspect of its architecture reflects who you are and how you want to live. Evolving and expanding over the years, home design in Jackson Hole now offers homeowners a wide range of styles and approaches. We asked several of the valley’s leading architects to describe their favorite design elements. The answers are as diverse as they are insightful.

BERLIN ARCHITECTS LARRY BERLIN

My favorite architectural element is light.

Throughout the design process, I visualize how light will enter a space—defining and refining textures, materials, color and the volume of the space. Light interplays with positive and negative space and transparency. For me, it is the source and inspiration for all subsequent architectural creativity.

CLB ARCHITECTS ANDY ANKENY

As a native of the West, I like to create buildings that are inherently simple and cohesive, honoring the area’s vernacular architecture with a modern sense of scale and proportion. I am inspired by the relationship between built forms and their natural surroundings, and believe that good architecture is inseparable from and enhances sense of place.

DESIGN ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS CHRIS LEE

Something we’re doing a lot these days that’s had a significant impact on architecture is using larger windows and more glass. We’ve always worked to bring the outside in, and new advances in window technology are facilitating that now more than ever. The resulting architecture is more open, light and airy.

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The most important design trend involves integrating knowledge and technology to create smarter and healthier designs. Our designs focus on improving health and quality of life while reducing the carbon footprint.

Today, wellness is a priority in any built environment. Energy consumption and waste are being approached more intelligently, too.

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The kitchen is the central gathering space where connection and growth are nurtured.

Nature provides inspiration, as it is constantly evolving and working to sustain life. Glass curtain walls are key transparent components in developing the relationship between interior and exterior environments. We strive to enhance the human condition through an interconnection of these two environments.

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TILLEMANS ARCHITECT LORI TILLEMANS

I’m excited about the element of surprise: teasing the mind with unexpected material combinations and/or proportions. How can that roof work without apparent structural support? Who thought a small window in a large stone wall would be okay? Why should a fireplace appear to be floating? Just for fun!

VERA ICONICA ARCHITECTURE VERONICA SCHREIBEIS SMITH

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Beautiful design can be more than skin deep.

We love integrating into our designs the latest science on how the built environment impacts human and planetary well-being.

The ultimate goal is to co-create designs with our clients that will enhance their cognitive performance, vitality and longevity.

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Well-designed stairs have always caught my eye, and I appreciate the harmony of form and function they bring to interiors. Much like a great piece of furniture, stairs can be both sculptural and purposeful. They often present technical challenges so, as an architect, you are always looking for creative ways to both satisfy constraints and feature this architectural element.

The notion of shelter derives from the three fundamental Vitruvian principles of good architecture: firmness—to design shelter with care, thoughtfulness and durability; commodity— to design shelter that accommodates its users' needs and desires; and delight—to design shelter that is beautiful, timeless and memorable.

Jackson Hole homes require large structural elements to support the weight of our winters’ heavy snow loads. For local architects, this is an opportunity to use structural elements creatively to design interesting details and spaces. Beams and columns, for example, become picture frames for the valley’s spectacular outside views.

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“Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well-being.”

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hen space, emotion and environment coalesce, architecture becomes art, and the affect is limitless—as felt by the people who experience such inspired spaces. This concept was truly vanguard when Mexican architect Luis Barragán so astutely articulated it decades ago—and remains so today.

Art as architecture as wellness: This is the core dynamic driving the new partnership between aesthetic visionaries Jackson, Wyoming-based Veronica Schreibeis Smith and Lima, Peru-based Luis Longhi, who have joined continental forces; Longhi is the inaugural guest resident at Vera Iconica Architecture. Together, the two talents are trailblazing an international movement toward mindful design: mindful of people, of nature, of cultural heritage and of material integrity. Intuition anchors their design process—the insight based on instinct, experience and creativity.

LEFT At Vera Iconica, listening is paramount to the proprietary Intuitive Design Process. The firm considers how architecture impacts people, purpose and planet, using materiality and one-of-a-kind elements to affect clients’ sense of their world and their place within it. Such an approach manifests in masterful details, whether the precise siting of an outdoor hot tub or custom mapping of kitchen cabinetry.

“Not only do we listen deeply to our clients, we also read their body language, and ask thought- and emotion-provoking questions,” says Veronica Schreibeis Smith.

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PHOTOS Veronica Schreibeis Smith and Luis Longhi started working together in 2006 in Peru (bottom right) and in 2015 began discussing ways to align their synergistic visions as architects (middle right).

Their work is closely tied to the landscape and epitomizes the aesthetic shared by the two internationally recognized architects, as seen in the conceptual design by Longhi Architects for the premier destination resort Valle Sagrado (below).

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something that moves our clients, inspires them and elevates them—a work of art, a piece of music, a shared conversation.

Essentially, we design experiences.

Architecture just happens to be our medium.”

Schreibeis Smith and Longhi draw daily inspiration from the nature that surrounds them—she in the Tetons and he on the Altiplano Plateau. “In these places of soaring beauty, we find not only architectural inspiration, but also inspiration on what it means for a life to be lived well,” Schreibeis Smith explains. “To us, that means homes that are designed for wellness and to communicate with the surrounding landscape, designed with local materials, and always in respect for the environment.”

Vera Iconica wants its clients to feel as elevated as their surroundings, attuned to nature and their true natures. Ultimately, the firm’s goal is “to design spaces where our clients derive joy and experience a life of meaning, in beauty”—a benchmark that circles back once again to Barragán and his profound eloquence: “Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all.”

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When layered with the practical and the rational, says Schreibeis Smith, the result is “functional, smart spaces that have soul.”

Case in point, the architects’ inaugural collaboration: Pachacamac, a ridgeline refuge built for a Peruvian philosopher. True to the philosopher’s intellect, the residence grows from his library, starting with a central courtyard carved into the hillside, open to the sky. On either side, the library’s wings stretch east and west, spanning the sun’s daily arc, in deference to Peru’s vibrant mythology, symbolic of earthen knowledge extending out to eternity. The house unfolds from this intimate library into more social spaces.

“As the program of the house involves more people, it becomes light and more open, culminating in a glass-cube living room to gather guests,” says Longhi.

“We believe that every person should live in a masterpiece,” the architects say in their vision statement. “And beyond that, we believe that every person deserves to have a home that is not only beautiful, but one that enhances their well-being and quality of life on a daily basis. We define a masterpiece as

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he Perlman Project is a custom rug studio on the West Bank of Jackson Hole, where Linda Perlman is designing and manufacturing 100 percent Tibetan wool rugs. Her vision was to create a design boutique where she could work directly with clients to produce custom rugs.

The rugs are designed in her studio and dyed and handknotted in Nepal. She creates the designs, determines the size, knots per square inch and pile height and then chooses from 120 custom-dyed yarns as well as 1,400 international yarns—all displayed in her showroom. She collaborates with designers, architects and private clients to produce “art on the floor.” She has also created installations on the walls of corporate spaces, hotels and restaurants. While her studio is located in Jackson Hole, she works with clients all over the world.

Having been a designer for over 30 years, Perlman was inspired by Native American weavings at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, where she served as a trustee, and has since

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been reinterpreting some of these earlier designs with an eye to more contemporary settings.

Her process begins with a meeting with the client. A design is created, yarns are selected and then a rendering is produced. Once the design is approved, she creates a 2-foot-by3-foot strike-off—which is a handknotted section of the rug—for final approval. The rug then goes into production. Depending on the size and complexity of design, a rug can be completed and shipped within approximately three months. To learn more or begin the custom rug process, please call founder and designer Linda Perlman at (307) 264-4143.

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CLEAN LINES + COMFORTABLE SPACES STORY JULIE FUSTANIO KLING PHOTOS TUCK FAUNTLEROY + CHARLIE HAWKS

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hen Molly Murray, the youngest of six children, was growing up in Thermopolis, Wyoming, she was often found rearranging the furniture in her family’s white clapboard house. “I always liked to make things look just right,” she says. Her mom was an English teacher, and her dad was the local pharmacist. She describes the rural setting as “like a Norman Rockwell painting.”

In 1990, Murray partnered with Imaging Spence, buying and selling antiques, rugs and one-of-kind objects for Molly Hamptons Antiques and Design, a small shop in downtown Jackson. Spence, whose father was a curator for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, taught her about fine art and textiles.

This knowledge gave her an appreciation for authentic, antique and primitive designs.

Murray re-branded her business in 2010 as Iris Design, signifying a new beginning. She designs in a contemplative and peaceful aesthetic using dough bowls, harvest tables and curated objects to complement contemporary rugs and furnishings. She will always admire a beautiful French dresser under an amazingly contemporary mirror and is thrilled to work with a client’s favorite family heirloom. “The juxtaposition of new blended with old is so calming yet interesting,” she says.

Iris Design helps clients discover their authentic look. From scouring antique barn sales in the West to antique markets in Provence, France, Murray finds just the right pieces. She also loves using local furniture makers to create custom pieces that fit the scope of a project.

Making use of interesting textiles, art and meaningful objects is the final layer that transforms the house into a home. She explains, “Being happy and content in our surroundings can make all the difference in how we feel, and it adds immeasurably to our well-being.”

LEFT Murray combines a collection of antique horses with a contemporary Moroccan rug to warm up a white palette.

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TOP Neutral tones and a comfortable, down-filled sectional sofa make relaxing easy for a busy family of six.

BOTTOM LEFT Cherry leather chairs and a bright canvas enliven a log home. The browns and reds complement the Navajo-inspired wool rug.

BOTTOM RIGHT A vintage Suzani throw awakens a very calming palette in the master bedroom.

Buena Visit, 2019, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 inches

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ohn Alexander was born on October 26, 1945, in the gritty oil town of Beaumont, Texas—a place surrounded by lush, natural beauty and rich in cultural identity and tradition. It was a deeply religious community, firmly rooted in Southern Protestantism. Beaumont was also subject to the racism and inequality that plagued much of the South at the time, and just two years before Alexander’s birth, was the setting for the Beaumont Riot of 1943. Coming from a place filled with such dualities— industry/wilderness, religion/hatred, black/white—Alexander was left

with a reverent love of the natural world and a disdain for hypocrisy and abuse of power. These traits have informed his paintings and drawings for his entire life.

Alexander may have left the South nearly 40 years ago, but the landscape and culture of his Texas home still permeate every inch of his surfaces. His work is deeply rooted in the wild bayous of his childhood, but it is also forged in the crucible of formal training, tempered through immersion in the works of masters such as Goya and Ensor, and refined through years of relentless and focused studio production. Throughout his career, symbolism and narrative have guided each brushstroke, each line, each composition. Through drawing and painting, Alexander captures the savage beauty and heroic martyrdom of the natural world, as well as the darker side of human endeavor. His work is not art for art’s sake, but art for humanity’s sake—a cautionary tale of an impending environmental apocalypse and a reminder of what might be lost.

In July of 2019, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, in Jackson Hole, will mount the first solo exhibition in Wyoming of this master American painter. With a career that has moved from “the bad boy of Texas art” to celebrated master of American figurative painting, Alexander has maintained a strong voice in the contemporary art dialogue for more than four decades. He has had major retrospectives at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and has been the subject of celebrated exhibitions at the Meadows Museum and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. His work is included in the permanent collections of leading institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Art, Houston; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, D.C.; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, as well as many other public and private collections worldwide. As an educator, he can count artists such as Julian Schnabel and Sharon Kopriva as students. He is the recent recipient of an honorary doctorate of fine art from the New York Academy of Art, a lifetime achievement award from Guild Hall, and an Opus Award from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. He currently divides his time between studios in SoHo, Manhattan, and Amagansett, Long Island.

For more information on the exhibition, New Works, please contact Tayloe Piggott Gallery at art@tayloepiggottgallery.com or by calling (307) 733-0555.

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LEFT John Alexander in his studio.

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“Let It Be”—Paul McCartney, encaustic on panel, shellac, burned dress patterns, 24 x 30 inches

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amela Gibson’s wide-angle lens on natural life translates into a body of work at once intimate and resonant. By her hand, the cadence of time translates into layered marks as intricate as the phenomenon she acutely observes outside: the ephemeral encounters, the changing flora, the beautiful decay, the variable pacing of time, time’s imprint on memory and manifestation in organic matter. These are all affects present in her paintings. Working in a spectrum of sizes—from small squares to ambitious boards—she explores the breadth of time through the depth of materiality.

For Gibson, art exists at the alchemic crossroads of place and time, intellect and emotion. Ever exploring the rugged world

Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire, encaustic on panel, newspaper, shellac, graphite, 12 x 24 inches

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that surrounds her, she processes her experiences in place through her art. In her studio, she absorbs and interprets.

She collects cues from music, poetry and photos. From her studio window, she ruminates as she monitors the everchanging scene outside. She follows the light. She observes and orders shapes as they change. She responds, wholeheartedly, to living amid wild nature in conceptual context.

Encaustic painting has become her filter, informed by all the creative forms she finds inspiring: literature, media, adventure, as well as her previous work in fibers. Amid the whirling world, she pulls out moments of profundity—ideas that make sense of the current chaos. Ideas that continue to accumulate and communicate, in ever-surfacing affect, on the walls of collectors’ homes.

Finding pause in the temporal flood, Gibson builds her paintings as narratives.

She never starts with the easy plot, the iconic vista, instead focusing on the essence of the landscape, its lessons— how a patch of willows scores a field, how a boulder disrupts an evergreen stand. Landscape as point of departure.

Countless paintings live beneath the surface of each finished work, traces of her expectations subsumed so that the composition can become itself. Hers is a process of liberation—of painting and painter. Worked and hard-won yet resolutely serene, her abstractions stay with viewers long after the initial encounter, inviting layered readings.

Meaning rises from their complexity and poetics, viewers’ memories and associations. A conversation started by her hand, then continued by collectors—a limitless dialogue between aesthetics and experience, material and humanity.

“In Every Leaf Is the Pattern of an Older Tree”—Sting, encaustic on panel, angels dancing on pins, graphite, synthetic leaves, shellac, 60 x 48 inches

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“The Answer is Blowin’ In the Wind”—Bob Dylan, encaustic on panel, carbon, charcoal, dress patterns, oil, graphite, shredded memories, 84 x 24 inches

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n many ways, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Page Guerrant Watson embodies the spirit of Jackson Hole. After foregoing law school for a winter of snowboarding in 2005, she became a rafting guide, then a firefighter, paramedic and a member of Teton County Search and Rescue. In addition to all of this, two years ago she founded an import business, Page & Company Collection, with her mother, Ann Page Watson, who lives in North Carolina.

The following is how Lizzie became both an importer of incredible shyrdak (pronounced “sure DAK”) rugs from Kyrgyzstan, as well as the driving force of a documentary.

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO IMPORT SHYRDAKS?

LW My mom and I went to the Highpoint Furniture Market, in North Carolina, seeking products that would do well here in Jackson. As fate had it, we were drawn to this amazing Kyrgyz mother-daughter team and their stunning shyrdak rugs. It was a bonding moment. These women have singlehandedly revived this ancient art. When they began, they could find only six women in 100 who had the skills to properly make a shyrdak. But now, through their training and commitment, they support 35 full-time women artisans, who have become financially independent in their low-income, mountainous communities. UNESCO now includes the art of making Kyrgyz traditional felt carpets in its list of “Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safekeeping.”

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CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE SHYRDAKS?

LW These rugs must be seen in person. They’re the highest-quality felted merino wool from Kyrgyzstan sheep, dyed and cut into vivid patterns, then stitched over a more robust base layer for warmth and durability. Traditionally, shyrdaks were considered valuable heirlooms, passed down from one generation to the next. They were used as dowries and gifts commemorating special life events, and treasured for both their decorative and functional qualities: warm in winter and cool in summer, odor-resistant, hypoallergenic and antimicrobial.

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LW In the fall of 2018, I returned to Kyrgyzstan with a cinematographer to document this amazing movement. Traditionally a nomadic culture, the Kyrgyz people today are semi-nomadic and live in an area so much like Wyoming it’s uncanny. I feel like I’m home whenever I’m there. I strongly believe this is a story worth telling, so I invite you to go to our website to view the documentary.

TOP LEFT Lizzie Watson with several of her Kyrgyz pieces.

CENTER TOP This blue-on-beige shyrdak, true to form in reflecting the natural world, mimics the horns of the argali, a mountain goat native to Kyrgyzstan.

TOP RIGHT Kyrgyzstan artisan Merrim lays out the design of an upcoming rug. All shyrdaks are handmade with patterns inspired by the forces of nature.

BOTTOM RIGHT The patterns at the center of this blueon-white shyrdak feature the forces of positive energy emanating outward, east, west, north and south as protection for the home.

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LW I’ve always got 10 to 20 rugs in Jackson, and you’re welcome to contact me for an appointment or for a local showing in your own home. Our clients can custom order sizes and colors, and select from numerous patterns representing the forces of nature, prosperity, abundance and growth. Every rug sale supports a woman artisan and brings a beautiful piece of artwork into your home.

“There are options for every homeowner, from unique, globally sourced products to finishes that will fit any budget.”

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ABOVE The Earth Elements showroom includes a finished kitchen featuring a sampling of what the design experts have to offer—custom cabinets and countertops, plumbing fixtures, smart appliances and more.

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RIGHT All the finest finish details one could ask for are on display at Earth Elements— basins, fixtures, tile, cabinet and door handles, and state-of-the-art lighting.

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tepping into Earth Elements Design Center is like stepping into your own home. The space is open yet cozy.

Coffee brews in the kitchen, and fresh, homemade chocolate chip cookies are on the counter. That feeling of being at home is central to the company’s ethos, says showroom manager Brad Lowe.

Lowe affirms, “We want our clients to be relaxed and to have fun while in the design center—and throughout the homebuilding process.” Earth Elements pledges to work with its clients from the first steps of conceiving the interior design and selecting home finishes to the final step of obtaining a certificate of occupancy. With the goal of providing personalized service, Lowe says that he and his team “will be on the job with unwavering commitment, working with our clients, architects, designers and contractors to make the building process smooth and highly satisfying.”

While Earth Elements has been open in Jackson for only two years, it has created a niche in the local building market as the only showroom where one can select all finish materials for the home. Under one roof, clients can see and touch plumbing fixtures, flooring, countertops, cabinets and hardware, lights, wall coverings and even appliances.

Some of the high-performance appliances Earth Elements carries can be tricky to learn to operate, so, in its commitment to 100 percent customer satisfaction, the team offers classes in how to program and use those appliances. Lowe says that clients love the classes. “They think they’re fun and educational.”

To increase efficiency in their field, the Earth Elements team has developed proprietary software. The Elements Platform is central for selecting design options, allowing downloading of architectural and design plans so that all involved in the process can agree to expected outcomes. Lowe says that the software has significantly cut unnecessary costs in selecting and installing home finishes.

Earth Elements offers more than just luxury home finishes, he adds. “There are options for every homeowner, from unique, globally sourced products to finishes that will fit any budget.” When homeowners provide clarity of the scope of their projects and budgets, he says, “we can work with anyone, and offer a personal touch.”

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ABOVE The beautifully crafted Montana moss rock fireplace adds an organic element to the great room.

LEFT Large, rustic pendants hang in the kitchen and dining room, bringing your eye effortlessly from one room to another.

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“The inspiration of the home was to incorporate natural elements to soften modern lines.”

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new home’s design is in the master bathroom shower. Large, corner-framed windows and Oakley stone bring the outside in, thus realizing the clients’ vision of having an “outdoor” shower in a winter environment. This stone is represented throughout the kitchen and master bathroom to create a cohesive flow.

“The inspiration of the home was to incorporate natural elements to soften modern lines and materials. We wanted to create a comfortable, updated, Western mountain home,” Hatcher says.

TOP Bold paint accents a classic floral print drapery.

The master’s grandness and vaulted ceilings echo the mountain views.

BOTTOM Contemporary, clean lines contrasted with soft textures create an inviting master bathroom.

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tockton & Shirk Interior Design’s senior designer, Lisa Hatcher, connected with a European-based couple who wanted to deepen their roots in Jackson. She was able to begin from the ground up, working directly with the architect and contractors to help build a new three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath, 4,000-square-foot home in Jackson.

“The clients wanted a comfortable mountain home with modern design elements to share with family,” Hatcher says.

“And they were open to adding some vibrant colors to an earthy palette.”

In the master bedroom, Hatcher suggested Benjamin Moore’s Narragansett green for the walls to accompany the bold floral print on the draperies. A local woodworker crafted a reclaimed-oak headboard and matching nightstands to bring a rustic aspect to the room.

The dining table was created locally using a distressed-plank table top and steel base.

Hatcher paired the table with an updated Windsor chair from a UK manufacturer.

Large, rustic pendants hang in the dining room and kitchen to offset the contemporary, black I-beams.

A Montana moss rock fireplace with a stone slab mantel is the centerpiece of the family room. The unique chandelier, hanging from the tongue-in-groove vaulted ceiling, brings a modern twist and a bold presence to the room. Floor-to-ceiling windows tie the great room and dining room together seamlessly to the expansive outdoor living space.

“The steel chandelier has a soft gold interior finish that casts a warm glow in the room and on the stone fireplace,” Hatcher says. It harmonizes with the other modern elements, including exposed I-beams and a floating steel-and-wood staircase.

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tockton & Shirk Interior Design occupies 3,500 square feet of storefront at 745 West Broadway. The signature red building with striped awnings and cheerful window boxes features a design studio and furniture showroom. The European exterior charm is a curiosity to many. Designers, whether they are local or from out of town, will find a reliable place to source fabric, furniture, lighting, art and accessories. The portfolio of Stockton & Shirk’s team of designers is as diverse as their client base. They love the challenge of bringing a client’s vision and personality to life through the design of a home.

“The strength of our office is in the fact that we don’t work in a specific genre,” says owner and principal designer Melinda Shirk Dorion, who purchased the 30-year-old firm from Pamela Stockton in 2010. “Our business is client-driven. We work in a variety of styles that speak to the client, and the design is facilitated by our team. The majority of our clients are not local to Jackson. It is not uncommon for us to work with our London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Moscow clients remotely. Whether it’s working across the world or state lines, our motto is ‘The Design Firm Next Door.’”

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nterior designer Colleen Walls realizes the importance of taking aesthetic direction from her clients when remodeling their homes.

Some request a rugged, mountain feel; others want a clean-lined, modern look. The owners of a home in 3 Creek Ranch wanted both.

The wife wanted contemporary, but the husband wanted to keep the rustic flavor of a mountain house, says Walls, owner of Colleen McFadden-Walls Interior Design, who was not intimidated. “It’s my job as a designer to define the overall aesthetic by listening to my clients and then to bring it to fruition through all the little details ... in this case sophisticated mountain contemporary.

Walls specializes in remodels and took the helm for revamping the 3 Creek house a few years after the owners moved in. The original finishes

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LEFT The dining room was relocated to create a comfortable seating area in front of the fireplace. The adjoining kitchen was totally updated with a new color scheme and contemporary design.

BELOW Gray stone and steel accents in the redesigned fireplace and gray window and door trim lightened up the great room, now separated into two areas by a custom backto-back sectional and flanked by a new wine room and dry bar.

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were unattractive and dated, and she was working on a tight budget with a time crunch. The homeowners vacated the house on January 15th and planned to move back in on July 1st—and Walls needed to gut the entire house in the meantime.

She knew immediately when she entered the home that she would need to update the color scheme, which included a “difficult red.” She envisioned replacing it with grays and warm browns. Now, she says, “everything is warmer yet lighter and brighter.”

Walls also scoped out ways she could make the space more functional, but also less generic. The staircase, for example, was not only unremarkable and bland, but it left unused space at the top landing. She redesigned an iron railing and added a mini office space

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BELOW The modernized kitchen provides clean lines and texture simultaneously with stone cabinetry, a crisp pop with soft gray accents in the quartz countertops and rustic touches in the walnut upper cabinets and live-edge slab island.

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ABOVE Custom iron balusters were added with hickory posts to redesign the lackluster staircase.

A mini office was installed in the landing above.

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on the landing with a desk and a computer anyone in the house can use. It was a small but noticeable change. “The whole area was very uninteresting from bottom to top,” she says.

“Artwork and a colorful area rug also added a much-needed punch.”

While Walls added touches like these throughout the home, she focused primarily on the kitchen and the bathrooms for the biggest transformations. She and her team, Rosanna Mitchell, Kathie Harrington and Lacey Stalter, remodeled all four full bathrooms and a powder room, explaining, “The bathrooms were incredibly dated, and they really needed a complete face-lift.”

Luckily, they all had good layouts, so existing floor plans were kept to avoid the cost of re-plumbing. Walls did add freestanding bathtubs to replace the existing “unsightly” drop-in tubs. Her team designed bathrooms that were functional, relaxing and modern, but not antiseptic. They used natural wood and veneers with elegant finishes to tie the spaces together and create a cohesive fit with the rest of the home. In the end, the bathrooms were entirely refreshed.

The kitchen underwent the home’s biggest transformation. Douglas Rey, a designer who assisted Walls on the project and represents Mountain Land Design and Peppertree Kitchen and Bath, continued the melding of modern and rustic with the appliances and cabinetry in the kitchen. “We used clear, linear designs, but with natural finishes that are cohesive with that mountain-home setting,” he says.

The kitchen cabinetry is stone by Leicht, a German company that Peppertree sells.

The real stone offers understated tones and adds texture. The open layout provides space for the owners, who like to cook. The appliances, which include items like a combination steam oven, are by Miele, a brand with a modern aesthetic. The kitchen bar, a solid, single slab of walnut with a live edge, continues the blend of contemporary and rustic.

Walls went with dark brown stain on the floors and ceiling beams throughout the house, replacing the unattractive blonde floors and red beams. Gray stain was chosen for the ceilings to complement all of the changes, including the new, gray fireplace.

The kitchen is the most striking change in the home, but Walls also updated the bedrooms. She and her team even added a small wine room—Rey’s favorite update to the home. With limited space, they framed and repurposed a closet adjoining the great room, but added glass so it could be seen.

“I think that was the single biggest improvement in the home,” Rey says. “The kitchen is dramatic, but the wine room really adds something substantial.”

Such details helped fully transform the home, and Walls’ happy clients moved back in on schedule. A job well done.

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LEFT A floating vanity, quartz countertop and floating mirrors achieved a contemporary design, elegantly accented with iron lighting and a marble tub surround and floors, plus wallpaper behind the vanity wall, which adds a layer of texture.

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To survive, you can sleep on anything. Lie down on bare soil, a stone floor, a blanket, a foam mattress, in a hammock.

Or in your bed. Whatever you sleep on will probably take you from 11 at night until 7 in the morning.

But what is the point of just surviving? It’s about the quality of your life—of yourself, how awake and welcoming you are towards everything the world has to offer between 7 in the morning and 11 at night. The moment of truth: 4 o’clock in the afternoon.

Night is the mother of day. It’s during your waking hours that you’ll notice how well you have slept—if your resting place really allows every part of your body to have its essential rest and recovery—or if it secretly steals from your moments here on earth.

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What you experience as a comforting embrace when springs, horsetail hair, wool fibers, cotton tassels, pieces of flax and wooden joints cooperate is, in fact, the fruit of nearly 170 years of relentless work.

Hastens beds can be found in Jackson exclusively at Linen Alley. Jennifer Fay and her mother, Diana Goss, have coowned the store on Scott Lane since 2004. Their vast array of high-end linens, bath products, bedding and more are both stylish and cozy, providing the ultimate essentials for the comfortable yet sophisticated life.

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any Jackson residents remember the winter of 2016/17 as the year of the “snowpocalypse,” or “snowmageddon.”

Record-breaking snowfall coupled with powerful wind resulted in the demise of 17 power lines along Moose-Wilson Road during one storm. Teton Village experienced a complete power outage. All three roads leading into and out of Jackson Hole closed due to avalanches and hazardous conditions. Seeking state and federal funding to assist with repairs, Teton County declared the storm a “disaster.”

The staff at The Clear Creek Group, meanwhile, didn’t miss a beat. More than 60 homes under their management were left without power after the storm, but TCCG’s expert property managers acted swiftly.

Thanks to them, not one of their 66 Teton Village homes suffered any storm damage—no frozen pipes, no damaged roofs or damaged property. Even the refrigerators and freezers were cleared before there was a chance for spoilage.

Home ownership in Jackson Hole is infinitely rewarding, but it also comes with unique challenges. In true Western spirit, the weather here is unpredictable and sometimes unforgiving. That’s part of the draw of living in Wyoming, after all. It requires a certain ruggedness that’s exceedingly rare these days.

It’s also what makes The Clear Creek Group invaluable to homeowners. TCCG specializes in luxury property management and can help homeowners maintain every detail of their properties. “Our goal is to treat your property as if it was our own,” says TCCG development associate Carly Kelly. “We ensure your home is taken care of, protected, maintained and even enhanced in value.” If homeowners are interested in generating revenue when they’re not in residence, TCCG also offers customized villa rental services.

Now in its 14th year, The Clear Creek Group is an established leader in Jackson Hole’s luxury property management space, and it credits its success to its three founding principles: quality, expertise and relationships. To TCCG, homeowners are more than clients; they’re friends and neighbors.

TCCG’s team of between 50 and 60 employees is ready around the clock should something happen to your home. Their expertise is expansive: They know how to care for special furniture, fine art, rare fabrics and complex systems. And if they don’t have the expertise to solve a problem, “we have relationships with partners who do,” Kelly says.

Whatever dreams you may have for your Jackson Hole home, The Clear Creek Group can help them come to life. Contact Kelly for a free consultation and customized property management proposal.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Pied a Terre. Downtown Jackson urban living at its finest. Walk to shops, galleries, restaurants and Center for the Arts.

Cirque View Homestead. Ultimate six-bedroom, custom-built retreat in Shooting Star, with home theater, billiards room and sweeping views, designed by local firm Design Associates Royal Wulff Lodge. Sprawling property on the banks of the Snake River, with private fly fishing pond and adjacent guest cabin Four Pines 08. Custom-designed, five-bedroom, mountain modern cabin in Shooting Star at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Four Pines 08. Four Pines Cabins, designed by local architect JLF Architects, combine rustic materials with modern design.

BELOW Bocce and pétanque courts are becoming more popular landscaping features.

MountainScapes typically top-dresses them with crushed oyster shells.

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ore and more landscapes in the mountains are being paved with natural pathways and planted with native grasses to create no-fuss, eco-friendly designs, according to Sean Macauley of MountainScapes, Inc., one of the premier full-service landscape companies in Jackson Hole. He should know—he started MountainScapes 20 years ago and now employs more than 55 people to install and maintain lawns, gardens and more and more lawn-free recreational spaces than ever before.

Last year, MountainScapes planted edible gardens, laid ground oyster shells down for bocce and pétanque courts, and placed granite boulders

in water features and along paths leading to fire pits. “While irrigation is an important part of our business, we are seeing designs with more drought-tolerant species, and we are seeing lawn sizes shrink in favor of native grasses, patios and fire pits,” Macauley says.

“I feel comfortable that we are a step above other companies because of the customer service we provide and the employees we’ve retained,” he adds. It is especially rewarding for his loyal staff to see the landscapes mature as they come back year after year to maintain flower beds, adorn patios with flower pots and mow the bluegrass lawns they’ve planted.

With tree and shrub inventory stored “over the hill” in Idaho,

BELOW A custom fire pit is made from natural stone and shaded by a raised flower bed with aspen trees.

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ABOVE Ornamental grasses can create simple, linear designs and look great in monochromatic gardens.

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MountainScapes sources its plant materials locally. Colorado spruces, aspen and cottonwood trees, perennials and other plant materials soften the lines between manicured land and meadows, mountains and waterways.

For a splash of color, Macauley recommends nepeta (catmint), crabapple trees and red-twig dogwoods, which all do really well in our mountain climate among the wildflowers. Whether you are looking for a minimalistic, monochromatic look or a garden that will fill your flower vases all summer, MountainScapes can work with your landscape architect or create a custom design that will glorify your garden.

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WALLPAPER Today’s wallpaper is vastly different than days of old. It adds dimension and texture, and when used purposefully, it speaks for itself. From hand-painted designs to elaborate digital creations, evocative wallpaper patterns are a visual art. Here are a few thoughts from our local experts ...

“Patterned wallpaper is like whipped butter icing on the cake; it’s delectable in small quantities. There are so many wonderful, playful patterns and textures available now, and my most favorite placements for them are bedroom headboard walls, powder rooms and quaint entries.”

KATE BINGER, DWELLING

“I love working with wallpapers that inspire me. This paper evokes the landscapes and history of the American West. I was drawn to the creative arrow pattern and thought it would fit perfectly with the comfortable, modern mountain style I envisioned for our home.” This Shooting Star home is meticulously cared for by The Clear Creek Group.

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“The reflective wallpaper complements the white-bronze accents and gives glamour to the moody merlot powder room. The organic pattern honors the natural architectural finishes of the home.”

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“I present the use of patterned wallpaper to my clients as an opportunity to truly highlight their personalities in their design choices. Also, the powder room is an excellent place in the home to separate from the overall design aesthetic and add some punch. In this case, my client fell in love with this whimsical pattern, which added splashes of color and even tied in the beautiful bronze fixtures. So much fun!”

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“There is a harmony between elements ... This linen-backed wallpaper complements the texture and color palette of the stone sink and reclaimed-wood doors, adding warmth to the space.”

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“The subtle gold flecks within this cork wallpaper create interest in a small powder room. The application used here balances the texture of the vanity without competing with it. Wallpaper varies as much as one’s personality, so it’s important to match each wallpaper to the individual project.”

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t took homeowners hailing from rainy Seattle to look at a heavily forested, shaded lot and see the potential for light. The project’s architect, Stephen Dynia, explains, “The clients saw value in how beautiful the perception of the landscape is: You get to look down at the town, elk refuge and surrounding mountains, all brilliantly lit up.”

The Snow King home includes generous skylights that stream afternoon light onto staircases leading up to the main, third-floor living area. The home is set on a deep slope, and it includes terraced outdoor living spaces, custom glass windows and an open main living area to take advantage of these unique challenges. As Dynia says, “Constraints often lead to better architecture.”

He and Dynia Architects project manager Karen Parent and contractor John Walker, of Mill Iron Timberworks, made the perfect team to realize the homeowners’ vision. Both firms pioneered modern homes in Jackson Hole at

ABOVE Light from above pours over the staircase, adding brightness and warmth to all levels of the home.

RIGHT The living/dining/kitchen space allows for views straight through from south to north, making the most of natural light and the ever-changing view.

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LEFT + BELOW Snow King residences face two basic challenges: steeply graded building sites and shadowy, north-facing aspects.

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“This contemporary design required careful craftsmanship and attention to detail.”

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a time when log homes were seemingly the only option.

Walker explains, “I began building modern homes in the early 2000s. The opportunity to do something different, with crisp, clean lines, was exciting.” Walker also incorporates his talent for designing and building custom furniture; he built several pieces for this project, including a cantilever dining room table.

Dynia Architects, whose design work you may know from the iconic Center for the Arts Performing Arts Pavilion, is a firm of 12 design professionals who began trailblazing modern residences in Jackson Hole in the 1990s.

They artfully fulfill a niche for homes that can communicate with their natural surroundings. Dynia says, “The challenge was getting people to understand that modern homes aren’t just different for the sake of being different, rather, they are built to make you feel connected to landscape.”

The Snow King home, perched on its vantage point like an osprey’s nest and wrapped in expansive views of a backlit mountain valley, certainly accomplishes just that.

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or four decades JLF Architects has been creating connections through architecture.

Connections to place and history, to people and the landscape. The impact of timeless design is what makes The Creamery, a house on the Snake River Ranch, so distinct.

“Our philosophy is making contemporary spaces with reclaimed materials—the parts and pieces of old buildings,” says partner and design principal Paul Bertelli.

Since the firm was founded in 1979, Bertelli and his partners have been known to occasionally drive around the country searching for old, neglected—and beautiful—architecture, such as dilapidated barns and cabins, stone structures, even old fencing. JLF pioneered the use of those recycled components in their designs.

This home incorporates stone from a forgotten

1890s dairy barn in Montana. The stone creamery was dismantled, moved piece by piece, and reconstructed in Wyoming. Built on a property that was once part of a large homestead ranch, the architectural language of the house honors that pastoral link. Combining rustic stone and reclaimed wood with refined style, the owners found a way to re-imagine a home on the range.

The reclaimed stone was incorporated in the living, dining and kitchen spaces, all reassembled in original form. Adding personal touches, the owners folded rustic furnishings with comfortable current pieces into the interior design throughout the home. Antiques pepper the living spaces, including a French refectory table and Chippendale chairs to anchor the dining room.

The home represents the owners’ personal connection to the land, as well as an example

of what has become a JLF Architects signature: the melding of old and new elements into contemporary architecture. Partner Logan Leachman credits JLF’s philosophy of working hand in hand with construction company Big-D Signature, trusted artisans and craftspeople.

“A design-build approach has allowed our team to look at the design of each structure holistically to create continuity and quality within architecture,” explains Leachman.

The Creamery is evidence that dedication to building timeless structures rooted in integrity and elegance shows best when natural materials, inspired design and an ethos that stems from a unity of nature, beauty, balance and imagination all come together.

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Contemporary components of steel and glass were used in this passage to connect the reclaimed stone building to newer construction in the rest of the house.

Inside, a French refectory table and Chippendale chairs add a touch of refinement to the rustic materials of the home.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Utilizing the ruins of an early 1890s limestone creamery, JLF Architects reconstructed the structure stone by stone as a new home near Jackson.

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RIGHT Murie Cabin: After spending four days loading this 1925 cabin onto a trailer, movers driving a semi inched along Snow King Avenue for half a mile to place the cabin on a new foundation.

The short distance took 45 minutes.

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LEFT The perfect porch to relax on during a clear summer day, facing the Tetons. Designer Linda Perlman didn’t feel obligated to re-create her old Crescent H cabin exactly as it was. Inspired by a black barn she had seen in her travels, she chose a black and gray color palette.

developed at a higher density.

“I think people were surprised by the affection of the community and the pushback that came from it,” says Ryan Nourai, who works for the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance but spearheaded a movement on his own to protect the historic Van Vleck house and surrounding property. “I thought to myself, ‘If I don’t do this, who will?’”

In the wake of the community’s overwhelming response to rethink the development of the Café Genevieve property, the Teton County Historic Preservation Board, responsible for preserving Teton County’s architectural and archaeological heritage, and an advocate for people navigating county building regulations, rescinded its initial proposal.

Instead, the board plans to develop a more comprehensive community plan to determine appropriate historic preservation strategies. The demolition of key historic buildings in town and the development of this specific property are now on hold.

Jackson’s growing appreciation for the town’s architectural heritage, marked by the support of passionate young people and by visible restorations taking place around town, like the Winchells’ Murie cabin and the old Sweetwater Restaurant, once Ed and Emily Coe’s blacksmith shop, circa 1900, inspires Katherine Wonson, president of the TCHPB and director of the Western Center for Historical Preservation. “Having historic buildings around is how a town knows who they are,” she says.

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ays before bulldozers were poised to demolish the 1925 Olaus and Mardy Murie cabin to make room for the expansion of Snow King’s Alpine Slide, Fighting Bear Antiques dealers Terry and Claudia Winchell stepped in. The couple wanted to save the historic two-story log cabin, a classy, hand-hewn fir building with a charming, covered front porch and refined kitchen cabinets, because no one else was going to.

“We got emotional about it,” says Terry Winchell. “We just knew we were going to have to save it.”

Although a number of individuals in this valley have saved and restored Jackson Hole’s earliest buildings, these humble pioneer structures are disappearing at an alarming rate. As the Winchells and others have discovered, falling in love with this valley’s rustic past is easy, but restoring one of these frontier beauties is an expensive process, fraught with red tape and rigid county codes. While other Rocky Mountain towns have extensive guidelines and incentives to facilitate historic preservation, Jackson does not.

Happily, this is changing. Recently, a passionate Jackson community spoke up to help save the 1910 Van Vleck log cabin, the current home of the popular downtown restaurant Café Genevieve and former residence of Genevieve Lawton Van Vleck, a member of Jackson’s first all-female town council in 1920. The cabin was slated to be moved, so that its surrounding property, which is currently a community hub, could be

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Because of limited space in the Crescent H cabin, Perlman installed what she calls “a kitchen in a box.” The builtin kitchen takes up a corner of the cabin and is useful for making tea, coffee and smaller meals.

Designer Linda Perlman, of the Perlman Project and a long-time Jackson Hole resident, also made a swift real estate purchase in 2010, when several cabins from the historic Crescent H Ranch went up for sale. Perlman had a spot on her Wilson property designated for an art studio or guest cabin but hadn’t committed to a building design. As luck would have it, the day she returned home from vacation, she noticed a sign outside Crescent H announcing the auction of several 1920s guest cabins.

Crescent H guests for many years, Perlman and her husband, Larry, had fallen in love with Jackson Hole at the ranch, while fishing, hiking and spending time on rustic porches. “It was a spontaneous decision,” she says. “We just pulled into the auction. We ran around quickly to assess the condition of the cabins and settled on the Brown cabin. I wanted to preserve something of Jackson Hole.”

Intuitively, Perlman understood that Jackson Hole’s early structures are as important as open space in defining the valley’s character. Despite the cost, she focused on preserving her cabin and creating something that was in keeping with her dream and a tribute to Jackson Hole. “We weren’t skimping. We wanted to save that cabin,” she says. Determined to enjoy the process, she pursued permits and arranged for her one-room dude cabin to be loaded onto a flatbed trailer, hauled to her property and plunked down on a foundation in some trees with a Teton view.

With the help of Andy Ankeny, of Carney Logan Burke Architects, Perlman gave new life to the rough-and-tumble structure. She added a small bedroom and bath to the original building. The county required a new roof and some hefty structural engineering. She chose a bonderizedsteel roof for its authentic rustic patina, painted the outside logs black, and sided the new structure with dark board and batten.

Inside, Perlman added wide-plank fir flooring, painted black, and pickled the interior logs to create a lighter, more modern look. She also added a small kitchen and designed bedroom windows that open out and to the side without screens, affording unobstructed views of the woods nearby. Perlman fastened stones from a nearby stream onto bathroom cabinets and hung a 300-year-old bison skull on the wall. Such details make the space meaningful.

“Everyone who comes to visit loves this place,” she says. “Even when my husband and I are alone, we like to walk over here and sit on the cabin porch and look at the Tetons.”

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Guests love this cozy bedroom appointed with Western blankets and good books.

The main room features a custom rug by Linda Perlman made from 100% Tibetan wool. Designed in her studio in Jackson Hole, it was then hand-knotted in Nepal.

Perlman was sure to have the windows open out and to the side without screens to afford a long, beautiful view into the woods.

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ABOVE With the help of Andy Ankeny, Perlman added a bathroom and bedroom onto the one-room cabin. The new addition was sided with vertical board and batten, stained dark. The final cabin achieved Perlman’s goal of remaining small, informal and a romantic, rustic getaway for guests.

ABOVE For a special escape from the main house, Peter Lee, of Teton Heritage Builders, acquired an old Jackson Hole laundromat and a Forest Service cabin and seamlessly connected them. It’s no secret that everyone prefers to be over at the cozy cabin, sipping Silver Oak into the night.

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Around the time the Perlmans renovated the Brown cabin, Peter Lee, founder of Teton Heritage Builders, adventured into a restoration project for a client who wanted “a little cabin” away from the main house. At this time, due in part to Montana architect Jonathan Foote’s popular rustic designs, saving old places was in vogue.

“We were literally just sitting around spitballing,” Lee says, when his team decided to use the old log Sundance Inn laundry facility, sitting on Lee’s downtown Jackson property. The structure, once part of Homer Richard’s Flame Hotel, was built circa 1940. “I think we just gave the cabin to our clients,” Lee says.

“We also rounded up another Forest Service cabin in Red Top and loaded the two structures up on skids and a gooseneck trailer, hauled them both up to our client’s place and laid them on top of a new foundation.”

“There were definitely some code issues,” laughs Lee, no stranger to the county’s process. Among many other local early buildings, his company restored an old Hardeman Ranch cabin and refurbished the classic White Grass barn in Grand Teton National Park.

Both the laundromat and the Forest Service cabin, now situated just outside of Jackson’s downtown, needed their roofs jacked up to take their 6-foot ceilings higher. They also needed significant work done to meet the town’s energy code, as their original insulation included a mix of straw, newspaper, cement and quarter-inch logs.

Lee and his team replaced rotten logs with new ones aged with coffee grounds. He admits that nothing can quite mimic the patina of a 100-year-old structure, but they can get close. “The whole restoration process is a little more work, but the aesthetic is truly authentic and is worth it,” he says. “Everyone loves being in that cabin.”

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RIGHT Steve Leonard restored this dovetail cabin, hundreds of years old. The old building now welcomes fishermen into her rustic space.

With over 20 years of experience in this valley, Leonard, of Wilson Timber and Log, provides a valuable connection to Jackson’s log cabin tradition. Having learned from the valley’s top log craftsmen, he is working to keep this art and tradition alive.

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Esther Judge, of Shacks on Racks, a new Jackson company designed to save old buildings and repurpose them for affordable housing, agrees.

“I want to save as many historical buildings as I can,” she says. While the TCHPB prefers to keep old buildings in their original locations, sometimes this is not possible. The board works with Judge to find these rustic old-timers a new location. So far, she has moved a 1940 Craftsman home and a 1932 carriage house and tack shed, owned by an early horse-packer named Howard Blew, from downtown Jackson to her valley property. Currently, she’s working on relocating a 1940s Forest Service cabin for a local who lost his home in last year’s Hoback Ranches fire.

“We really have to do something to save these old buildings,” Judge says. “It is just heartbreaking to watch them disappear from the valley.”

Happily, the tide is turning: People are paying attention and stepping up to be stewards of our gorgeous land and architectural heritage. Like a cowboy and his boots, the Tetons go with cabins. With every restored cabin, Jackson Hole saves a piece of her unique, Western identity.

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A key to making these restorations work is finding your team and securing local experts familiar with the aesthetic and the process. When its historic log cabins were built, Jackson was a poor town, chock-full of cowboys and ranchers. Some buildings were slapped together before winter to provide temporary shelter, but more often than not, craftsmen took the time to build enduring structures. They built cabins to provide comfort and protection from the elements, support heavy snow loads and maintain heat in the winter. And, since the closest railroad depot was over the dangerous Teton Pass, locals like Wesley Bircher and numerous tie hacks—expert loggers who cut timber for railroad ties— from the nearby Dubois area crafted unique buildings from indigenous materials.

“I’ve taken apart and moved a few old ones, built new ones to look old and built new ones to look new,” says “log dog” Steve Leonard, of Wilson Timber and Log. “When you have seen a lot of these old places, you are not really sure what you are going to get into when you stick your hand in the pot. But if you have seen enough of them, you can see what the first guys did. You can just feel it, and you know what to do.”

For Leonard, the key is respecting the materials, using chisels, hammers and chainsaws freehand, and valuing the original design. In this fashion, the building’s soul remains intact.

“I love walking around these old buildings,” he says. He finds things that tell a story: a vintage beer can tossed in the foundation, socks stuffed in the chinking, an article on Babe Ruth insulating a window sill, a love letter shimmied into the wall. “I want to know what has happened here,” he says. “Who lived here? Who died? Who was conceived?”

“The cabins are old things that have withstood the test of time in this area,” he continues. “For this reason they have proven themselves, and I can’t see throwing them away.”

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n the entranceway of a spectacular 8,500-square-foot home, at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet and within the gates of the Yellowstone Club in Montana, 19th-century German roe deer antler mounts hang on the wall. On each is inscribed the year as well as the location of the hunt. On the floor beneath these mounts stands a collection of German and Austrian bentwood, metal-tipped hiking canes adorned with painted metal badges, called stocknagels, which were once a way of commemorating local hikes with something unique to a town’s heritage.

On some of these canes are inscribed the names of their owners.

In storytelling, the tale begins when the main character walks out the front door. However, it is the philosophy of Rush Jenkins, CEO of WRJ Design, in Jackson Hole, that the story must always begin when you walk in the door.

“For us, design has never been about just fabrics and furniture,” explains Jenkins. “A chair is a chair. Real design is about sourcing the many layers of history, culture, craftsmanship and nature. We’re far

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RIGHT How the story begins: with stocknagels on bentwood hiking canes and trophy roe deer mounts.

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ABOVE Harmony and livability with plenty of light. In the living room, WRJ created this custom silk-andwoolen rug by Mansour to bring all the tones and textures together.

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more interested in bringing depth and context to the project—and creating real emotion—because that’s who we are, and we seek out a clientele who will appreciate this.”

The layers Jenkins alludes to can be found in his partner’s, Klaus Baer’s, Austrian heritage and experience managing international investment production teams, and in their Director of Design Nida Zgjani’s upbringing in Albania, where she studied architecture at the University of Engineering. It is also evident in Jenkins’ own rich history working with Sotheby’s in London and New York.

Additionally, Jenkins continues to thrill as the creator of exhibits; most recently, he received accolades for his show at the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts featuring the one-of-a-kind jewelry of Jean Schlumberger.

“We are more than designers,” adds Baer. “We are curators, collectors and stewards, passing on our passion to our clients. WRJ is about the discovery of wonderful things. This discovery happens for us in Paris and in the auction houses of New York. It happens on Portobello Road and in the streets of London and in the bazaars of Turkey.

We’re looking to tell a story, to create real magic, because when that happens, suddenly the whole becomes greater than the sum of the parts.”

In this particular home, a collaboration with the clients and JLF Architects, the stories are everywhere.

“I’d be in a meeting,” recounts the owner about the early design stages of her home, “and I’d get

ABOVE Artifacts of beauty and wonder. In the hallway outside the master bedroom stands this finely crafted Syrian chest of drawers inlaid with mother-of-pearl. On top is the porcupine-quill box from Ceylon, circa the late 1800s.

RIGHT When the architect brings you light ... The homeowner’s wishes were contrary to the traditional dark mountain cabin.

WRJ used these creamy shiplap kitchen tiles and Holly Hunt light pendants to brighten the space.

this text from Rush in Paris, saying, ‘You have to see this!’ I’d excuse myself to look at a photograph of a set of tables or a lamp with this blue-green labradorite stone mounted on it. I came to trust him because he always seemed to know. And it was so much fun.”

The motto of WRJ Design is: “Inspired by the natural world. Informed by the rest of it,” which is why they’ve always worked so well with JLF, architectural visionaries who’ve also established a reputation for seeking new ways to bring the outside in and nestle their structures within their surroundings.

“The beauty of working with Rush and Klaus,” explains JLF design principal Paul Bertelli, “is that when we start the planning process with them, they get it. The goal posts are clearly defined and we’re all working toward that same uniqueness. They get that our buildings are integrated. They’re one piece. The inside informs the outside and vice versa. A stone wall outside may very well run through the entire house, so those textures and finishes have to be considered. They anticipate this, and it’s magic when it happens.”

The natural world is very much alive in this home, from the living room’s faux bois firewood bin and Van der Straeten handwrought bronze tumbleweed mirror over the fireplace to the porcupine-quill box from Ceylon in the hallway outside the master suite.

“From the beginning,” explains Zgjani, “we were after an almost zen-like harmony with plenty of light. Take the living room, for instance. We created a floor plan for how the family would interact with the space, whether during a cocktail party or an intimate family game of cards. The owners wanted a real livability, a flexibility, which would allow them to rearrange the pieces. And once we had that, we worked on our textures and tones. The Loro Piana fabrics, the Holly Hunt black-lacquered tables, which threw light everywhere, the blue-green mohair upholstery with its rich, cozy sheen, and the petrified-wooden end tables Rush found in Paris. Then we brought it all together with the custom silk-and-woolen rug from Mansour, with all those soft, neutral textures and tones found in the fabrics and stonework.”

But even within these boundaries, there was room for both whimsy and surprise. Downstairs in the hallway, for instance, there is a collection of mock historical photographs of Indians downing a fighter plane with bows and arrows. And in one of the daughters’ bedrooms, there are wonderful pink beads sewn into the white linen of the canopy.

And then there is the Syrian chest of drawers. It stands at the top of the stairs in the hallway outside the master bedroom in finely crafted dark walnut, intricately inlaid with motherof-pearl. Topped with white Mediterranean marble, it was created sometime between 1900 and 1960 on the plains of Hauran, between Damascus and Jordan. Originally, pieces like these were crafted as bridal gifts, but they soon found a more lucrative market in the West. The mystery of how these craftsmen came by their skills in a country where only 2 percent of their land is forested is difficult to solve. With Syria at war, the artisans have either fled to Lebanon or been lost in the strife.

“Rush, Klaus and Nida knew,” says the homeowner. “From the very beginning they drilled down to an understanding of what would make our house special. And then they went out and found all these eclectic furnishings and made them work together, rich with history and story, and never contrived. We wanted a home that would feel like we’d lived there forever, and that’s what they delivered.”

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ABOVE The great room features a large, bronze and dark walnut fireplace with a steel surround, as well as a custom railing for the staircase—both built

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RIGHT The master bedroom seating area features custom cabinetry. A drop ceiling, fireplace and warm draperies create a cozy atmosphere for watching television or reading.

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olded plaster and cathedral ceilings bring a European style to this recently renovated mountain home. You may never tire of the views—floor-to-ceiling windows in the great room face the jagged peaks of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort—but the surrounding warmth eventually envelopes you like a cozy blanket and draws your eye inward.

The foundation for the interior design in the great room was laid with smoky-brown and pink earth tones in medallion-patterned area rugs, says interior designer Colleen McFadden-Walls.

The handwoven rugs complement the cathedral and coffered ceilings and a travertine spiral staircase with a custom iron railing that leads to a reading nook.

Walls worked closely with this project’s homeowners, Paul and Lynn George, to find pieces like a woven-damask wingback chair and

a velvety mohair sofa for them to sink into and unwind. She used some pieces from their existing furniture collection and elaborated on that throughout the house.

“There are lots of textures and layers to the seating areas in the house, which balances the cathedral ceilings,” she says. “Having recently completed so many contemporary design projects, it was nice to take on a traditional project. I like being able to show the diversity in my portfolio.”

Walls is the designer-in-residence for Belle Cose At Home and has 22 years of experience as an interior designer on residential and commercial projects in the valley.

Paul George’s hands-on approach gave him a lot of appreciation for Walls and her team, who all worked within a budget, met deadlines and elevated the couple’s vision. “Colleen was able to transition well in terms of rooms blending one into another,” he says. “Her selection of colors is exquisite. Each room has custom work, from wood floors to tiles and stone counters. She makes each room feel different, but they flow.”

New bedding, drapery and rich fabrics modernize the upstairs guest wing, where there is a private terrace off two junior guest suites. A first-floor master bedroom has a private gas fireplace and two easy chairs under a dropped ceiling to ensconce you for nighttime reading. The fireplaces and lighting fixtures were designed by Walls and Heart Four Ironworks, a shop on the south end of town that prides itself on its small, dedicated team and custom work.

Jeff Morris, the founder of Heart Four, was responsible for some of the unique details in the downstairs powder room, where an onyx-topped, glassvessel sink is lit from below a custom burl-walnut vanity. The fine-grained hardwood finishes throughout the house carry into the media room, which has a wet bar.

“The dining room was another one of my favorite areas,” Walls says, adding that a nearby servery area and well-lit breakfast nook create a “well-supported and very functional dining space.”

The landscaping, by MD Nursery, added privacy berms and more than

ABOVE A custom gabbeh runner, designed by Walls and Kismet Rug Gallery, provides warmth on the travertine entry floor.

RIGHT The upstairs guest master bathroom, with beautiful marble shower and countertops, is accentuated by Waterworks plumbing and lighting fixtures. The space features a large and luxurious walk-in closet and dressing area.

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120 new trees to the property. “We know how important an outdoor space can be,” says landscaper Jared Searle. “The enhancement of the four-tier waterfall with the surrounding new trees provided privacy and additional beauty to what was already there. We also tried to frame the view of the Tetons over the top of the waterfall.”

Entertaining at the chateau has become a favorite pastime for the Georges, who invite guests to sit outside and see the panorama of mountain views mirrored in the pond and have cocktails on the terrace under the full moon.

“It’s extremely comfortable,” George says.

“If we had done it on our own, the end result wouldn’t have come close to what they were able to create.”

The 6,400-square-foot chateau is taken care of impeccably and rented by a local property management firm, The Clear Creek Group, who named the home Chateau on the West Bank. George says The Clear Creek Group does an excellent job making sure the elevator and other systems like the heated walkways are functioning properly, and forecasting to make sure the property is attended to on a proactive basis.

With so much modernism in the valley, the chateau truly celebrates the comfort and style of traditional design.

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rom the beginning, Joan and Andy Breckwoldt were clear about their intentions for the home they would be building north of town. Its centerpiece would be the property’s sweeping views of the Tetons and valley. Its foundation would be their faith.

When the house was being framed, the Breckwoldts spent a cold winter afternoon on ladders writing Bible verses on exposed studs. “Having scripture woven into the structure is a metaphor for our faith. It’s also our way of asking for God’s blessing on the house and family,” says Andy, a retired oil and gas executive.

The house, designed by Karen Parent, of Dynia Architects, is anchored by a glass-sided pavilion. The eaveless design was inspired by the desire to work with the original south structure that had a very thick roof and needed to be cleaned up and contemporized. “The use of a dark-stained siding contrasts with the brightness of the interior. This creates a duality between a dark exterior that blends with seasonal landscape colors and simple interior architecture that showcases mountain views,” says Parent.

The Breckwoldts wanted the clean, modern mountain home to serve as a comfortable gathering place for family and friends. Parent lowered the ceiling over

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TOP RIGHT The honed black granite and earthy colors balance the dramatic vistas.

BOTTOM RIGHT A lower ceiling in the kitchen and a zellige tile backsplash add texture to the neutral palette.

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the kitchen to give it a feeling of warmth and used wood on the entryway ceiling to mirror the oak floors. Antiqued wood beams in the pavilion further add warmth.

“The house itself is like a work of art,” says Derek Di Venere, project manager for Couloir Construction. Site Superintendent Jerod Kennedy nods, adding, “Once you walk into the pavilion you realize there is a view of the Grand, and then the view just keeps going.”

Joan describes it as she might a painting: “You discover focal points as your eye moves from one end of the pavilion’s floor-to-ceiling windows to the other. This process of discovery keeps the viewer engaged.” The pavilion’s 9½-foot-tall windows are framed in vertical-grained fir and stained ebony. The doors and windows in the rest of the home have drywall returns (thresholds without moldings) in keeping with the beautiful simplicity of the home.

“One of the reasons the house is truly a work of art is because of the craftsmanship of Couloir Construction. Both Derek and Jerod made significant contributions to help us realize our vision. And they were great to work with,” say the Breckwoldts.

The glass-fronted entry offers a beautiful and functional way to connect the pavilion to the home’s private spaces. From the front-door entrance, a long, 8-foot-wide hallway

TOP LEFT The entryway into a long hall that connects the pavilion to the home’s private spaces is as inspirational as an art gallery.

TOP RIGHT Floor-to-ceiling windows amplify the dark-and-light theme and provide stunning vistas of the Tetons.

FAR RIGHT Custom bookshelves, colorful fabrics and cowhide create a cozy retreat in the office/den.

stretches the length of the house. This offers a gallery-like experience that introduces the artist—Joan—and the work of art that is her family home.

The Breckwoldts’ intention extends to the artwork as well. A large, 9-foot-by-6½-foot painting in the entry, by Joan, depicts an extensive patchwork of wildlife around a cross. “It symbolizes that our family and faith are at the home’s heart,” says Joan, who is represented

by Jack Meier Gallery in Houston, Texas.

Being surrounded by expansive windows connects you immediately to the outside.

Houston-based interior designer Becky Cooper, of Glasser Cooper Interiors, used neutral tones “so that the magnificent views would be the center of attention.” Honed black granite surrounding the fireplace matches the kitchen countertop, minimizing distractions within.

The colors also serve as a neutral background for Joan’s art. This allows her to change the art frequently, as her paintings seem to sell almost as quickly as she can create them.

One of Andy’s favorite things to do in the house is to sit in the pavilion with a cup of coffee in the morning, watching wildlife wander by while the sunrise illuminates the Tetons. Almost every day he sees another animal depicted in Joan’s painting—a coyote, fox, deer, elk or moose.

The artist’s new studio in the detached three-bay garage will inspire her to paint more.

But it is unlikely that the canvas in the glass entryway will ever be for sale.

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he iconic Teton Range rises magnificently, abruptly from the valley floor, both framing the surrounding landscape and defining it. Similarly, a large estate in the mountains has the opportunity to both influence and absorb its natural surroundings, and the most inspiring examples find balance between the two. One such example, the 14,000-square-foot Granite Ridge Lodge, is a luxury home and high-end rental property that seems to rest neatly on the land, despite its grandiosity.

The expansive lodge takes up residence in an upper Teton Village lot that is just under 1 acre. The hillside home captures cohesiveness with landscape and promotes family life unfolding both within and beyond the confines of its walls. Kurt Dubbe, of Dubbe Moulder Architects, explains, “The owners were committed to integrating the indoor and outdoors.”

After all, it would be a shame not to take full advantage of such deep and literal connection to the mountains, National Forest land and skier access in Teton Village. The property features not one, but two ski-in/ski-out points to accommodate a larger family and guests. The first point lies on the first-floor level, allowing access from the ski hill through an outdoor living area and covered porch, which opens into a generous mudroom and master wing.

The second ski-in/ski-out point exists on the top floor—a unique addition made possible by the lot’s sloped topography—allowing access directly from the ski slope onto a gorgeous outdoor living space complete with a fireplace, barbecue and ample seating for unwinding and enjoying après-ski libations. In the summer, ski access transforms to out-the-door hiking trails and countless ways to enjoy the surrounding protected, public lands.

A project of this size requires a strong vision from the architects and owners, coupled with a contractor who can be both innovative and efficient. As the architects at Dubbe Moulder began to interview prospective contractors, Dembergh Construction quickly rose to the top. Principal Don Frank and his very capable team were able to manage factors like extreme slope and the lot’s location at the top of a hill smoothly by securing a lay-down site at the bottom of Granite Ridge. This enabled the builders to preassemble wall panels before bringing them up to the site, expediting the construction process considerably.

Dubbe explains, “All three parties on the project [owner, architect and contractor] had a great line of communication and a very respectful relationship throughout the life of the project.

ABOVE Ample space to enjoy the outdoors is a consistent feature of this home. Two ski-in/ ski-out areas provide family and friends with a perfect home base for adventures.

Granite Ridge Lodge is one of those projects that, in order for it to succeed, it really does require everybody to be in sync with one another, working together. We needed to put the clients in the position to make timely, well-reasoned, thoughtful decisions without creating any delays during construction.�

The home went through many design evolutions and was finished with features that mattered most to the owners, including an outdoor spa, soundproof movie theater and game room. Perhaps the most intriguing part of the interior, however, lies in its use of diverse and beautiful wood.

Dembergh Construction created several custom wood pieces, including a bar top in the game room made from a curved slab of American black walnut and a dining room table made from a slab of African mahogany with a live edge. Both pieces look more like works of art than furniture. The owners were committed to integrating these diverse wood species and were intimately involved in their procurement process.

The lives and personalities of the homeowners are indeed captured by this dream lodge from its foundations to its rooftop, including perhaps the most innovative technology the house possesses: solar panels. As solar company founders and executives, it was important to the homeowners to incorporate these panels, which supplement the home’s energy consumption. This commitment to sustainability is a beautiful ode to Granite Ridge Lodge’s astounding alpine environment, and a lasting reminder of the majesty of nature.

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RIGHT + ABOVE Intricate stonework ties both the indoor and outdoor spaces of the home together and contrasts beautifully with other natural materials meant to reflect the mountainside surroundings.

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TOP Custom furniture made from unique, diverse pieces of wood are as eye-catching as pieces of art.

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ituated on the edge of the town of Jackson, the National Elk Refuge is home to thousands of elk each winter, as well as bighorn sheep, mountain lions and a smattering of residents who possess some of the few remaining residential inholdings. These lots rarely come on the market, so when the owner of one such property contracted Design Associates to build her new house on her recently acquired lot, architect Chris Lee knew it might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to design an Elk Refuge home. He honored the refuge and its surroundings by blending a log cabin aesthetic with authentic reclaimed materials and clean lines to give an airy and contemporary twist.

“We try not to overdesign,” Lee says. “We try to underdesign in a good way, so it feels a little more natural.”

Expansive windows provide views throughout the home. Lee designed the single-level house so that, when doors are open, you can stand at one end of the corridor and enjoy the view at the other end.

“The views are breathtaking,” he says. “Everyone is so focused on the view up north toward the Tetons, but from her property looking south is just as beautiful. There’s miles of beautiful, open land.”

The homeowner had rented another house on the refuge for years. She loved the home and the location, but never could convince the owners to sell. When a nearby lot came onto the market, she jumped at the opportunity and asked Lee to replicate “all the good stuff ” from the house she’d rented and loved—in particular the living room.

The living room is the heart of the home. Lee replicated the size and open feel of the other house with massive windows and a craggy, rustic-looking fireplace.

The entire fireplace is done in stone, which complements the exposed barnwood rafter tails. To combat the heavy feel barnwood can create in old cabins, Lee designed big windows to bring in the light and make the home feel airy.

“We went with some really big windows in all the places that counted,” he says.

The living room connects to an open kitchen designed for multiple people to move around it at the same time.

The family loves to cook together, and Lee wanted to make the kitchen an anchor in the home. To preserve the airy feel and light of the vaulted space, he did not include upper cabinetry; instead, he attached a massive working pantry to the kitchen, accessed via an arched doorway.

One of the two wings connected to the living room and kitchen holds three bedrooms and a study. The master bedroom, office and a stunning master bathroom are

LEFT Design Associates used reclaimed corrugated metal from old sheds on parts of the home’s exterior.

The metal is also used on the roof and complements the reclaimed barnwood that can be seen on both the home’s exterior and interior.

BELOW Planned landscaping will provide privacy without obstructing the view—or diminishing the experience— of the master bathroom, which was designed to bring the outside in. “You are just out there surrounded by nature,” says Chris Lee, of Design Associates.

located in the other wing. This bathroom, like the rest of the house, is conservative, in that it is more traditional without a lot of ornate details, but light. The showstopper is the bathtub. The property’s privacy affords it a location in front of a large window that almost gives the sense that the tub itself is outside.

The homeowner wanted a house with authentic Western comfort and nooks and porches. Lee designed the 5,000-square-foot home in a series of 1,200-square-foot blocks to create a cozy feel. It appears as though one piece was added, and then another, and another, spreading the house out to give a sense of even more space.

“It has a nice charm to it,” Lee says. “It’s like a little compound of cabins.”

The exterior reflects this design, fitting the rambling aesthetic of other homes on the refuge. “We used different roof pitches to make it look like it happened organically,” Lee explains.

The matching reclaimed barnwood inside and outside the house is raw and authentic—Lee even found a bullet hole in one piece. “It all aged together,” he adds. “It looks like it’s been there 100 years. The whole place feels true pioneer rustic, like when you just built with whatever you could get your hands on.”

The goal was to create a utilitarian, Western feel. Lee also used reclaimed wood for outdoor decks. Private and surrounded with open space, this is a home where people will spend time relaxing beside the outdoor fire pit or watching wildlife from the porch.

“The outside of the house is as cozy as the interior,” Lee says. “It’s not a flashy space; it’s a comfortable, sitting-in-a-rocking-chair kind of space.”

One of the outdoor decks is a small nook just off the master bathroom. This is the owner’s private lounge. “It’s her solace and peaceful place where she gets to take it all in,” Lee says. In this unique spot on the National Elk Refuge, that includes mountains, wildlife and vast open space.

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LEFT The house is surrounded by stunning views. “We went with some really big windows in all the places that counted,” says Lee. BELOW Lee designed this home on the National Elk Refuge as a rustic cabin with a contemporary spin.

The house is built with reclaimed barnwood, but he added large, bright windows and clean lines to create an authentic Western home with a modern feel.

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he work of Jackson based-artist Kathryn Mapes Turner is inspired by her connection with the natural world. Having grown up on her family’s duderanch inside Grand Teton National Park, her paintings and drawings capture the essence of the landscape and wildlife with a balance of dynamic energy and serenity. Turner lives the valley through every fiber of her being—hiking, skiing, running, riding horses. From this experiential intuition, she painted her native place—until tearing her anterior cruciate ligament this winter put her at a distance from this immersion, at the very moment when she needed to summon all she knows and loves about Jackson Hole as the Fall Arts Festival featured artist—an honor she felt both awed and intimidated by, having watched all of her local heroes step up for Fall Arts.

To overcome her injury, Turner channeled Matisse and his cutouts—his aesthetic adaption to being bed-bound. Painting on crutches forced her to imagine, rather than live, the world she wanted to paint. Instead of walking outside to find her subjects, she had to turn within, to the resources inside her studio—her shelves of art history books, her access online. Open books covered every inch of her workspace: the equine studies of Eadweard Muybridge; scenes by Andrew Wyeth; “The Horse Fair” by Rosa Bonheur. To combat the sensory deprivation of enduring the epic winter indoors, she found palette infusion in the clipped pages of Vogue and Scandinavian design magazines. “I had all of these mentors and teachers and friends in my studio with me,” she says. “It felt like a collaboration.”

With her daily needs cared for by kind friends and family, she focused her strained reserves on her Fall Arts painting. Her usual practice—a rapid dance around her easel, laying down moments and then gliding back for perspective— slowed into solitary brushstrokes, laboriously considered. The resulting work—a lone horse galloping against the backdrop of the mountains—bears no trace of her pain, exuding only communion with nature’s exuberance.

“What a privilege it is as an artist—we can enter another reality,” she says. “I couldn’t move with these horses, but I could move through them.”

Turner Fine Art located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is the home gallery of Kathryn Mapes Turner.

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ABOVE Guests listen intently as Harold and John Turner tell tales of earlier days at the Triangle X Ranch during the 2018 event. The Historic Ranch tours are always a highlight of the festival. Tickets available at jacksonholechamber.com.

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TOP Artist Carrie Wild, from Gallery Wild, painting en plein air on the Town Square during the Quick Draw Art Sale + Auction. Artists have 90 minutes to complete their work, which is then auctioned immediately afterward under the tent.

BOTTOM Newly completed paintings being shown at the Quick Draw Art Sale + Auction. Proceeds from the sales support the Fall Arts Festival.

s the days grow shorter, the nights cooler, the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce hosts one of the premier cultural events in the Rocky Mountain West celebrating the arts—the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, now in its 35th year.

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