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RUSTIC REDUX Two East Coast designers shake things up in Montana, mixing sleek midcentury furnishings with a palette of weathered materials. Architecture by JLF & Associates Interior Design by Haynes-Roberts HIGH STYLE In a penthouse high above Vail Village, crisp lines, warm textiles and a refined rusticity add up to elegant mountain-modern style. Interior Architecture & Design by Greenauer Design Group THE NEW WEST The traditional trappings of Old West style are traded for furnishings with a modern edge in a new take on the Sun Valley ski lodge. Architecture by Michael Blash & Associates Interior Design by jamesthomas
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ML RECOMMENDS Four shops in Jackson, Wyoming, offer the perfect finishing touches for your home.
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DESIGNER UPDATE A Dutch design duo unveils their latest collection of extravagant lighting sculpture.
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SHOPPING Eight style-setters share the classic modernist furnishings they love most.
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DESIGN DESTINATION Discover some of the West’s most iconic Midcentury Modern designs in Palm Springs.
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IN THEIR WORDS Top tastemakers share their design resolutions for the new year.
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READING LIST My desk, bedside table and backseat are always piled with design books and magazines, and the stack just got higher, thanks to the season’s newest reads. Here, a few at the top of the pile.
Design*Sponge at Home Step-by-step tips (and more than 600 photos) for giving your home the “it” factor—without spending a fortune—from super-blogger Grace Bonney. $35; Artisan
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Katie Ridder Rooms Gorgeous photos, useful design tips and page after page of elegant, confident rooms. My kind of bedtime story! $50; The Vendome Press
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past 18 years, it’s that our readers hold firm opinions regarding what a mountain home should be. For some of you, a mountain home means shelter and protection; a cozy place to hibernate and escape the drifting snow. For others, it’s all about expansive walls of glass that capture views and open to the outdoors. Some envision a sprawling lodge with space to entertain family and friends, while others imagine a cabin with room for just one or two. With so many different ideas of the perfect mountain home, it’s hard to keep everyone happy! But for the new year, we’ve planned seven jam-packed issues designed to do just that. As a counterpoint to this, our annual Mountain Modern issue, we’re working on an edition filled with classic Western lodges and cabins—each one filled with some of the finest rustic furnishings. There’s an issue devoted to smartly designed small spaces, and another showcasing mountain dream homes with some amazing, over-the-top design details. You’ll also find editions featuring dramatic befores-andafters, sustainable designs, and some of the most innovative, creative architecture and interior design we’ve seen. It’s an exciting time in mountain home design, and we’re looking forward to sharing the very best of it with you.
Mountain: Portraits of High Places Spectacular images of the world’s loftiest peaks, collected by lifelong mountaineer Sandy Hill. $85; Rizzoli
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Workshop Jewelry designer Susan Fleming’s charming boutique showcases handmade items from independent artists, from sculptural ceramic gourd bowls and intricately patterned porcelain pieces to lambswool scarves and pillow covers. Shoppers can also watch Fleming craft her signature jewelry—made with hand-silkscreened papers, gold, silver and diamonds—at her on-site studio, bringing the handmade concept full circle. 180 East Deloney, workshopjh.com ○ ML | www.mountainliving.com 25
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In 1988, Dutch designers William Brand and Annet van Egmond made a grand entrance into the international design scene with the debut of their first lighting sculpture, “Chandelier.” Fast forward to today. In addition to unveiling dazzling new collections of handcrafted fixtures at Milan each year, the duo’s achievements include illuminating the 76th Academy Awards in 2004 with their “Hollywood” chandeliers, creating pieces for film stars and royalty, and publishing their first book, Lighting Sculptures, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of their eponymous company. While Brand Van Egmond has grown considerably over nearly 25 years, its principals have stayed true to their original intent: to create art without restraints. “We started in my parents’ garage, making our lighting sculptures with our own four hands,” van Egmond recalls. “What we create is not an idea but a soul product. We like to dream and sketch and make a piece from beginning to end.” >> above FLOATING CANDLES left ANNET VAN EGMOND & W ILLIAM BRAND
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This hands-on approach is evident in the designers’ workshops, where Brand and van Egmond personally train their team of welders, and experiment with materials and colors just as a fashion designer plays with fabrics. “We’re making haute couture lighting,” van Egmond says. The design duo—self-described minimalists—doesn’t envision their outside-the-box fixtures in equally extravagant spaces, but rather as the focal point in a room. “It should be eye-catching, but it should also relate to the space,” van Egmond explains. From the company’s beginning, each new design has been shaped by its own story. “We draw inspiration from nature, music and even history—it could be a speech by Winston Churchill,” van Egmond says. The new Table d’Amis collection, for example, was inspired by candlelit dinners with friends, while the Crushed Cover lamp evokes the purity and tranquility of water. And the ultra-glam Diamonds from Amsterdam collection takes its cues from diamond-encrusted rings. Lately, the pair has also been drawing inspiration from collaborations with other artists. First up was Dutch designer Richard Hutten, who created the frisky new “Pin-Up” lamp. “We intend to work with different designers,” Brand says. “Not only furniture designers or lighting designers, but people from a totally different discipline. A car designer or a fashion designer, or maybe even a sculptor or painter.” Adds van Egmond, “We like that Brand van Egmond is a brand with different designers. We like to use the best ingredients from all worlds.” For more, visit brandvanegmond.com. ○
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EXPECTATION-SHATTERING USE OF MATERIALS OR FORMATIVE ROLE IN HISTORY. HERE, A FEW INSPIRED FOLKS SHARE THEIR FAVES
1941 “This CONSOLE TABLE designed by Gio Ponti, with rare colored tiles (also Ponti’s design) fabricated by the enamel master Paolo de Poli, is one of my favorite works. Its streamlined design with pointy legs—so typical of Ponti—is particularly wonderful.” HUGH GRANT DIRECTOR, KIRKLAND MUSEUM OF FINE & DECORATIVE ART, DENVER, CO, KIRKLANDMUSEUM.ORG
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1948 “Florence Knoll asked her friend Eero Saarinen to design a chair ‘that she could curl up in.’ The organically shaped WOMB CHAIR uses the advanced (for the time) technology of molded fiberglass for the generous and curvaceous shell that floats on slim steel supports.” MICHAEL AND KATHERINE MCCOY DESIGNERS, MICHAEL MCCOY DESIGN, COLORADO, MICHAELMCCOYDESIGN.COM
1948 “My favorite midcentury piece has to be the NOGUCHI TABLE by sculptor Isamu Noguchi. It has such a simple form that’s organic but incredibly sophisticated.” ELIZABETH TULLIS OWNER, THE MODERN HOTEL, BOISE, ID, THEMODERNHOTEL.COM
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A DRIVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS of Palm Springs, California, reads like a roster of the midcentury’s most notable architects—Wexler, Williams, Cody and Frey, to name a few—who designed homes for some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, from Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope to Elvis Presley and Lucille Ball. Thanks to this confluence of moneyed clientele and forward-thinking architects, Palm Springs quickly became home to the greatest concentration of Midcentury Modern architecture in the country. The dramatic landscape of towering mountains and stark desert inspired these visionary architects to design sleek modern homes that respond to and embrace the environment. Their design aesthetic—flat roofs that seemingly float above walls of glass, deep overhangs that shield rooms from the sun, and open floor plans that merge seamlessly with the outdoors—would become known as Desert Modernism, and to this day, its informal yet elegant indoor/outdoor style inspires architects throughout the West and around the world. STORY BY CHRISTINE DEORIO Kaufmann House, 1946; 470 West Vista Chino Road Designed for the same Edgar Kaufmann Sr. who commissioned “Fallingwater” from Frank Lloyd Wright, this glass, steel, aluminum and stone landmark (above) is one of the best-known designs by architect Richard Neutra, whose buildings are considered the embodiment of modernism’s International Style. After enduring years of neglect and insensitive renovations, it was restored to its original glory in 1997 by Los Angeles-based architecture firm Marmol Radziner. >> ML | www.mountainliving.com 43
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Swiss Miss Houses, 1958-1962; Vista Las Palmas The George Alexander Construction Company relied on architects William Krisel and Dan Saxon Palmer to design nearly all of its Palm Springs dwellings; 15 notable exceptions are known as the “Swiss Miss” houses. Designed by architect Charles E. DuBois, these charming post-and-beam structures are equal parts tiki hut and alpine chalet. While each of the Swiss Misses is unique, common threads include a peaked entry and A-frame living room featuring a massive floor-toceiling stone fireplace flanked by large expanses of plate glass.
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2901 North Palm Canyon Drive Designed by architects Albert Frey and Robson C. Chambers at a time when many businesses commissioned works of architecture to reflect their success, this eyecatching former gas station, now the Palm Springs Visitors Center, is a fitting gateway to the town. Frey was known for treating roof planes as sculptural elements, and this structure’s soaring roofline that spans nearly 100 feet—and is supported by just six steel pipe columns—serves as a beautiful example.
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Twin Palms Estates, 1957-1959; between Camino Real, La Jolla and Twin Palms Roads In the 1950s and ’60s, the George Alexander Construction Company changed the face of Palm Springs by building more than 2,000 stylish single-family homes, nearly all of them designed by architects William Krisel and Dan Saxon Palmer. Their first tract of 39 homes was built here in Twin Palms Estates. Although the square-shaped floor plans are essentially identical, the homes’ unique rooflines, façades and finishes create distinctive looks. To identify one of these gems, look for this sequence of spaces: a parking area, then a breezeway, windows and a wall.
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Alexander Steel Houses, 1960-1962; 300 and 330 East Molino Road; 290 Simms Road; 3100, 3125, 3133 and 3165 Sunnyview Drive In the early 1960s, architect Donald Wexler, who believes that steel is an ideal building material in desert climes, set about designing an easily replicated, all-steel “home system” for the George Alexander Construction Company. The project came to a halt when a steel embargo made the development unprofitable—but not before Wexler designed and built seven 1,400-plus-square-foot homes. After surviving a period of neglect and decay, the north-end neighborhood and its one-of-akind homes are now protected as historic sites.
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Edris House, 1953; 1030 West Cielo Drive A classic example of Desert Modernism in the Little Tuscany Estates neighborhood, this house clad in stone and Douglas fir appears to rise organically from the rocky landscape, perfectly conveying architect E. Stewart Williams’ philosophy of bringing the desert into the architecture rather than placing the architecture on the desert. To this day, everything you see is original. Even the palm trees are left untrimmed, as the home’s first owner Marjorie Edris had preferred.
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Coachella Valley Savings & Loan No. 3 (Chase bank), 1960;
499 South Palm Canyon Drive Fans of architect Max Abramovitz’s Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City may notice familiar elements in this sculptural structure on Palm Springs’ main thoroughfare. Designed two years before the Avery Fisher Hall by architect E. Stewart Williams, this 1960 bank, now a Chase bank branch, draws the eye with its elegant, inverted white arches that rise above a floating terrazzo staircase and cast shadows on a dramatic wall of bronze corrugated metal. >> ML | www.mountainliving.com 45
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WHERE TO STAY ( IN A MIDCENTURY CLASSIC) 1 Desert Star Hotel This hip Midcentury Modern property—designed by Howard Lapham in 1954— may be small, but its five bungalows are anything but modest. Each light-filled room is nearly 600 square feet, furnished with modern designs by Eames, Nelson and Bertoia, and includes a king-size bed, lounge area, full bathroom, fully equipped kitchen and a private patio for relaxing and dining. A central courtyard offers more outdoor living space, complete with a heated saltwater pool, stylish lounge furniture and mountain views. In a word: cool. From $140 per night. desertstarhotel.com
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The Horizon Hotel
Designed by William Cody in 1952 for media mogul Jack Wrather and his wife, actress Bonita Granville, this peaceful, adults-only hotel features low-slung, angular architecture. Spare and stylish guest rooms are all about the views, which are framed by floor-toceiling walls of glass and perfectly positioned clerestory windows. Some rooms take the indoor-outdoor connection even further with private outdoor showers. Each room has its own patio; have your complimentary breakfast served there or even poolside. For the ultimate getaway, book the private 1,000-square-foot residence, complete with a full-size pool and swanky sunken bar. From $109 per night. thehorizonhotel.com
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Orbit In
This little piece of paradise consists of two properties— The Orbit In (1957) and the Hideaway (1947)—located just two blocks apart, in the Historic Tennis Club District at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains. Featuring the classic midcentury courtyard style, both lodges were built by Herb Burns, the designer/builder who introduced Palm Springs to the “ultra-modern motor court inn.” Meticulously maintained guest rooms feature private patios, original kitchens and baths, iconic Midcentury Modern furnishings by Bertoia, Saarinen, Eames and more, and even a Crosley record player. From $129 per night. orbitin.com
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Beau Monde Villas
Imagine spending the weekend at Frank Sinatra’s Twin Palms estate (pictured on facing page) or lounging at a home designed by William F. Cody or William Krisel. Beau Monde Villas offers them all in its portfolio of more than 30 architecturally significant Palm Springs homes. Each is stylishly furnished and impeccably maintained, and comes with perks including a personal house butler, concierge services, pre-arrival grocery delivery and more. Inquire for rates. beaumondevillas.com >>
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WHERE TO EAT IN PALM SPRINGS There’s no better way to start a day of architecture-peeping than with a hearty breakfast—featuring seasonal, locally grown ingredients—at Cheeky’s. Forget calorie-counting and start with the West’s most delicious cinnamon roll (the secret is the flaky croissant dough). cheekysps.com At lunchtime, head to Jake’s for tasty fish tacos or the turkey BLTA. Don’t leave without stopping at the dessert case, where you’ll find gorgeous cakes and the restaurant’s famous giant cupcakes-ofthe-day. jakespalmsprings.com For a casual dinner, snag a patio table at Birba, where you can kick back and watch passersby as you sip cocktails (try a refreshing Lemongrass Rickey) and snack on delicious thin-crust pizzas topped with everything from San Daniele prosciutto and arugula to egg, pancetta, pecorino and spring onion. birbaps.com
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The name says it all. This little shop is brimming with bold colors and fun patterns—splashed on everything from tableware to area rugs, accent pillows to furnishings just for kids. On our wish list: “In the Mix” plate sets featuring four mod black-and-white patterns—perfect for dressing up basic white dinnerware. notneutral.com
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Shop a wide range of glam furnishings, rugs, lighting, artwork and accessories, almost all in a bold palette of black and white. interiorillusionshome.com
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Find cool and quirky limited-production furnishings, including “Seatbelt” chairs from the Phillips Collection, sculptural “Peacock” chairs by acclaimed designer Dror Benshetrit and one-of-a-kind hand-blown-glass lighting fixtures. insolitohome.com
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Pop in and browse an ever-changing selection of real-deal furniture, accessories, lighting, rugs and art from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s (think iconic Warren Platner lounge chairs, Bertoia Bird Chairs (pictured) and a groovy Milo Baughman lambswool pouf). psmodernway.com
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Rustic Redux SLEEK MIDCENTURY FURNISHINGS AND WEATHERED TIMBER AND STONE REDEFINE WESTERN STYLE IN A MONTANA HOME
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Interior designers Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts collaborated with architect Paul Bertelli to create a mountain home with modern style. Mohair-covered midcentury Edward Wormley for Dunbar sofas and vintage Scandinavian swivel chairs complement the living roomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reclaimed barn timbers and old stone. FACING PAGE: The stairwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s steel-andglass railing establishes a contemporary tone.
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The structure—made of timber, wood and glass— steps up the hillside to help break down the scale. FACING PAGE: The 1960 Mazzega chandelier in the dining area plays off the rough interior surfaces and echoes the snow outside. Vintage Jacques Adnet armchairs are upholstered with snakeskin, and the oak table is a custom design.
TIMOTHY HAYNES AND KEVIN ROBERTS, FOUNDING PARTNERS OF THE DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK CITY INTERIOR DESIGN FIRM HAYNES-ROBERTS, HAVE NO INTEREST IN PLAYING IT SAFE. When the duo accepted their first commission in Montana—a ski house in Big Sky for a family with young children—they saw no reason to sacrifice their sophisticated style and had no intention of falling into Western clichés. “We wanted to shake things up a bit,” says Roberts, “and show that you can still have the great warmth and beauty of a Western house, but infused with a hip, up-to-date sensibility.” To achieve that goal, the designers collaborated closely with architect Paul Bertelli, principal of Bozeman, Montana-based JLF & Associates, and his team as they created a structure that was authentic to the region but pared down to communicate a 21stcentury lifestyle. The architects designed framing elements from huge weathered barn timbers, clad ceilings and floors with reclaimed wood planks and constructed fireplace surrounds from regionally quarried stone. “The whole contemporary belief of ‘less is
more’ is how you keep reducing the components down to their essence,” Bertelli says. “So the question became, how do we do that using these reclaimed timber assemblies?” Their solution was to strip away extraneous knee braces, avoid trim and decorative embellishments, and simplify a prominent staircase down to a spare steel-and-glass form. “It was an opportunity to bring these very clean materials and uncluttered lines into the historic shell,” he explains. The rich texture and warm gray tones of the building materials served as both complement and counterpoint to the furnishings. “We wanted to impose a sense of modernity you don’t often see in the antler-filled Western ski home,” says Roberts, “and because of the quality of the wood and stone background materials, I felt that this was the perfect opportunity to add a hip 1960s/’70s overlay. The vintage pieces provide more nuance than contemporary furniture, and they evoke a bit of the James Bond era.” >> 59
While the furnishings exhibit clean minimal lines, tactile fabrics in a “dark neutral” palette blend with the surrounding walls and recede from the sweeping vistas. “The views are so spectacular that I wanted to keep the colors to a minimum,” Roberts says. While the hues are meant to blend in, the light fixtures are meant to stand out. Starting in the living area, two 1960s Murano glass fixtures set an immediate point of departure. “People usually use bronze or brass,” says Roberts, “but I wanted nothing that was expected.” The furnishings follow suit. Rich charcoal-colored mohair covers two Edward Wormley for Dunbar sofas, and Warren Platner lounge chairs pull up to a black-lacquer game table in the adjacent sitting area. Underfoot, the traditional cowhide rug is remade into a modern patchwork that “continues the texture of the background,” Roberts says. The architecture also provided inspiration for the sturdy dining table the designers had made from solid planks of rift white oak and then sandblasted so “it could handle a lot of heavy-duty
ABOVE: A small banquette offers additional seating in the kitchen. RIGHT: The island’s grey concrete countertop blends with the reclaimed wood surfaces of the kitchen. FACING PAGE: Warren Platner lounge chairs upholstered with Knoll fabric pull up to a custom black-lacquer game table to form a second sitting area in the living room. The rug was custom-made by Beauvais.
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use,” Roberts says. Vintage Jacques Adnet chairs upholstered with taupe snakeskin encircle the table, and a linear 1960s Italian chandelier sparkles above. “I wanted the light fixtures in this house to be particularly special,” says Roberts, who hung a striking vertical metal-and-glass fixture in the hallway and a 1960s Stilnovo chandelier in the master bedroom. To give the bedroom a distinct, luxurious feel, the designers had a graphic silk-andwool carpet made in a warm bronze tone and upholstered a custom bed with a silk-velvet fabric by Clarence House. “The design wasn’t meant to feel modern and jarring,” Roberts explains. “It was meant to feel exciting and sophisticated.” While it doesn’t fit the typical image of a rustic Western home, the house is still thoughtfully tailored to its mountain environment. “It has a sense of timelessness, like it’s always been here,” adds Bertelli, “but it doesn’t respond to what people think the West should be, but more what the West really is.” >>
“THE PREDICTABLE SKI CHALET JUST SEEMED A BIT TIRED. I FELT THAT IT NEEDED TO BE INFUSED WITH A FRESH, UPDATED APPROACH.” KEVIN ROBERTS
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The use of regional materials was carried into the bath, where a stone wall and wood beams warm the space. FACING PAGE: “I didn’t want the master bedroom to feel like you’d changed ZIP codes,” says Roberts, “but I wanted it to have a luxurious feel.” Rich textiles, including the silk-velvet fabric from Clarence House covering the bed frame and custom wool-and-silk carpet, add a layer of softness.
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“In New York, modernity has been embraced and accepted,” says Kevin Roberts of Haynes-Roberts. “In Montana, that’s not necessarily so.” But that didn’t stop the designers from appointing a timber-and-stone residence in Big Sky with streamlined midcentury furnishings. By keeping these simple guidelines in mind, Roberts and his partner Timothy Haynes were able to create a modern interior that, while unexpected, feels right at home.
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Choose pieces that reflect the feel of the region in a modern way. Replace antler chandeliers with glass light fixtures that evoke the feel of snow, and try a geometric cowhide rug instead of the typical bearskin.
“The most beautiful thing about Montana is the outdoors,” Roberts says. “I felt that the blue of the sky and the green of the trees should really provide the bulk of the color.”
Give your project a sense of authenticity and timelessness by reclaiming building materials from the region. “This could have been done with new wood stained to look old,” says Roberts, “but it wouldn’t have been nearly as successful.”
“I find that in Western ski areas, people tend to clutter things up,” Roberts says. “In a house with this much texture and strength in terms of the view, it’s really important to pull back and try to keep things spare.” ○
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“IN THIS HOUSE YOU REALLY HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE YOU ARE ALL THE TIME. AND I DON’T MEAN WHICH ROOM, I MEAN MONTANA.” PAUL BERTELLI
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The fireplace wall, clad with Colorado buff sandstone, shows off interior designer Melissa Greenauerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love of linear drama: Instead of opting for a more typical horizontal stone treatment, she gave the board-and-batten-inspired design a vertical orientation. A custom-made leather trunk houses a television that pops up when in use. The oak-topped cocktail table stores four leather ottomans for extra seating.
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IN A PENTHOUSE HIGH ABOVE VAIL VILLAGE, CRISP LINES, WARM TEXTILES AND A REFINED RUSTICITY ADD UP TO ELEGANT MOUNTAIN-MODERN STYLE
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INTERIOR DESIGNER MELISSA GREENAUER WAS FAMILIAR WITH HER CLIENTS’ TASTES AND PRIORITIES when she embarked upon the design of their penthouse at Vail’s chic Solaris Residences: great style, unfettered views of the mountains, and a space that comfortably accommodates family and lively entertaining. “We picked a neutral path between a scaled-back Western ruggedness and upscale European sophistication,” Greenauer says. One of the most impactful moves the designer made was to paint the ceiling a dark ebony hue. “At first we went with a lighter color, which cast an orange tone,” she says. “Somehow the effect wasn’t quite right and my clients agreed with going darker. The payoff? A bold balance of light and dark that gives the penthouse extra oomph.” The big picture established, Greenauer turned her eye toward small, unique features: leatherembossed stair risers, a painted-glass wall in the bar, and contemporary lighting that reflects her clients’ passion for form and function. “It’s the tiny details that build on each other and cumulatively tie everything together,” she says. “I have a fondness for the finer points in the design process, because that’s what allows homeowners to develop a bespoke design that’s entirely their own.”
CUSTOM TOUCHES Intricately carved custom leather panels inserted into the risers transform a nondescript stairway into a work of art. Strands of two-toned leather wrapped around the banister complete the look. In the dining room, the two-toned motif continues with a wooden table that can be lengthened and reconfigured with extra leaves. The chair legs complement the table base to anchor the space visually, while the upholstery fabric, reminiscent of snowflakes, imbues the room with a touch of whimsy. But the pièce de résistance is the massive bronze chandelier that adds dynamic rhythm to the fixed lines below—and can be moved to
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SMALL DETAILS, BIG IMPACT Above the bar area, pendant lights hang from an arced bronze-finished light fixture, designed by Greenauer to soften the dramatic lines of the ceiling. A game table, with a unique tree-shaped base, echoes the organic curve of the light fixture; its dual tones recall the dining table’s interplay of light and dark wood finishes. In the evenings, the bar wall, clad with a putty-colored painted glass, gives off a sexy, muted glow. On the bar’s top shelf, the homeowners’ custom-made tequila boxes pay homage to their Mexican roots. A carefully calibrated mix of tones and textures—bar cabinets with stamped-leather fronts, custom bronze appliance door panels, creamy chair fabrics and bar top, raffia chandelier—make for a sophisticated, nuanced palette. >>
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SPACE PLANNING The penthouse’s open plan, broken into more intimate areas for dining, socializing and lounging, perfectly accommodates the homeowners’ love for entertaining. Its clean, crisp and contemporary design is the result of careful advance planning. Visual clutter such as air vents were strategically The powder room (above) serves as a
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One of the challenges posed by an open floor plan is creating spaces that feel unified but distinct. Striking the right balance requires attention to color, scale and texture. • COLOR Start light and go dark, as it’s more difficult to undo a darker color. Add color in stages, massaging the design as you go to fit the space. The owners of this penthouse originally wanted a much lighter, reddish color for the ceiling, but discovered it felt too airy. They decided to take the plunge and go for a dark chocolate stain. • SCALE It’s crucial to get the scale of furnishings right. Start by building a good foundation and acquiring slowly, assessing the impact each new
element has on the space. Don’t try to furnish a home in one shopping spree. • TEXTURE AND MATERIALS Repeat details for continuity. Greenauer wove a nail-head motif throughout the penthouse to create an expressive pattern language unique to her clients. Another recurring detail the designer helped orchestrate: two-toned wood tables that echo and play off of one another. Variety creates richness, but repetition, in the right dose, hits the sweet spot of tranquility. ○
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To honor the homeowners’ wishes for a modern mountain home, interior designers Thomas Riker and James Dolenc added contemporary touches that echo the Western aesthetic without reading as “rustic,” such as the large-scale equestrian painting in the entry by California-based artist Ashley Collins. FACING PAGE: African cup stools from Chista and sleek onyx-topped tables by Bradley Hughes complement the living room’s upholstered furnishings. 72
A SUN VALLEY HOME REINTERPRETS WESTERN STYLE FOR A MODERN-MINDED FAMILY
THE NEW WEST
STORY BY ELISABETH A. SULLIVAN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM BROWN
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ARCHITECTURE BY MICHAEL BLASH & ASSOCIATES
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INTERIOR DESIGN BY JAMESTHOMAS
“THE ARCHITECTURE IS SO STRONG INSIDE THAT WE DIDN’T WANT TO COMPETE WITH IT. THAT OBJECTIVE DEVELOPED INTO A MONOCHROMATIC COLOR PALETTE.” THOMAS RIKER
Lighting in this spacious home was kept simple—save for a few standout fixtures. A custom-made chandelier by Pagani Studio in Brooklyn, N.Y., hangs over the custom dining table by Eurocraft. FACING PAGE: A chandelier designed by Kirkland, Wash.-based lighting craftsman Charles Loomis cascades like a waterfall through several stories of the spiral staircase. Throughout the rest of the home, architect Michael Blash worked with lighting design firm Hefferan Partnership in Boulder, Colo., to create a lighting scheme that replicates natural light. The staircase treads are by Cimarron Lofting in Hailey, Idaho.
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The 12,000-square-foot residence was designed as three separate buildings to make it feel cozier and less monolithic. The exterior, clad in cedar and steel, mixes traditional Craftsman touches such as pitched roofs and hefty rafters with more contemporary horizontal planes.
The owners of this mountain home in Sun Valley, Idaho, had a clear directive for their design team: “No antler chandeliers, no Navajo rugs, nothing really rustic,” says interior designer Thomas Riker. Instead, they wanted a comfortable, familyfriendly home appropriate for their three young children—but with a modern edge. While Chicago-based Riker and James Dolenc, partners at interior design firm jamesthomas, certainly could appreciate the owners’ aesthetic, they wanted to ground the home in its rugged surroundings. “We didn’t want it to look harshly modern, or like it could have been anywhere. We wanted this home to feel right for its setting,” Riker says. “That really forced us to think about the Western idea in a very different way.” Riker and Dolenc took cues from architect Michael Blash’s contemporary take on Craftsman style, which melds pitched rooflines and thick rafters with patinated steel and floor-toceiling windows. Rather than drawing up one cavernous structure, 76
the architect—based in Ketchum, Idaho—designed a cluster of five separate forms connected by glass-walled transitional spaces. “Our original concept for the structure was to create a village feel—a few buildings nestled against the hillside, which keeps it from feeling so huge and imposing,” Blash says. The interiors, too, are more intimate than the home’s significant square footage would suggest. “It doesn’t feel like a massive house,” Riker says. “The family room is actually quite a cozy space. Nothing is out of scale or unnecessarily large.” To add warmth throughout the home, the design team employed wood and stone not only as furniture and flooring material, but also as wall and ceiling treatments. But there are no distressed ceiling beams or salvaged barn wood to be found here. The natural materials are refined rather than rugged. Custom-made cabinets and paneling feature mahogany and walnut, and modern latticework on the ceiling in the entry and master bath recall the industrial underside of a drawbridge. >>
PUSH THE LIMITS Every design project has its boundaries and limitations—and that can be a good thing. Restrictions can force you to be efficient, to refine your choices and to get creative. Architect Michael Blash faced limitations when designing this expansive Sun Valley home, situated alongside a hiking trail and in close proximity to a historic ski lift. But rather than viewing the restrictions on height and building placement as impediments to the design process, Blash created solutions to address them and then worked backward, using those solutions as inspiration for other aspects of the home’s design. For example, to keep the building within height limits, Blash had to create a flat roof over the master suite. That horizontal plane was then echoed in a roof over lower-level living spaces, as well as in the adjacent terraced landscape, which steps away from the home and down toward the driveway. The horizontal rooflines give the otherwise peak-roofed residence a contemporary edge.
FROM TOP: The powder room features a glamorous sconce by Fuse Lighting. “It’s light, it’s bright, it’s fun; it has that Rastafarian ottoman,” designer Thomas Riker says of the stark-white office. The bronze Cote d’Or chair by Baal Creations offers an unexpected perch.
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“THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THIS HOUSE IS WHAT’S OUT THE WINDOWS. WE DEFINITELY DIDN’T WANT TO DISTRACT FROM THAT.” THOMAS RIKER
Riker and Dolenc balanced the polished finishes with warmly upholstered furnishings, along with a few eclectic combinations to bring the interiors to life. In the living room, the designers paired onyx-topped coffee tables with African cup stools. In the family room, a futuristic Ellipse chair by Modernica is upholstered in an unexpected tweedy wool, and a clean-lined, custom-designed couch is wrapped in wide-wale corduroy for a “twist on rustic mountain style,” Riker says. In the entry, the designers pushed the homeowners’ limits on Western design by encouraging them to buy a largescale equestrian painting by California-based artist Ashley Collins. “They were like, ‘It’s a horse.’ But we said, ‘It’s a modern horse,’” Riker explains. “It’s this cool, contemporary piece of artwork, but it speaks to where you are.” They also put a modern spin on bringing the outdoors in, adding a trough of river rock under the sink in the master bath, placing a live-edge console table carved from a big chunk of tree in the entry, and filling an empty corner near a stairway with a sculptural bronze chair by Baal Creations that “looks like a dug-up boulder,” Riker says. “The home is this super-cool combination of modern and the mountains. It’s so unexpected and organic,” Riker says. It has all of the customary materials—stone, cedar, weathered metal—but none of the traditional trappings of Old West style. Consider this Western design for the next generation. ○
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Cozy upholstered pieces like a club chair by John Hutton for Holly Hunt make the contemporary master retreat feel warm and welcoming; glossy wood finishes bounce natural light around the space. In the closet, ample storage space is concealed behind sleek wood doors. FACING PAGE: The soapbubble-like glass orbs of the Aqua chandelier by jGood Design feel right at home above the tub. A streamlined installation of river rock brings the outdoors in.
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Summit County Parade of Homes Awards Gala Summit County, Colorado September 16, 2011
EVENT PHOTOS BY STUDIO KIVA AND HOME INTERIOR PHOTOS BY BOB BLOCH PHOTOGRAPHY
2011 Mountain Living Peak Award winner Beverly Voss of Design One Interiors and Liam Cassidy of Cassidy Homes.
Mountain Living was proud to sponsor this year’s Summit County Builders Association's Summit County Parade of Homes, an annual showcase of highcountry homes located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado. On Friday, September 16, 2011, local residents and design-industry insiders joined Mountain Living at the Silverthorne Pavilion to celebrate the best design on display on this year’s tour. We were pleased to present our Peak Award for best in show to Beverly and Bob Voss of Design One Interiors for their design team’s work on the spectacular home at 330 High Park Court. Congratulations from all of us at Mountain Living!
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IN THEIR WORDS
DESIGN RESOLUTIONS A NEW YEAR BRINGS FRESH THINKING. DISCOVER HOW THESE INSPIRED CREATIVES PLAN TO CHANGE UP THEIR DESIGNS IN 2012
KEITH KELLY AND TIM STONE ARCHITECTS, KELLY & STONE ARCHITECTS, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO, KSAARCH.COM
“Over the past year, we’ve had the opportunity to venture outside of Steamboat Springs to work in Lake Tahoe, Santa Fe and Calgary, which has given us the chance to translate different landscapes into inspired designs. This year, we’d like to design a shorefront property. We feel as though blending the rugged influences of mountain terrain with the dynamic qualities of water will lead to an intriguing design solution.” ANN GISH FOUNDER AND DESIGNER, ANN GISH LUXURY LINENS AND BEDDING, NEW YORK, NY, ANNGISH.COM
“I resolve to not design in the middle of the night and to try to find that special ‘quiet time’ during the hours normal people keep!”
GRACE BONNEY BLOGGER AND AUTHOR, DESIGN*SPONGE AT HOME, BROOKLYN, NY, DESIGNSPONGE.COM
“I want to be less afraid to make bold design decisions at home. I used to be willing to paint the walls dark colors or build things myself, but I’m paralyzed to make decisions anymore! Maybe it’s because I’m afraid of seeing my house online, or because the more you immerse yourself in design, the harder it can be to make decisions, it seems.”
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MICHAEL ARAM METAL ARTIST, MICHAEL ARAM, INC., NEW YORK, NY, MICHAELARAM.COM
“For 2012, I will be working with new materials and techniques that really encapsulate the height of handcraftsmanship. I’ll also be introducing some exciting brand extensions in jewelry, porcelain, furniture and dinnerware.”
MICHELLE LAMB COLOR FORECASTER AND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, THE TREND CURVE, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, TRENDCURVE.COM
“I’m resolving to immerse myself in the 1960s. Midcentury style has always been a favorite of mine, but now that it’s coming back with a ’60s point of view, I am even more drawn to it than before. I’ll let Mad Men guide me in the look, but I won’t be too literal. It’s the updates that make ’60s style feel so fresh.”
ASHLEY CAMPBELL INTERIOR DESIGNER, ASHLEY CAMPBELL, INC., DENVER, CO, ASHLEYCAMPBELL.COM
“It’s simple: support America. Buying locally and supporting American factories is a proactive step toward decreasing our global carbon footprint, not to mention unemployment.”
RICHARD SHAW LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND PRINCIPAL, DESIGN WORKSHOP, ASPEN, CO, DESIGNWORKSHOP.COM
“I’m resolving to utilize more native plants because now more than ever, they are the essence of the landscapes we are creating. They represent the inherent optimism that exists in the art of planting and cultivating a garden.”
MARNI JAMESON NATIONALLY SYNDICATED HOME-DESIGN COLUMNIST AND AUTHOR, HOUSE OF HAVOC AND THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS, DENVER, CO, MARNIJAMESON.COM
“For me, this is a time of transition—one child is off to college, and another is not far behind—so I’m looking at all I own and all I may acquire in a new way and asking: Is it nimble? If a piece is not versatile, handsome, wellmade and nimble, I’m not interested.”
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