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CONTENTS may/june 2011

The

Remodeling Issue

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RANCH HOUSE RIFF A Southern designer, a Montana architect and two Texas couples transform a worn-out ranch into a low-key home with high style. Architecture by Van Bryan Studio Architects Interior Design by Carter Kay Interiors

AMERICAN PASTORAL Near Aspen, the site of a former asphalt plant is reclaimed with native plantings, flowing water and restored buildings. Architecture by H3 Architects Landscape Design by Design Workshop

A FRESH PERSPECTIVE Designer Madeline Stuart transforms a dated house in Jackson Hole—and preconceived notions about mountain home design. Architecture by Lake|Flato Architects Interior Design by Madeline Stuart & Associates

LOVELY BONES Designer Joyce Wirth infuses a dark and dated Victorian kitchen with light, warmth and fresh detailing. Interior Design by Weiss & Wirth Interior Design

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SHOPPING Something Blue Add a breath of fresh air to winterweary rooms with accessories in dreamy blues and crisp whites.

PEOPLE Charles Cunniffe One of the West’s best-known architects talks Aspen, art and everything in between.

GETAWAY A Modern Makeover A 1960s Travelodge motel goes from drab to dramatic with a dose of Midcentury-Modern style.

INSIDER’S GUIDE Outdoor Adventure Satisfy your taste for adventure with excursions into the heart of the high country.

GET THE LOOK Choose a few of our favorite inspirations and ideas from this issue and give your home new style in a snap.

HOUSE OF THE MOMENT Rustic meets refined in a grand waterfront home on the shore of Montana’s Bigfork Bay.

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Pantone says “Honeysuckle” is the color of the year, but I can’t stop thinking about painting my walls a soft mouse gray. This bedroom in our 2010 Home of the Year is exactly what I have in mind. Get the look with Benjamin Moore’s “Sea Haze.”

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I came across this quote today, and I think it’s an appropriate bit of design advice to start off this year’s remodeling issue. For me, and perhaps for you as well, the process of altering my home can be daunting. Every day, I discover new spaces I love and fresh ideas that excite me, and this swirl of inspiration makes it difficult to commit. I’m afraid of regretting my decision; of missing something better. And often, when a great big idea pops into my head, I’ll squash it, thinking, “I could never pull that off.” But I think the greatest takeaway from the remodeled homes in this issue is that thinking big—and fearlessly—is the key to a great transformation. When architect David Lake and interior designer Madeline Stuart got their hands on one of Jackson Hole’s “ugliest homes” (on page 70), they didn’t just paint and add some new appliances. They completely reimagined every inch of the house, transforming dark, chaotic spaces (“There wasn’t a single right angle in the house,” Stuart recalls) into inviting, livable ones. The “befores” and “afters” are just as dramatic for a Montana ranch made new by architect Van K. Bryan and interior designer Carter Kay (on page 54), a deserted Colorado landscape rehabilitated by Design Workshop (on page 62), and a dated farmhouse kitchen (on page 78) that designer Joyce Wirth infused with light, warmth and charming details. This is an issue about fresh ideas. I hope you’ll find it full of inspiration that you can—and will—apply to your own home makeovers, no matter how big or small.

Best wishes,

CHRISTINE DEORIO, EDITOR IN CHIEF cdeorio @mountainliving.com

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On the occasion of his eponymous firm’s 30th anniversary, we sat down with one of the West’s top architects to talk art, Aspen and everything in between Who are the architects whose work most inspires you? The Swiss architect Le Corbusier (particularly the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France), Richard Neutra and Santiago Calatrava. Each was quite innovative for his time. Name one building in the West that really speaks to you. Grand Canyon Skywalk, a glass-bottomed walkway that’s cantilevered out over the canyon, is especially intriguing. Tell us about the artwork you love. I love Romantic landscape paintings, and sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, which are simple yet striking. I also love Richard Serra’s sculptures and of course, the work of my friend Dale Chihuly. What books would we find on your coffee table? Calatrava: Complete Works, 1979-2007, edited by Philip Jodidio; Alan Fletcher’s The Art of Looking Sideways; Global Faces by Michael Clinton; and Africa by Leni Riefenstahl.

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If you could build yourself a home anywhere at all, where would it be? Red Mountain in Aspen. That’s where I live and there’s no better place. My home is tucked away and very private, and yet it has incredible views and all-day sun. What are some other hot areas to build in Aspen right now? If you’re looking for a location with views and that’s close to town, Red Mountain is the best. It takes four minutes to get from home to

town. But if you want more land in addition to great views, it’s Starwood, McLain Flats and Star Mesa. Those places hold their value and have all-day sun, which I think is essential. Do you have any can’t-live-without tools of your trade? My camera. I carry it in my pocket everywhere I go, and I’ll take a quick shot of anything that strikes me: a vista, a book, a plant. I have a pretty photographic memory, but I use the camera to record these things so I can convey them to others. Can you remember the last photo you took? Today I snapped one of the waterfalls on my property, frozen with ice and snow, in the first light of the morning. The play of light and shadow really struck me. Tell us about the biggest change you’ve seen in high-country architecture over the past 30 years. Thirty years ago, there weren’t many examples of contemporary architecture that were suitable for the mountains. We suffered too long from the preconceived notion that logs were the way to build in Colorado. While they can be romantic, log buildings tend to be heavy, oppressive and more about logs than views. Today, clients are asking for more contemporary homes with lots of glass and a materials palette that incorporates warm woods, stone and even concrete. They want a sense of connection to the outdoors, which is really important for the human spirit. ●

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With the help of architect Dwaine Carver, interior designer Kerry Tullis—and bold Midcentury-Modern style—hotel owner Elizabeth Tullis takes a 1960s Travelodge motel from drab to dramatic

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When Elizabeth Tullis first laid eyes on the old motel she would reinvent as The Modern Hotel, it was a dated space in dire need of updating. “Inside, there were dark, over-furnished rooms that had big chunky televisions, wild polyester bedspreads, fake wood headboards and tinny brass lamps,” she remembers. The building’s aesthetic carried over from its former life as a Travelodge dating back to the 1960s. “We have a lot of people who come in and say, ‘I stayed here when I was a kid,’” Tullis says. After she bought the building in 2006, Tullis shut it down for a full year and orchestrated a top-to-bottom renovation with the help of architect Dwaine Carver and interior designer Kerry Tullis. “We tore up the carpets and tore down walls. We redid all the bathrooms,” the hotel owner says. Elizabeth Tullis and her design team were serious about marrying form with function, snappy MidcenturyModern style with modern-day comfort. That vision is evident today in each of the hotel’s 38 guest rooms and five suites, each decked out with kicky Midcentury furnishings: Nelson bubble lamps, custom headboards, walnut and resin finishes, and birdbath sinks. The iconic vintage style is paired with all the essentials for contemporary life on the go: flat-screen TVs, iPod docking stations and Wi-Fi Internet access. But The Modern is more than just rooms filled with great furniture. “We have the time and the staff to really pay attention to our guests’ needs,” Tullis says. This approach to hospitality makes the hotel a hub for the community. Stop by on a Thursday night during the summer for the Modern Music series and join guests for live music by local performers and a signature cocktail in the outdoor courtyard. Or plan your stay around the first Thursday of May for the popular Modern Art event, when the hotel becomes a temporary art gallery, each room a haven for an artist to sculpt, paint or perform for the thousands of guests who stroll the halls. ●

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edge and continues through the entire home. More than an organizing element, it is a work of stone art and craftsmanship. In effect, the entire house design revolved around this wall—the bar and wine storage are housed in the wall as are the hidden pantry and other important kitchen appliances. The wine storage inset into the stone wall is cleverly adorned with an 18th century jail door—an unusual artifact found by One Architects just for this purpose. The bar area has a Dutch door which “The Team” christened “Moose”. “Just in case a Moose comes up to the door—it can have a drink, but not get in,” says Dolores jokingly. Next to the Dutch door is a generous indoor/outdoor fireplace for instant warmth upon entry. The emotional center and main interior space is the light-filled living room whose focal point is the striking views beyond. Observes Dolores: “You can stand in our wonderful living room and see nothing but the mountains all around and feel tucked in by this incredible mountain range.” A heating element was added to the outdoor patio overhang to allow people to be outside at night but again not block the magnificent views. The homeowners said of the process “It went extremely well from the very beginning—we had a tight time frame and One Architects, Evans Construction and Aplin Masonry made it happen for us.” Translating the drawings into the warmly inviting place it is today fell to Ian Evans and Aplin Masonry. “It’s all in the details,” Remarked Ian. One of those details involved a delicately beautiful, randomly placed Aspen leaf pattern in the polished slate gray concrete outdoor and indoor entry floor. This wonderfully native design touch befitting Telluride necessitated serious scavenging to find just the right leaves—about 400 of them— to obtain the desired affect for the homeowners. The result? A very distinctive and subtle tone-on-tone floor pattern. FINDING JUST THE RIGHT COLOR OF STONE and creating the perfect pattern for the arches, fireplaces, walls and lintels was a meticulous process achieved by Simon Aplin. The wooden supports provide a counterpoint to what Aplin calls “The primary organizing element of the house”— the four foot wide stone wall. The wall begins at the further most exterior

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Saddling up at this Relais & Chateaux dude ranch in the Elk River Valley near Steamboat Springs is a thrill. Horses from the 100-horse herd are matched to guests’ skill levels, as are full- or half-day rides along mountainside trails, through aspen groves and across high-country meadows. Rustic-luxe cabins and lodge rooms, and chef Clyde Nelson’s gourmet cuisine, are also tops.

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RANCH HOUSE RIFF A SOUTHERN DESIGNER, A MONTANA ARCHITECT AND TWO TEXAS COUPLES TRANSFORM A WORN-OUT RANCH INTO A LOW-KEY HOME WITH HIGH STYLE

STORY BY HILARY MASELL OSWALD

PHOTOGRAPHY BY EMILY MINTON REDFIELD

Interior designer Carter Kay hung framed African bean pods in the foyer. “So much of this area of Montana feels like Africa—everything is so big and neutral and wild,” she says. “We thought these pods would be the perfect graphic representation.” Adding to that wild feeling, a Tucker Robbins light fixture casts spider-web-like shadows on the walls. FACING PAGE: To protect the back porch from Ennis’ legendary wind, architect Van K. Bryan added a wall of windows. A wraparound bench offers plenty of room for the owners and their guests to lounge and take in the views. 55

The living/dining area makes the most of its available seating. The caramel leather Rose Tarlow chairs “swivel on a dime,” Kay says. Paired with the deep Edward Ferrell sofa and large tweed Donghia chairs, they make a cozy scene. FACING PAGE: The back of the home glows in the late-day sun—with a little help from the cozy fire pit.

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The West is chock-full of beat-up ranch houses occupying gorgeous pieces of land. This Ennis, Montana, home was once such a place—before two couples from Texas bought it and gave a thoughtful design team one directive: keep it simple. “Ennis is a laid-back place, nothing fancy,” says interior designer Carter Kay of Atlanta-based Carter Kay Interiors. “The home needed to feel like it belonged there.” But that didn’t mean Kay had to rely on typical tropes of Western design. In fact, there’s not a stitch of plaid or a hint of antler-inspired kitsch to be found. Kay had visited this particular plot of Montana paradise long before she began designing the home’s interiors. Years earlier, her college roommate had invited her to the adjacent fly-fishing club on the famed “Channels” of the Madison River. It became a Labor Day weekend tradition. When the roommate and her husband, along with another couple, bought a mangled ranch on an adjacent property years later, they asked Kay to revitalize the interiors. But first, architect Van K. Bryan of Van Bryan Studio Architects in Bozeman, along with builder Ron Pack of Sheridan-based JDL Construction, had to fix the home’s layout and flow. Bryan and Kay both remember the home the same way: “ugly.” Views were clipped, windows were small, and the ceilings hung low, making the spaces cave-like. “One of our first conversations was about how to create private spaces for each of the couples,” Bryan says. The solution: build one master suite over the garage on one end of the home, and the second suite above the deck on the other end. In the process, Bryan raised the ceiling over the deck to expand the views. Thanks to enlarged windows throughout the house and glass doors off the dining room, the home now glows with natural light. To expand and warm up the shared spaces, Bryan eliminated the room atop the living room and vaulted the ceiling. He also scrapped a wall that separated the kitchen from the living/dining space. By

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opening up the stairway and railing in the living room—with a metal mesh reminiscent of fencing—“we captured as much volume as we could,” Bryan says. “We revitalized every square inch of the home.” The design team used other tricks to make the interiors feel generous but cozy. They minimized the appearance of sheetrock whenever possible to play up the feel of raw wood and stone. “In a Western home, you need textures and depth to match what you see when you look out the windows,” Kay says. She painted the living room’s vaulted ceiling a dark color—“totally counterintuitive,” she admits—to keep it from feeling too lofty. In most of the rooms, the casework around the doors and windows is painted the same color as the walls; the uniform color draws attention to the view, not the trim. Varied ceiling heights keep the scale in check. In the kitchen, for example, Bryan preserved the low ceilings. Says Kay of his decision, “Even though you have this fabulous open area for living and dining, the kitchen feels wonderful and quaint, like an old ranch house.” The foyer ceiling is also low, which offers an intimate welcome before guests step into the voluminous living room. Kay capped off the design with furniture that’s ample and comfortable. In the living room, she opted for a large Edward Ferrell sofa—“that feels like a bed”—flanked by tweed Donghia chairs on one side and caramel leather swivel chairs from Rose Tarlow on the other. The custom-built dining table from Tucker Robbins easily seats 12 people. In the bedrooms, she chose bed frames from a mid-range retailer and then splurged on high-end linens that wear well and feel good. The home’s triumph goes beyond its livability. Though it’s rustic and contains elements you’d expect to find in a Montana home, Bryan says, it proves that “designing in the West doesn’t have to mean the same old thing. You can still develop an appropriate aesthetic with a more contemporary blend of attitudes. It’s refreshing.” ●

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ABOVE, LEFT: Once a dim, unfinished space (pictured below, left), the remodeled basement, dubbed “the barn,” includes a media room decked out in large-scale furnishings: chairs and a sectional sofa from Lee Industries, and a hefty table from Bobo Intriguing Objects. Don’t miss the apropos sliding barn door in the background. FACING PAGE: Low ceilings made the original living room (pictured below, right) feel cramped and claustrophobic. Architect Van K. Bryan expanded the space by eliminating the room above the living room, vaulting the ceiling and opening up the stairway with metal mesh. A bar makes good use of the space beneath the stairs.

“THESE ARE THE KINDS OF TOUCHES THAT REMIND YOU YOU’RE OUT WEST—WITHOUT HITTING YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH IT.” —CARTER KAY

BELOW, LEFT: In one of the master bedrooms, Kay’s team hung French pie pans, found at an antique market, to resemble chimes above the bed. The bench, from A. Tyner Antiques in Atlanta, is made of cowhide woven strips—a nod to the West—and the bed linens came from Mary Cates and Co. in Dallas. BELOW, RIGHT: The window placement was perfect for the home’s exterior, but inside, “it was a disaster,” Kay laughs. To preserve the natural light in this master bathroom, she got creative and hung the mirrors from an iron rod.

Get the Goods Designer Carter Kay shares her secret sources for the perfect finishing touches: THE LOCAL FLORIST “Believe it or not, we found some really good, ‘permanent’ items there— for example, an antique wooden lunch pail on the porch that doubles as a wine cooler.” THE FLEA MARKET Kay scouted Scott Antique Market in Atlanta and found the antique French pie plates she hung in one of the master bedrooms (pictured above) as one-of-akind wall art. “Don’t have a theme in mind when you go,” she says. “It will find you.” THE FABRIC BOUTIQUE Kay punched up duvets and shams from a chain store by fronting

them with high-end fabrics. For example, she created accent pillows for each bunkroom bed (see them at mountainliving.com) by pairing a Peter Fasano fabric with burlap backing. THE LANDSCAPE “We’re always finding ways to incorporate local grasses, greenery and

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The kitchen shows off Western style with a contemporary kick. Kay designed the thick open shelves with guests in mind. “When you’re visiting someone, you never know where to find the cups and plates,” she says. “Here, anyone can empty the dishwasher.” To give the small space an airier feel and make the island pull double-duty, the team supported the island’s barlevel wood countertop with iron legs. FACING PAGE, BOTTOM: A window connects the outdoor eating area with the kitchen. The Sutherland tables “are heavy as lead,” Kay says, making them the perfect pieces to endure the region’s high winds.

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PASTORAL THE SITE OF A FORMER ASPHALT PLANT IS RECLAIMED WITH NATIVE PLANTINGS, FLOWING WATER AND RESTORED BUILDINGS

STORY BY CAREN KURLANDER

PHOTOGRAPHY BY D.A. HORCHNER

“These are not the types of ponds people typically build,” landscape architect Richard Shaw, principal with Design Workshop, says of the water elements added to this 40-acre property near Aspen, Colorado. “If you were to fly over this area in a plane and look down, you wouldn’t think someone created this set of water features. You’d think you just never noticed that stream before.”

hen landscape architect Richard Shaw initially visited the 40-acre site of his clients’ new home in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley, it made a terrible first impression. “The property looked like a used gravel area with lots of weeds,” says Shaw, principal with Aspen-based Design Workshop. “On the whole, it was a pretty unattractive, neglected site.” But he could see that it had potential. “There aren’t a lot of properties like this in the Aspen area,” Shaw says of the expansive grounds crossed by the Roaring Fork River, “and there were positives and negatives about it from the beginning.” The negatives were fairly obvious. The land had been used as a cattle ranch since the late 1880s, but in 1980 it was turned into an asphalt batch plant to aid with nearby highway construction. The industrial operation left a devastated landscape in its wake. The property held promise nonetheless. While used as ranchland, the site had accumulated a collection of historic buildings. The original 1887 homestead and four other sim-

ple structures, dating up to the 1930s, peppered the landscape. Some of them were original to the property, and others had been moved to the site over the years. “They were on the verge of tumbling down,” Shaw says, “but the owners wanted to restore the buildings to something that was both usable and authentic to the property, creating a historic retreat for themselves and their guests.” The owners had another specific request. The property’s water-augmentation rights required water to be held on-site, ready to feed into the river during periods of low flow. Instead of installing a reservoir, the owners—fly-fishing enthusiasts— wanted to create fishable waters. “We thought the idea of using the water was a really solid foundation to work around,” Shaw says, “so the design evolved with a combination of ponds and streams and flowing water that would support a habitat for trout.” The naturalized water elements, in turn, informed the plant choices. “We used the stream idea as a way to create >>

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“The property’s structures contribute to the historic ranch setting of the Roaring Fork Valley’s early history,” says architect Heidi H. Hoffman of H3 Architects. During the restoration process, the owners researched the histories of each building through interviews and local written records. The results of their findings are now framed at the doorway of each structure, recording their place in the past.

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In 1910, members of the Gerbaz family, the original owners of the ranch, posed for a photo (left) in front of their Victorian house. Although the structure looks more cheerful these days, its original design was retained. When the process of restoring the house is complete, the structure, along with the other historic outbuildings that dot the property, will provide comfortable accommodations for the propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new owners and their guests.

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“Each one of these buildings has a slightly different story about what was involved to restore it,” Richard Shaw of Design Workshop says of the historic structures that came with his clients’ 40-acre property near Aspen, Colorado. (Many of the original buildings are pictured in the photo above, taken in 1920.) Architect Heidi H. Hoffmann of H3 Architects, who was responsible for restoring the buildings, notes that they each have their own colorful histories as well. The only one of the four outbuildings larger than 120 square feet—and now adorned with a flag painted on its roof (pictured at right)—“is an old meeting hall building that was relocated to the site in the 1930s,” Hoffmann says. Another one of the structures was built prior to World War I and served two functions. “One room was used as the milk house,” says Hoffmann. “It was where the milk and cream were separated, and the other half was used for wood and coal storage.” Another small log building on the site once housed ranch equipment.

“The patterns of the historic village and the tree-lined entrance were a very conscious design approach. The rest of it was really to perfect nature.” —Richard Shaw plant communities you would find in riparian areas,” Shaw says. Colorado spruce, ponderosa pine and narrowleaf cottonwood provide shade, while Nebraska sage, willow and dogwood fill in around the water’s edge. “These are plant materials you’d find along a stream at 8,000 feet,” explains Shaw, who repurposed the earth excavated while creating the water features to contour the rest of the “dead flat site.” As the landscape flows from enclosed forest-like watercourses to open grassy meadowlands, one manicured section stands apart. Shaw wanted to create a cohesive village-like feel with the existing historic structures. To achieve this, one outlying structure was moved to join the others, which were anchored by the original house. A trimmed lawn went in, and a new pedestrian street was paved between the buildings, connecting them all. Architect Heidi H. Hoffmann of Aspen-based H3 Architects led the restoration of the deteriorating structures. “The house and outbuildings were stabilized and rehabilitated to meet The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabil-

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itation and guidelines for historic buildings,” Hoffmann explains. The buildings were raised, set on new foundations and, in a nod to historical accuracy, given corrugated-metal roofs. The log building was rechinked and decaying siding was replaced. “Recycled materials were used whenever possible to match the patina of the historic materials,” she says. Inspired by the region’s historic compounds, Shaw planted a row of Lombardy poplars to act as a windbreak around the buildings and used the trees again to line either side of the property’s new entrance road. “Those features mimic the settlement patterns you’d find in the West,” he says, “but the rest is an unabashed re-creation of a stream environment.” Now when entering the property, the owners are taken on an orchestrated journey that leads them down a treelined road, past a compound of historic buildings, over meandering streams, alongside new ponds and through vistas that expand and contract with the rise and fall of the land. “This project,” Shaw says, “reveals the true beauty of how a pastoral landscape can be experienced.” ●

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The landscape’s authentic appearance was achieved by careful attention to the biological and ecological systems involved. “One of the main problems with manmade ponds is that they get too much sun,” Shaw says. “Then algae begins to grow and the water heats up.” To avoid that situation, the designers strategically planted trees nearby, including tall spruce, pine and cottonwood, to cast shadows over the water.

INTERIOR DESIGNER MADELINE STUART TRANSFORMS A DATED HOUSE IN JACKSON HOLE—AND ABANDONS PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT MOUNTAIN HOME DESIGN

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PREVIOUS PAGES: Chairs by Madeline Stuart encircle a dining table by Hudson Furniture. The addition by Lake|Flato Architects overlooks the Teton Range. ABOVE: Stuart and her Jack Russell terrier, Beatrice, in the master bedroom. FACING PAGE: A Paul McCobb bench fronts a cedar partition in the entry.

saw the Jackson Hole, Wyoming, house that her clients George and Kelly Davis purchased as their mountain getaway, she was both appalled and intrigued. “It was one of the town’s ugliest homes situated on what has to be one of its best sites,” says the Los Angeles-based decorator. Everything about the circa-1970 ranch-style structure seemed off. The clapboard exteriors were painted a blinding, inappropriate white. Inside, walls were angled this way and that, resulting in chaotic spaces. Worst of all, stingy windows throughout made it difficult to appreciate the main attraction: panoramic views of the Snake River just 200 feet below and the soaring Teton Range in the distance. Architect David Lake of the San Antonio, Texas-based firm Lake|Flato agreed with Stuart’s assessment, advising the Davises to demolish the place and start over. But the couple, hoping to use the house for a family vacation during the Christmas holiday less than a year away, vetoed a time-consuming, ground-up construction project. They wanted a speedier, strategic remodel. Lake and his staff reorganized the dining room and kitchen into a coherent whole. The architect’s biggest decision, however, was to replace the house’s entire middle section with an 18-foot-wide, three-story entry and living room, including a small library above and an inglenook below. Fashioned from blackened steel, moss rock, polished concrete and planked wood and encased by ample windows, the addition was effective—and dramatic. With one design move, Lake transformed the core of the dwelling into an intimate and breathtaking gathering spot. >>

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“You want to hang out in that living room,” says the architect. “It’s cozy. It feels good. And now you can look up and down the entire Snake River valley. The room works like a big bay window.” Stuart and Lake collaborated closely on the project. Her vision for the interiors was rooted in a desire to complement the architect’s smart reimagining of the house while avoiding Rocky Mountain design clichés. “There’s a decorative tradition in the West that features Molesworth furniture, antler chandeliers and predictable plaid,” she says. “Thankfully, George and Kelly were willing to explore a more modernist look.” To soften the contemporary edges, Stuart created a palette that emphasizes texture over color. “In every

LEFT: In the master bedroom, a Room & Board steel fourposter bed is fitted with a custom headboard. The rug is Mongolian lamb by Aga John, and the walls are painted in “Grand Teton White” by Benjamin Moore. BELOW: Stuart and David Lake collaborated on the kitchen. The stools are by Philippe Starck and the vent hood and range are by Viking.

“Modern doesn’t have to mean stiff and cold. This house resonates with that concept.” —Madeline Stuart

room,” she says, “we combined leather, suede, sheared and curly lamb, goatskin, rabbit, antelope and sheep skin, and we blended those handsome hides with mohair and cashmere.” The result is a warm haven of camels and browns, a color scheme echoed by the olive-brown paint the team chose for the exterior. There are plenty of bright surprises—burnt-orange pillows and throws throughout and two Wedgwood-blue sofas in the living room—but the overall feel is quiet and relaxed. The furnishings Stuart selected span a wide array of styles and a broad range of periods. One of her proudest purchases is a Philip and Kelvin LaVerne bronze table featuring abstract etchings of trees that >>

CLOCKWISE FROM FACING PAGE: A mohair sofa designed by Stuart and a Minotaur club chair by Blackman Cruz face a custom pigskin-and-bronze table in the living room. A shearling-and-oak chair and an antler stool command the library. Chairs by Stuart surround a Philip and Kelvin LaVerne table in the inglenook.

“[Homeowner] Kelly Davis knew what she wanted, but she allowed the design team to be creative. She made us so enthusiastic that she got our best work.” —David Lake

echo the surrounding wooded scenery. It commands the inglenook. In the living room, she placed a pair of William Haines lounge chairs from the 1950s and a 1960s buffet. Throughout, she used works by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Paul McCobb, Brazilian master Sergio Rodrigues, and glass artisan Alison Berger. Stuart also called upon her own talents as a furniture designer, creating such custom pieces as elk-skin dining room chairs. For all the variety, everything coexists harmoniously. “My mandate was to produce something understated,” the designer says. “I sincerely tried to avoid a self-conscious mash-up of mid-century gestures.” The homeowners relished working with Stuart and Lake. “They brought out the best in each other,” Kelly Davis says. And they are thrilled with the results. “We spent that first Christmas in the house,” she says, “and we’ve spent every Christmas there since. It’s where our entire family comes together.” ●

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Lovely Bones DESIGNER JOYCE WIRTH INFUSES A DARK, DATED—BUT ESSENTIALLY FUNCTIONAL—VICTORIAN KITCHEN WITH LIGHT, WARMTH AND FRESH DETAILING

The historic farmhouse in Aspen’s Little Woody Creek

area had plenty of admirable attributes: its own pond, machine shop and original homesteaders’ cabin still standing on the property. Its kitchen, however, hadn’t been updated in decades. The owners charged Joyce Wirth of Weiss & Wirth Interior Design with renovating the space while preserving its character and charm. “When you first walked into this old-fashioned Victorian house, you had the immediate sense that the kitchen was the hearth of the home,” Wirth says. “At the same time, the beadboard paneling, dark pine and oak—although popular at one time—made the room very dark.” Fortunately the room had good bones: an efficient layout, solid oak countertops, a sturdy tile floor and a standout retro Wolf commercial oven and range. Wirth specified soft white paint to cover much of the dark woodwork. “We witnessed the gradual transformation each day,” Wirth says. “As more of the original paneling and cabinetry was painted, the room got lighter and brighter.” She kept the solid oak countertops but had the original orange terra-cotta floors epoxy stained and sealed. “The process gave the floors a leathery feeling and a warmer glow,” she says. The ceiling beams were refinished, cabinetry hardware was replaced, an old wagon-wheel light fixture was updated with custom sconces, and new window treatments and wall sconces were added. “Although the kitchen’s footprint remained the same, the updates took it from the 1960s to contemporary,” Wirth says. ●

Although the old kitchen had an efficient layout, the dark woodwork dominated the space and made it seem smaller. The classic Wolf range is a commercial oven purchased long before Wolf introduced its line for home cooks. The homeowners and Wirth voted to keep the wagon-wheel chandelier, but the wall sconces didn’t make the cut. The center island was painted and retrofitted with wheels.

more STORY BY ELIZA CROSS

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEBORAH COTA

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luxe hair-on-hide rug to grace the entryway on page 73. Our

Mortensen took the idea a step further, arranging seed pods in

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Flat Liner Tiles by Flux Studios. At decorativematerials.com

Casamidy’s Altavista—from a rod mounted above the win-

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DON’T FORGET TEXTURE A mix of cashmere, mohair and

6 BUY ONE GREAT CHAIR The

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distinctive lines of the Minotaur Club Chair by Blackman Cruz

page 76. Achieve a similar effect—without breaking the bank—

make a statement in the living room on page 76. Change the

with West Elm’s Mongolian Lamb Pillow Covers. westelm.com

upholstery and make the look your own. blackmancruz.com ●

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ml | house of the moment LOCATION Bigfork, Montana LISTING PRICE $2.8 million LISTING BROKER Katie Brown, Trails West Real Estate, 406-837-1707, twre.com

House of the Moment

PHOTO BY HEIDI A. LONG; COURTESY TRAILS WEST REAL ESTATE

IRRESISTIBLE DETAILS The estate at 55 Bear Dance marries easy access to Montana’s Swan Mountains with the luxury of waterfront living. The new 2,535-square-foot, three-bedroom, four-bath residence, which sits on the edge of Bigfork Bay (which gives way to 197-square-mile Flathead Lake), is a study in rustic-meets-refined style. Interior archways and vaulted ceilings create grandeur, and a materials palette of exposed stone, aged red brick, wrought ironwork and reclaimed wood beamwork adds character. A cozy great room with a fireplace and tall windows faces the water, and radiant in-floor heating keeps the home feeling warm. Private access to the water, complete with a boatslip, makes this property an outdoorsman’s dream. For a change of pace, just minutes away is the village of Bigfork, a small town with a big art scene. ●

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