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BY BRAD MEE
PHOTOS BY REBEKAH WESTOVER
PHOTOS BY REBEKAH WESTOVER
Designer Tonya Olsen makes a splash with a new master bathroom in Park City.
When interior designer Becki Owens teamed up with brother Brett Boyce and architect Rob McQuay to create a striking Woodland Hills home, the trio turned to the magnificent mountain setting for inspiration.
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ON THE COVER
PHOTOS BY JOSH CALDWELL
Landscape Architects Jeremy Fillmore and Ryan Talbot create a charming storybook retreat in the heart of Holladay.
COVER IMAGE BY NATHAN SCHRODER
Designer Hillary Taylor welcomes us into her family’s St. George vacation home.
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A LIGHT TOUCH BY BRAD MEE PHOTOS BY NATHAN SCHRODER
84 LAKE EFFECT BY NATALIE TAYLOR
PHOTOS BY ALAN WILBUR
In Park City, a boldly remodeled home delivers comfort and lakefront livability to an outdoorsy family of four.
In St. George, designer Hillary Taylor conjures her family’s restorative retreat, where inviting rooms open to spectacular desert views.
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DECORATING
A FRESH START BY BRAD MEE PHOTOS BY LINDSAY SALAZAR
Cara and Tom Fox remodel a Holladay home, where charming details and bright ideas transform a drab dining room into a delightful, freshly styled space.
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ISLE BE WAITING BY BRAD MEE PHOTOS BY DON SKYPECK
Italy’s Aeolians, an archipelago of seven small islands located north of Sicily and south of the Amalfi Coast, deserve a spot on your list of dreamy, must-visit destinations.
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OPA! BY MARY BROWN MALOUF
This summer, celebrate the ancient tradition of Greek hospitality with fresh, easyto-serve meze.
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102 SOURCES A listing of this issue’s people, places and products.
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Open Season Given that I’m always going on about gardens and their power to transform a house into a beautiful and meaningful home, imagine my excitement when photos of the magnificent Holladay landscape featured on page 52 hit my inbox. Of course, the gorgeous grounds thrilled me, but it was really the story behind the property’s unique thunder shack that won me over. That narrative reads like a fairytale, imagined by landscape architects Jeremy Fillmore and Ryan Talbot. Workers hand-pick apples from an ancient tree when dark clouds burst open and rain pours from above. The laborers drop from their ladders and rush to the shelter of a nearby thunder shack, a stone structure tucked into a leafy garden mere steps away. This romantic vision guided a team of A-list pros to design and create the featured storybook site—one you must see to believe. Fact is, this issue is packed with the work of talented architects, designers and builders who were inspired by nature, ranging from untamed terrain to tailored gardens. A picture-perfect desert scene led interior
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designer Hillary Taylor to fill her St. George home with jaw-dropping views and a delightful décor that’s equal parts elegance and ease. In Utah County’s Woodland Hills, a breathtaking mountain setting drove a new home’s bold architecture and stylish, laid-back décor, masterfully delivered by a trio of pros including online sensation Becki Owens. And in Park City, lake-front living triggered the remarkable remodel and ambitious new landscape of a family home that effortlessly blurs the line between living indoors and out. Nature isn’t the only hero here; summer also triumphs in the following pages. From restyling your garden shed to making watermelon granitas, decorating with wicker to picking the perfect patio chair, we have you covered. Go ahead—bring the outdoors in, let yourself out and celebrate the season in style.
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BEHIND THE BRUSH
THE IDEA OF A FLOWER Using bold strokes of color and creativity, Utah artist Emily Fox King captures the essence rather than the exactness of flowers. “Years ago, I worked as a trainee for a florist and developed a distaste for flowers,” admits artist Emily Fox King. So when asked about the many floral paintings she has on display throughout Utah, she explains, “These aren’t flowers, they are the idea of flowers.” Much like King herself, her works abound in contradiction. From bouquets painted fervently, to flowers conceptualized chimerically, King flourishes in the realm of the incongruous. “It’s purposeful that you can’t look up the Latin names of what you’re seeing. It’s nice that it’s vague,”
Emily Fox King’s Fruits of Labor, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in., shown at Phillips Gallery, SLC
in the world. I enjoy color, texture, looseness
and pull until the work is complete.” King’s
and uncertainty.” King’s paintings start loud,
mid-century home is a revolving gallery of her
with a canvas of colors inundating one another.
work. Each room’s focal point is a painting that
Then comes a process of creation, renovation
will eventually relocate to a gallery and be sold.
and resolution. At each painting’s conception,
While King enjoys living amongst her work, she
the position of the canvas itself is arbitrary.
relishes knowing that it will one day have the
Throughout the process, King rotates the
opportunity to uplift someone else.
canvas and balances its contents along the way. With each rotation, King contemplates, accepts
In Utah, King’s work can be seen at Phillips Gal-
and repudiates everything from the piece’s
lery (SLC), Terzian Gallery (Park City) and New
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FORK IT OVER Freezer, fork, fun! Three easy steps for making granita, summer’s coolest dessert. Or snack. Or intermezzo. Or anything, really. Cool and crunchy, the easy-to-make granita is a semifrozen summer treat. We’re going with watermelon, but when it comes to choosing a granita flavor, the sky is the limit. What ever flavor you favor, it’s all about the right recipe, and of course, the freezer and fork.
WATERMELON GRANITA All you need: 4 cups seedless watermelon chunks ½ cup sugar Juice of one lemon Easy as 1,2,3 1. Pulse all ingredients in a food processor until smooth. 2. Pour mixture into a shallow pan and let freeze. 3. Rake a fork through the frozen mixture to break it up into snow-like consistency. Repeat this twice more, freezing and raking, then rake it one final time, spoon it into cups and garnish.
TASTY WAYS TO CHANGE IT UP • Use yellow watermelon. • Sprinkle some chile powder into the puree. • Add some mint leaves to the puree. • Garnish with a sprinkle of chile flakes. • Squeeze a lime wedge over it just before serving • Splash the finished ice with some tequila.
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GARDEN VARIETY
GRIFFITHS’ TIPS FOR PICKING HER FAVORITE ANNUALS
SUNFLOWERS “You want to harvest them early in the morning when they’re just starting to open. That way they’ll open in the vase and you’ll be able to display them for a longer time.”
FARMS & FLOWERS Heather Griffiths shares her passion for the slow flower movement and its capacity to connect our communities.
Freshness. The short time it takes for local flowers to get from the farm to your table means they’ll stay fresh longer than grocery store bouquets.
Seasonality. Choosing local flowers means better variety and hardiness. “When you embrace seasonality, the quality of your flowers is above and beyond,” Griffiths says.
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Local Love. Supporting your local flower farms makes a positive impact on your community. Environment. Flowers grown locally and organically use fewer resources, generate less trash and support a healthy ecosystem where they’re grown.
Connection. “When someone gets an arrangement of flowers grown just fifty miles from where they were born and raised, those flowers create a sense of connection and a sense of place,” Griffiths explains.
Where to Buy. To ensure you’re buying a slow flower arrangement, ask where the bouquet comes from, how it’s grown and who grew it. Contact your local farm to find, pick up or pick out blooms. See Sources, (page 102).
ZINNIAS When harvesting, try the “wiggle” test. “Grab the stem about eight inches below the flower and give it a gentle shake. If it’s immature, the stem will be soft and bendy; once it’s ready to harvest, the stem will be stiff and firm when you wiggle it.”
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“I grow flowers for special moments and to make moments special,” says Heather Griffiths, whose love for local agriculture and growing communities inspired her to create the Utah Cut Flower Farm Association. The organization promotes local and sustainable flower growers as well as Utah’s slow flower movement. Whether you’re grabbing blooms or seeds to grow your own, Griffiths reminds us why buying local is the right choice.
BASIL “With annual herbs like basil, it is best to wait until they are flowering and the stems are woody before cutting for a bouquet. When harvested at this stage, they last longer in a vase and don’t droop as easily.”
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PERFECTING YOUR POTTING SHED Your yard deserves more than a shoddy shack crammed with tools and garden gadgets. So do you. These 15 ideas will inspire you to turn your cluttered shed into an organized workspace rooted in style. BY BR A D M EE PHOTOS BY A DA M FI N K LE
Easy-to-grab garden hats mount on simple wall hooks. Windows salvaged from a home remodel deliver charm and light to the shed’s interior.
Shake siding and white trim nod to the property’s main house and help make the small building an eye-catching focal point in the corner of the backyard.
Available at craft and hardware stores, wallet-friendly containers including wood crates, bushel baskets, wicker wall caddies and glass jars become handsome organizers and storage solutions.
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A small skylight directs daylight into the workspace.
Repurposed fencing from a landscape overhaul clads the pitched ceiling in rustic charm.
A bentwood pendant light delivers a surprising design element to the space.
A row of high hooks organizes tall tools and keeps them off the floor.
Tongue-and-groove wall paneling fosters a charming cottage look.
Open shelves provide easyto-access storage space above the work bench, while freeing up floor space for large, heavy items.
A castaway bentwood stool, small table lamp and old radio furnish a cozy corner workspace.
Common-purpose tools, fertilizers and seeds are separately stored to promote organization.
Old fence posts form the base of a mobile, stainless steel-topped potting bench set on casters.
Long-handled tools are kept in a mobile tool caddie crafted from leftover lumber.
A braided rag rug softens the space and adds a lively pop of color. – DESIGN BY GREGG HODSON DESIGN
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Cara and Tom Fox remodel a Holladay home, where charming details and bright ideas transform a drab dining room into a delightful, freshly styled space. BY BR A D M EE PHOTOS BY LI N DSAY SA L A ZA R
The foyer’s black-andwhite marble floor inspired the classic palette of the adjoining dining room, where white chairs surround a high-gloss black table and contrasting striped fabrics abound.
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Designer Cara Fox framed the room’s new window with draperies tailored from the Citrus Garden wallpaper’s coordinate fabric. The matched look is very custom and is enjoying a huge comeback, she says.
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h, that wallpaper! We understand if it leaves you momentarily spellbound. The same goes for the oversized beaded chandelier, the boldly striped chairs and the gleaming brass fixtures. Mesmerizing details flourish throughout the dining room of this Holladay home recently remodeled by Cara and Tom Fox, principals of The Fox Group. Faced with the room’s original 8-foot ceilings, red oak floors and stuffy ‘80s décor, the homeowners gave Cara and Tom free reign to reimagine the outdated space, requesting something classic yet fresh, timeless but not overly traditional. “No problem,” said Cara, who opened her bag of design tricks and infused the dining room with joie de vivre, one element at a time. The dining room sits off the large entry and leads to the kitchen, where the Foxes broke through the home’s second level to give the kitchen a soaring, two-story ceiling. Unfortunately, that wasn’t an option for the dining
room, so they used the room’s elements and décor to visually raise the low overhead surface. They began with the walls. “We added a chair rail midway up the wall and placed Schumacher’s “Citrus Garden” wallpaper above it,” Cara says. “The paper lifts the eye and visually heightens the wall.” It also fosters the room’s spirited style, as does a surprisingly heroic chandelier. “I love it,” the designer says. “Many people would be afraid of putting a massive, eye-catching chandelier in a room this size, but it actually draws your attention away from the low ceilings.” For paint, Cara chose a tone of white— Benjamin Moore’s Swiss Coffee—to help make the ceiling appear higher and to dress the walls and trim in a classic hue. “It’s a warm white that complements the wallpaper’s yellows and oranges,” she says. Brass does the same, adding elan to gleaming sconces and a thick drapery rod that accents the window wall. There, French-pleated draperies frame the window in a print identi-
Cara Fox, teamed with husband Tom to remodel and redesign this Holladay home.
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WHY IT WORKS This room ser ves spirited, f resh-picked st yle — cour tesy of Cara Fox.
An Aerin Jacqueline chandelier adds huge scale and surprising style.
cal to the wallpaper’s. “Matched fabric and wallpaper is a very custom look that is making a massive comeback,” the designer explains. The entry’s marble floor inspired a classic black-and-white color pairing that plays throughout the strikingly cheerful dining room. Chair cushions bring to mind wide-striped, black-and-white awnings that shade the windows of sun-drenched Mediterranean villas. Greek key carvings detail white, lattice-back dining chairs surrounding a glossy black table. At each end, single black stripes dramatically embellish winged host
chairs. “Choosing host chairs that don’t match the side chairs makes the room feel less formal and predictable,” Cara explains. New white oak flooring, with planks measuring ten inches wide, reinforces the room’s fresh, casual style. “They modernize the room,” Cara says. The floors team with the room’s other carefully considered elements to fill it with fresh, classic style and ambitious shots of charm and whimsy. “This room just makes you smile,” she adds. And for her clients, that was what they had hoped for—and more.
ABOVE LEFT: To prevent the 8-foot-high ceiling from appearing low, Cara eliminated recessed can lights and painted the surface white. A surprisingly large and showy chandelier also draws attention away from the low ceiling, she says. ABOVE RIGHT: The table seats twelve. To promote a bright, airy feel in the room, Cara chose lattice-back side chairs that allow light and views to flow through them. A pair of lemon topiary arrangements add immeasurable panache to the tabletop.
A bold stripe lends a fresh twist to traditional wingback chairs from One Kings Lane.
The drapery rod and Savannah sconces deliver the warmth and sheen of timeless brass.
PRINTS CHARMING From windows to walls, the tale of Josef Frank’s “Citrus Garden.” Among the fanciful prints that Schumacher commissioned Swedish designer Josef Frank to create in 1947, “Citrus Garden” became a decorator’s darling, so much so that interior designers began backing the fabric so they could cover walls with it. In 2017, Schumacher responded with wall-ready papers that coordinate with select Frank prints, taking them far beyond window dressing.
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hese days, most of us aren’t overlooking sparkling seas and red bougainvillea spilling over cliffside houses. More likely, our views are of backyards and lively neighborhood streets. Sure, we may be summering at home, but why shouldn’t we dream about travel? Let’s fantasize about exotic getaways and plan upcoming adventures. On that note, I present a glimpse of one of the most dream-worthy destinations I know: Italy’s Aeolian Islands scattered off the coast of Sicily. I visited two of this archipelago’s seven UNESCO-protected isles last summer, and offer this short chronicle to inspire you to dive in and make them part of your future travels.
Jagged micro isles rise from the Tyrrhenian sea near the small Aeolian island of Panarea.
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Hotel Raya’s Greek-style architecture climbs the steep hillside overlooking Panarea. Aperol spritzes and traditional Sicilian fare savored on the terrace during Raya’s happy hour. Rocky trails traverse Panarea’s volcanic landscape, offering views of beaches and secluded coves. Stromboli lets off some steam during a period of active eruptions. On Salina, sea air, volcanic soil and caper bushes flavor Malvasia grapes grown at Capofaro. Surrounded by vineyards, Capofaro’s pool and restaurant overlook the deep blue Tyrrhenian sea and neighboring islands.
panoramic trek ends with re-entry into the town’s winding streets bordered by whitewashed cottages and 6 terraced gardens. Notably absent are cars, street lights and designer shops, but don’t let that fool you. This place can swing. In July and August, Panarea is the Mediterranean’s magnet for international jet-setters who relish the island’s anti-scene allure as they party on their yachts and dance the nights away on Hotel Raya’s seaside terrace. We visited in early September to avoid the crush. The following day, a ferry whisks us away to Salina, the second largest and greenest of the islands. It’s rich with olive groves, vineyards, citrus orchards and roads lined with robust caper bushes. We head to Capofaro, a resort that does chic, well-chilled. The low-key retreat is part of a working vineyard where rows of Malvasia grapes stretch from the hillside to the sea’s edge. I amuse laborers with my rough Italian and an offer to help as they harvest the crop by hand. The day closes with a wine tasting and a late-night dinner in Capofaro’s celebrated restaurant. Next on the agenda: a stop at Lingua, a rustic beach club where chaises and colorful umbrellas clutter a deck perched on rocks above the water’s edge. A waterfront path leads to da Alfredo, a casual cafe famous for its granitas. Fig, almond, lemon—who can decide? The evening ends in the main port town of Santa Marina Salina, with a slow-paced passeggiata and dinner at Casa Lo Schiavo, serving local dishes riddled with capers and mint. Of course, no trip to Salina would be complete without a sunset dinner in the remote village of Pollara, made famous by the movie “Il Postino.” As with all magical getaways, the trip to Panarea and Salina ended far too soon. But with five of the Aeolian Islands yet to explore, I know I’ll be back.
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DRENCHED IN DETAILS Designer Tonya Olsen makes a splash with a new master bathroom in Park City. BY BRAD MEE PHOTOS BY REBEKAH WESTOVER
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Master bathrooms have always played a supporting role in the cast of a home’s most prized spaces, but these days, they often find themselves in the spotlight. Count designer Tonya Olsen among their biggest fans. “The master bath is the home’s most important room, only behind the kitchen and great room areas,” Olsen says. “What’s more, it is your own private space, so it deserves to be amazing.” Her conviction explains the striking design and details she used to give this space star status within a Park City home she teamed with builder H2 Homes to create. The master bathroom is composed of function-driven zones including a main vanity area, a make-up vanity and an enclosed “wet space.” Olsen didn’t look far for inspiration when determining the room’s design. “I wanted to create a seamless flow from the main level’s other spaces, so I reintroduced many of the forms, finishes and materials we featured in the great room and kitchen.” The shower-and-tub area’s tiled back wall, for example, mimics the dark-tiled form of the great room’s fireplace. The home’s main stairway features glass and black steel similar to those of the bathroom’s glass-paned barn door. In turn, this transparent barn door nods to sliding wood versions opening to numerous bedrooms. To further the cohesive look and feel, Olsen chose a single paint color for the entire home, including the master bath. Benjamin Moore’s “Sim-
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Thick, white quartz frames the waterfall-style vanity. “I wanted it to be a piece of furniture that anchors the space,” designer Tonya Olsen explains.
Dark-stained white oak drawers feature recessed pulls. “I didn’t want the distraction of hardware,” Olsen says.
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Floor-to-ceiling tile clads the back wall, drawing the eye into the wet space and accentuating the high peaked ceiling and large trapezoid window.
A curbless entry into the wet space fosters the room’s seamless design and enables an unobstructed flow of the floor tile throughout.
Crafted by Rustica, a wall and barn door composed of steel and glass enclose the wet space without closing it off visually.
Large porcelain slabs resemble marble, offering a wallet-friendly alternative to real stone. Veining visually balances the room’s hard lines.
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Desig ner Tonya Olsen, pr i ncipa l of The Olsen Home, cleverly i m merses t h is room i n engagi ng st yle. • T he side walls’ large porcelain slabs resemble marble, offering a wallet-friendly alternative to real stone. Olsen used the material’s veining to visually offset the room’s hard lines and angles. The Bedrosians porcelain marble also backs a wide niche for shampoo and soap. • To affordably get the look of stone, Olsen chose 24-by-48-inch porcelain tiles for the walls. She also favored narrow grout lines to maximize continuity of the tile. • A n enclosed wet space occupies the end of the room. “It isn’t for everyone, but it functions well for people who like to go back and forth from the tub to the shower,” Olsen says. • Creativity extends to the accessories. Stephanie Holdaway and the team at Gatehouse No. 1 cleverly used a dark cutting board to serve as a bathtub caddy. • O lsen set the bottom of the makeup vanity mirror at countertop level. “You don’t want to have to look above a backsplash to see yourself while sitting,” she explains. • A cowhide rug delivers a bold geometric pattern to the room. “The rug actually accentuates the shower door’s grid pattern,” Olsen says. • Forget about small, framed mirrors. “A large single mirror visually expands the space,” the designer says. What’s more, the mirror doubles the forms and light of the two cylindrical pendants suspended in front of it.
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ply White” covers all walls and ceilings. “It’s a classic white. It isn’t creamy, but it has a little warmth,” she explains. The designer’s taste for mixed materials also drove countless details. “Assortment fosters a comfortable look and feel,” she says. Olsen clad the bathroom’s floor in oversized, stone-look porcelain tiles that seamlessly unite all areas of the room. White quartz—chosen for its simplicity and resemblance to the freestanding white tub—frames waterfall-style, dark-stained white oak vanities. “The contrast of dark and light accentuates their modern forms,” she explains. The designer covered the wet space’s back wall— floor-to-ceiling—in dark, large-scale tiles. She used the same tile to frame expansive, marble-look porcelain
slabs mounted on the two adjoining side walls. “The marble veining helps soften the room’s straight lines and hard edges,” Olsen says. Chic, cylindrical glass pendant lights do the same as they gleam in front of large, frameless mirrors. “Some people like individual mirrors over sinks, but these reflect the entire shower area and make the space feel twice as big.” Olsen designed the mirrors so their tops horizontally align with those of nearby tile panels in the wet space. “This creates a continuous line that helps unify the space,” she explains. These and many other carefully considered details deliver the style and comfort Olsen envisioned from the start. Not surprisingly, they also helped raise the room’s level of esteem she feels it and every master bathroom deserves.
“Beautiful and simple,” says Olsen, describing Tech Lighting’s Tibor Pendants that hang above the vanity.
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Located by an old apple tree, this stylized thunder shack creates a fanciful shelter among the gardens and lawns of the wonderfully conceived Holladay property, OPPOSITE: Once overgrown and home to a timeworn house and detached garage, the transformed site delights with lush gardens, shaded lawns and fairy tale-like structures masterfully crafted with stacked stone. “The layout of the architecture creates a magical experience as different elements of the design are revealed as you explore the property,� says builder Jeremy Jackson, principal of Jackson & LeRoy.
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Enchanting Landscape Architects Jeremy Fillmore and Ryan Talbot conjure a charming storybook retreat in the heart of Holladay. BY BRAD MEE
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Fruit swells the branches of an old, gnarled apple tree as pickers rush to fill their baskets before a threatening storm rolls in. Soon the rain clouds break open, and the small crew runs for the shelter of a nearby thunder shack. The shake-roofed structure is just steps away, offering cover from the downpour that douses the orchard and the surrounding sweeps of lawn and lush gardens. If this sounds a touch fairy tale, that’s by design. Landscape Architects Jeremy Fillmore and Ryan Talbot imagined exactly that as they compiled a team of talented pros to deftly transform a timeworn Holladay property into a bucolic, storybook retreat. In a tony Holladay enclave where large estates nestle among forested woods, Fillmore and Talbot—principals of Northland Design Group—surveyed the tired one-and-a-halfacre lot with the owners of a stately home below. Their winding drive runs between their property and this neglected site above, so they purchased the upper lot to extend their landscape and to locate a secluded getaway where they could gather and entertain just a short stroll from the main house. The couple enlisted Northland to design the escape and to assemble a top-notch team to create it. Talk about plot development. Northland began the pastoral narrative by sending Talbot to England’s picturesque Cotswold region to
TOP LEFT: “The views are slightly off, making it more romantic,” says architect Clayton Vance, who skillfully framed glimpses of the gardens’ splendor with the stone structures he and Northland designed, including the beguiling thunder shack. BOTTOM LEFT: A gas lamp post, custom cannonball-closing gate and stacked-stone wall masterfully crafted by Artistic Stone create an entry from the bottom of the property that borders the drive leading to the owners’ main house. OPPOSITE: Nourishing the owners’ craving for a sophisticated yet comfortable interior, Alice Lane’s Jessica Bennett positioned the cottage’s button-tufted daybed to overlook the rose garden and thunder shack beyond.
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gather ideas and inspiration. There, Talbot marveled at the patchwork of humble stone cottages and meandering dry stone walls that grace rolling hills of green. He also learned of small shacks devised for escaping downpours in open fields and orchards. Each element charmed Fillmore and Talbot, who cast versions of them into this imaginative Utah landscape, including interwoven garden, lawn and patio areas devised for relaxation, play and entertaining. “It was all about creating special moments and experiences for the owners,” Fillmore says. The Northland team designed and located garden structures as part of the conceptualized site design and called upon a trusted architect Clayton Vance, who used them to inform his historically inspired designs of the property’s massed structures—a stylized thunder shack, a pavilion-like cottage, and the stacked-stone walls that connect them. These purposeful elements are beautiful in their own right; in combination they are enchanting. “In the end, they became a garden folly more than anything else,” says Vance, describing the spirited decoration they deliver to the fanciful landscape. “Jeremy and Ryan are geniuses at composing outdoor spaces that create views and experiences.” That composition not only includes Vance’s structures masterfully built by Jackson & LeRoy and stone walls brilliantly crafted by Artistic Stone, but also an assortment of areas that foster repose and recreation throughout the oasis. “The design is broken into usable spaces,” says Fillmore, who created a stream-like water feature and small terrace on the wooded slope between
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Three garden swings hang from a uniquely curved arbor located at the top of the property, offering a magical spot to gather and view the breathtaking site. Mature trees, many preserved during the renovation, create a canopy shading much of the property. Kappus Landscape installed the one-of-a-kind landscape.
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Sun warms the sports court located behind the cottage.
Artistically crafted beams by Wasatch Timber frame the cottage’s shiplap-clad ceiling.
Bordered by a stone wall and boxwoods, a formal rose garden sits between the cottage and thunder shack. A custom gate welcomes visitors from the winding drive to the open lawn and gardens beyond.
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Gas lanterns illuminate the curved swing arbor overlooking the property’s oval lawn.
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the main house and the transformed site above. “It’s like an invitation that brings you up to the property,” he remarks. From there, visitors arrive at an oval lawn crowned with a curved arbor from which three wooden garden swings hang, overlooking the entire landscape. The uniquely curved design does more than delight. “Unlike a straight structure, the shape allows people to interact face-to-face while swinging,” Fillmore explains. The garden swing structure is graced with traditional hanging gas lanterns that also act as way-finding elements as one walks through and discovers the site. Set below this oval, a larger, more loosely shaped lawn provides an open spot for lawn games and gatherings. Mature shade trees and gracefully planted gardens soften it on one side, while the wall-connected garden cottage and thunder shack frame the other. A collapsing NanaWall of folding doors opens the cottage’s cozy interior to a broad patio anchored by a raised fire pit. “The cottage is charming-times-
ten,” says Jessica Bennett, principal of Alice Lane Interior Design. Inside, she and her team piled on the pretty, infusing the blissful space with fresh blues and whites, rustic irons, distressed finishes and lovely, relaxed furnishings. “Our client craved a cottage feel that is sophisticated enough for guests,” she explains. Mission accomplished. Naturally, this well-wrought fantasy deserved an introduction as spellbinding as the tale itself, so Fillmore and Talbot imagined a perfect gesture that they located at the base of the property where the winding drive borders the sloped site. A welcoming handcrafted gate connecting pillars of stacked stone opens and closes with the weight of a classic cannon-ball closure. “We decided to give visitors a little surprise right from the start,” Talbot explains. As for a closing chapter? Well, there isn’t one. Instead, Fillmore and the talented team conjured a magical place where the owners create stories of their own, adding to this property’s never-ending narrative.
Flagstone floors flow seamlessly from inside the cottage to a walled patio accessed through foldaway glass doors. Created for entertaining and relaxed gatherings, the small cottage features an open living area, small kitchen and single bathroom.
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Horizontal lines impart a decidedly contemporary flair to the home’s entry. Walls of Texas Lueders limestone form the welcoming space while a custom white-oak door opens to an interior dominated by commanding desert views. OPPOSITE: The back of the home boasts expansive doors and windows overlooking agave gardens, broad patios and an inviting pool area. The furnishings are from Janus Et Cie.
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I can’t get enough light,” says designer Hillary Taylor, who credits this insatiable craving as a driving force behind the design of her family’s vacation home in southern Utah. The scenic desert setting was equally inspiring.“In St. George, everything is about the views,” she explains. Taylor tags this power couple as “site and light” and considers it key to each and every one of her projects. Her family’s extraordinary getaway is no exception. Set against a stunning backdrop of red cliffs and majestic sandstone mountains, the contemporary house perches above a rugged field of lava rock in the gated Entrada community. The result of a collaboration among Taylor, architect Kim Talbot, Split Rock Custom Homes and a team of talented pros, the dwelling is uniquely wide and shallow. “It runs the width of the lot, and we designed the floor plan so that rooms don’t back up to each other. That way, natural light and spectacular views flood every space,” Taylor explains.
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In the open kitchen, Taylor focused on bright light, natural materials, clean surfaces and eye-catching views. Vertically planked cerused cabinetry was crafted by Joe Pinegar, Premier Woodwork and Design. Hand-formed Mexican wall tile is from Inside Out Architecturals, the Calacatta Oro honed countertops are from Italia Granite and the plumbing fixtures are by Waterworks. OPPOSITE: Hillary Taylor, principal of Hillary W. Taylor Interiors, joined forces with designer Cali Wade and a “dream team” of other talented pros to create her family’s vacation home in St. George.
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An expansive 3-sided wall of butt glass windows frames breathtaking scenery in the open great room. “It feels like you’re in a huge window seat surrounded by views,” Taylor says. She designed the room’s impressive fireplace that features a concealed TV compartment. She also designed furnishings that include a linen-covered sectional and a marble coffee table fabricated by Intermountain Stone. A blue wool rug from Details tops an apple matting rug by Patterson Flynn Martin.
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Once through the window-framed front door, guests are immediately drawn through the house by jaw-dropping views framed by floor-to-ceiling windows. To allow the scenery to dominate, Taylor dressed the interior walls and ceilings in white limestone plaster. “Its luminescent irregular finish complements the natural setting, and its imperfection adds soul and authenticity to the interior,” she explains. Because the surrounding landscape fills the home’s wide-open interior spaces with vibrant scenes of orange-reds and vivid sky blues, Taylor chose “gestures” of non-matching but similarly potent hues to enliven the décor’s predominantly neutral palette. Carefully measured dashes of fresh green, sunny yellow and cornflower blue animate three charming guest suites while an edited mélange of colorful paintings and spirited accents cheer the spaces throughout. “Given the value and strength of the colors outside, I wanted to limit the visual clutter on the inside,” Taylor explains. In the wide-open great room, the focal point is breathtaking views of Snow Canyon and red-rock mesas framed by a 3-sided wall of expansive picture windows crafted from butted glass. “Their dimension makes you feel like you’re part of the landscape rather than just viewing it,” Taylor says. An impressively large fireplace formed of poured concrete and cerused oak overlooks the inviting living room area. There, low-profile furniture, textured rugs and tranquil hues relax the sophisticated space and visually link it to the outdoors. So, too, does continuous limestone flooring that flows seamlessly throughout the open floor plan and out onto the broad patios and pool area.
TOP: A highly textured wall of natural Texas Leuders stone flows from the exterior into the entry, where custom plaster sconces by Julie Neill and an antique empire mirror embellish the space. The striped rug is by Marc Phillips Rugs, and the hair-on-hide bench is from Details Inc. BOTTOM: In the dining area, a Branching Bubbles fixture by Lindsey Adelman hangs above a Saarinen table from DWR. Large sliding pocket doors open the space to the back patio while a large side window offers views of a small courtyard. The La Croix art is by Phil Durst, and the woven Balboa chairs are from Serena & Lily.
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“Naturally rejuvenating, fresh green is a great choice for a guest room and a perfect foil for the black lava and red Navajo sandstone outside,” says Taylor, describing this room’s charming décor. The cactus lamp is by Hector Finch, the bed is from Serena & Lily and the custom pillows and bedding are from Matouk.
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“I was really stretching with this space,” says Taylor, describing the stunning master bathroom. She concealed plumbing and electrical connections inside the legs of a custom floating vanity masterfully crafted by Premier Woodwork and Design. LED lighted mirrors are suspended from the ceiling and are backed by breathtaking landscape views. The limestone floors are from Arizona Tile, the silver travertine slab countertops are from Italia Granite and the Elena tub is from MTI. OPPOSITE: A neutral palette calms the restful master bedroom. Taylor softened the luxurious room’s sound by adding a custom O.Henry House screen and an upholstered Hickory Chair bed. Ralph Lauren lamps top nightstands by Holly Hunt.
The nearby kitchen opens to the dining and living areas and was created to host large family gatherings with ease and comfort. Taylor anchored the engaging space with two waterfallstyle islands formed from Calacatta Oro honed marble and texture-rich, cerused oak cabinetry that continues throughout the space. She clad the back walls with shimmering, hand-formed Mexican tiles and fronted them with broad, open shelves on which she stacks everyday dishes and glassware. “Open shelves are great for a second home where storage space isn’t as crucial,” she explains. A soft plaster finish dresses the large range hood as well as a pair of charming Julie Neill lanterns. Accents of black—faucets, oven fronts and window frames—add just enough visual weight to ground the light-as-air décor. Transom and picture windows fill the room with alluring light, with a little help from a skylight above. “There is something magical that natural light delivers,”
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Taylor says. “I always want it to come from at least two directions in every room, and here, it comes from three.” The designer’s deft skill for capturing natural light continues in the master bathroom, where an up-close-and-personal view of sculptural agaves and an open patio pour into the space through an expansive floor-to-ceiling wall of butted glass. “Connection to the view and outdoors drove every choice here,” Taylor says. She suspended a pair of ceiling-mounted, lighted mirrors above a floating vanity and cleverly hid all plumbing and electrical elements inside its legs. In the adjoining bedroom, she placed a chic Holly Hunt
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chaise to overlook a private cantilevered balcony that accesses the spa and pool. A short wall separates these from the lava fields and desert beyond. The designer explains, “The wall is a contemporary gesture that divides where civilization ends and wild beauty begins.” Through it all, Taylor’s vision of the ideal vacation home drove her compelling design. “A second home should allow you to rejuvenate,” she says. “It should be inspiring and uplifting in its simplicity and personalization.” Thanks to the designer’s talent and the skilled pros who helped her create this St. George getaway, that is exactly what she and her family now enjoy.
The contemporary house runs the full width of the site. A low wall separates the dwelling and outdoor living areas from the natural portion of the property that remains untouched and wildly beautiful. Landscape design by Split Rock and Kappus Landscape. OPPOSITE (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT): A vanity of white Thassos marble appears to float in a wall clad floor to ceiling in the same stone boasting a raked surface. The stone is from European Marble & Granite. The master bathroom and living room space overlook an inviting outdoor sitting area anchored by a raised fire pit. In the mudroom, Soane Britain’s Ripple Console sits below a carved mirror and whimsical rope sconces by Fisher Weisman. “They’re a nod to all of the pony tails that get worn in this home,” Taylor jests. A Holly Hunt chaise furnishes a corner in the master bedroom, where quiet tones and magnificent views fill the tranquil space.
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Barns from surrounding Rocky Mountain ranches inspired the exterior’s material choices including reclaimed barn wood, board-formed concrete, large pane glass and standing-seam metal siding. Shifting gable forms are arranged to maximize frontto-back lake views. OPPOSITE: Waterfront views flood the dining room, where carved-wood pendant lights hang above an ebony-stained mango wood table with chrome legs. Navy velvet chairs surround the modern piece.
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ABOVE: Facing the lake, the home’s outdoor living areas include a dining spot, lounge space and a fire pit terrace, each on separate elevations. Convenient built-in benches flank the large raised fire pit. Oversized umbrellas provide abundant shade without obstructing lake views. TOP LEFT: A bridge crosses the second floor, adding a theatrical element that overlooks the open interior spaces below. BOTTOM LEFT: A pivoting barnwood door opens into the house. The double-height entry, washed in natural light, showcases the owners’ extensive contemporary art collection.
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Jason and Allison Dittmer are devoted to nature. Twenty-five years ago, the two met at an outdoor education school in Wyoming. Today, Jason manages The Mountain Guides—a service that takes people into the backcountry for climbing, skiing and mountaineering adventures. When the couple moved 12 years ago, they chose Utah so they could raise their two boys in the outdoor recreation playground that is Park City. It seems only natural that the
family now lives on a lake surrounded by majestic mountains. Their home is located on Lake Mary Michael, a 17-acre, man-made lake fed from mountain runoff near The Canyons Resort. “We were renting in this neighborhood and just fell in love with it,” says Jason. “When a house came on the market, we spent an evening on the patio and watched the sun set. We looked at each other and said, ‘This has potential.’”
The couple bought the house, intending to replace it with a new home for their growing family. But the existing house had been built in 1982, and rules for building near a body of water have changed significantly since then. The county’s guidelines mandated that the home’s footprint could not be changed, so Jason and Allison decided to remodel the dwelling rather than replace it. From the beginning, the Dittmers wanted a contemporary, low-mainte-
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A double-sided fireplace separates the dining room from the living room. Hickory-plank stairs, steel railings and barn-wood walls add warmth to the staircase that connects the home’s three levels.
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nance home that celebrated the site. “We wanted a kid- and animal-friendly space,” says Allison. “And we wanted the lake-facing doors to be able to stay open so people can go in and out easily.” The couple hired Sarah Broughton and John Rowland, founding partners of the Colorado-based architectural firm Rowland + Broughton. “We had known them for years, and we skied together when we were living in Aspen, so they knew us and our style,” Allison explains. “They designed my mom’s
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house,” adds Jason. “So we told them what we were thinking, and then let them take it from there.” For starters, the home’s modern architecture needed to integrate into the established community. “We designed a gabled house that we felt was an appropriate form for the neighborhood,” says Broughton, principal. “The collection of shifting gable volumes opens up on the corners, so every room has a view of the lake.” Because this active family includes young children and dogs, low-
maintenance materials were critical to the design. “We used materials that get better with age and deliberately blurred the line between the inside and outside,” says Broughton. “They also had some interesting art, so we made sure the home had spacious walls to display that art.” The 5,500-square-foot home features four bedrooms, five-and-a-half bathrooms and a custom indoor rock-climbing gym. Barn doors and walls fashioned from reclaimed barn wood nod to the historic ranch homes in the area, while
ABOVE: A low ceiling helps create a cozy feel in the sunny kitchen, featuring walnut cabinets, steel hardware and Caesarstone countertops. Durable porcelain tile clads the entire first-level floor and extends to the outdoor kitchen area, blurring the line between interior and exterior spaces. TOP RIGHT: The kitchen opens to views and an outdoor dining area that features a fire pit and built-in benches. Board-formed concrete walls accent the horizontal barn wood on the house. BOTTOM RIGHT: A bank of bi-fold windows and bi-fold doors face the lake. They open from the indoor kitchen to the outdoor cooking area. Caesarstone tops the counters inside and out, so kids of all ages can easily grab an ice cream cone.
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The living room is open visually to the dining room but separated by a double-sided fireplace. A lower ceiling adds intimacy. The Peruvian-inspired fabric woven on the lounge chairs launched the design for this room, as it reminded the Dittmers of their travels.
The double-sided fireplace is clad in cementitious plaster and is centrally located between the dining and living room areas.
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multi-sliding glass doors and a dual-sided fireplace help expand the home’s volume and relationship to its environment. To create a seamless indoor/outdoor experience, the team used the same tiles on the first-level floor as on the back patio. “We used a neutral color palette and introduced patterns inspired by the Dittmers’ travels,” says Kate Binger, interior designer, Dwelling. “The goal was to create a family-friendly home that can wear well with lots of traffic and simultaneously exhibit their unique and outstanding art collection.” Extensive exterior site design was key to help root the architecture to the scenic spot. The Dittmers enlisted Jayson King, principal at Landform Design Group, to design the entry walls, driveway, outdoor living spaces, retaining walls, landscape areas and a garden space. The back of the home overlooks the lake and the front faces the neighborhood with an entry door that is almost a full story higher than the driveway.
“Because the elevation of the front door is so much higher than the street, we wanted to use the entry as an opportunity to create an experience for the home,” King says. “Given the dramatic elevation, the entry stairs could be daunting and uninviting, but with the use of architectural walls, raised planters, focal pots and planting areas, the entry becomes not only inviting, but visually interesting and intriguing from all angles.” Diving into the project was easy for all involved. “This remodel was a huge success because of the relationships between the professional team and phenomenal clients,” says Richard Christensen, project manager, Magleby Construction. “Everyone that worked on the project was proud of the end result and it shows.” The new home embodies all the Dittmers hold dear. “We love how everything is durable, eco-friendly and natural,” says Jason. “It celebrates our love for nature, friends and family.”
INSIDER TIPS ON OUTDOOR LIVING Jayson King, principal at Landform Design Group, offers advice on making the most of outdoor spaces. • Think about your outdoor areas just as you would the interior of your home and design useful spaces that suit your lifestyle. • Add an element of fire to bring people together, whether you want to feature it in a secluded and private space or place it in a main area that attracts large gatherings. • Select furniture that fosters your lifestyle, facilitates conversation and frames views. • Tailor the color palette to accent each individual space. For example, King chose the back patio’s blue cushions to reflect the color of the nearby lake. • Consider your plantings carefully, and choose varieties of plant materials that add color, texture and seasonal interest across the landscape. • Plant ground covers to minimize weeding and maintenance, as well as to add color, texture and blooms that complement surrounding plant materials.
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Located off the kitchen, the back deck performs as an outdoor dining space that melds comfort with the beauty of the surrounding mountains. “Patios were placed with the idea of getting morning sun adjacent to the kitchen, while evening patios and the hot tub deck favor the city lights and lake views,� architect Rob McQuay says.
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When interior designer Becki Owens teamed up with brother Brett Boyce and architect Rob McQuay to create a striking Woodland Hills home, the trio looked to the magnificent mountain setting for inspiration. BY BRAD MEE
PHOTOS BY REBEKAH WESTOVER
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For a designer with a stratospheric online following, Becki Owens is noticeably down to earth. So too, are her interiors. “I try to make design approachable,” says Owens, whose stylish, laid-back spaces have garnered her nearly 1.2 million Instagram fans. It’s no wonder then that the Utah home on which she recently collaborated with her brother Brett Boyce to create has such natural appeal. “I stay true to what I love,” she says. “Casual, yet current and always inviting.” Boyce, president of Split Rock Custom Homes, wasn’t Owen’s only team member. McQuay Architects’ Rob McQuay rounded out the trio of talented heavy hitters. The home resides in Summit Creek, a community in Utah County’s Woodland Hills surrounded by breath-taking mountain scenery. McQuay Architects, based in St. George, is known for creating dynamic view-driven designs, and its work on this home is no exception. The spectacular setting
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Chevron-patterned black wood tile clads the great room’s fireplace, while white-oak floors flow seamlessly from the light-filled space into the nearby dining and kitchen areas. Wood tile and flooring are from Henriksen/Butler. Large, black-framed windows capture mountain views, and roller shades are hidden in the ceilings above. OPPOSITE: Interior designer Becki Owens with brother Brett Boyce, president of Split Rock Custom Homes.
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ABOVE: In the open kitchen, Owens hung Hudson Valley lanterns above an island topped with quartz. The material also forms the backsplashes and range hood. “People like it for its durability,” she explains. The designer placed a cowhide rug beneath the dining table to add an organic form that counterbalances the hard lines and corners of the table and expansive windows. TOP LEFT: “I like to mix wood tones to avoid a one-note look,” says Owens, who paired warm wood tones with white-painted cabinetry in the kitchen. Cabinets are by Elite Woodwork. BOTTOM LEFT: “Every patio space is designed, decorated and furnished like an indoor space,” Boyce says. This seating area is located next to a hot tub deck surrounded by views.
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inspired the dwelling from the get-go. “When we walked this property, we discovered that there was no single view to be captured,” McQuay says. With simple turns, visitors can gaze upon Loafer Mountain, Mount Timpanogos, Utah Lake and the city lights of Utah County. From the right vantage point, they can even catch a view of Mount Nebo. So which view do you favor? “Why not all of them?” McQuay replies.
Architecturally, the hillside house steps down the site and features materials and colors that complement the landscape. “The house must be ‘of’ the hill, rather than ‘on’ the hill,” explains McQuay, paraphrasing Frank Lloyd Wright. He sloped the home’s roof lines upward toward the perimeter, continuing with exterior overhangs. In the great room, for example, a soaring, angled ceiling opens the space to grand
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Owens accented black bunk beds with bold, brass support rails and hardware. She painted the back walls black to unite the bunks with the nearby wall-mounted desk and open shelves. A Moroccan rug adds texture and warmth to the innovative space. Beds crafted by Elite Woodwork. OPPOSITE: “Sometimes white and black can feel too stark, so I used wood on the master bathroom’s ceiling to add warmth and texture,” Owens explains. A glass shower wall and organically shaped globe light foster the room’s clean, light-filled ambiance.
scenes of Loafer Mountain. Similarly framed views fill the spaces and drive the design throughout the interior. When asked to describe this hillside Utah home, Owens says, “It’s a mountain-modern home, but not so modern that it’s unapproachable.” She fostered this style with a mix of elements that travel easily throughout the home’s cohesive design. “Black accents, warm woods, light linen colors and loads of texture,” says Owens, describing her comforting palette. It moves seamlessly outdoors onto inviting decks and patios saturated with style and stunning scenery. “Anytime we start a home, we start by looking at what is going on outside and then blur the lines between indoor and
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outdoor,” Boyce says. Owens agrees.“The flow of indoor to outdoor can be super cohesive and we consider it from conceptualization.” It’s not surprising siblings Owens and Boyce are on the same page, design-wise. “We grew up with design all around us and construction is in our blood,” Boyce explains. Both were raised in Farmington where their father Ren Boyce owned a hardware store, with offerings that included home-décor products. “My parents also bought and remodeled homes, and we were part of that growing up,” Owens adds. Over the years, the burgeoning hardware business spread across the state when Ren sold it. He and his wife Debi moved to St. George, where Ren invested in the Entrada community. There, Ren began building homes and became a founding member of Split Rock Custom Homes. Following college and a slew of corporate jobs, son Boyce joined Split Rock and learned the business from the ground up before eventually becoming its president. Meanwhile, Owens graduated in community health, worked for an interior design firm and began a successful lifestyle blog. Today she and her young family live in California, where she runs a thriving interior design business and curates her wildly popular online content. “I just kept rolling with it,” she says, describing her astronomic success in design while simultaneously starting and raising a family. This is the third home that Boyce and Split Rock have built in Summit Creek, and the first home that he has teamed with Owens to create. He hopes for many more. “I have always wanted to work with Becki. She is so talented and amazing at visualizing the end product,” he says. “She nailed it, as did Rob.” Owens is equally enthusiastic about a repeat performance. “Brett is super easy to work with. He is very detail-oriented and understands the importance of quality,” she explains. This project proves that talent and collaboration is a winning combination. Add a stunning setting, and it’s clear the home was destined to be a triumph, from any point of view.
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Get the Look Designer Becki Owens knows a thing or two about creating comfort and character. She shares five designmaking elements that deliver both to this home. BIG T E X T U R E
BL AC K ACC E N T S
“I like to pair texture with neutral furnishings to make a space feel more comfortable and homier.”
“People are afraid of black, but there is something about it that adds an element of layering. If it isn’t too crazy, it can create depth by adding a punch.”
WO OD T ON E S Wood adds warmth to a space and helps bring the outside indoors. “To maintain a more natural look, I don’t match wood tones.” Here, the shade of the floors and furnishings vary.
I NSI DE OU T “Outdoor living spaces are very important, so make them part of your home and let your interior design flow outside. Choose good, comfortable furnishings and don’t chintz on your choices.”
W H I T E WA L L S Owens chose Benjamin Moore’s White Dove. “It is a little warmer than what I normally do, but given all the windows in the house, we didn’t want it to feel stark or cold.”
ORGA N IC F OR M S “Adding irregular shapes and rounded forms help take the edge off of rectangular windows and furnishings, making a space feel more comfortable.”
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DINING IN & OUT
OPA!
THIS SUMMER, CELEBRATE THE ANCIENT TRADITION OF GREEK HOSPITALITY WITH FRESH, EASY-TO-SERVE MEZE.
CUISINE AND STYLING: BLENDED TABLE; PHOTO BY JESSICA WHITE
BY M A RY BROW N M ALOU F
M The Blended Table, a boutique caterer in SLC, knows how to prepare and plate spectacular fare. This meze proves it. Created for casual, communal grazing, the offerings are irresistible. “It gives guests the chance to try things that they might not try on a big plate,” says Emery Lortsher, co-owner.
Maybe it’s the large Greek population in Salt Lake City that accounts for the town’s welcome to the world—it’s a culture of hospitality. It’s certainly the reason we have so many great Greek and Mediterranean restaurants. And every one features a Greek appetizer, or meze, platter. Composed of an assortment of dips, cheeses, olives, fruit, bread and tomatoes, a platter is easy to put together and perfect for summer entertaining.
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Manoli Katsanevas
IT'S GREEK TO YOU Local hot spots up their meze game.
Manoli’s
Owner and chef Manoli Katsanevas grew up in Salt Lake’s Greek restaurant culture—his family owns one of the town’s favorite burger joints. Manoli has his own ideas about Greek food: his tiropitas come with caramelized onions and he sauces his shrimp with a Greek coffee barbecue sauce. 402 E. 900 South #2, SLC, 801-532-3760, manolison9th.com
As legend has it
Caputo’s Market & Deli
THE TALE BEHIND THE 3,000-YEAR-OLD TRADITION OF GREEK HOSPITALITY The poor old couple, Baucis and Philemon, lived by themselves on the side of a mountain. They answered a rare knock on the door one night to see two peasants seeking food and shelter for the night. Everyone else in the village had turned them away. The story goes that the old couple didn’t have much —wine, olives, wild cherries, wild cheese, radishes, honey, figs and dates—and even offered to kill and cook their prized possession, a goose. Of course, the two peasants turned out to be gods in disguise, testing the hospitality of humans and B and P won the prize: Of all the people in the
valley, they survived the ensuing flood and lived on as two trees. Three thousand years later, the tradition of Greek hospitality endures. It’s unthinkable not to share food with guests. And the menu remains basically the same: olives, cheese, fruit, honey. A generous appetizer plate of these ancient Greek foods is still the easiest thing to greet guests with. Given summer’s arrival and (albeit cautious) entertaining back on the calendar, it’s great to know you can have something to offer in a moment. You never know when the gods will come knocking.
Owner of one of the most renowned Mediterranean markets in the country, Matt Caputo is a cheese whiz, and his store stocks the best local ingredients and special products from small exporters. 314 W. 300 South, SLC, 801-531-8669, caputos.com. Shop the store or order online.
Padeli’s Street Greek Just a streetstyle gyros place like you might find in Athens, Padeli’s is related to Greek Souvlaki, a standard Salt Lake City favorite, but great. 30 E. Broadway, SLC, 801-322-1111, padelisstreetgreek.com. Call to pick up an order. Black Cherry Market
It stocks a wide selection of all kinds of Middle Eastern foods, fresh and packaged. 4346 900 E, Millcreek, 801-904-3989. Call for current hours and policies.
AT YOUR SERVICE
Serving meze stylishly is easy when you’ve got the goods. These should get you started.
Cocktail Picks, $12, Orson Gygi, SLC, gygi.com
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Omri Blue and White Oval Platter, $45, Crate & Barrel, Murray, crateandbarrel.com
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Kalamata Olive & Oregano Spread, $6, Caputo’s, SLC, caputos.com
Olive Serving Tray, $286, New Orientation, SLC, neworientation.com
Mykonos Satin Stitch Napkins, $24 each, Jonathan Adler, jonathanadler.com
Life of the Party With exotic flavors, fresh ingredients and easy recipes that have thrived for centuries, meze dishes aren’t simply appetizers meant to whet appetites for main courses (although they are often served that way). Instead, meze can be the party. Gather friends and family and offer your favorite mezethes over cool drinks, lively conversation and loads of laughter. Here are a few faves to get you started.
OLIVES Olives are the mainstay of Greek cuisine and the ancient Greeks revered them: Athenians believed the olive was a gift from the gods and olive branches were depicted on their coins. The hills of Greece are covered with olive trees, their trunks tortuously twisted and their gray-green leaves looking like a mist over the dusty hills. Most of us think “Kalamata” when someone says “Greek olive,” and the big meaty purple olives are practically a signature of Greece. It used to be Americans favored two olives: the pepper-stuffed green ones you put in a martini and the black canned ones kids like to put on their fingers. Neither has the full acid-balanced fruitiness of Greek olives. Try koroneiki, the tiny, oily green ones from Crete; chalkidiki, or donkey olives, cured in brine; and kalamata “pink” olives. Most supermarkets have olive bars now, but for the best taste and learning experience, stop by Caputo’s downtown. On a meze platter, serve several kinds—it’s fun to taste, talk and compare.
TZATZIKI It’s a sauce, a dip, a garnish—however you choose to use it, the tangy fresh yogurt dip is
essentially Greek and typically, easy to make. Strain your yogurt, letting extra liquid drain out through a cheesecloth-lined colander, for best results. Also seed your cucumbers to prevent the tzatziki from getting watery. Mix one cup strained Greek yogurt with 1-2 long English cucumbers, peeled, seeded and chopped in small dice. Leave it at that or add a bit of minced mint, dill or Italian parsley. Serve it as a dip for pita and crudites or dollop some over grilled chicken or lamb.
and reserve liquid. Put the chickpeas, 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice, 1 Tbsp. olive oil, 1-2 crushed and de-sprouted garlic cloves, 1/4 tsp. cumin and a pinch of salt in a food processor and pulse until blended. Blend in 2 Tbsps. Tahini (sesame paste) in the food processor. When it’s smooth, drizzle in the reserved bean liquid until it’s the consistency you like best.
GREEK SALAD
Feta is the most well-known Greek cheese, a required element of a Greek salad, along with cucumbers and tomatoes. White and crumbly, the curd from goats and sheep’s milk is brined and aged. Serve it sliced and drizzled with olive oil and fresh oregano, or crumble it over a salad or sliced tomatoes.
One of the definitive Greek dishes and one of the easiest to prepare, Greek salad depends entirely on the quality of its ingredients. Don’t even think about making a Greek salad unless you have dead-ripe, never refrigerated tomatoes, new cucumbers, sweet onions and good feta. Some add torn romaine leaves, others add olives but the toss relies on the basics and excellent olive oil.
HUMMUS
EXTRAS
Easy and essential, this dip takes about five minutes to make if you use canned chickpeas. You may want to adjust the lemon and garlic. Meaning: add more garlic. Drain 1 can chickpeas/garbanzo beans
Expand the meze platter into a full meal by putting a few chicken breasts and some thincut lamb chops in a quick bath of olive oil, lemon, and your choice of either oregano or rosemary; grill quickly.
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SOURCES STYLE FILE PAGE 23 EDITOR’S PICK O.C. Tanner Jewelers, SLC, octannerjewelers.com
PAGE 30 GARDEN VARIETY Calluna Flower Farm, West Haven, @callunaflowerfarm, available at Ogden Farmer’s Market, workshops, DIY; Cherry Petals Flower Farm, Kaysville, @cherrypetalsflowerfarm, available at local farmer’s markets, Bowman’s Market; Chateau Monette Flower Farm, Payson, @chateaumonette, available at Spanish Fork Farmer’s Market, Park City Farmer’s Market, wholesale; Flourish Flower Market, Brigham City, @flourishflowermarket, flourishflowermarket.com, available through delivery; Paisley Flower Farm, Wellsville,@paisleyflowerfarm , available at Island Market in Logan; Paradise Valley Orchard, Paradise, @ paradisevalleyorchard, available at pop-up shops, DIY, workshops; Red Brick Flower Co, American Fork, @redbrickflowerco, available online via Instagram and Facebook; Sego Lily Flower Farm, South Jordan, @segolilyflowerfarm, available at Daybreak Farmer’s Market, delivery, DIY; USU Small Farms, Logan,@usu_smallfarms, email Melanie stock to purchase USU flowers: melanie.stock@usu. edu; SLC Top Crops, SLC, @slctopcrops, available at Liberty Park Market, Salt Lake City Downtown Market; Wasatch Blooms, SLC, @ wasatchblooms, wholesale to florists; Sweet Pea Farm And Orchard, Parowan, @sweetpeafarmandorchard, available at local farmer’s markets, on-site, DIY; Three Sprouts Flower Farm, Farmington, @ threesproutsflowerfarm, available through business subscriptions and direct orders; White Cottage Flower Farm, Hyrum,@ whitecottageflowerfarm, available through direct sales
PAGE 32-33 IN THE GARDEN Design: Gregg Hodson Interior Design, gregghodsondesign.com
DECORATING/A FRESH START PAGES 36-38
hillarytaylorinteriors.com. Assisted by Calli Wade, Lehi, 801-4997864; Builder: Split Rock Custom Homes, St. George, splitrockcustomhomes.com; Architect: Kim Talbot, Talbot Architects, Inc., St. George, 435-414-1150; Landscape Design: Kent Bylund, Split Rock Design, St. George, 435-429-0957 and Simriti Schwobe, Kappus Landscape, SLC, kappuslandscape.com; Landscape Installation: Andy and Robert Blazzard, Desert Design Landscape, St. George, 435-632-5003; Custom Cabinets: Joe Pinegar, Cabinetry, Premier Woodwork and Design, Kaysville, premierwwd.com; Limestone Floors and Patios: Venetian Tile and Stone Gallery, SLC, venetianstonegallery.com; Home Automation, audio and visual: Aaron Mayer, Vision Electronics, St. George, visionelectronics.com; Stone Slabs: Corey Ellsworth, Italia Granite, Murray, 435-467-7717; Broadloom Carpeting: Regency Royale, SLC, regencyroyale.com; Furnishings and Fixtures: Available through Hillary W Taylor Interiors LLC, Sandy, hillarytaylorinteriors.com.
PAGE 65 KITCHEN Fixtures: Waterworks, waterworks.com; Wall tile by Winchester Tile Company: Inside Out Architecturals, SLC, insideoutarchitecturals.com; Calcatta Oro honed countertops: Italia Granite, Murray, 435-467-7717
PAGE 66-67 LIVING ROOM Apple matting rug: Patterson Flynn and Martin, pattersonflynnmartin.com; Light blue knotted wool rug: Details Inc, SLC, detailscomforts.com; Cerused oak concealed television cabinet: Vision Electronics, Vision Electronics, St. George, visionelectronics.com and Premier Woodwork, Premier Woodwork and Design, Kaysville, premierwwd.com; Modern ribbon fireplace: Spark Modern, sparkfires.com
PAGE 68 ENTRY Entry rug: Marc Phillips Rugs, marcphillipsrugs.com; hide hair bench: Details Inc, SLC, detailscomforts.com
Photographer: Lindsay Salazar, lindsaysalazar.com; Interior Design: Cara Fox, The Fox Group, Holladay, thefoxgroup.com; Construction: Tom and Cara Fox, The Fox Group, Holladay, thefoxgroup.com
PAGE 68 DINING ROOM
GOING PLACES/ISLE BE WAITING
PAGE 69 GREEN BEDROOM
PAGES 41-43 Capofaro, Salina, IT, capofaro.it; Hotel Raya, Panarea, IT, hoteraya.it
DRENCHED IN DETAILS PAGES 46-49 Photographer: Rebekah Westover, rebekahwestover.com; Interior Design: Tonya Olsen, The Olsen Home, theolsenhome.com; Builder: H2Homes, Orem, 801-437-1634, h2homes.com; Accents and accessories: Stephanie Holdaway, Gatehouse No.1, Orem, gatehousestyle.com
ENCHANTING PAGES 52-59 Photographer: Joshua Caldwell, joshuacaldwell.com Landscape Architects: Jeremy Fillmore and Ryan Talbot, Northland Design Group, Alpine, northland-design.com; Architect: Clayton Vance, Clayton Vance Architecture, Heber City, claytonvance.com; Builder: Jackson & LeRoy, SLC, jacksonandleroy.com; Interior Design: Jessica Bennett, Alice Lane Interior Design, SLC, alicelaneinteriordesign.com; Landscape Installation: Kappus Landscape Sprinkler LLC, SLC, kappuslandscape.com; Stonework: Artistic Stone Masonry, Lindon, artisticstonemasonry.com; Custom timber elements: Wasatch Timber Post and Beam, Lindon, wasatchtimberpostandbeam.com
A LIGHT TOUCH PAGES 62-73 Photographer: Nathan Schroder, nathanschroder.com; Interior Design: Hillary Taylor, Hillary W Taylor Interiors LLC, Sandy,
Branching bubbles light: Lindsey Adelman, lindseyadelman.com; Saarinen table: DWR, dwr.com
Bed: Serena and Lily, serenaandlily.com; Cactus lamp: Hector Finch, hectorfinch.com
PAGE 70 MASTER BEDROOM Bed: Hickory chair, hickorychair.com; Nightstands: Holly Hunt, hollyhunt.com; Lamps: Ralph Lauren, ralphlauren.com
PAGE 71 MASTER BATHROOM Limestone flooring: Arizona Tile, SLC, arizonatile.com; Silver travertine slab countertops: Italia Granite, Murray, 435-467-7717; Small Bubbles light fixture: Pelle, pelledesigns.com; Plumbing fixtures: Dornbracht, dornbracht.com; Elena tub: MTI, mtibaths. com; Cabinetry and floating shelves: Premier Woodwork and Design, Kaysville, premierwwd.com; Ceiling-mount led lit mirrors: Electric Mirror, electricmirror.com
PAGE 72 POOL AND PATIO Custom pool: Oasis Pools, oasispoolsut.com; Furniture: Janus et Cie furnishings, janusetcie.com; Fire Table: Brown Jordan, brownjordan.com
PAGE 73 POWDER ROOM White faucet: Dornbracht, dornbracht.com; Thassos raked wall tile: European Marble and Granite, SLC, europeanmarbleandgranite.com
POINT OF VIEW PAGES 74-83 Photographer: Rebekah Westover, rebekahwestover.com; Architect: Rob McQuay, McQuay Architects, St. George, mcquayarchitects.com;
Builder: Brett Boyce, Split Rock Custom Homes, St. George, splitrockcustomhomes.com; Interior Design: Becki Owens, San Clemente, CA, beckiowens.com; Community: Summit Creek, Woodland Hills, summitcreekutah.com; Custom cabinets: Elite Woodwork LLC, St. George, elitewoodworkllc.com; White oak wood flooring: Henricksen Butler, St. George, hbdg.com; Quartz countertops: Rock Solid Surfaces, St. George, rocksolidcountertops.com
LAKE EFFECT PAGE 84-93 Photographer: Alan Wilbur, Grey Giraffe Photography, SLC, greygiraffe.com; Architect: Sarah Broughton, Rowland+Broughton, Aspen, CO, rowlandbroughton.com; Builder: Magleby Construction, Lindon, maglebyconstruction.com; Interior design: Kate Binger, Designed Interiors, LLC, DBA Dwelling, Wilson, WY, dwellingjh.com; Landscape and site architecture: Jayson King, Landform Design Group (LFDG), SLC, landformdesigngroup.com; Property maintenance: Mark Averett, CARE, Murray, carelandscaping.com
PAGE 84 EXTERIOR Reclaimed barn wood: Trestlewood, Pleasant Grove, trestlewood. com; Standing seam metal roof and siding: ACW Roofing, SLC, acw-roofing-sheetmetal.com; JELD-WEN windows: Image Window & Door, Holladay, imagewindowanddoor.com; Board-formed concrete site walls: Solid Concrete Walls, SLC, solidconcretewalls. com; Spiral staircase: The Steel Guy, thesteelguy.com; Hot tub: Bullfrog Spas, bullfrogspas.com
PAGE 85 DINING ROOM Chairs: Designmaster Furniture, North Carolina, designmasterfurniture.com; Fabric: Clarke & Clarke, clarke-clarke. com; Carved wood pendant lights: Galaxie Lighting, Lindon, galaxielighting.com
PAGE 86 FRONT ENTRY Barnwood door: Masterpiece Millworks and Doors, Lindon, masterpiecemill.com; Door handle: Mountainland Design, SLC, mountainlanddesign.com; JELD-WEN windows: Image Window & Door, Holladay, imagewindowanddoor.com; Light fixture: Galaxie Lighting, Lindon, galaxielighting.com; Indigo-washed leather bench: Brownstone Furniture, brownstonefurniture.com
PAGE 86 STAIRS Hickory plank stairs with ebony stain: Newman Wood Systems, West Jordan, newmanwood.com; Steel railing: The Steel Guy, thesteelguy.com; Barnwood wall: Magleby Construction, Lindon, maglebyconstruction.com
PAGE 88-89 LIVING ROOM Chairs: Stanford Furniture, stanfordfurniture.com; Brushed matte grey faux velvet sofas: Norwalk Furniture, norwalkfurniture.com; Mirror with reclaimed Chevron wood frame: KT Hardwoods, West Jordan, kthardwoods.com
PAGE 90-91 KITCHEN Walnut cabinets: Masterpiece Millworks and Doors, Lindon, masterpiecemill.com; Hardware: Mountainland Design, SLC, mountainlanddesign.com; Caesarstone countertops: European Marble and Granite, SLC, europeanmarbleandgranite.com
DINING IN & OUT PAGE 95-97 Opening meze platter and styling: The Blended Table, SLC, theblendedtable.com
Sources are acknowledgements of services and items provided by featured design principals and homeowners. Those not listed are either private, pre-existing or available through the professionals noted.
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