This year’s award-winning home combines an intimacy of scale, creative reuse of old materials and mountain views from every window

Home of the Year 2008

Featured Homes

This year’s award-winning home combines an intimacy of scale, creative reuse of old materials and mountain views from every window

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Visit one of our favorite "glamping" spots and enjoy the high country in style

Camping in Style

Travel & Lifestyle

Visit one of our favorite "glamping" spots and enjoy the high country in style

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A hands-on homeowner blends classic styling with functional design in her family’s Montana estate

Western Tradition

Featured Homes

A hands-on homeowner blends classic styling with functional design in her family’s Montana estate

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A Denver-based couple turn a rustic cabin in southeastern Wyoming into a spacious and stylish second home

Log Style

Featured Homes

A Denver-based couple turn a rustic cabin in southeastern Wyoming into a spacious and stylish second home

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Click here to enter to win the entire Yellowstone Collection bedroom suite from Old Hickory Furniture Co.

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Contests & Competitions

Click here to enter to win the entire Yellowstone Collection bedroom suite from Old Hickory Furniture Co.

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We've extended the deadline for our annual RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS to October 15! The winning projects will now be featured in the February 2009 issue, our special GREEN ISSUE.

Responsible Development Awards

Contests & Competitions

We've extended the deadline for our annual RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS to October 15! The winning projects will now be featured in the February 2009 issue, our special GREEN ISSUE.

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Finding the right professional for the job is essential. Click here and let us help you choose.

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Resources

Finding the right professional for the job is essential. Click here and let us help you choose.

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Our easy-to-use Shops & Showrooms tool will help you find out who has what you need.

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Shops & Showrooms Directory

Our easy-to-use Shops & Showrooms tool will help you find out who has what you need.

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Top Mountain Architects & Interior Designers
Top Mountain Architects & Interior Designers
This year’s lists of Top Mountain Architects and Top Mountain Interior Designers celebrates those gifted professionals who possess the skills and the vision to transform our dreams of the perfect...
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Camping in Style
Camping in Style
Visit one of our favorite "glamping" spots and enjoy the high country in style
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Out & About: August 2008
An up-close look at the places we’ve been and the people we’ve met this month
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Western Tradition
A hands-on homeowner blends classic styling with functional design in her family’s Montana estate
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Home of the Year 2008
This year’s award-winning home combines an intimacy of scale, creative reuse of old materials and mountain views from every window
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Log Style
Log Style
A Denver-based couple turn a rustic cabin in southeastern Wyoming into a spacious and stylish second home.
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Window to the West
Window to the West
Architects Jeff and Rhonda Harrell create a modern marvel that captures the beauty of Montana—with a hint of the past.
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Mountain Living's Natural Dream Homes incorporate building materials and practices that preserve the health of our high-country environment and serve as living classrooms for sustainable and ecological building, design and development.

Designed and constructed to surpass Built Green standards, using natural, reclaimed and organic materials wherever possible, this extraordinary series of homes exemplifies Mountain Living’s commitment to responsible development in the Rocky Mountain West.

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Click here to watch a video overview of our first Natural Dream Home!

Progress Reports - Learn more about the process of building the 2008 Natural Dream Home.

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Months 12-14 (pdf)Special Section July-Aug (pdf)  



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We've extended the deadline for our annual RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS to OCTOBER 15, 2008! There's still time to submit your "green" projects for the following categories: Community Development, Tourism and Residential. To enter, click here.
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