Mountain Modular
A contemporary Vail home blends high-tech, prefabricated building elements with spaces designed for old-fashioned family togetherness
Contemporary Homes
House of the Moment: Rice-A-Roni Founder’s Home is a Santa Fe Treat
Location: Santa Fe, New MexicoWhat We Love About It: It's a swanky 14,000-square-foot Pueblo Mod home on 2.3 acres with mountain viewsListing Price: $5.97 millionThe De Domenico family, founders of the Golden Grain Macaroni Company and inventors of the famed…
Celebrity Mountain Style: Steve McQueen’s Idaho Ranch For Sale
Location: Hailey, Idaho Property Details: A compound comprised of a log cabin built in 1990, a 2010 living/storage annex, and a four-car garage and workshop on 500 acres in the Pioneer Mountain range, including 1.5 miles of river frontage…
Homemade Homestead
An artisan woodworker's farm-inspired dream house is made to measure
Coastal Connection
An Aspen designer combines an East Coast aesthetic with traditional styling to bring a taste of New England to the mountains
Mountain Mediterranean
An eco-friendly home near Whitefish, Montana, takes its inspiration from sun-soaked Aegean Island retreats
Reimagining an Aspen Icon
The Hotel Jerome emerges from a top-to-bottom redesign with a bold new look that’s the talk of the town
A Room of Her Own
A bright, feminine loft gives its owner a place to work and play—and enjoy her most beloved possessions
1950s Ranch House Redux
A classic ranch home proves that if you work with the elements you’re given, the result can be uniquely charming—and very Western indeed
Artistic Inspiration
Despite its compact footprint, a loft condominium in Jackson, Wyoming, becomes a showplace for contemporary art
Rockin’ a Hard Place
An eco-minded builder thinks inside the box when designing his dream home on a craggy Colorado mountainside
A few of our favorite bedrooms
There's no need to check into a hotel to stay in the perfect bedroom suite. Take a cue from the stylish retreats pictured here and all you'll need to do is go home! 1. SLEEK & STYLISH In this grand-but-cozy…
Sympathetic Addition
Telluride’s strict building guidelines help shape a new addition that gracefully complements a historic Victorian home
Best Baths Week: Day 5
Photo by Kimberly Gavin Location: Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado Wow Factor: Sculptural yet subtle fixtures and furnishings let the mountain view—framed by an oversized window—take center stage in this powder room. An amber-and-black vessel sink rests atop a custom vanity fashioned…
Best Baths Week: Day 4
Photo by James Ray Spahn Location: St. Helena, California Wow Factor: For her guesthouse in the hills near St. Helena, California, homeowner Shea Kos hoped to achieve a sophisticated industrial look; a blend of delicate lines and rugged materials. In the…
Colorado Context
Rustic materials meet soft contemporary elements for a mountain residence with a true sense of place
Best Baths Week: Day 3
Photo by Benjamin Benschneider Location: Big Sky, Montana Wow Factor: "The design is really about texture first," says interior designer Lisa Kanning of the home she designed in Montana's Yellowstone Club. "I get that right, and everything feels calm and tranquil."…
Best Baths Week: Day 2
Photo by Gibeon Photography Location: Park City, Utah Wow Factor: Rough-hewn ceiling beams and stone walls are de rigueur in traditional mountain lodges, but those same rugged elements can look clean-lined and contemporary, says this home's architect, Costantino Grandjacquet. "If we…
Best Baths Week: Day 1
It's one of the most hard-working rooms in the house—and often the room most in need of a little sprucing up. It's the bathroom, and this week we'll be sharing a few of our favorites—each brimming with fresh decorating ideas—with…
31 Days of Cozy: Day 15
Photo by Audrey Hall Location: Yellowstone Club, Big Sky, Montana Cozy Factor: A design that's at once cozy and sophisticated can be tricky to pull off, but when done well, the results are spectacular. In our 2009 Home of the Year's master…
31 Days of Cozy: Day 13
Photo by Kimberly Gavin Location: Vail, Colorado Cozy Factor: When a couple from the East Coast asked interior designer Jan Chenault to transform their townhouse in downtown Vail into a space reminiscent of a Swedish country house, she set about finding…
Taking Wing
In the foothills of Steamboat Springs, architect Tim Stone creates a soaring example of site-specific design
Zen, Mastered
Million-dollar views of Colorado’s Vail Valley inspire a design that celebrates simplicity and pureness of form
It Takes a Village
The look of Old-World hillside towns inspires a family estate on the outskirts of Aspen
