10/16/2026
A beautiful room that doesn’t work for your life isn’t good design.
For this mountain home outside Beaver Creek, our clients wanted a large, open space that would be beautiful for entertaining—but it also had to work for everyday family life.
The challenge? Those two things didn’t necessarily need to happen in exactly the same place.
We designed the main living area around a statement fireplace clad in large-format stone, creating a dramatic backdrop for an original piece of art and a natural focal point when guests gather.
But on a normal night, dinner is being made, kids are hanging out, someone wants the TV on—and everyone still wants to be together.
So just off the kitchen, we created a second, more casual living area. It’s close enough that everyone can talk without shouting across the house, but separate enough that cooking, conversation and TV can all happen at the same time.
Connected, but functionally separate.
The result is one open space that works in two very different ways—without sacrificing the beauty of either.
Because solving how a family actually lives in a space is just as important as making it beautiful.