2023 Homestead Magazine

jackson hole architecture, interiors + art

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Your life’s dream is our life’s work.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SIMPLE GIFTS

Ankeny Architecture and Design, Audrey Drought Design, and Ridgeline Log and Timber worked together to create a timeless home for a family as well as the family’s large antique collection.

70

BASED

78

A Teton Pines remodel by Willow Creek Design Group results in the ultimate ski retreat.

90

FEATURE

STORY

THE SOUND OF SERENITY

Water features add to a home, and they can improve your well-being.

96

DREAM LIFE AT HOME IN TETON PINES

One of Jackson Hole’s first golf communities, Teton Pines offers a sense of connection thanks to membership programming and future growth plans.

100

FEATURE STORY

BUILDING AN ART COLLECTION

Art brings life to a home, and it can improve your mental and physical health.

110

LOCAL EVENTS

FALL ARTS FESTIVAL

The 2023 FAF is September 6–17 and includes art auctions, gallery walks, a fashion show, and a QuickDraw, among other events.

FROM THE HOMESTEAD TEAM

Since its founding in 2000, ’s goal has been to be resource for Jackson Hole homeowners (and aspiring Jackson Hole homeowners) for all things home, from art to design, construction, landscape design, and architecture. For more than two decades, we have considered ourselves fortunate to tell the stories of so many of Jackson Hole’s most indemand design professionals.

We continue to do that in this issue through our Dream Homes and Design Inspirations. These—see the Dream Homes on pages 65–86 and Design Inspirations on pages 37–53— give us a privileged glimpse into some of the valley’s most compelling design projects and celebrate the imaginative and nuanced work of the creative professionals behind each. In these, you can see the range of styles that make Jackson Hole homes so special. As inspiring as these departments are, we realize that for Homestead to truly be a leader in the design space, we need to tell our own stories, too.

Since Dream Homes and Design Inspirations celebrate specific homes or professionals, this issue’s feature stories addresses bigger ideas. For example, “An Art-Full Home,” p. 100,

sought the input of nearly one dozen experts—from art consultants to neuroscientists, art collectors, and interior designers—to answer the questions of 1.) why you want art in your home and 2.) how to best live with art once you have it. For “Form + Function,” p. 32, we checked in with designers and artisans to show the range of possibilities with custom furniture. (Hint: If you, or your designer, can dream it, there is an artisan who can make it happen). This section also explores water features, p. 90, and looks into the growing number of remodel projects in the valley—and, importantly, things you should think about if you’re considering remodeling a home, p. 56.

We hope you find that this issue’s feature stories complement the Dream Homes and Design Inspirations. If you have ideas and questions you’d like us to explore in the future, send them to us via our Instagram account @homesteadmag. Also, we’d love to see photos of how you live with art, your remodel (whether in progress or finished), or a water feature on your property. We recognize that Jackson Hole is uniquely beautiful in the world, and we love to see—and share—how homeowners, designers, artisans, and architects here celebrate the area.

With deep, and stylish, gratitude,

The Homestead Magazine Team

Latham and Megan Jenkins, Melinda Duquette, Martha Vorel, Dina Mishev, Bevin Wallace and our talented writers and photographers.

photo by: Krafty Photos

ON THE COVER

SUMMER

Ankeny Architecture and Design, Audrey Drought Design, and Ridgeline Log and Timber worked together to create a timeless home for a family as well as the family’s large antique collection.

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Zachary Barnett

Sasha Finch

Katy Niner

Tibby Plasse

Jenn Rein

Rachel Walker

WINTER

For a young family, Jacque Jenkins-Stireman Design and Price West transformed a beautiful but dated home into something entirely new.

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

William Abranowicz

David Agnello

Sarah Averill

Dan Campbell

Melinda Duquette

Marc Estabrook

Tuck Fauntleroy

Dre Freden

Scott Gardner

Latham Jenkins

Daniel Larsson

Dave Marlowe

New Thought Media

Lindley Rust

Roger Wade

Paul Warchol

PHOTO: MELINDA DUQUETTE

PHOTO: TUCK FAUNTLEROY

OUR TEAM

PUBLISHER

Latham Jenkins is the publisher and founder of and . His idea for began in 2000 in response to the expanding number of exceptional homedesign projects in our valley. His goal was to provide a platform to showcase these works of art and give others a chance to admire them.

MARKETING + SALES

’s sales and marketing director, Melinda Duquette, has been with the publication since its inception in 2000. Melinda feels fortunate to forge partnerships with so many of the valley’s multi-talented artisans.

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Editor Dina Mishev has lived in Jackson since 1997 and her writing about the area, architecture, design, and adventure travel has appeared in and other publications. Her three favorite things in her home are a silk cocoon lamp by Ango (angoworld.com), a 1982 black leather Eames Lounge Chair, and her collection of Nutella jars from around the world.

EDITOR/COPY EDITOR

A former editor of and , copy editor Bevin Wallace is a contributor to and . She lives in Colorado but spends a part of every summer in southern Montana with her family and tries not to let a year go by without seeing the Tetons.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

After working on the magazine from 2003 to 2008, Martha Vorel reunited with in 2016. Martha enjoys spending time with her family in nature.

FORM + FUNCTION

STORY DINA MISHEV

THERE’S ONE WAY TO ENSURE A PIECE OF FURNITURE IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT—HAVE IT CUSTOM MADE.

Each design project has a unique style and personality, fitting to the client’s needs,” says Katherine Reedy, the founder of EKReedy Interiors + Furniture. “Often a designer will need a special piece to meet these needs. This is where design begins, creating the custom piece for an exact space.” A piece of custom furniture—whether a bed; a dining, coffee, or end table; a credenza; a dresser; or a multi-functional that there isn’t a word to describe—can be the solution to many design problems, or design dreams. The design of a custom piece of furniture doesn’t have to come from an interior designer. Rob Dearing, founder of Dearing Furniture Workshop, says that when he makes custom pieces, he’s usually working directly with homeowners and, “they usually have an idea of what they want. It’s my job to create their vision.” Here are four custom, or semi-custom—Reedy has a customize-able boutique line of furniture—pieces dreamed up, designed, and made real by area professionals.

5 Interior designer Katherine Reedy, founder of EKReedy Interiors + Furniture, found the inspiration for her line’s Super-G Gate Leg Table in her own home. “In designing my home I needed a secondary dining area off the open living area,” she says. “The design of the Super-G Gate Leg Table served beautifully.” When closed, the piece serves as a sofa console; when opened, it transforms into a formal dining setting. The table gets its name from a type of alpine ski race, the super-G. To be successful in the super-G, skiers must have strength and an ability to respond to changing conditions. This table has both of those traits and is one of about 40 pieces in Reedy’s line, which she debuted at the High Point Market—the largest home-furnishings market in the country—in 2018. Although EKReedy Furniture was only launched recently, Reedy has been designing furniture for projects and her clients since she started her design firm in 1990.

3“Pretty much every project we work on requires at least one custom piece,” says Willow Creek Design Group’s founder Colleen McFadden-Walls. “Our clients hire us so that their homes look unique and different. Designing a custom piece of furniture that you can’t see anywhere else is part of that.” This square, rift-oak coffee table, made for a Three Creek home the owners wanted to refresh, was designed to not only be the perfect proportions for its space, but also to meet the client’s goal of updating their home’s aesthetic, which hadn’t been changed since the home was built about 15 years ago. “Rift oak has a smaller, consistent grain than regular oak,” says Renée Crawford, senior designer and principal at WCDG. “It is a more contemporary look than larger-grain oak.” To give the table character, WCDG designed the legs to be asymmetrical. A complementary darker finish on them creates contrast and further ensures that this is a coffee table you won’t see anywhere else, McFadden-Walls says.

COURTESY OF EKREEDY FURNITURE

4“I knew this table was going to be a challenge,” says Rob Dearing, the founder of Dearing Furniture Workshop, about this custom glass and cherry coffee table. “Glass was a new material for me to work with, but I was excited about the client’s vision.” Dearing’s client, whom he had previously worked with to restore several antique pieces of furniture, had some cherry wood from a tree on their farm in Illinois. “They dreamed up the idea of a coffee table that was made of a thin layer of cherry over a surface of glass,” says Dearing, who enjoys crafting new custom pieces and also bringing antique pieces back to life. For this table, he tested glues and epoxies until he found one that “made it so you couldn’t see any of the seams” in the glass. He also used low-iron glass, an ultra clear glass that is less green or blue on the edges than traditional glass. The cherry is finished in a custom mix of tongue oil. “Whether new or restoration work, we’re not magicians pulling rabbits out of our hats,” says Dearing, who works with an apprentice, Luke Ryder. “We use science to create colors and finishes and textures on wood and other objects.”

3Paul Bertelli, design principal, president, and partner at JLF Architects, designed this desk, which is one of a matched set, and filing cabinets for an office in a Jackson Hole residence. Both pieces echo some of the contemporary elements that were already part of the home. The 3/4-inch glass top of this desk is the same glass used for the treads in a three-story glass staircase. The steel trimmed, reclaimed-oak-front desk drawers are similar to the cabinetry in the home’s kitchen. The glass-fronted filing cabinets kitty-corner from the desk are topped in steel, just like a counter elsewhere in the home. “The desks are not near the stairs or the kitchen, but they are reminders to [the homeowners] that there is continuity,” Bertelli says. “Usually there are pieces that are critical to the architecture in every project,” he says. “When we have the opportunity to design these critical pieces, especially when there are interesting materials that we’re working with in other parts of a building that we can use, they can enhance the space, to extreme levels.”

DESIGN INSPIRATION

See more from Emerson Bailey on page 46.

SENSE OF PLACE

INTERIOR DESIGN THAT CAPTURES THE ROMANCE OF THE WEST.

INTERIOR DESIGN

ANDREA LAWRENCE WOOD

AT HARKER DESIGN (JACKSON)

ANDREALAWRENCEWOOD.COM

ANDREA.WOOD@HARKERDESIGN.COM

STORY RACHEL WALKER

PHOTOS DAVE MARLOWE

In the vast world of Western design, Andrea Lawrence Wood stands out for her ability to transform artifacts, textiles, and other materials into interiors that deliver a grounded sense of place. For more than three decades, the Jackson-based designer has individualized high-end mountain homes and properties that refuse to be easily categorized. “Each project is tailor made for that specific client,” Wood says. “Why build such a beautiful house in such a beautiful place and not have it be individual to you?”

Some clients arrive with a distinctive vision they want to achieve, while others rely on Wood’s extensive design knowledge to hone their aesthetic. All benefit from her enduring relationships with suppliers, architects, builders, and artists, including herself; Wood designs and commissions custom furniture. It’s this trove of relationships, vision, experience, and artistry that make Wood a coveted mountain home designer.

A classically trained pianist, Wood first encountered interior design as a young newlywed living on a ranch in Sheridan, Wyoming. Her remodeling efforts transformed one of the ranch houses into an office, another into a guest house. She found the work so rewarding that she studied interior architecture and then opened her own firm. One of her first clients was the then-president of Colorado’s Keystone Resort. The log home Wood worked on with him landed in the pages of design magazines, and her career was launched.

Although her clients hail from near and far, all share a love of the West. Often, Wood’s suggestions stretch her clients’ imagination and result in stunning, inimitable interiors. She’s used serape blankets as window treatments and transformed recycled timber into custom dining room tables. Finely honed Sandstone counters resemble the smooth leather of a saddle, and beaded Native American strips might trim decorative textiles. And, this year, she’s offering a new collection of interiors and furnishings known as the Western Collected Interior. “It will feature the romance of the West in new and exciting ways,” says Wood. “A large part of my job is understanding what the West means to each client and designing to reflect that connection with the place.”

“A large part of my job is understanding what the West means to each client and designing to reflect that connection with the place.”

Andrea Wood, interior designer

STORY RACHEL WALKER

PHOTOS DAN CAMPBELL, MARC ESTABROOK, AND SARAH AVERILL

Withan eye toward the most sophisticated travelers, Abode Luxury Rentals provides more than shelter in a beautiful place—the company acts as a portal into Jackson Hole. Visitors who rent from Abode will discover access to the Jackson Hole lifestyle through the company’s carefully curated, bespoke excursions, which are made possible through Abode’s dedicated local team.

“When you vacation here or you’re going to buy a property, you want to integrate into our lifestyle,” says Rachel Alday, who launched Abode with her husband, Rob, about 15 years ago. “For our clients, luxury is having the time to enjoy this beautiful place, and we facilitate experiences that make memories that last a lifetime.”

Abode’s clients don’t simply take a trip to Jackson Hole. With the help of a committed, accessible staff, Abode anticipates and meets clients needs often before clients even know those needs exist. Abode’s concierge service may arrange not just a kayak excursion in Grand Teton National Park, but an excursion with a chef-catered private lunch in the shadow of the mountains. The Aldays’ authentic and trusting relationships with local outfitters and service providers ensure that Abode clients have access to the valley’s most expert guides and treasured spots, from fishing holes to powder stashes.

The company is able to pay such close attention to detail because it is small by design, working only with select homeowners who share Abode’s values. With a selective portfolio of high-end homes, Abode excels at delivering quality experiences to visitors and homeowners alike. “We at Abode always intended to be a boutique company with a relatively simple business model: Do one thing and do it very well,” Alday says.

“For our clients, luxury is having the time to enjoy this beautiful place.”

Rachel Alday, Abode co-founder

MARC ESTABROOK PHOTOGRAPHY

ARCHITECTURE A43 ARCHITECTURE

A43DESIGN.COM

COLLABORATION

STORY HOMESTEAD TEAM

PHOTOS LINDLEY RUST

ONE OF JACKSON’S MOST EXCITING BOUTIQUE ARCHITECTURE FIRMS HAS ADDED INTERIOR DESIGN TO ITS OFFERINGS.

Offering interior design services was always something I was interested in doing,” says Chris Jaubert, who founded A43 Architecture in 2016 after more than a decade of working as an architect at larger valley firms. “It makes building a new home, or remodeling an existing one, more efficient and can save clients money. And it can result in a more

cohesive finished product.” In 2020, Jaubert brought interior designer Reed Duggan on board. Duggan had been on the interior design team at CLB Architects for five years.

“If an architect and interior designer are working together, the interiors become so much more profound,” Duggan says. “Chris’s work informs mine and mine informs his. He

draws something and I refine it, and then he refines it again, and that goes back and forth throughout the duration of the project. You can really drive home a design concept when there is this continual collaboration.”

Since joining A43, Duggan has been involved in every project the firm has tackled, from new builds to kitchen remodels to full remodels; he’s even involved in projects where clients opted for an outside interior designer. “We love collaborating with others; Reed isn’t at A43 for us to shut out other designers,” Jaubert says. “And when a client does use another designer, they still get the benefit of Reed being part of A43. Reed is a great translator between other designers and the builder and the clients. He makes our work better and clients’ lives easier.”

This is especially the case in bigger projects, which Jaubert sees A43 doing more and more of. “Bigger projects come with more challenges, and also with more license for both myself and Reed to explore creative solutions,” Jaubert says. “Creating things out of thin air—to start with nothing and end with something beautiful and functional— that is the reason we do what we do. We work together to achieve results in architecture and an interior design aesthetic that are synchronized and that make clients happy.”

“We work together to achieve results in architecture and an interior design aesthetic that are synchronized and that make clients happy.”

Chris Jaubert, architect

BUILDING MINDFUL BUILDING

STACK HOMES IS REIMAGINING MODULAR HOMES WITH THOUGHTFUL DESIGN AND HIGH-QUALITY FINISHES, ALL FOR A FRACTION OF THE PRICE— AND BUILD TIME—OF TRADITIONALLY BUILT HOUSES.

STORY DINA MISHEV PHOTOS DRE FREDEN

CONSTRUCTION STACK HOMES STACKHOMES.COM

The construction industry in Jackson Hole is challenging right now,” says Sumner Douglas, the CEO and founder of the Salt Lake City-based, sustainability focused modular home builder Stack Homes. “We like to think we’re the solution for a number of these challenges.” Built in a factory in SLC, Stack Homes modular homes can be installed in all seasons; Stack Homes dwellings are built with high R-values and generate as little waste as possible; and, finally, the price per square foot of a Stack Homes model is less than half of that of a home built on-site.

“How homes are built really hasn’t changed since the 1920s,” Douglas says. “And that model is no longer working, neither for homeowners nor for the environment. This is especially true in Jackson Hole, where stick builds can be $800 to $1,000 a square foot, on average 50 percent of materials are wasted, there’s a shortage of workers, and the weather often delays projects.” A Stack Homes project costs about $350 per square foot, generates less than 10 percent waste, and is delivered between 150 and 210 days after permits are finalized.

While modular homes have been around since 1908 when a Sears catalog offered 44 models of what were then called “kit homes,” Stack Homes brings modular construction into the 21st century with modern designs that are built to last and to provide high energy efficiency.

Stack Homes offers four base models, which come standard with highquality finishes—sized at 320, 480, 640, and 960 square feet—and these can be stacked and combined to create custom homes with up to several thousand square feet of living space. The creativity of each client especially shines when combining multiple models into the ideal configuration. Because of their

versatility, these luxury dwellings serve many purposes for Stack Homes clients including forever homes, guest houses, rental units, pool houses, and most recently, a ski chalet.

While Stack Homes clients choose from existing designs, they can also apply certain interior and exterior customizations. Rarely do two Stack Homes projects look the same, but what they do share is a high standard of sustainability and design. “Stack Homes modular dwellings are built for modern living in today’s environment,” Douglas says.

“Stack Homes modular dwellings are built for modern living in today’s environment.”

Sumner Douglas, founder

IN PURSUIT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY

STORY RACHEL WALKER PHOTOS DANIEL LARSSON

DESIGN STUDIO

EMERSON BAILEY EMERSONBAILEY.COM

A DESIGN STUDIO WITH UNPARALLELED ACCESS TO EUROPEAN ANTIQUES, DESIGNERS, AND MAKERS IS OPENING AN EXPERIENTIAL SHOWROOM.

Denver-based interior designer Susan Weiss spent years scouring European antique markets, galleries, and showrooms to find authentic, rare, and storied pieces for her international clientele. In 2021, she joined forces with renowned Swedish antiques dealer Daniel Larsson, who is based in Höganäs, Sweden, and considered to be the foremost authority on Baroque, Rococo, Gustavian, and Empire-period Swedish furniture and decorative arts. Their company, Emerson Bailey, quickly established itself to discerning clients in the U.S. as the purveyors of extraordinary European antique furniture and objects as well as new contemporary design brands.

This spring, Weiss and Larsson will bring their collection and curation to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Although they’ve not yet found the perfect location, Emerson Bailey’s new showroom will be a destination and include a gallery, event space, and even a handful of Emerson Bailey properties, where people can

stay in one of the team’s exquisitely curated spaces. “Susan and I have the same passion. We are entrenched in rarities, the sophistication of environments and design, and how to offer the experience of beautiful things that people have never before witnessed or shared space with,” says Larsson. “In the E | B properties, people will be immersed in the types of experiences we’re privileged to create. We can’t wait to introduce that to a community that understands the grandeur of the natural world and appreciates beauty.” At an E | B residence, you’re likely to spend the night with pieces that have intricate stories.

E | B recently acquired an 18th-century Rococo buffet from Lars Sjöberg, an art historian, former curator (for 36 years) of 18th-century furnishings at Stockholm’s National Museum of Antiquities, and writer. Larsson’s and Weiss’s extensive relationships with European antiques experts, gallery owners, and dealers result in Emerson Bailey having exclusive access to coveted pieces and collections.

But Emerson Bailey doesn’t only look to the past. The firm sources contemporary pieces from rugs to ironwork, ceramics, and lighting. It imports beautiful and enduring brass sinks and plumbing fixtures from TONI Copenhagen, Denmark’s oldest manufacturer of kitchen and bathroom fixtures. “One or two antiques can add modernity and depth to a contemporary space,” Larsson says.

While all different, Emerson Bailey’s antiques and contemporary pieces share several qualities: timelessness, rareness, and legitimacy. “We curate opportunities for those who want something that no one else has and who want to know the story behind it,” Weiss says. “New and old, our objects simply have to be the best, special, and rare. They become sculptural art, not just furniture, and they bring depth and soul to a space.”

“We curate opportunities for those who want something that no one else has and who want to know the story behind it.”

Susan Weiss, interior designer

SITE-SPECIFIC

ARCHITECTURE WARD | BLAKE

WARDBLAKE.COM

People try to categorize the awardwinning work of Jackson-based Ward | Blake Architects but find it impossible. “That’s the idea,” says Tom Ward, who, with Mitch Blake, founded the firm in 1996. Ward | Blake has designed private residences at the Amangani Resort, homes at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, a LEED Gold certified childhood learning center, and even homes made from dirt (using the firm’s patented EarthWall construction technique).

“We don’t have a ‘style’ because we respond to the site, the climate, the client, and to the views, some of which we’ll want to protect and others that we’ll want to

STORY DINA MISHEV PHOTOS ROGER WADE AND PAUL WARCHOL

THE ONLY “STYLE” WARD | BLAKE DESIGNED SPACES HAVE IN COMMON ARE THEIR RESPONSIVENESS TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

enhance,” Blake says. “We hope the biophilic nature of our work resonates with people viewing our portfolio. Even if two clients want the exact same program, every project we design is completely site-specific.”

While Ward | Blake projects do not bear a stamp of the firm’s “look,” they do have similarities. Every Ward | Blake project is sensitive to its environment, successfully integrated with its surroundings, tactile, modern, and artfully crafted. For this approach, the firm was named the 2013 Firm of the Year by the six-state American Institute of Architects’ Western Mountain Region and has won numerous International Design Awards (IDA), which were created to recognize, celebrate, and promote legendary design visionaries and smart and sustainable multidisciplinary designs. The firm’s IDAs include Architect of the Year, which it won for one of the four EarthWall homes it has designed and built. “It’s difficult to persuade someone to build their dream house out of dirt, but the end result is such a unique, tactile building with a personality of its own,” says Ward.

Not surprisingly, more important to the firm than a huge project budget is having clients who are interested in doing interesting things. “The design process is iterative and improved by clients who engage,” Blake says. Ward recalls the firm’s founding vision: to be provocative in thought, flexible in nature, and disciplined in execution.

“We don’t have a ‘style’ because we respond to the site, the climate, the client, and to the views, some of which we’ll want to protect and others that we’ll want to enhance.”

Mitch Blake, architect

HEAVY METAL

ONE OF THE REGION’S BEST CUSTOM CABINETRY SHOPS NOW DOES METALWORK, TOO.

Willow Creek Woodworks, Inc. is the first phone call when a Jackson Hole architect or contractor requires beautiful custom cabinetry, doors, trim, and other precise pieces, whatever the style of the project. “It doesn’t matter if it is rustic or contemporary, or wood or metal,” says Willow Creek Woodworks founder Jaxon Ching, who got into building and finish carpentry while in the Navy. His final task before being honorably discharged was rebuilding metal cabinets and bunks in a barracks in California. “We enjoy every custom job and enjoy being able to work with our clients, whether it is the owner driving that vision or the architect,” he says.

CABINETRY + MILLWORK + METALWORK

WILLOW CREEK WOODWORKS, INC. WILLOWCW.COM

STORY TIBBY PLASSE PHOTOS SCOTT GARDNER

Ching founded Willow Creek Woodworks in Idaho Falls in 1996. (Although the shop is based in Idaho, Ching spends at least two days a week in Jackson Hole checking in on projects and meeting with clients.) Until recently, the shop focused on custom wood cabinetry. “These days, the market demand also includes metal materials, especially as mid-century modern aesthetics are trending,” he says. A consummate problem solver, Ching added a metal shop to Willow Creek Woodworks. With this addition, “we now can fabricate all metal items inhouse,” he says. “We also press everything ourselves and now control our own veneers.”

A current project that uses all of Willow Creek’s skills is a custom bronze front door that is six inches thick and eight feet tall. “We really do love challenges and the opportunity to create,” Ching says. “This door is something I have never done before, and it really makes a statement.”

“We really do love challenges and the opportunity to create.”

Jaxon Ching, founder

Homestead

EXTRAORDINARY IS IN THE DETAILS

FAMILY OWNED + OPERATED FOR OVER 33 YEARS IN JACKSON HOLE

OLD + NEW

RENOVATIONS USUALLY AREN’T LESS EXPENSIVE THAN BUILDING NEW, AT LEAST IN JACKSON HOLE, BUT THEY’RE INCREASING IN POPULARITY AND OFFER THEIR OWN REWARDS.

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These days, and for several years now, “remodel” in Jackson Hole isn’t something done to a bathroom, or a kitchen. “Five years ago, remodel projects were smaller, but today’s remodels can be 5,000-square-feet or more,” says architect Shawn Ankeny, who founded her eponymous firm in 2005. “Clients want their entire homes redone.”

It’s not just the scope of renovations that is growing, but also the number of them. “When we started, we were doing about 20 percent remodels,” says Rush Jenkins, creative director and co-owner, with his partner and COO Klaus Baer, of WRJ Design, a firm that was founded in 2003 in Manhattan and moved to Jackson in 2010. “Now about 40 percent of our projects are remodels. This is a trend I do not see slowing down in Jackson Hole.”

A main factor driving both the increase in remodels and the size of them is that “there is just so little vacant land available now,” says Rob DesLauriers, a real estate broker in the valley since 2003 (and an associate broker with Sotheby’s since 2011). Architect Alison Price of Price West Studio says, “You can fix a house, but you can’t make land appear.” Like WRJ, Price has seen an increase in the number of renovations—versus new builds—her firm does; she estimates 85 percent of her current projects are remodels.

Land has always been scarce in Jackson Hole—because of the national parks and forests that make this valley the special place it is, only 3 percent of the land in Teton County is privately owned. “And a lot of that is over [Teton Pass] in Teton Valley, in Alta,” DesLauriers says. (Alta is in Teton County, but not in Jackson Hole.) “There’s no doubt

WILL REMODELING SAVE MONEY?

No, but there are still reasons to do it.

Sorry to break this to you, but, “Remodeling a 5,000-squarefoot house likely won’t save you any money over building new,” says Chris Jaubert, founding principal of Jackson-based A43 Architecture. WRJ Design’s Jenkins says, “Unless you’re going to do a light remodel, don’t go into it thinking that you’ll have a huge savings over building new.” So why remodel?

“Building from scratch takes so long now,” says Sotheby’s associate broker Rob DesLauriers. “New construction takes three to four years from land acquisition.” Even if you opt for a full remodel, that will take “only” two years. Also, “Some clients really love the remodel process,” architect Shawn Ankeny says. “They like taking something old and giving it a new life.” Renovating can also appeal to buyers who might be intimidated by all of the decision-making required during a new build. Interior designer Jacque Jenkins-Stireman says, “The responsibility and need to make decisions in a remodel are a fraction of what they would be with new construction. A remodel is usually less of a time commitment and, because there are constraints from the beginning, is less overwhelming than new construction.”

Also, many aspects of building and building materials— from windows to insulation and technology—are continually improving. “A remodel is a way to incorporate these improvements, whether in technology or with bigger and better windows, into your home,” says interior designer Shannon White. Finally, and which, in a valley that has a rich history of stewardship and set smack in the heart of one of the world’s largest intact temperate ecosystems, should have been listed first: “It feels good to reuse a house,” says Couloir Construction’s Jesse Roy. “It doesn’t end up in a landfill.”

Although saving money by renovating instead of building new is unlikely, it’s not impossible. Your best bet to see if it’s possible on your project is to involve a builder from the start. “We can do early cost analysis predictions of what a remodel would cost,” Roy says. “And we can value-engineer some components.”

“You can fix a house, but you can’t make land appear.”

Alison Price West, architect

DAVID AGNELLO/COURTESY OF KATE BINGER, DWELLING

the inventory of property for sale is scarcer now than it has been,” Jenkins says. DesLauriers says that there are 10 or fewer vacant lots in Teton Village and “all but one or two are owned by the adjacent homeowner to protect their views and privacy.” These homeowners have little desire to sell their extra land. “They’ll either sell their house first and then sell the land, or sell the two together. You have to buy the house so that you can get the vacant land,” DesLauriers says.

Teton Village isn’t alone in its scarcity of lots. “There are very few land subdivision opportunities now, and, in the older subdivisions, the best lots were taken early and built on in the late 80s, 90s, or early

2000s,” DesLauriers says. But these homes built 20 to 30 years ago, while they do sit on the best properties in their neighborhoods, have an aesthetic and flow—a materials palette heavy on log and wood and a compartmentalized layout—that doesn’t resonate with families today. “Tastes have changed in the past five years, never mind the past 20 or 30,” Jenkins says.

Homeowners want these prime locations, but “they want their homes to be open, brighter, and airier than the log homes popular 20 years ago are,” West says. “A majority of people are here to bring the outside in. They want to feel connected to nature and have their views. Many older homes were not designed to live

this way.” But they can be made to. Jesse Roy, owner of Couloir Construction, which does new building and renovations, says it can be difficult to “look past the brown, log, or heavy timber, but a great team—an architect, interior designer, and builder—can create a totally new feeling in a log house.” But this does require a big commitment and investment.

“Renovations should not be done piecemeal, because once you refresh one room, the rest look outdated,” Jenkins says. “I always say, let’s dive in and do it all. It may seem overwhelming at first, but clients are always thrilled in the end.” While not all designers agree with him (see sidebar), they—along

“It can be difficult to look past the brown, log, or heavy timber, but a great team—an architect, interior designer, and builder—can create a totally new feeling in a log house.”

Jesse Roy, Couloir Construction

DON’T WANT TO REMODEL THE WHOLE HOUSE?

If you don’t want to gut an entire house, Shannon White, who founded Shannon White Design in 2008, says changing just one of the wood elements in a wood-forward older home can make a big difference. “Pick one thing—the walls, the ceiling, the floor, kitchen cabinets—and paint it. It is amazing how much a white-washed ceiling or cabinets can transform a space,” she says. “Do that and see if that is enough to give you the feeling you’re looking for. For some, it’s enough. If it’s not, it didn’t make a bigger remodel any more difficult.”

with builders and architects—do agree that surprises are inevitable in every remodel. “In any renovation, no matter how many existing drawings you have, there will be surprises,” West says. Builder Roy says, “We can speculate what’s behind a wall, or even have drawings telling us what is supposed to be behind a wall, but until you’re in it, you don’t really know what’s really there.” West has found unexpected water pipes and opened up a wall to find a duct that wasn’t shown on drawings. “Some houses have a tremendous amount of surprises, and some have less,” she says. “But they all have some.”

But not all surprises are bad: Jenkins and Baer remodeled their own East Jackson home; following their own advice, they “dove in and did it all.” When the vinyl siding was ripped off the exterior, a historic log cabin was revealed. “We had no idea there was this fabulous log cabin inside our house,” Jenkins says. “We had to rethink our plan, and it was expensive to keep the cabin, but the amount of charm and warmth and history of that cabin—I wouldn’t change a single thing in our decision to renovate and save the cabin and to rebuild the house around it. It wasn’t easy, but it was very, very well worth it.”

Jenkins makes a point: Interior designer Jacque Jenkins-Stireman (no relation to WRJ’s Rush Jenkins) says, “There is something about the coziness of log that you can’t get from another material.” She says her favorite projects apply a modern aesthetic to an outdated log home and result in “a beautiful, open, light, and bright home that still has the cozy properties of log. To me, that’s the best of both worlds.” Ankeny says many of her renovation projects include an aspect that is new, like a guest home or an addition to the existing home. “I love projects that involve reconciling new construction with existing,” she says. “It’s a fun and creative challenge to figure out how we are going to marry the two. Maybe you end up making the existing house look more like the new, or maybe you do the opposite. Either way, the end result is a building that is more interesting than its individual parts.” Jenkins-Stireman says, “Renovations can be a challenge, but they also present possibilities that sometimes just aren’t achievable with new construction.”

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Duckstein, president and partner of Ridgeline Log and Timber, stands in a large tent talking about the aged mortise and tenon holes in a length of reclaimed timber. It’s winter, and a large heater blows loudly while two craftsmen trace out a truss configuration on the floor. The beam is weathered and cut with adz marks, but the holes had been cleanly chiseled by bygone artisans. Imagining the joinery of the hand-hewn tenons fitting snugly, one can understand how these barns from the 1800s still stand today.

“This is history,” says Duckstein. “See how skillfully these were cut? And check out the density of the rings. This is old-growth white oak, felled in the Midwest centuries ago. Add to that the 150 years it was part of a functioning barn, and you begin to appreciate the craftsmanship involved.”

Indeed, skilled European timber framers and furniture makers immigrated to early America, and shared artistry and knowledge in what was, in a sense, a working homage to form and function. Though the markings in reclaimed timber are sometimes referred to as “imperfections,” to a craftsman like Duckstein, they are gloriously preserved marvels of a golden era.

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ANKENY ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, AUDREY DROUGHT DESIGN, AND RIDGELINE LOG AND TIMBER WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE A TIMELESS HOME FOR A FAMILY AS WELL AS THE FAMILY’S LARGE ANTIQUE COLLECTION.

That these timbers are finding new use can be likened to, when in 1944, the composer Aaron Copland resurrected Elder Joseph Brackett’s hymn “Simple Gifts” as the melody for his acclaimed piece, “Appalachian Spring.” Suddenly, “Simple Gifts” was revived and found fresh praise.

And so, when architect Shawn Ankeny, founding principal at Ankeny Architecture and Design, was approached to create a very particular house, the team enlisted the services of Ridgeline for its reputation as craftsmen and preservationists. The clients, avid antique collectors, had a vision for a home that would both mesh with its outdoor surroundings and meaningfully highlight the beauty

of their collection, which includes both vintage Americana and Native American art.

“The magnificence of their collection was that everything subscribed to the tenet of form and function,” says interior designer Audrey Drought of Houston-based Audrey Drought Design, who arranged the interior. “Beautifully crafted pieces but also useful to their living arrangement.”

Ankeny began imagining a home with a cabin-y feel. “The homeowners preferred wood to sheetrock, so almost everything had to be barnwood and exposed beams,” she says. “And though it was a large house, we created a sense of intimacy with cozier, smaller rooms, which jibed with the nature of the

“The magnificence of their collection was that everything subscribed to the tenet of form and function.”

Audrey Drought, ASID

’Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free ’Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, ’Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

Elder Joseph Brackett, Maine Shaker Community, 1848

antiques. It was so much fun. They’d call Audrey and me and say, ‘Hey, we found this flag commemorating Wyoming’s statehood. Can you find room for it?’ And so we’d reimagine a wall for this huge flag.”

Drought’s team worked with Ankeny remotely, inventorying the collection and mapping out where each piece would go. When the time came, everything went smoothly. “By then,” says Drought, “I could have done it blindfolded.”

“When we first came across a Shawn Ankenydesigned home, our thought was, ‘Yes, that’s a house we could live in,’” say the homeowners. “With this house, we got to start from scratch and do everything just the way we wanted it. Shawn, Audrey, Ridgeline, and the vendors did not disappoint. All their special touches, their correct proportions, their attention to detail—we’ve been thrilled.”

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WRJ DESIGN AND NORTHWORKS ARCHITECTS BALANCE REFINED WITH RUGGED IN THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PERSONAL RESIDENCES OF A PRIVATE TETON VALLEY COMMUNITY.

Muchcan be said about new construction rising to the occasion of the Tetons, how the iconic peaks demand that architects and designers bring their A game. However, a design team with years logged in the valley recognizes that Tetonic conditions transcend the spires themselves to include architectural and cultural history.

Such were the considerations guiding Rush Jenkins of WRJ Design Associates and Austin DePree of Northworks Architects in their transformation of Huntsman Springs into Tributary in 2019. The new owners—BDT Capital Partners, an investment group out of Chicago—envisioned a 1,350-acre year-round private community outside downtown Driggs, Idaho, on par with the majesty of the Tetons.

“Our clients wanted the architecture to be refined, but to also have a ruggedness that matched the natural beauty of the site,” DePree says. Rugged and refined are principles manifested in materials and forms. From the start, DePree and Jenkins considered the historic context of the site and its surroundings. Yes, the Tetons dominate, but so, too, does the community, steeped in ranching and outdoor recreation. Capturing a sense of place means more than just framing panoramas whenever possible; the texture of Teton Valley must reveal itself as well. Vernacular architecture, specifically neighboring farmhouses and barns, informs the clean lines of Tributary’s new structures.

“We wanted to create a design that maximized the visual exposure to all those different vistas.”

Austin DePree, Northworks Architects and Planners

STRUCTURAL SOUL

To complement Tributary’s anchor amenity—the significant golf course by Scottish designer David McLay Kidd—the Jackson-based team imagined a clubhouse as the community’s hub. Building on the style of historic lodges, the 27,000-square-foot facility welcomes members with unfurling hospitality. “We wanted to create a sense of discovery as you enter the clubhouse,” DePree says. “You are greeted by a large fireplace. To be drawn into a building by a crackling fire, inviting you to gather around the hearth, is a beautiful form of entry, especially in winter.”

From this warm welcome, the formal foyer leads into the gallery linking functional spaces with the focal point, the great room—which is adjacent to the bar, game lounge, and restaurant—before ending in a cozy map room and library. “It’s a natural progression from larger spaces to more intimate rooms,” Jenkins says.

Graceful progression permeates. “The site delivers such spectacular views to the east, south, and west,” DePree says. “We wanted to create a design that maximized the visual exposure to all those different vistas” Drawing on classical principals, modulation enables maximization; flowing through scaled rooms allows for the experience to build through a series of panoramic epiphanies. “You don’t see the full scope of the view until you are deep into the building and exposed to the rear courtyard,” DePree says.

This focus on experience extends to the interior design. “Each room has a different perspective,” Jenkins says. “Having been a landscape architect in the past, I consider the interior and exterior in concert and always ask myself, ‘How do I create intimacy in a space?’”

Throughout, Jenkins strove for relaxed luxury. “We wanted the clubhouse to feel as comfortable as your home,” he says. The drapes and upholstery in the great room were milled in Scotland; furniture from Ralph Lauren furthers the classic tone; and sculptural Poltrona Frau light fixtures draw the eye down to a human scale, tempering the picture windows. The lounges demonstrate care with limestone tile and hand-forged faucets by Samuel Heath of England. Anticipating high traffic, the material palette is durable—leather, wool, shearling, cashmere, mohair. From every angle, Jenkins considered the tactile nature of materials and finishes.

Sited to face south, the clubhouse boasts unobstructed views of the golf course; along the undulating meadows, ponds, and berms; to the mountains. “Unlike a typical clubhouse—designed to be experienced from the inside out—at Tributary we approached the covered porches as outdoor living rooms,” DePree says. “The various gathering spaces on the east, south, and west sides of the building ensure that people can meet outside and still feel protected.”

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This integration of architecture and nature extends to the design of the residences in the community. The farmhouse-inspired Tributary model has four bedrooms and four and a half baths in 3,250 square feet of living space. Continuing the “rugged and refined” credo, the cabins nod to the existing built landscape with traditional gable roofs sheathed in cedar and siding of reclaimed timbers or white-stained board and batten. “The exterior materials age naturally and patina over time, but they also reference materials that have been used historically in Teton Valley,” DePree says. Past and present merge in Tributary’s place-based design. Over his decade working with passionate Jackson Hole and Teton Valley homeowners, Jenkins has developed an instinct for both the timeless and the characteristic. “When people come to the West, they want to connect to the lifestyle here. They want a home that is different from where they live in Chicago or New York. What will set the space apart? First and foremost, the architecture, then the finishes,” Jenkins says. As such, he designs in sophisticated and somatic layers. Sleek treatments—waterfall countertops, steel accents, matte black fixtures—juxtapose the rustic bones of wood and stone. Cabins have an open plan that unfolds from a dry-stacked Muddy Creek stone fireplace, itself the defining feature of the

“When people come to the West, they want to connect to the lifestyle here.”

Rush Jenkins, WRJ Design Associates

great room and kitchen. Sharing the first floor is the primary suite and a flex office/ bedroom. Upstairs, a versatile media room connects two more bedroom suites, one of which can become a bunk room with barnwood walls. A deck of Brazilian ipe (pronounced EE-pay), encircles every cabin’s dining room, where floor-to-ceiling glass windows make every meal feel immersive.

COHESIVE COMMUNITY

Ever growing, Tributary thrives in situ, with the clubhouse and the cabins alike fostering community. In every space designed by Northworks and WRJ, members enjoy the harmony achieved by attributes attuned to the alpine lifestyle melding with moments of modern luxury.

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Tributary is a 1,500-acre, low-density community nestled against the rolling foothills of the western Teton Range. Rich in wildlife, abundantly stocked ponds, and charming mountain town culture, Tributary offers inspired family retreats that challenge the expectations of what a mountain residence should be.

LONGEVITY

FOR A YOUNG FAMILY, JACQUE JENKINS-STIREMAN DESIGN AND PRICE WEST TRANSFORM A BEAUTIFUL BUT DATED HOME INTO SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW.

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It is hard to select one thing I love from this project because there are so many moments,” says architect Alison Price, of Price West, about a 4,456-square-foot home built in 2000 that she recently worked with interior design firm Jacque JenkinsStireman Design (JJSD) to update. “I am quite proud of how we evolved the story of this house. Connecting the old with the new. It was a fun and deeply satisfying puzzle to solve.”

While Price and JJSD’s collaboration fundamentally changed the way this home looks and functions, the original request was simple. “Initially, the homeowners primary request was for a larger kitchen and some other simple updates

to finishes and furnishings. They wanted to lighten up the spaces,” says Jacque Jenkins-Stireman, who has been doing interiors in Jackson Hole homes for 25 years, 19 of these at her eponymous firm. After visiting the house together, Price and Jenkins-Stireman suggested to their clients that the kitchen could be enlarged by opening it up to the adjacent-but-separate great room. It was at this point that they began to realize the real bones of the home and the project grew from there.

This idea inspired the homeowners. “Do you think we can accomplish a lighter, brighter feeling throughout the house?” they asked the design team. Jenkins-Stireman and Price, who

founded her own architecture firm in 2019 after working for prominent architecture firms in the valley, answered with an unequivocal “yes.”

Even though the scope of the remodel had changed, Jenkins-Stireman and Price worked to keep it as minimal as possible while achieving their clients’ goals. “Saying a house has great bones is a cliché statement, but, in this house, it’s true,” says JenkinsStireman. Price adds, “While the 20 year-old layout of this home didn’t meet the current needs of the family, we started with something that was well-crafted, and because of that we were able to affect a substantial and dramatic transformation without a total overhaul.”

It was only in the home’s great room/kitchen and the primary bedroom suite that extensive changes were made. In three other bedrooms and three bathrooms, Price, Jenkins-Stireman, and JJSD’s Vanessa Pratt were able to create bright and airy spaces with small changes, like new lighting fixtures, bedscapes, draperies, and painting and updating furniture. “Vanessa really breathed new life into these rooms and transformed the other primary spaces with a completely reimaged direction and palette,” Jenkins-Stireman says.

The primary suite and kitchen/great room required 18 months of construction work; some walls were removed and others added, and flow and functionality were

“The process and end result are better when the architect and designer work together from the start.”

Jacque Jenkins-Stireman, interior designer

reimagined. In the primary suite, the entrance and fireplace were repositioned, and individual Mr. and Mrs. closets and bathrooms were consolidated. You’d say the new bathroom in the primary suite is spa-like, but that doesn’t do it justice. It’s truly a haven for relaxation and renewal.

In the great room, which already had floorto-ceiling windows facing the Tetons, Price and Jenkins-Stireman had to figure out how to create a connection between it and the adjacent kitchen. This was accomplished by redefining the wall between them. To visually tie together the two sides of this new space and keep it from feeling “too big,” Jenkins-Stireman installed rock facades on the walls at either end. Price also relocated the fireplace here to create a feeling of symmetry and an anchor within the home.

“To be able to take something of such quality and beauty and to preserve and update it rather than creating the carbon footprint of a new build is something I love to do,” Jenkins-Stireman says. “We made a classic log home current and added years of longevity to it.”

Price says her architectural design process is all about seeing the potential of a space, and that is why she loves working on renovation projects like this one. “It’s about being curious with the design team and listening to what is there— the clients and the home.”

FAIRWAY FAIRY TALE

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A TETON PINES REMODEL BY WILLOW CREEK DESIGN GROUP RESULTS IN THE ULTIMATE SKI RETREAT.

Every home tells a story—of people, site, context, community—and every year adds new threads to that story. At some point, to keep pace with the narrative accumulation, the structure itself must change. Instead of starting anew, a remodel honors the stories held and the stories yet to be told by a home.

Honoring this plotline, Willow Creek Design Group—the team of senior designers and principals Colleen McFadden-Walls and Renée Crawford, with design associate Kathie Harrington—approach remodels with vision and passion. McFadden-Walls and Crawford, two longtime locals who recently came together as business partners, specialize in refreshing spaces that stray from the owner’s envisioned storyline. Clients come to them after decades spent in the same space, or when keen to transform a freshly acquired property.

In the latter category, a family of hardcore skiers approached the designers after purchasing a Teton Pines cluster home. New to the valley, they picked the Pines for its Westbank location—close to the world-class skiing at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort as well as the Teton Pines Country Club’s myriad activities and amenities, including the Arnold Palmer Signature golf course.

A Pines member herself, McFaddenWalls remodeled the 20,000-square-foot Clubhouse in 2016, so she knows the community well and looks forward to every opportunity to refresh the homes within the Westbank enclave. “We love doing work in the Pines,” she says.

With its original 1987 finishes, her client’s cluster home felt like a time capsule of the development’s origins. Buttery wood paneling lined the cathedral ceiling in the upstairs great room—a dated canopy over an ineffectual kitchen more suited to shortterm stays than jovial dinners with relatives and guests. Even the entry felt flat and unfulfilled decades on from its initial design intent.

Confident in WCDG’s capacity to reimagine the interior, McFadden-Walls recommended a team, which included Steve Stuchal of Serenity Builders, to realize the renovation. “We guide our clients from start to finish, helping with budget planning, serving as an owner’s rep, and hiring draftsmen and builders,” she says. “For this project, we helped our clients sort out the professionals necessary to get the job done. We pulled the team together.”

“By reimagining core areas of the home, we were able to create a beautiful new entrance, a private office, the kitchen doubled in size, and a luxurious master bathroom.”

Colleen McFadden-Walls, interior designer

In general, the layout of the 3,211-square-foot house worked, save for the staircase. Natural light enlivened most rooms, thanks to tall picture windows. The bedrooms were well-placed, with the primary suite affording privacy upstairs and the remaining three on the ground level. “The cluster units have good bones,” Crawford says. “We worked within those architectural parameters and created a new space.”

Amid the pros, the staircase remained a core con—too clumsy in its stepped ascent, too awkward in its position, too encroaching on both floors. By shifting the stairs closer to the entry, the new design makes the great room feel more open and less segmented, and the foyer became larger and more gracious.

However, changing its course proved challenging; what seemed impossible at first—according to the structural engineer—became a puzzle for Stuchal to solve. Working from original drawings of the cluster units (kept by another owner whom Stuchal was helping remodel), he did some exploratory demo and figured out the load issues. “When you have the designers and the owners on board, and they have a vision for what they want their house to be and how they want it to perform for their family and their future relatives, you have to put in the time and figure it out,” he says.

Now floating along the wall, the staircase edit added approximately 100 square feet on both levels in the form of a proper entry and private office downstairs and, upstairs, an expanded kitchen plus a new powder room and seasonal closet.

In its new state, a gourmet kitchen anchors the great room and flows into two sitting areas (oriented respectively to the fireplace and TV) and a game corner, all of which are capped by a soaring ceiling lined in tongue-and-groove alder stained light gray. Noting the family’s focus on winter occupancy (both husband and

wife logged 100 days at the resort last ski season), McFadden-Walls recommended dark floors to contrast the snowy expanse so present from their panoramic perch. “Dark floors add another dimension to the space,” she says. “The space has so much natural light, the rooms could feel dwarfed by the outside.”

Building on this grounding foundation of stained, open-grained oak floors, McFadden-Walls and Crawford layered complementary new finishes from Chief Cliff stone, which frames the fireplace, to light custom cabinetry in the new kitchen and sleek drybar. Sculptural accents, like the Hubbardton Forge chandelier suspended above the dining table, add subtle drama. Abstract rugs from Kismet Rug Gallery lend texture. Addressing the choppiness of the bedrooms, the primary suite was opened up to allow for an airy primary bath. Built-in closets increased functionality, along with a dresser/desk combination creating another attractively hidden workspace. Now, when not skiing, the clients can work from home in panoramic privacy—a fairy tale ending for a fairway home. “The clusters all look the same from the outside, and they have the same layout,” Stuchal says. “This project transformed a dated cluster into a modernstyle residence. To me, the clusters can feel like condos or townhomes. This unit feels like a home.”

“This project transformed a dated cluster into a modern-style residence.”

Steve Stuchal, builder

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We knew we wanted water features—both moving water and more sculptural reflecting ponds—as much as we wanted views of the Tetons,” say the owners of a newly built home on the West Bank. “We wanted the sound of moving water, and we’ve always found reflecting pools to be serene and relaxing. We moved to Jackson Hole partly because of nature, and having water around our house makes us feel that much closer to nature.” When the weather allows—summer and early fall—the couple has their morning cup of coffee on the terrace, “where we can sit and do a crossword puzzle and all we hear are birds and the soothing sound of flowing water. It’s our favorite part of the day.”

According to recent research, this isn’t surprising. A 2019 study from the American Association for the Advancement of Science published in the journal Science found that simply looking at a water feature improves a person’s mental health and well-being. A Psychology Today review released the same year as the Science paper looked at almost 40 recent studies about water features and found that water features reduced stress and lowered the risk for depression. “Water features can be amazing additions to a property, and to the lives of homeowners,” says landscape architect Hans Flinch, who founded Jackson-based Cairn Landscape Architects in 2020. “There’s something about the addition of water to a wild landscape—it’s unmatched.”

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But water features should not be done on a whim. “We get a lot of clients initially requesting them without fully understanding what they entail, especially in a climate with the extremes that ours has,” Flinch says. “Other than a custom pool or spa, a water feature is one of the more expensive pieces you can add per square foot to a landscape. They are complicated.” And they require maintenance.

“It depends on the water feature, but having someone check on it once a week—just like you’d have someone mow the lawn once a week—wouldn’t be unusual,” says Case Brown of Clearwater Restoration, a Jackson-based company specializing in keeping water features happy and healthy. “The amount of maintenance a water feature will require should be something that is talked about from the earliest planning and design stages. It is possible to design and build them in a way that helps limit maintenance. But then there is always the chance that the crew mowing the lawn blows the grass clippings into the water feature, and it could literally turn green overnight and take weeks to fix.”

Homeowners looking to include a water feature in a new build—or those looking to include a water feature during a landscape remodel—can do several things to make the design process and the end result efficient. “Mention that you’re interested in a water feature at the beginning of the design process,” Flinch says. “And have a conversation about cost and maintenance as early as possible; ask how much it will cost to build and maintain and what the ongoing operational costs are going to be.”

If you bring a water feature into the design process early enough, it’s possible to make it more than a decorative feature. Ward | Blake Architects has done homes near Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club and off the Village Road that are heated and cooled with the help of water features. “The groundwater in the Teton County aquifer is warm enough and flows at the same temperature yearround,” says one of the firm’s founding principles, Tom Ward. “Water can come out of the ground, go into a heat exchange, and then it’s ready to help heat a house. After it’s finished in the house, it’s ideal for injecting back into a water feature because it’s cool and won’t promote growth of organic matter. It sounds tricky, but it isn’t.”

Flinch says homeowners who aspire to have a water feature should also consider what it might look like in the spring and fall, when it’s empty of water and not covered by snow. “A dried-up lake doesn’t look great,” Ward says. Flinch says smart landscaping can help with this, but there will be months when ponds are empty.

Still, many Jackson Hole homeowners have decided that water features are worth the cost and work. Most properties in John Dodge, Tucker Ranch, Crescent H, Vogel Hill, and Bar B Bar Ranch—among the most exclusive neighborhoods in the valley—have some sort of water feature, or features. “Water gives a house a dynamic personality that isn’t really achievable without the use of water,” Ward says.

“There’s something about the addition of water to a wild landscape—it’s unmatched.”

Hans Flinch, landscape architect

REGULATIONS

Teton County’s regulations about water features are very specific, and often change. “A lot of the projects I show on my website can’t be done anymore,” Brown says. Mitch Blake, a principal at Ward | Blake Architects, says, “We’ve been doing ponds and water features for 25 years, and it is interesting how the county regulations have changed over time.” Generally Teton County regulations about water features have been moving in a direction that encourages wildlife to stay away from homes rather than enticing them closer in with a pond just outside the great room window. (For 11 months, from October 2017 into August 2018, the Teton County Board of County Commissioners had a complete ban on the building of new ponds and berms as it worked with consultants to develop regulations that offered greater environmental protections for water quality and wildlife.) “Also Three Creek has different rules for water features than Tucker Ranch,” Brown says. “People are often surprised by the county’s and their subdivision’s development rules and regulations. The sooner you start thinking about a water feature, the sooner a landscape architect can start looking into what is possible for you.”

“To me, a water feature can be anything from a natural recirculating stream to a pond to a steel reflecting pool,” Brown says. “Water features are not only designed for specific clients, but also specific sites. Every site is different.” Proving that there is a water feature for every site, at the time he was interviewed for this story, Brown was working on a “weeping rock” to put on a second story outdoor terrace. “Water features are really varied and depend on a project’s goals,” Flinch says. “It can be everything from a small focal feature with a very calming, serene effect in a meditative space to clients wanting to hear the sound of a stream rushing by from their kitchen or bedroom.”

Ward | Blake Architects worked with clients who have a home off Teton Village Road to design multiple interconnected water features. “Water is sourced from the front of the house and, through gravity and a slight gradient, flows west toward a hot tub, where it creates an island on which the hot tub resides,” Ward explains. “From there, the water wraps around the patio until it ultimately flows into the pond via a sluiceway built on top of the grade.” Ward says these not only add visual interest, but also mask the noise of traffic on the Village Road. “On an otherwise quiet summer day, you could hear a surprising amount of traffic,” he says. “But since the water feature came online, all you can hear is water.” (The sluiceway has wood slats on its bottom. These create turbulence, which makes the sound of the water flowing through it louder.)

Architect Flinch worked on the landscaping design for a Stephen Dyniadesigned home. “It was this beautiful L-shaped home centered around a courtyard,” he says. “The courtyard screamed for something special.” The “something special” ended up being a linear, shallow reflecting pool. “It took us a while to figure out what the courtyard needed, but once the owners expressed an interest in a water feature, it was obvious that was the right move,” Flinch says. “There’s something that water adds to a house that nothing else can.”

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AT HOME IN TETON PINES

STORY/EDITOR JENN REIN PHOTOS COURTESY OF TETON PINES

ESTABLISHED IN 1987 AS ONE OF THE FIRST GOLF COMMUNITIES IN JACKSON HOLE, TETON PINES HAS SEEN DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION OVER TIME. TODAY, A SENSE OF CONNECTION THRIVES AMONG ITS MEMBERSHIP THANKS TO ACTIVE PROGRAMMING AND PLANS FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

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ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

The longevity that is often associated with Teton Pines is easy to understand. With over 35 years of history, this club is one of the most established membership communities in the region. A celebrated golf course designed by golf legend Arnold Palmer is featured as its crowning jewel. Knowing that you are hitting the links at 6,200 feet in elevation on a course that was carefully devised by a master of the game makes this a distinctive playing experience.

General Manager, Todd Bretzlaff, notes that even within Jackson Hole, golf can be had year-round. “Our golf simulator never gets a rest. That’s why we are adding a second one as part of our ongoing renovations.” Year-round recreation can also be enjoyed in the racquet sports dome that hosts members and their guests for tennis and pickleball matches seven days a week. Even in the depths of winter, members are able to refine their swim strokes as they stay in shape in the newly renovated pool facility that includes a heated lap pool.

Another activity that stands out during the winter months is gliding around the exquisitely groomed fourteen kilometer Nordic track that winds around the nearly 200-acre property. Full moon ski events are replete with glow sticks, firepits, hot cider, and friendship.

MAKING A CONNECTION

In keeping with the lifestyle of Jackson Hole, Teton Pines ensures that their members are inspired by the right amount of variety in outdoor activities. It’s not just about dining, golfing, swimming, or even crosscountry skiing. It’s also about jumping into the greater community to enjoy Jackson’s alpine playground.

Being situated on Moose-Wilson Road just a stone’s throw from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort means the Pines is the perfect home base. Any worry about finding parking at one of the most heavily frequented ski resorts in the country isn’t an issue, as a member shuttle serves to alleviate concern.

“Our programming allows the members to meet one another and form lifelong connections. Developing friendships ensure that club activities are shared, but also make Jackson Hole feel like home,” says Assistant General Manager and Director of Membership Amy Bickley “You’ve found your place here in Jackson Hole, and now as a member of Teton Pines you can find your people with whom to enjoy it.”

For some, this means ski clubs in the winter and golf outings in the summer. For others, it is member hikes, pickleball tennis matches or even a BBQ among friends. Rafting the Snake River or paragliding at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort with fellow members are not out of the question. At the end of the day, enjoying a glass of wine in a clubhouse that extends a feel of home and comfort makes it even more special.

“Membership feedback guides our vision and our designs.”

Amy Bickley, Director of Membership

COMMUNITY MATTERS

Determining what amenities will help the membership connect and enjoy the club means taking the time to request input. For the recently completed renovations of the aquatics facility, racquet sports center, and golf course, the planning committees relied heavily on the feedback and comments garnered from the membership.

“The priorities of our membership guide our designs for the future,” says Bickley. “Just like when you decide to do a renovation on your own home, you consider how your home could be more incorporated into your lifestyle, more aesthetically appealing, and more aligned to your family’s needs. Then you bring in professional voices that can help you shape and build that vision.”

Decisions for the $7M renovation in 2021 and 2022 were based on the results of a club-wide membership survey, usage data, and feedback from focus groups led by a professional consultant. The results enabled the board to focus on the most

desired amenities that would enhance the membership experience. Renovations based on this input include a recreation pool and hot tub for families, and a lap pool and adult hot tub for members looking for a more serene experience.

There is more to come, with plans to expand the clubhouse footprint from 19,000 to 42,000 square feet. The expanded clubhouse will address many aspects of the club that members have requested in recent years. One of the major components will be a new state of the art fitness facility with ample workout and studio space for members to focus on health and wellness.

When adapting to the needs of their devoted membership base, the management team at Teton Pines is focused on the role that the club plays in the daily lives of its members, and what can be gained from joining this vibrant community.

THE ALLURE OF ALPINE AMENITIES

Teton Pines has experienced significant transformation since its inception in 1987. Today, this enclave beckons as a community that celebrates connection, camaraderie and the experiences of Jackson Hole that make the area so unique. “We are always looking to bolster the existing environment to adapt to the needs of the membership,” Bickley and Bretzlaff explain.

They describe one of their favorite moments after the new pool facility opened

in 2022. “We hosted a Luau pool party with over 125 members in attendance. In the new family hot tub, there were eight kids hanging out. In the recreation pool swim races were underway, over at the adult hot tub there were several couples with mai tais and margaritas, and all around the pool deck members were laughing and smiling. We love to see so many members enjoying themselves with friends and the family at the club. In the end, that is what it is all about.”

AN ARTFULL HOME

STORY DINA MISHEV

ART BRINGS LIFE TO A HOME, AND IT CAN IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.

PHOTO

BY

Writing this story made me buy a painting by Canadian artist Peter Hoffer. The piece—a layered, painterly scene of a single Eastern redbud in bloom in a grassy meadow and against a translucent sky—now hangs at the top of the staircase in the home I share with my husband, Derek. This was not the plan. Inspired by hours of interviewing art and interior professionals, and even more time spent at the library and on the internet researching why art is important, I couldn’t help myself. Art, which interior designer Kate Binger defines as “anything that is visually engaging and created by an individual trying to express themselves,” adds to a home, and to homeowners’ lives in so many ways.

“Collect what you love, not just what matches the drapes and the sofa.”

Mariam Diehl, founder and owner of Diehl Gallery

HOLLY MANNECK. COURTESY OF KATE BINGER, DWELLING

ART BRINGS SOUL

Homeowners who worked with art advisor Shari Brownfield, founder of Shari Brownfield Fine Art, to fill the many walls in their Jackson Hole home (the couple also has a home on the East Coast), share, “It’s our house here that feels the most like home to us, and that’s in large part because of the art.” Binger, whose use of color and texture I’ve long admired, wasn’t surprised when I told her this. “Art creates a soul for your home,” she says. “It is art which brings the walls alive.” The homeowners Brownfield helped say, “Depending on the room we walk into, the art gives us a different feeling—sometimes warm, other times a pop of color in a painting feels invigorating. It makes the house feel alive.”

CONNOR LILJESTROM’S COURTESY OF SHARI BROWNFIELD FINE ART

SARAH PHILOUZE’S COURTESY OF SHARI BROWNFIELD FINE ART

COLLECT WHAT YOU LOVE

“If you find something that inspires you and ignites emotion when you engage with it—that’s the piece which is best to live with you in your home,” says Binger, who founded the boutique design studio Dwelling in 2006. Mariam Diehl, the founder and owner of Diehl Gallery, which happens to represent May Blossom’s artist, Peter Hoffer, says, “The biggest thing I say to clients is to collect what you love. It should be a visceral feeling that you get in your chest when you look at a piece.”

When the homeowners mentioned on the prior page first reached out to Brownfield, they had already purchased about six pieces on their own. “We just bought what we loved, but then we got stuck and we still had a lot of empty wall space we wanted to fill,” they say. A neighbor recommended Brownfield, who herself enjoys collecting female abstract expressionists and work by self-taught artists. “Shari made filling our walls the easiest thing we’ve ever done with a home,” they say. “It was seamless; she took the pieces we had, listened to what we liked, and managed to fill our home with art we love that we never would have found on our own, which kind of makes us love it even more.”

A PAINTING BY RAFAEL ROZENDAAL. COURTESY OF KATE BINGER, DWELLING

BY KATE HUNT. COURTESY OF KATE BINGER, DWELLING

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MIX IT UP

“I work with a variety of clients—from very serious collectors to those who don’t consider themselves collectors at all but love the depth that art brings to their lives and want to live among beautiful objects and others who simply want an aesthetically pleasing space without much interest in the storytelling that art provides,” Brownfield says. Most people fall solidly into the last category, which means that the beautiful things they live among can be quite varied. While this might seem “wrong”—isn’t everything supposed to go together?—it’s not. “It is fun to see traditional pieces married together with more contemporary work,” Diehl says. “At one client’s home, we hung an antique Navajo rug on a wall in the great room, and on the opposite wall is a contemporary painting. It looks fantastic, and, to me, makes the home more interesting.” Binger says that her goal as an interior designer is to “move past having spaces always look perfect, like staged photos in a magazine. Perfect is boring. Life is far from perfect. I’m fond of art—and homes—being inspiring, interesting, and as transitional as our day-to-day-world. It returns to art giving a home soul.” The homeowner with the antique Navajo rug hanging opposite a contemporary painting purposefully mixes styles. “To me, that creates a feeling of a home lived in as opposed to just a home with a gorgeous art collection,” she says.

Our Peter Hoffer painting hangs down the hall from a powder room, in which hangs artist James C. Strouse’s Superheroes on the Toilet series of line drawings, and around the corner from a miniature watercolor by local artist Travis Walker (find his larger works at Altamira Fine Art) of Darth Vader sitting by himself in a canoe in the middle of a lake. Also in our home are Western and Jackson Hole-specific pieces—a Jo Mora lithograph of Sweethearts of the Rodeo, which I first saw at Fighting Bear Antiques, and miniatures bought over the years at the Art Association’s annual fundraiser Whodunnit, a silent auction of small pieces the artists don’t sign the fronts of; you don’t know “whodunnit” unless you’re the winning bidder.

“I believe that if the art in a home comes from the instincts of the clients, then we can make it all work together,” Brownfield says. The Navajo rug owner says, “My mother once told me—and she was speaking about clothes, but I think it applies to art and furniture—not to worry if it will match with the rest of the things you have. If you like it, by default it will match. Knowingly or not, we gravitate toward similar things, even if we can’t identify the similarities.”

TAKEFUMI HORI’S COURTESY OF KATE BINGER, DWELLING

MOVE PIECES AROUND

“After an artwork has hung on a certain wall for several years, it can become like a piece of furniture, and the original spark it made you feel may seem lost,” says Brownfield. “Changing art placement keeps the art living and makes the spirit and connection between you and it more dynamic.” She says she moves her own collection around so frequently “it’s like a game of Tetris.” (Brownfield admits this is easier for her than most because one of the bedrooms in her home is all art racks.) Binger, who does not have any rooms full of art racks, says she “constantly rearranges” her walls and bookshelves. “My art and objects are never stationary. They tell a story and are an entity I engage with in a different way every time I look at it.”

Binger shares that she hangs art in her mudroom. “It’s a small space, and in a location that’s meant for function, but creating a small art space means so much to me. I take time to pause when I look at those two pieces. They create a moment for me to think about something other than the chaos of life, or work, or family situations, or whatever might be causing me stress and anxiety.”

Derek and I have been in our current home since 2014. In those nine years, never once had it occurred to us to move a painting from the place it had initially been hung. Never once until I started my interviews for this article.

For weeks now I’ve been wandering my house with artworks in each hand and a measuring tape, pencil, and hammer bulging my pockets. Can the large Tibetan Buddhist thangka painting that had hung at the top of the stairs work in a downstairs hallway? Yes, and, as Brownfield suggested would be the case, it has a different feel in its new home. I didn’t move every single piece of artwork, though. “Clearing off your walls and shelves all at once can be intimidating,” Binger says. “There will be a notable shift if you move a couple of pieces here and there.”

“It’s truly human to love a painting because of the colors, or because it reminds you of a place you’ve visited or experiences you’ve had. Finding a piece ‘perfect’ for your space means little unless you connect with it on a deeper level. Don’t overthink it, and follow your heart.”

Kate Binger, interior designer

BY BOBBIE BURGERS HANGS ON THE STONE WALL; BY HANS HOFMANN HANGS ON THE WHITE WALL. COURTESY OF SHARI BROWNFIELD FINE ART

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DINNER CONVERSATION

My interview style is rigorously informal—more of a meandering conversation than working through a list of prepared questions— but there were three questions I asked everyone interviewed for this article. Two of these questions resulted in six very similar answers. The third question—how do you define art? which, of course, has no right or wrong answer—resulted in answers as wildly divergent as West Live On and Tayloe Piggott Galleries. Art advisor Shari Brownfield’s answer resonated with me the most:

“In my life, I tend to consider art to be objects, moments, or experiences that were specifically created, at the time of creation, with the creator defining it as a work of art. Using this definition, a hummingbird hovering in front of me would not be considered art. Neither would a banana that I taped to a wall because I didn’t have shelves or a bowl to put it in. But, with this definition I do consider Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s , a 2019 installation of a banana affixed to a wall with duct tape, art because he intended for it to be art, albeit art of the type that stimulates conversation rather than art that celebrates the inherent aesthetic beauty of bananas and duct tape. Similarly, a urinal on a wall is not “art,” but in 1917, Marcel Duchamps came along and turned one into an artwork, is not different from other urinals, but the artist added a signature to it and placed it in an artistic forum/ arena to be viewed and questioned as an art object, and to stimulate creative discussion.” Now discuss among yourselves.

BY

ART IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH

In 2019 the World Health Organization, after looking at evidence from more than 3,000 studies, reported that art could play a role in the prevention of illness. In 2018, doctors in Canada began prescribing patients suffering from specific conditions to visit the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Looking at art you find pleasant and beautiful can release dopamine, which is known as the “feel-good hormone” because it brings feelings of pleasure; serotonin, a lack of which is thought to play a role in depression; endorphins, which can relieve pain, reduce stress, and improve mood; and even oxytocin, which is often called the “love hormone” because our body also produces it when a sexual partner excites us or we’re falling in love. Now, don’t you want to go and buy artwork you love?

TAKEFUMI HORI. COURTESY OF DIEHL GALLERY

TWO HUNT SLONEM PAINTINGS, (LEFT) AND (RIGHT). COURTESY OF DIEHL GALLERY

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This year’s Fall Arts Festival featured work is Twilight Elk by Dutch painter Ewoud De Groot. Formerly the featured painter at the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s prestigious annual Western Visions Show + Sale (in 2014), this is De Groot’s first time as the featured artist at the Fall Arts Festival. While De Groot is an award-winning wildlife artist, his works are not photo-realistic: “To me, as an artist, producing a good painting is about exploring all the different facets of composition, color, and technique and not just reproducing an image in a photorealistic way,” he says. “Although I consider myself a figurative painter, I always try to find that essential balance and tension between the more abstract background and the realism of the subject(s). In a way you could say that I am on the frontier between figurative and non-figurative, or the traditional and the modern.” Twilight Elk is available as a poster; the original will be auctioned at the end of the QuickDraw, which is held on the Town Square on September 16. See more of De Groot’s work at Astoria Fine Art, astoriafineart.com

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FEATURED ARTIST EWOUD DE GROOT IN HIS HOME STUDIO.

Asaspens turn to gold, the town of Jackson, nestled between the Tetons and the Gros Ventre Mountains, is the heart of the annual Fall Arts Festival. The 39th Fall Arts Festival is September 6–17, 2023. One of the premier art festivals in the West, the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival features nationally and internationally known artists, architects, designers, and makers. There are gallery walks and exhibit openings, art auctions, events that pair food with art, a chance to watch artists work, a home tour, and more. Year-round, Jackson Hole is a destination for art collectors—it has more than 30 galleries and was recently ranked as one of the 10 most arts-vibrant small communities in the U.S. by SMU Data Arts, which annually recognizes the country’s most arts-vibrant communities and cities—but the valley’s art scene takes center stage during the Fall Arts Festival.

PALATES + PALETTES

Palates + Palettes is one of the signature events of the Fall Arts Festival and is free. Participating fine art galleries pair with local restaurants to serve light bites and beverages as the public browses the art; galleries often use this evening as the opening celebration for a new show. 5–7 p.m. Friday, September 8.

The Western Design Conference Exhibit + Sale is a multi-day event, and its preview party, which includes a fashion show and live auction, is a kick-off for the Fall Arts Festival. Celebrating its 31st anniversary in 2023, the juried Exhibit + Sale showcases the extraordinary Western-inspired work of more than 100 national artists and makers of furniture, fashion, jewelry, home and lifestyle accessories, and more. Nearly $20,000 in awards are given to recognize excellence in design. Daily at 2 p.m. during the Exhibit + Sale, patrons enjoy an Artitude Adjustment, a complimentary happy hour. The Preview Party, Live Auction, and Fashion Show are 6–10 p.m. Thursday, September 7; the Exhibit + Sale spans 3 days, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Friday–Sunday, September 8–10.

Tickets at the door and online: westerndesignconference.com

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On Friday, September 15, the Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes offers the opportunity to tour some of the valley’s most spectacular homes. At each residence, attendees are able to personally engage with the talented professionals who designed, built, curated, and furnished it. There is no better opportunity to meet and gain a deep and nuanced understanding of the work of local design professionals than this ... all while helping raise money for local nonprofits. All proceeds from the Showcase of Homes go to valley charities.

Tickets for the 2023 Showcase Event are available at: jacksonholeshowcase.com

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WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY + WIND UP FOR FALL ARTS FESTIVAL

Wednesday, September 6

The Wort Hotel

WESTERN DESIGN CONFERENCE PREVIEW PARTY + FASHION SHOW

Thursday, September 7

Snow King Center

WESTERN DESIGN CONFERENCE EXHIBIT + SALE

Friday–Sunday, September 8–10

Snow King Center

PALATES + PALETTES

GALLERY WALK

Friday, September 8

Various galleries

WESTERN VISIONS OPENING

Saturday, September 9

National Museum of Wildlife Art

ARTS ON THE GREEN

Sunday, September 10

Center for the Arts

POSTER SIGNING WITH EWOUD DE GROOT

Monday, September 11

Astoria Fine Art (posters available)

WESTERN VISIONS SHOW + SALE WITH LIVE AUCTION

Thursday, September 14

National Museum of Wildlife Art

7TH ANNUAL MARK EBERHARD SHOW

Thursday, September 14

Astoria Fine Art

JACKSON HOLE SHOWCASE OF HOMES

Friday, September 15 Various homes

JACKSON HOLE QUICKDRAW

Saturday, September 16

Town Square

JACKSON HOLE ART AUCTION

Saturday, September 16

Center for the Arts

SUNDAY ART BRUNCH

Sunday, September 17

Various galleries

QUICKDRAW

One of the most beloved events of the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival is its QuickDraw. This event—on the Town Square—challenges artists to create an original painting or sculpture in 90 minutes. When the 90 minutes are up, all of the newly created works immediately go to live auction. Also included in this auction is featured artist Ewoud De Groot’s original painting Twilight Elk. Bid live or online. 8 a.m.–1p.m. September 16.

JACKSON HOLE ART AUCTION

The Jackson Hole Art Auction is defined by the high standard of works offered in a variety of genres including wildlife, sporting, figurative, landscape, and Western art. Works are by both renowned past masters and contemporary artists. The auction itself is held at the Center for the Arts in downtown Jackson, but prospective bidders can view featured works at JHAA’s gallery at 130 East Broadway, just east of the Town Square. 12 p.m. September 16.

Prospective buyers from around the world can bid virtually at jacksonholeartauction.com, invaluable.com, and liveauctioneers.com.

OTHER EVENTS

Many other exciting events, including the Sunday Art Brunch (10 a.m.–2 p.m. September 17) and the Western Visions Show and Sale (5–9:30 p.m. September 14)— take place during the Fall Arts Festival. Check the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce website (jacksonholechamber.com/events/ annual-events-festivals/fall-artsfestival/) for additional details.

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One of the signature events of the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, the Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes is back in 2023 after a Covid-caused break. The showcase is unique for allowing attendees to not only experience homes in a range of architectural styles at their own pace (it is self-guided), but also to meet the architects, landscape architects, builders, and designers behind each project. Learn about the vision—and perhaps the magic—behind some of Jackson Hole’s most fabulous new homes, while helping raise money for local nonprofits. (Ticket proceeds are donated to area charities.)

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Ankeny Architects

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Berlin Architects

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Delano Studio

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Farmer Payne Architects

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JLF Architects

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KT814 Architects

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Kinsey LLC

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Northworks 307-201-5324 NWKS.com

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Ward | Blake Architects

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BUILDERS/CONTRACTORS

Big D Signature Construction

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Bontecou Construction

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Couloir Construction

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Dembergh Construction

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JH Builders

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New West Building Co.

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Serenity Builders

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Smart Construction

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Stack Homes 503-559-3407

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Teton Heritage Builders

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CUSTOM MILLWORK & CABINETRY

Willow Creek Woodworks Inc.

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DEVELOPMENTS

Tributary

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EVENTS/ORGANIZATIONS

Jackson Hole Art Auction

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Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce

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Jackson Hole Showcase of Homes

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Western Design Exhibit + Sale

307-690-9719

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First Republic Bank

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GALLERIES & ARTISTS

Altamira Fine Art

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Tayloe Piggott Gallery

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Turner Fine Art

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Kismet Fine Rugs

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Linen Alley

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Moulton Barns

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New West KnifeWorks

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Rocky Mountain Hardware

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Scandia Home

307-733-1038

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WRJ Design Studio + Interiors

307-200-4881

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Andrea Lawerence Wood

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Audrey Drought Design

713-266-3333

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Dwelling

307-733-8582

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Elevated Living

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Emerson Bailey

720-800-6268

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Boreal Property Management

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Cairn Landscaping Architects

307-264-0939

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MD Nursery and Landscaping

208-354-8816

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Mountainscapes, Inc.

307-734-7512

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LEGAL SERVICES

Long Reimer Winegar LLP

307-734-1908

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MOVING & STORAGE

Black Diamond Moving Co.

307-739-8553

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Forsyth & Brown Interior Design

307-200-6608

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Jacque Jenkins-Stireman Design

307-739-3008

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Shannon White Interior Design

307-690-1594

ShannonWhiteDesign.com

Snake River Interiors

307-733-3005

SnakeRiverInteriors.com

Style Jackson Hole

307-690-5406

StyleJacksonHole.com

Willow Creek Design Group

307-413-1508

WillowCreekDG.com

WRJ Design

307-200-4881

WRJDesign.com

SPECIALISTS

Architectural Stone & Tile

307-732-1819

ASTJH.com

Carpet Cowboys

307-733-6321

CarpetCowboys.com

Clearwater Restoration

307-699-3377

ClearwaterRestoration.com

Helius Lighting Group

801-463-1111

HeliusLighting.com

JB Appliance

307-733-5244

JBWyo.com

Montana Reclaimed Lumber Company

406-763-9102

MTReclaimed.com

Ridgeline Log and Timber

307-733-8007

RidgelineLogTimber.com

Style Jackson Hole

307-690-5406

StyleJacksonHole.com

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Abode

435-602-4150

AbodeLuxuryRentals.com

Boreal Property Management

307-730-2513

BorealJH.com

Outpost

307-690-4790

OutpostJH.com

REAL ESTATE

Live Water Properties

Latham Jenkins, Associate Broker

307-690-1642

LivewaterJacksonHole.com

RECREATION

Teton Pines

307-733-1005

TetonPines.com

Teton Art Services

307-413-3312

TetonArtServices.com

COURTESY OF EMERSON BAILEY

COURTESY OF BOREAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Photography By Roger Davies