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[WAY] BEYOND THE BASIC BASEMENT BY BRAD MEE PHOTOS BY NICOLE GERULAT
Designer Andrea West teams with influencer Cara Loren to transform the style-setter’s Kaysville basement from unfinished to fabulous.
ON THE COVER COVER IMAGE BY REBEKAH WESTOVER
Fresh design and timeless details infuse a family home in Highland.
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PHOTOS BY MELISSA MABEY
Interior designer Rafael Alvarado delivers streamlined refinement and large living to his 525-square-foot condo in Salt Lake City. Maximalists beware!
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daring architecture and interior spaces that are equally ingenious and inviting.
96 BEST DRESSED BY BRAD MEE
PHOTOS BY REBEKAH WESTOVER
Dismissing the idea of a stuffy décor, Jeff and Jenn Burke enlist a team of pros to treat their traditional Highland home to at-ease elegance and fresh, lively style.
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PHOTOS BY LUCY CALL
In Park City, Rion Locke and Richard Miller design an interior that balances light and dark with sophisticated materials, touchable texture and a strong appreciation for the power of contrast.
PHOTOS BY ALAN BLAKELY
In Provo, a steep hillside lot inspires
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BLOOMS
SPECIAL DELIVERY BY MEGAN BARTHOLOMEW PHOTOS BY JADIE JO
With her iconic VW pickup loaded with buckets of freshcut flowers and foliage, Shiann Chambers brings an easy way for bloom addicts to get their floral fix all over town.
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LIGHT SHOW BY BRAD MEE
Made in Salt Lake City, Hammerton’s custom decorative lights meld the artistry of old-world craftsmanship with the innovation and bold designs of today.
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BY MARY BROWN MALOUF
Biscuits’ popularity is on the rise, and we couldn’t be happier. They’re easy to make, fun to serve and a treat to eat.
DIRECTORY 122 DESIGN A resourceful guide of materials, places and products
126 SOURCES
A listing of this issue’s people, places and products
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Something is missing, and that’s the point. Many of today’s most daring designs incorporate cutouts and negative space to make very positive statements.
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I’m Waiting As a deadline-driven magazine editor, mine is not a wait-and-watch occupation. So when I hear patience is a virtue, I know I’m more than a little challenged. Lately, things are getting out of hand. Hey microwave, what’s the point in cooking at breakneck speed if it takes your drawer so long to open and close? And there’s my SUV’s automatic tailgate. Sure it’s hands-free, but watching it slooowly rise is pure torture. And those long-winded stories meant to amuse—perhaps I could have the punch line first. The list is getting longer, and my impatience for spring’s arrival now tops it. As I write this column in February, Salt Lake City is buried in snow with more on the way. Somewhere beneath it all, spring bides its time. I tap my foot waiting for it to arrive. Fortunately, pulling this issue together calmed my restlessness. Page after page, the season leaps to life with dynamic decorating, vibrant colors, exciting style and inspiring ideas. Florist Shiann Chambers delivers buckets of sunny blooms in her smile-inducing Bahama-blue VW (page
46). Rafael Alvarado opens his tiny downtown condo with bright light, tightly edited design and space-expanding savvy (page 76). Andrea West helps influencer Cara Loren put her Kaysville basement through its stylish paces (page 70), and a team of pros puts a spirited spin on a Highland home’s traditional design (page 96). In Park City, Rion Locke and Richard Miller create a palette of high-contrast and easy elegance (page 108), and in Provo, a challenging site inspires an architecturally stunning home open to blue skies and the green valley below (page 86). With all this upbeat content, it’s no wonder I’m so eager for spring’s rapid return. C’mon, put it in third gear! Wow, when did I become so impatient? For those who know me well, that is a rhetorical question. I’m happy to wait for any replies.
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WHAT ON EARTH? The decorative marriage of indoors and out continues to intrigue and inspire. On cue, a new crop of furnishings and fixtures captures nature’s beauty with organic forms, imperfect finishes and fresh-from-the-earth style. Circlet Cocktail Table, $3,666, Bernhardt Interiors, Murray
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The remodeled interior of a Salt Lake City home. Design by K. Rocke Design.
Interior designer Andrea West, principal of Andrea West Designs with client Cara Loren in her Kaysville home’s recently finished basement.
[WAY] BEYOND the basic basement
Designer Andrea West teams with influencer Cara Loren to transform the style-setter’s Kaysville basement from unfinished to fabulous. BY BRAD MEE
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THE KITCHEN “I always begin with the kitchen; it sets the tone for the rest of the home,” West says. Loren rejected the idea of a typical kitchen from the get-go. “I wanted to take risks and do something that was different from what you might normally see,” she explains. The duo pulled inspiration from Loren’s travels and personal style as West cleverly integrated elements that visually enlarged the small space, created contrast and mixed materials to form an engaging design. • The island’s bold waterfall design accentuates the rich veining of its broad Nouveau Calacatta Quartz countertop. • Dark navy, handmade subway tiles clad the backsplash, adding contrast and providing a soft, matte finish. A quartz slab extends to the ceiling, boldly breaking the span of dark tiles. • “Gold-and-glass open shelves are cutting edge yet timeless,” explains West. The shelves provide storage and display space without adding the bulk of upper cabinets. • Patterned tile faces the island’s back, delivering a head-turning detail inspired by a similar bar Loren admired while traveling.
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Call it fate. Just when lifestyle influencer Cara Loren was on the hunt for a designer to help transform her young family’s unfinished basement into something unique and stylish, designer Andrea West approached Loren with the idea of collaborating on a project for her portfolio. Loren—whose many followers
• Antique brass pendants by Thomas O’Brien illuminate the island. “I used their large scale to balance similarly scaled items in the neighboring family room,” West says.
look to her for advice and inspiration on everything from fashion to decorating, and travel to fitness—reviewed West’s work and instantly knew she was the pro to help turn Loren’s dream for lux and livable lower-level spaces into reality. Collaborating throughout the project, the duo dived right in as West
• A light gray stain warms the lower cabinets and allows the wood grain to show through. • A herringbone-patterned floor of wide, wood-look tile adds texture and visual movement, as well as easy maintenance. • Mixed metals, from chic gold-and-leather barstools to stainless appliances and brass pendants make the room feel collected and personal. “It reflects Cara’s fashion style,” West says.
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Less is More Rafael Alvarado delivers streamlined design and large living to his 525-square-foot condo in downtown Salt Lake. Maximalists beware!
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• Painted high-gloss white, the front door visually melds into the entry wall. • A large, black-framed mirror mimics windows, maximizing the interior’s light and views. • Alvarado’s sleek, glass-based porcelain dining table consumes minimal visual space. • Two Skygarden recessed lights by Flos illuminate the room without protruding into it. • Reflective and translucent materials maximize the room’s light and space.
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There are no doors inside Rafael Alvarado’s condo. There are no hallways for that matter. There is no defined entry, not one conventional closet and no laundry room —although there are a washer and dryer cleverly concealed. There is no moment-making chandelier, no dressy drapery, no papered accent wall and there is no mantel and no hearth, which makes sense because there is no heroic fireplace. There is no extra seating, no surplus bedding, no redundant dishes.
There is also no question that this home is as spectacular as it is spare, livable as it is lean. While Alvarado’s digs measure a mere 525 square feet, he wants for nothing. “I have everything I need,” he says convincingly. This condo gives serious credence to the claim “less is more.” Located in the Uffens Marketplace building overlooking Pioneer Park in downtown Salt Lake City, the condo wasn’t always a showcase of bright light and spartan contemporary style. When Alvarado
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An outdoor light fixture and exterior finishes dress an interior wall to link the space to the patio and pool of a Highland home, page 96.
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POINT OF VIEW In Provo, a steep hillside lot inspires daring architecture and interior spaces that are equally ingenious and inviting.
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With views dominating the design, all windows frame a vista, including those of the “sky bridge” connecting the main home with the two-story music studio. RIGHT: Connecting the home’s three levels, the main staircase is sculpture-like with open-treads that allow light to flow freely through the interior.
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Walls of windows spanning the back of this daringly modern home are a dead giveaway: the owners value its views. When architect Richard McCann first showed the empty hillside lot to clients Gerry and Shana Hart, the property’s challenges were obvious. “It had an odd drop-off and is shaped like a triangle on a peninsular point,” says McCann. The Harts, however, saw far beyond these shortcomings. They looked out to the endless sky and broad scenic vistas of the valley below and envisioned their new home on this very spot. From day one, the topography and scenic panoramas inspired the home’s architecture, indoors and out. “If you drove out here before the house was built, you’d never guess any house would even fit on this site,” McCann explains. Today, three 80-foot-long concrete walls retain the exterior landscape, the garage suspends over two points of land and a sky bridge connects the main home with a two-story music studio. Inside, the spacious living areas and hallways jog upward following the mountainside’s steep slope. Sculptural, open-tread stairways connect family spaces and act as functional art. And at the core, McCann inserted a mammoth pillarlike wall of board-form concrete that hosts fireplaces and connects all three levels. “The Harts had very specific things they wanted,” the architect says. “I enjoyed designing around the views, but most of all, how the Harts live.” Indoor-outdoor living, impromptu gatherings and congregating teenagers drove the layout. The couple’s must-haves included an open-kitchen pan-
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Designed with a classic X pattern, sliding doors open to a music room decorated with high-style furnishings, colorful fabrics and shots of shimmering gold. LEFT: Classic French estate architecture and landscaping drove the home's stately design. The exterior's contrasting black trim and white limestone allude at the timeless contrasting palette that awaits indoors.
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Mountain and golf-course views serve as a backdrop to the contemporary home nestled into its hillside lot. Exterior materials, including clear-grain cedar, bronze-toned metal and Browns Canyon stone, recur inside the house, linking indoors and out.
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