My wife and I are in the process of designing a new mountain house for ourselves in the Vail area. We would love to see pictures of exteriors and interiors of other mountain houses, particularly ones with abundant use of timber, stone, and log beams. If you have any that are especially unique, please post here.
I've done a few in the Park City area (in Promontory and Solamere), But i am not licensed in Colorado. I could recommend a good archietct for a mountain home that is not too expensive. Talk to Mark Walker at Otto-Walker architects in Park City. If he is licensed in Colorado it could be a good person for what you are planning. They have lots of their work photographs on their website: http://www.otto-walker.com/ BT
my home in deer creek canyon , colorado. built in 1938, renovated by me over the last 24 years. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
more interior pics, and a before pic - yeah - i been buseeeee. fun stuff tho.. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Classic and cool...reminds me of the place we stayed on our honeymoon in sept 1979, a '30s-era "guest ranch" in totally original and well maintained condition, about 30 miles southeast of Gunnison. I'll show your pics to my wife.
Granted I'm a bit biased (this is my brother's firm in Aspen), but, truly, this is a superb group of people to work with. Take a look at their website. www.hagmanarchitects.com Cheers.
Unquestionably well-executed big-bucks modernism with the mountain touch. I vastly prefer cavallo's lowkey approach and clever use of retro-materials. Just my $.25 worth, no offense intended. Your brother is to be commended on his design talent and peofessional success.
Very, very nice. I have heard of your brother's firm in Aspen; they do fantastic work. I already have an architect and am building in the Vail valley. We are working on the plans right now. I'm really looking for some unique details that perhaps I (nor my architect) have thought of that I could incorporate into the house. For example, i like the metal bowl on the granite slab on your brother's website. I may have to use it. Previously I was thinking of doing a stone sink bowl on wood for the lavatory off the great room. Thanks for sharing!
I worked up at yellowstone club a couple of years ago before the bankruptcy and some of the mountain homes were absolutely stunning. Really wish I could have taken some photos of them but there were no cameras allowed. found these scrounging on the net, but they are mediocre compared to others on the hill. NONE OF THESE PHOTOS ARE MINE. PM me if you have any questions on any of the design details. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I was looking at the website of some of the homes for sale on the Yellowstone Club website. They are absolutely stunning. I remember visiting it the site before they developed it and they were offering lots at a discounted price. Man do I regret not having bought property there then.
I'll pass them along. That stone staircase in one of those Yellowstone Club homes is incredible! Let us know what you find and how your design progresses. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who'd love to be a fly on the wall. Cheers!
I just spent a week riding around Colorado, we stayed at Beaver Creek. You certainly have alot of great examples to look at in the area. With so many nice homes for sale, you could drop buy a few for ideas, or given the market may decide it is cheaper to buy used. The most unique mountain home I have ever seen was in Lake Toxaway, NC. They brought in huge trees as main supports, which went from floor to ceiling in the main room, and one they created a spiral staircase around. The exterior kept it up, using stripped bark as siding. Way over the top. I don't think I have any pictures, but I can dig around, I can also make some calls to try find out who the architect was if you are interested - I heard the build cost was over $20mil. Good luck on your build.
But we love it. Bought this summer around 1/4MM. It is directly on the Saint Vrain river between Lyons and Estes Park, Colorado. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
This is a post from a Vail Co. builder on the 6-speed forums. He is a Porsche guy but builds a really cool house. Also, if you search, he built a garage as well. http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/garage-forum/104693-just-another-dream-garage-under-construction-but-one-mine.html
Don't have any photos to contribute but I love mountain homes like these! I am so jealous of your future home in Vail! . I spent a few days there in summer about 6 years ago. I had so much fun, I really enjoyed that area a lot. If I could, one day I'd love to live there...
Thanks. I knew when I was sixteen (visiting the Vail valley for the first time) that it would be a dream to own a house there someday. Now many many years later that dream is a reality. Unfortunately with my job I can't live there full time, but having a second home there is almost as fantastic.
Thank you for sharing. What a beautiful home and it was a blast watching it come up through the thread. I love threads like that! Very neat home.
This is how it looked when we bought our cabin in the Catskill Mountains. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Which begs the question....how does it look now??? BTW, I love pics of Ferraris in the snow. Beautiful car....beautiful cabin. Very nice.
If I were you, I'd have a look at www.slifer.net. Slifer usually has the most extensive listings. You can get some great ideas. CW
I've looked at Slifer so much, I feel like I know all the houses by heart. I just wish the picture quality was a little better on their website. I bought the land from Slifer....I know that company quite well. Thanks though...I HAVE gotten some good ideas from many of the homes on their website.
Here is one benefit of having the mountain cabin - our first black bear sighting: The very first day, I found a baby timber rattlesnake in the woodpile, but this was more spectacular: Image Unavailable, Please Login
