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Featured Artisan: Rustic Woodworks
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Featured Artisan: Rustic Woodworks

Home on the Range designers Lynne Bier and Susan Howard are always looking for high quality custom cabinets for their clients’ homes, and Rustic Woodworks of Steamboat Springs invariably comes out on top of the competition. There are many reasons why the artisans at Rustic Woodworks have custom-built the cabinetry for all but a few of the homes Lynne and Susan have worked on in Steamboat Springs in the past 15 years.  The craftsmanship and attention to detail exhibited by the team at Rustic is rare in this day and age.

This master bath with reclaimed pine cabinets by Rustic Woodworks was featured in Colorado Homes and Lifestyles’ Kitchen and Bath issue.

Old barn board was used to create this vanity in a Ski-Home in Steamboat Springs that was featured in the Mountain Life section of Ski Magazine.

The antique white oak bookshelves with custom twig valances add a warm, cozy touch to the “hallway” ASID Crystal Award winner for Single Space Residential – Colorado Chapter 2010.

Whether the project is a rustic homestead ranch house with distressed painted finishes and old wood, an arts-and-crafts home with clean cherry cabinets, or a contemporary home where the cabinets have inset 3-form panels or steel accents, Rustic Woodworks executes the design and construction of the cabinets to exacting detail.

Read the Rustic Woodworks brochure or visit their website at rusticwoodworks.com to learn more about how they work and what they have to offer – or contact us at Home on the Range if you are building a home or doing a remodel and we can help guide you through the design process.

Images: Photos by Tim Murphy; Interior designs by Home on the Range; Architecture by Joe Patrick Robbins, AIA

Designing for the Western Lifestyle: Rustic Contemporary
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Designing for the Western Lifestyle: Rustic Contemporary

The perfect blend of clean contemporary lines with natural rustic materials creates an aesthetic that has opened a new chapter on Western Design.

There are many terms for what is quickly evolving into a new genre of design.

  • Mountain Modern
  • Mountain Minimalist
  • Rustic Contemporary
  • Mountain Contemporary
  • Western Contemporary

The term that best describes my favorite form of this new genre is Rustic Contemporary. I place a strong emphasis on the use of natural and reclaimed materials such as rock, metals and reclaimed wood to add texture and warmth to the clean lines of contemporary architecture.

The indigenous moss rock used on this wall creates interest and the feeling of bringing the outdoors in, as it slices its way through a two-story window wall.

This hall and stairway illustrate the wonderful blend of clean, contemporary lines with stone, metal and wood. The new line of Hammerton light fixtures is designed to fit in beautifully with the Rustic Contemporary style.

In this master bedroom, the contemporary fireplace design pairs well with the moss rock. Reclaimed white oak floors add a layer of rusticity to the space, and once again, there is a wonderful feeling of bringing the outdoors into the room with the mix of glass, stone and reclaimed wood.

Oceanside Glass has paired glass and stone in their mosaics for the perfect blend of rustic and contemporary. We used their blend on the tub face in the master bath with a honey onyx tub deck. The cherry cabinets from Rustic Woodworks add a warm touch to the room.

We, the designers at Home on the Range, are always on the lookout for the newest products that will enhance the design of our clients’ homes without becoming dated in a short period of time. Although we watch the current trends and incorporate elements from those trends into our designs, it is important to us that, in all of our interpretations of the Western Lifestyle, our designs remain timeless in nature.

–Lynne Bier

Images: Photos by Tim Murphy; Interior designs by Home on the Range; Architecture by Joe Patrick Robbins, AIA

Designing for the Western Lifestyle: Refined Mountain Style
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Designing for the Western Lifestyle: Refined Mountain Style

The first post in our Design for the Western Lifestyle series will be about what we call the Refined Mountain Style. In Refined Mountain Style, the woods tend to be more finished. We often use cherry or alder for the doors and trim, and the beams are surfaced rather than left in the rough sawn or “crusty” state.

The furniture we incorporate into Refined Mountain Style is a little more European in feel, and the cabinetry is often a blend of natural woods with furniture-style painted and distressed pieces. As in all of our interiors, we will mix in touches of cowboy and lodge with Asian furniture pieces and European antiques to keep it interesting and eclectic. For visual examples, these are five spaces by Home on the Range Interiors that encompass Refined Mountain Style:

In this dining room, we used cherry for interior trim and ceiling paneling and incorporated Woodland dining chairs and sideboard.

This hall library shows an eclectic mix with a touch of Western with the twig light valance over the bookshelves, a painted door with iron clavos, an Asian cabinet and an oriental rug.

This Mountain Arts and Crafts guest bedroom uses a soft grey-green distressed paint on a tall wainscot mixed with indigenous moss rock on the fireplace to create a refined mountain look. The bed is framed by a cherry Arts and Crafts-style floating wall to give it a backdrop.

In this Lake Lodge home we mixed painted pieces from Woodland Furniture with soft floral fabrics to bring the mountain meadows viewed from the windows into the master bedroom.

In the adjacent bathroom we used rainforest green marble (which looks like twigs and branches in browns and greens) for the countertops and brought the mountain meadow feel back into the room with the fabric in the valances at the windows. The white painted distressed cabinetry keeps the room looking light and fresh, while the fir ceiling, reclaimed fir beams and alder trim bring back in the natural materials that are so important to the Western Design style.

Look for our next post in this series on Mountain Contemporary Style. If you’re searching for a designer who can translate your vision of a Western lifestyle into beautiful home décor, contact Home on the Range in Steamboat Springs, CO.

Images: Photos by Tim Murphy; Interior designs by Home on the Range; Architecture by Joe Patrick Robbins, AIA

Designing for the Western Lifestyle: An Introduction
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Designing for the Western Lifestyle: An Introduction

The West has always been known for its individuality, rugged landscapes and pioneer spirit. From Cowboy or Pioneer Homestead to Refined Mountain or Rustic Contemporary, we will explore the common elements we have discovered while designing for the Western lifestyle and at the same time show how these elements can be combined to create completely different interiors.

Key elements in designing for the Western lifestyle include:

  • Creating a cozy, inviting environment where you can gather with family and friends
  • Bringing the outdoors in by using natural materials — metal, stone and wood for the interior finishes
  • Selecting a mix of furniture pieces that will stand the test of time
  • Allowing for each person’s vision of the Western lifestyle to find its expression

Beginning this week, we will be doing a blog series taking you through the ins and outs of five unique styles, all of which fit under the umbrella of Western design: Refined Mountain, Mountain Contemporary, Western Cowboy, Mountain Lodge and New Mexico Territorial. Come back and visit to see how each of these themes fits into interior design for the Western lifestyle. You can even follow the blog to have our updates sent right to your reader or email inbox!

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