If you happen to be a sucker for the out-of-the-ordinary, sometimes you’re lucky enough to stumble upon a store that just kind of blows your mind, one that you can spend hours in, picking over every nook and cranny, trying not to miss a thing....
March 21 – 24 The Great Western Living and Design Exhibition The Four Seasons Arena at the ExpoPark, Great Falls, MT thegreatwesternshow.com More than 80 vendors display and sell custom Western art, furniture, jewelry, clothes, and boots in a spirited atmosphere with live music. March 23 – 24 Home Expo Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, Montana...
Cabin Style: An artful experience You can guess you’re in the home of an artist when every object, whether an important painting or a repurposed flea-market find, is placed in perfect juxtaposition to the other objects in the rooms. The result is that each item, no...
With a master’s degree in library and information science, Christy Shannon Smirl has combined her love of books and interior design to create Foxtail Books & Library Services, working with collectors, designers, and book-loving homeowners to customize personal libraries that inspire and stir curiosity. Based...
A Montana designer works with tradition [caption id="attachment_13901" align="alignright" width="300"] The Roundup Bed (queen-size), made from blackened, bent American hickory[/caption] Jeremiah Young has been the owner and creative director of the Billings and Red Lodge, Montana-based interior design firm and showrooms Kibler & Kirch for almost a...
For architecture enthusiasts, especially those with a penchant for classic Rocky Mountain design, this newly released coffee table book highlights the work of the Bozeman, Montana-based Locati Architects & Interiors. Founded in 1989 by principal Jerry Locati, the company has rooted its methodology in the...
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The East Willson School, built in 1902, made a grand statement on Main Street just 20 years after the City of Bozeman was established. It served as the Gallatin County High School, sitting amongst the county courthouse, the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, and the original...
Brandner Design, based in Bozeman, Montana, is a design company with a twist: They build everything they design. “We design anything architectural,” said owner Jeff Brandner, “but we’re typically designing spaces: kitchens, stairs, railings, fireplaces, wall paneling, doors, all the things that people touch, feel,...
[caption id="attachment_11766" align="alignleft" width="214"] Mountain meets modern[/caption] The new rustic modern design movement represents a harmonious and incredibly livable merging of two seemingly contradictory aesthetics. And it does so in a way that honors local tradition, regional vernacular, and sanctity of place while finding a fresh...