Whether it’s in an alpine retreat or a home in the city, an integral part of any house is the master bathroom. It’s a private space that we use to prepare for the day to come, physically and mentally, and it’s also where we calm...
Charles Schwab, the founder of the investment services company that bears his name, sits at a small stone conference table in his San Francisco office and gestures over the bay toward the northeast. “You can try to imagine a place from people’s stories, but it’s...
You don’t have to live in California to know that America’s love affair with wine has blossomed into a serious relationship. We collectively drank 805 million gallons of table wine in 2018, according to the Wine Institute of America. That’s more than we’ve consumed in...
This is the machine that has literally brought this business to where it is today,” Thompson Limanek says with palpable excitement. As he pulls the cover from a circa-1967 manual sewing machine that stands — at once modest and monumental — inside his workshop, he...
Each year offers new opportunities to create a more environmentally conscious world, and many of these start in the home. With developments in energy efficiency coupled with a rise in green-focused lifestyles, new technology, and the challenge of keeping up with what’s conceptually in style,...
A log cabin sits at the entrance to the headquarters of Peachey Construction near Montana’s Canyon Ferry Lake. At first glance, you’d swear that it’s one of those 200-year-old, adze-hewn structures that someone dismantled back East and had shipped out here for its reclaimed charm,...
The advanced-technology design and engineering firm SAV Digital Environments, based in Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana, sets the human experience at the core of what they do. Their automation technology offers more than functionality, it produces an environment. Audio-video systems let you feel the music,...
Russ Fry’s steel and wood creations embody a blend of playful innovation with down-to-earth materials and a satisfyingly handmade aesthetic. The founder of Fry Steel & Wood Works, he builds an array of furnishings and fixtures from a studio in Livingston, Montana, that’s part workshop,...
Twelve years ago, interior designer Elizabeth Robb had been considering retirement. That was until she was afforded the opportunity to work with Jonathan Foote. She decided to take it on, and the experience led to a resurgence of enthusiasm for the home design process —...
Looking out the window of her home studio in Northern Wyoming, Stephanie Housley takes in the scenic views of the Gros Ventre and Wind River mountain ranges. Inspired by these daily glimpses, it’s here that she draws winsome creatures and emblems of nature’s bounty. [caption id="attachment_13675"...