Mountain Modern

When guests walk into this family lodge designed by architect Charles Kenneth and built on spec, the first thing they notice is the kitchen. Well, not the kitchen exactly—their eye can't help but be drawn to the mountains through the floor-to-ceiling windows first. But next, as the stately expanses of granite, wood and fieldstone embrace with their ancient heartbeats, they breathe a sigh of deep relaxation. To protect the view there are no stools at the 47-inch tall bar counter which keeps the eye traveling to the mountains, not stopping at the seating. Yet the bar definitely invites guests to stand and lean their elbows on it, like the old saloon days. Calling more prominence to each material, the grains of the horizons of wood and granite run perpendicular to each other. Two Integrated Sub-Zeros with carbon doors echo the colorization of the granite, range hood and cabinet pulls that also match the Wolf ovens and warming drawer. "I know if I'm selling Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove I don't have to worry," says Guerra, who designed the kitchen with her colleagues at DGA Interiors Kathrine Bukovitz and Tara Cooper. "Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove are top of the line and they've been around for a long time. It's what everyone aspires to."