When the couple bought it, they "inherited" the sellers' architect, Bob White of Forest Studio. White had also designed decorator Mary Lynn Turner's house in Ketchum, Idaho, which appeared on the cover of ELLE DECOR in December 2010. Coincidentally, the couple owned a vacation home in Sun Valley. They went to see Turner's place, fell in love with it, and hired Turner and her daughter/partner at M. Elle Design, Marie Turner Carson, to handle the decor of the new house.
In the study, the custom-made club chairs and ottoman are upholstered in an Ashbury Hides leather, the side table is by Jayson Home, and the copper lanterns are from Lucca Antiques; a flea-market armchair covered in a Holly Hunt leather sits beside a circa-1840 gueridon, and the vintage rug is Turkish.
But first came three years of haggling about the height of the roof. Even White, whose mellow designs reflect his personality, was reaching his limit. At one review-board meeting, he recalls, "I wanted so much to stand up and say, 'Unless you pay a front-row price, you don't get a front-row view.'"
A pair of 1950s chests by Baker flank a custom-made cedar door in the entry.
Kitchen Banquette
The couple were drawn to Mediterranean architecture—their travels have taken them from Dubrovnik to the clifftop village of Èze on the French Riviera—and after what seemed like umpteen trips back to the drawing board, White's eureka moment came when he saw photos of a flat-roofed house in yet another Mediterranean locale: Ibiza. He persuaded the clients to abandon their quest for a pitched red-tile roof, and the design finally passed muster.
The kitchen banquette is covered in a Holly Hunt linen, the table is custom made, and the armchairs are by Lucca Studio; the chandelier is from Kristen Buckingham, the shades are of a linen by Raoul Textiles, and the beams and ceiling are reclaimed barn wood.
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