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An exterior view of the main residence highlighting its large lot and tranquil setting.

A carefully-chosen color palette, composed of warm reds, oranges, and yellows, contrasts to the cool tones of the forest.

The Cotage

Each of the couple's three children have their own rooms, with built-in desks and storage units. The bedrooms have rift and quartered white oak flooring.

The dwelling is located on the hill’s brow, so it nestles into the slope just below a prominent cluster of quaking aspens where a resident bull moose lives. “The lot is located in a sea of grass-covered hills,” says architect Hunter Gundersen. “Unlike much of the Rocky Mountains it isn’t a craggy landscape full of cliffs, ravines, and broken rock faces. Instead, it’s soft and rolling, like grassy ocean swells with an occasional rock-outcropping ship or tree-stand island. Like the outcroppings, the structure is low lying, dark, and embedded into the grass and sage—at home on the soft surface, but not apologetic nor blending in.”

The owner, Lauren Ellingson, did all of the interior design on the studio unit and main home.

“We bought the land not knowing what we could build or where. It’s off by itself and pretty isolated,” says Jeff.

Nerovnya took inspiration of a forest bonfire to create AMBER house, a luxurious yet cozy retreat that resembles piece of glowing amber at night.

Queen Anne Residence