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A wide central island, complete with a wine cooler, anchors the light-filled kitchen.

The property also includes a private pier and boat dock.

The compound of Stone Creek Camp sits on a lush 16-acre lot overlooking Flathead Lake.

As you know, it can be a challenge hiding power cords in your home. Toldo’s answer to this problem? Turning the cord itself into a design object by making it a light.

When I saw this light, I asked its designer, Riccardo Toldo, how soon I could buy one. He didn’t have an answer. The portable lamp, which is maybe two or three credit cards thick, charges by USB-C, letting you place it anywhere you want.

Fans of Georgia O’Keeffe will find comfort in Flexform’s display. Its room shared her Southwestern palette with a mix of sprawling sofas in beige, some with ruddy piping and another with armrests in a similar pigment that doubled as built-ins. That sectional, the Groundpiece, could house a family.

This sofa, the Pillo by Willo Perron, was strikingly unstructured compared with Knoll’s regular fare. And for that we were grateful. Pretty much a stack of soft pillows, it made for the perfect place to get off our feet, having done about 9,000 steps, or four-and-a-half miles. Its shapelessness paired well with a couple of Barcelona chairs.

The exterior’s concrete walls pick up on the tones of the rocks that emerge from the surrounding hillside.

“Everything needed to be approachable and simple,” says Hilary. “The house reflects who we are.”

Hilary and her husband, Jimmy, opted for a functional, restrained material palette. In the dining room, Rejuvenation pendants hang above a table by Hedge House and chairs from Hay.

“Everything needed to be approachable and simple,” says Hilary. “The house reflects who we are.”

The hard-to-reach site made prefab almost a requisite. “The road down is very narrow and winding, with a steep driveway at the end,” says Kate.

With such sharp lines between dark and light, a high quality of craftsmanship in the build-out was key. “There's no tolerances at all,” says Béliveau. From the alignment between the wood on the floor and the tiles, to the oak cabinetry and black lacquered bathroom storage, “Everything had to be dialed in so precisely.”

The sauna’s smoked glass walls also reflect light into the main rooms.

One of the biggest challenges of the project was just finding solid ground to build upon. “We just dug and dug, nearly five meters down. It looked like an area of war,” says Gylfir.