Aspen Peak - Niche Media - Aspen living at its peak
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from above: Originally the house's exterior sported barn wood and rusted roofing, which the owners maintained, but they updated the interior by replacing drywall with flat-plank log walls for an authentic cabin feel. continued from page 187 "From the outside, the house looked pretty good, with old barn wood and rusted roofing," Craig explains. "It had good bones, but the inside was 'mountain contemporary,' with a stained orange ceiling and Asian designs. It missed it by a country mile." To get things back on track, Lee, an avid collector with a passion for interior design (she recently led a significant redesign of the exclusive Maroon Creek Club), set about raiding her inventory and scouring her numerous Aspen and Roaring Fork Valley resources for furnishings. In addition to high-end retail and antiques shops, many of her most unique finds come from consignment shops. "I'm attracted to hard-to-find items that nobody else has, and I always look at things as usable accessories," she says. "It's amazing what people give away." At the same time, an army of local contractors, painters, blacksmiths, and other tradesmen and artisans was assembled to tackle interior refinishing work. "When we did the project, the Valley was very economically depressed," says Craig. "In order to return something, we decided we would have only locals work on it. We were 100 percent successful in doing that. Everyone stepped forward, and we did it all in 90 days. It was wonderful." Key to the project was replacing existing drywall, especially in the main livings areas, with flat-plank log walls with extra-wide chinking. "We'd never seen this kind of application done on interiors before," says Lee. "But we wanted to do something authentic and match the inside of the house with the outside." Reclaimed, 100-year-old siding from East Coast barns was collected and installed, lending an authentic log-cabin feel. Antique hand-hewn beams, continued on page 190 photography by Jim Paussa HAUTE PROPERTY 188 aspenpeak-magazine.com 187-190_AP_HP_Opener_WIN13_SPR_14.indd 188 10/30/13 12:10 PM