sheltertelluride’s home & living magazine inside TENT WITH A VIEW ZEN AND THE ART OF ORCHARD MAINTENANCE MOUNTAIN TOWN, PENTHOUSE LIVING A Watch Newspaper publication cover.indd 7 6/21/10 9:00:05 AM Peter B. Lundeen, Architect 164M Society Drive Telluride, Colorado 81435 970.728.0841 [email protected] Shelter_summer_2010_ar.indd 2 6/21/10 9:03:04 AM contents 3 features departments THE ACCIDENTAL ORCHARDISTS PRODUCTS Falling in Love (With a Piece of Land) Love Objects By Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer By Anne Reeser Page 12 Page 10 LINDAL HOMES GO MODERN GREENHOUSE Good Design With a Minimalist Flavor The Latest in Green By Jessica Newens By Jessica Newens Page 24 Page 21 LIFE IN A TENT FOOD AND WINE A Summer on Hastings Mesa Ode to a Tomato By Karen James By Diana Conovitz Page 30 Page 40 SMALL-TOWN PENTHOUSE LIVING Living Vetically Parties to Remember By Deb Dion By Marta Tarbell Page 37 Page 46 COME VISIT masthead shelter PUBLISHER WWW.SCHILLINGSTUDIOGALLERY.COM Seth Cagin EDITOR Marta Tarbell ART COPY EDITOR Jessica Newens CREATIVE DIRECTOR Anne Reeser DESIGNERS Cecily Bryson, Barbara Kondracki PHOTO EDITOR Brett Schreckengost CONTRIBUTORS Dianna Conovitz, Deb Dion, Karen James, Jessica Newens, Anne Reeser, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Patrick Nicklaus OURAY & MONTROSE COUNTIES SALES 4 Peggy Kiniston CIRCULATION Scott Nuechterlein ON THE COVER Watch Newspapers Senior Reporter Karen James and her husband, Trevor, own four dwellings. “I guess you could call us the king and queen of small,” jokes Trevor about the couple’s holdings – a 475 square-foot apartment in Manhattan; a 350-square-foot cabin in upstate New York with a wood-burning stove and no plumbing; a 378-square-foot Telluride condo- hotel room and now their campsite on Hastings Mesa, with its new190-square-foot cabin, designed and built by Trevor, an INTRODUCING NEW ARTISTS: architectural designer. 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Lot 353, Rocky Road 300 Old Butterfly Road Dalwhinnie Ranch 200 Deer Park Lane Mountain Village Telluride Ridgway Telluride Ski Ranches Reduced over 35%, alpine Don’t miss this classic and Designed for gathering family A charming and utterly privacy abounds on one of handsome newer log home and friends, Dalwhinnie is classic log home, upgraded the last available estate- with easy highway access, situated on 60 acres along in 2005, on a prime and sized lots atop Telluride’s only 12 minutes from the the Uncompahgre River private Ski Ranches lot with Mountain Village. To the ski slopes and 17 minutes with captivating views to the that Wilson Peak View, this west lies direct ski access to to downtown Telluride. San Juan Mountains and house is offered with most the Marmot Ski Run, and the Perched on a private 35- Ouray’s Box Canyon Peaks. of its lovely furnishings. incredible sunny ski slopes acre knoll, with 270° views Equally close to Telluride’s Get ready to move in to of Telluride. An exclusive from Bald Mountain, the skiing, and the convenient this traditional mountain forest drive will lead to the Saint Sophias, to Sheep Montrose airport, this retreat with a real wood- magnificent Saint Sophia Mountain, this home has the elegantly designed home was burning fireplace, and large and Dallas Peak views, all quality finishes you expect expanded from an imported entertaining decks, for your secluded in a serene, almost and is being sold ‘’turn key’’ 250 year-old timber-frame instant get-away in Telluride. 2-acre, park setting. for your immediate access. barn to 8400 sf, with a Reasonably priced at discerning eye for detail and Seller still motivated at Asking $3,550,000 history. $1,795,000 $1,595,000 Price reduced almost 25% to $7,360,000 Polly Leach-Lychee, Broker/Owner | [email protected] | 970.728.4226, Office | 970.728.0600, Cell 237 South Oak Street | Telluride, Colorado 81435 | www.tellurideproperties.com editor’s note GIMME SHELTER In a World Gone Wrong, There’s Comfort In Scaling Back As I write this, the oil well ary, and Hollywood royalty spill from hell is still gushing; the (DJ Master Frank, anyone?) U.S. remains at war in two re- mixes with Telluride citi- source-rich countries and narco- zenry and fans (“Parties to states proliferate at an alarming Remember,” page 46). rate on several continents. Watch Special Sections And as I read the final ver- Editor Jessica Newens takes sion of this 14th edition of Shel- us behind the scenes in the ter magazine before it heads to haute-pre-engineered (and press, I notice a tone I can only pioneering green) world of attribute to the small-is-beau- those iconic red cedar mid- tiful ethos that resonates in its 20th century Lindal Cedar 6 pages to our increasingly inse- Homes, bringing us up to cure times. date on the company’s bold Two stories hearken back to a new cutting-edge direction time when we ate what we grew that embraces modern ar- – Diana Conovitz’s “Ode to the chitecture, page 24. Tomato,” page 40, about why Deb Dion, who lives and she craves cultivated-with-love heirloom tomatoes writes from tiny Norwood, Colo., contemplates the even more than pedicures and Bulgari, and Rose- fusion of urban and mountain-town living (“Big merry Wahtola Trommer’s “The Accidental Or- City Lifestyle in a Small-Town Penthouse,” page chardists,” page 12, in which she shares just a few 37), after a tour of the well-ordered “skyscraper” of the life lessons she and her husband Eric have penthouse lifestyle (complete with a flourishing, learned bringing their Delta County organic fruit wraparound garden) of hoteliers Michael and orchard back to life over the last ten years. Irina Zivian, on the top floor of Telluride’s Ice Watch Newspapers ace reporter Karen James House Hotel. chronicles her summer of 2009, spent “camping” In a town at nearly 9,000 feet in elevation, as on Hastings Mesa – in a tent resplendent with a Dion reminds us, height – like luxury, like the per- queen-sized bed, antique armoire and sofa, and fect tomato, like the line between self-expression the warmest duvet that money could buy – in a (custom) and efficiency (prefab) – is relative. style more Out of Africa shabby-chic, with luxuri- ous wildlife immersion and mountaintop views, than, say, Backpacker Magazine, in “Life in a Tent,” page 30. Shabby chic has its day in the party-perfect backyard of Telluride bon vivant Rosie Cusack, as well, where fiery-red Design Within Reach lawn chairs share space with their rusting vin- tage forebears, Cusack’s treasure trove of “pope Editor, candles” and a chalkboard for games of Piction- Marta Tarbell A jewel placed within a National Park liked setting 108 Lake Fork Junction With approximately 100 feet water frontage and bordering BLM stands an artisan’s timber-frame home. Bold, elegant interiors combine with exciting use of traditional barn design, connecting pods and environmentally conscious construction. Main home connected to covered wood walkway to a garage with studio. A small, organic guest cabin can easily become an office. Lots of personal touches top off thoughtful design including vintage recycled doors, recycled barnwood accent walls, recycled Douglas fir ceilings and floors, and wire brushed oak casing on doors, windows and baseboards. Can expand to over 6,000 square feet. Located 10 minutes from Mountain Village. $1,258,000 www.108LakeForkTelluride.com 7 910 E. Columbia, Telluride 114 Adams Way, Mountain Village Mountain Lodge • Located in Telluride’s East End neighborhood, • Four bedroom Mountain Village home • Mountain Village’s ski-in/ski out Mountain Lodge close to Town Park & San Miguel River. comfortably fitting into a Western range in size from 500 square-foot studios to • Oak floors upstairs, nice deck with Bear Creek Colorado setting. nearly 1,200 square-foot 3 bedrooms plus views. Mature landscaping. Master bedroom/ • 100+ year old hand-hewn timbers and 4 bedroom cabins. bath and loft upstairs. Two bedrooms with antique barnwood siding give a rich, historic • The residences are income producing ski chalets shared bath downstairs. feel to this thoughtfully designed home located and turn-key. On site, 24/7 management • Separate entrance if needed from one lower less than five minutes to the ski lifts, gondola, creates a turn-key rental system including bedroom. nordic terrain and golf course. concierge, ski valet, spa/pool, restaurant. • Seller will consider owner carry. #3010 – One bedroom, $299,000 $995,000 www.mountainlodge3010.com $1,900,000 www.910EColumbiaTelluride.com www.114AdamsWay.com #4210 – Two bedroom, $319,900 www.mountainlodge4210.com #2307-09 – Three bedroom, $429,000 www.mountainlodge2307.com #3206-08 – Three bedroom, $525,000 www.mountainlodge3206.com Cabin 4 – Four bedroom, $1,495,000 www.mountainlodgeseeforevercabin.com Mike Shimkonis, Broker I [email protected] I 970.708.2157, Cell 237 South Oak Street I Telluride, Colorado 81435 I TellurideAreaHomes.com contributors DEB DION Freelance writer Deb Dion, who lives with her husband, Blake, their daughter Cricket and soon-to-be-born son in a funky two-bedroom bungalow south of Norwood’s main street, takes readers on a tour of Ice House hoteliers Michael and Irina Zivian’s personalized pent- house garden apartment that hotel staff KAREN JAMES takes charge of when they go traveling, What Watch Senior Reporter Karen which they’re perfectly set up to do for James doesn’t tell readers about her about one-third of every year.