March 4, 2020 by Suzanne S. Brown

When designing a mountain home, Jodi Fleming says her goal is to connect it to its environment. One such project in Sun Valley, Idaho, featured an active, outdoorsy family. “They are skiers and stare at Mount Baldy from one side [of their home] and a beautiful backyard on the other,” Fleming explains. For them, she created a big open kitchen with a door that leads to a deck, and ample space indoors for cooking and entertaining. The kitchen has a wood beam tray ceiling and windows perched high on the walls to let in the natural light.

Kelly Wearstler’s aged iron Cubist chandelier commands the center of the room, hanging over an island with waterfall edges, topped in honed and leathered quartz. Leather stools and a wood counter anchor one side of the island, while meal prep occurs on the other side. White rift oak cabinets anchor the bar, which has open shelving. “They put the bar there because they don’t like to separate,” Fleming says. “They want to be in one big room together.”

INTERIOR DESIGNER Jodi Fleming Design; Newport Beach, CA 

ARCHITECT Gretchen Wagner; Ketchum, ID