An Aspen Getaway Sports A Clean, Contemporary Look
Interior designer Maria Bordelon infused an Aspen home with a warm, contemporary sensibility. A Kyle Bunting hide rug grounds the entry, where a bench by Bright Chair Company is upholstered with a Myung Jin mohair. Dessin Fournir lamps flank the Western Window Systems door from Architectural Windows & Doors.
There are many reasons to update a home: to make it more current, to expand, or simply to change things up.
All of the above applied for the owners of an Aspen house, but the couple also found another, far more unique reason to invest in a big renovation: uninvited bears.
“They came in through the screens before we had air conditioning,” the wife explains, noting that one giant even feasted on leftover birthday cake.
In addition to adding A/C, interior designer Maria Bordelon and architect Gretchen Greenwood took the home in a more modern direction by installing metal-frame windows, incorporating textural furnishings and introducing unique accents, such as a console table with a glossy automotive finish and beaten copper wall panels.
“We used metals throughout the house but very judiciously to provide a little relief from the heavier materials,” Bordelon explains, noting the result is a far cry from the look the dwelling sported in the 1993 cult film Aspen Extreme when it had a swimming pool in the basement and a rather dated sunken conversation pit. “Everywhere the owners look, something is beautiful, and they enjoy that as their daily environment.”