TRUE COLORS The editors of Country Living found joy in color for their latest issue – packing the pages with ways to infuse interiors with a rainbow of shades. Wondering which tones the professionals might recommend, they reached out to some of their “favorite designers and tastemakers to share the one color they just can’t quit.” One of those tastemakers? Kibler & Kirch owner/creative director Jeremiah Young, who paused from preparing for the upcoming grand opening of his new Kibler & Kirch retail space – a furnishings and décor shopping extravaganza in the firm’s downtown Billings, Montana, turn-of-the-century headquarters building – to call out the richly neutral “Setting Plaster” from Farrow & Ball as his personal go-to (see his comment for CL at left). Turns out, the “chameleon color” is such a fave for Young that he even used it for his own bedroom ceiling.

BATHING BEAUTY “A great bathroom has the power to touch all of our senses, and this bath … is an exquisite example,” writes Mountain Living in its hefty new September/October issue, spotlighting the primary bath (left) from a Jackson Hole design-build collaboration by JLF Architects, WRJ Design and Big-D Signature. ML names freestanding bathtubs “the star of the show” for sculptural forms that take center stage in mountain-home bathrooms. “With a freestanding tub we’re able to place the plumbing and drapes so that the drapes will frame the tub in a beautiful way,” creating a special “soft, serene moment,” WRJ’s Rush Jenkins tells the magazine of the room where sleek marble and a burnished cast-iron tub gain textural contrast from rustic-modern cabinets custom-designed by JLF principal Logan Leachman. 

TAKE A SEAT On Mountain Living’s website this month, the magazine finds “The Best Seat in Jackson Hole” at next week’s Western Design Conference Exhibit + Sale, September 5-8, sharing one-of-a-kind chairs from remarkable artisans across five states. “Though better known for his extraordinary bronze and wood sculptures, artist Tyrel Johnson out of Billings, Montana, will debut his Persona chairs, commissioned pieces he creates in collaboration with a client to artistically capture their unique personality,” writes ML about the chair shown at left. The Persona series is reflective of a creative-expression growth spurt from rising art-world star Johnson that includes multimedia work, monuments, and striking new one-of-a-kind pieces – all part of a remarkable artistic journey he recently discussed on-air with “All About Billings” TV host Nancy Brook.