SMALL BUT MIGHTY “Exquisite craftsmanship and design” in a Jackson Hole guesthouse caught the eye of American Farmhouse Style, which features the diminutive charmer in its October/November issue. The mini-me adjunct to a new mountain home created in design-build collaboration by JLF Architects, Big-D Signature and WRJ Design makes clever multipurpose use of its 1,000 square feet, combining home office and guest space while embracing the rustic reclaimed wood and fieldstone that make the main house a standout. Creating an idyllic guesthouse is a challenge, JLF principal Logan Leachman explains to AFS, that requires scaling down “timber sizes and material spacing that look appropriate” on the full-size structure. WRJ’s approach to the tiny home’s indoor spaces ensures that the “significance and quality” the team brings to its whole-house interiors “also inform this little cabin,” as creative director Rush Jenkins tells AFS.

TAYLOR MADE Learning about a client can be like going on a treasure hunt, Aspen Design House founder Denise Taylor tells Western Art & Architecture in a profile of the firm, “Crafting Bespoke Interiors,” in the magazine’s new October/November issue. “At times, something as simple as noticing what a client wears gives you a clue. If your client wears linen, you could offer linen as a fabric for a duvet,” she says, knowing “a few wrinkles won’t bother them.” Taylor and her lead designer, Gigi Podolak-Knox, are known for delving deep into clients’ lifestyles and dreams to create truly one-of-a-kind interiors: “We don’t repeat other’s design, nor ours,” she tells WA&A, “At times, there are clients who are so happy with a home that we’ve created for them that we’ve been asked to recreate that same home in another locale. We might let them repeat a chair, but no more than that.” 

STILL STANDING Holiday bookings are underway at Brooks Lake Lodge, but the coming winter season at the all-inclusive guest ranch, set to open December 20, wasn’t a given a month ago. The 102-year-old resort ended its summer season abruptly in August when it was forced to evacuate under threat of the Fish Creek Fire, which burned more than 25,000 acres in the Togwotee Pass area of Wyoming. The fire “has certainly given us a run for our money," the lodge’s general manager, Matthew Tousignant, wrote in a heartfelt Instagram post on September 16 with the fire finally under control. “We have been reminded that in the wild, amidst uncertainty, we find the strength of our community, the resilience of our home, and the beauty of the wilderness that continues to inspire us.”