Country Kitchen

Santa Fe’ in the Rocky Mountains. My Client handed me a weathered log from the creek bottom and said could you make my kitchen look like this? Then she handed me an oil soaked railroad tie and asked if these could be re-purposed … I fell in love. When she had moved onto an acreage from Santa Fe she did not leave her love for Southwest design and natural inspired forms. She built her mountaintop home in the 80’s and told the contractor “I love Santa Fe!” That is exactly what she got; beautiful open wood beam construction, with white plaster walls and an adobe feel. However, the soft pinks and whitewash were starting to date, and looked out of place in 8 months of rocky mountain winter. How do you keep a Santa Fe’ feel in a mountain landscape- go back to natural form. From a desert landscape formed by wind and rain to a mountain landscape formed by wind and rain. With my railroad ties and river-worn tree limb we designed a kitchen