Situated in Montana’s Stock Farm Club, with the stunning Bitterroot Valley as its backdrop, Kibler & Kirch designed this Hill Country-inspired home for a Texas couple seeking an unpretentious Western lifestyle. The region provided an idyllic location for a home that speaks to family history, blends tradition with modernity, and enjoys unique custom touches.
The owners’ vision was of an understated Western residence inspired by the Texas Hill Country, with adaptations for Montana’s materials, climate, and lifestyle. The stone, wood, and glass structure is long and low, with gently sloped gabled roofs and stone site walls imagined as the ruins of an agricultural structure. Long hallways establish significant moments of transition and a strong sense of privacy, while generous openings give out to multiple sheltered outdoor spaces with views of the Bitterroot and Sapphire mountains.
The designer worked closely with the architect and owners on the interiors to ground the rooms within architecture that balances heaviness with transparency. Throughout the home, heavy linen and layers of sheers on the windows create a lovely light-box effect. Careful attention was paid to scale in furnishings, both new pieces and existing ones—including family antiques and art from the wife’s family home in Texas.
The house maintains a sense of cohesion throughout with beamed ceilings and floors of fumed Italian walnut even as individual rooms, such as the two guest suites — one more masculine, one more feminine — and a mahogany-paneled office with coffered ceiling have distinct identities. Traditional furniture forms are made Montanan with the introduction of metal, leather, and natural elements. Interiors are enlivened by pops of color taken from lively rugs and grounded with antiques and eclectic art.
The residence has an overriding sense of welcome and ease, achieved through a combination of factors that create comfort, including attention to sound and light quality, details like well-lit corners, and fine art. Eclectic and highly personal, its design elements are drawn from varied traditions while borrowing from modernity. This is a home that celebrates the owners’ heritage as a multi-generational Texas ranching family while being rooted in the land, views, and character of the Montana landscape.
What We Love: This gorgeous home in Montana offers warm and welcoming living spaces. Its comfortable furnishings are punctuated with rustic textures, natural materials, and thoughtfully curated details that enhance its cozy Hill-country charm. Overall, we love every detail of this home, especially the living room, with its stone-clad fireplace, which provides warmth and comfort and is a wonderful spot to entertain family and friends.
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The designer custom-designed pieces include a massive cherry server with tooled leather and nailheads that stand between the kitchen and dining areas. Meant to be viewed from all sides, this touchstone piece is lightened at the edges with barley twist corners and has drawers that can be accessed from two sides.
Above: In the dining room, a ten-foot-long table antique table atop a vibrant rug is surrounded by tall chairs from Lee Industries, meant to create a sense of enclosure during a meal. A chandelier from Ralph Lauren Home is suspended over the table. The Belgian linen drapery from Libeco Home absorbs sound while giving the space just enough of a formal feel without sacrificing the home’s more airy and open aspects.
The all-walnut kitchen was built to very specific standards, as was the Keeping Room—a TV room with a bar and patio access designed to keep people out of the way while meals are being created.
PHOTOGRAPHER Lucy Call
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