We dubbed it the Bro-jo,” the designer says. “There were a bunch of dudes sleeping there and growing marijuana. “It was like a satanist yoga den,” de Lisle says of the cabin’s crumbling structure and lunatic decor, which included black-painted walls, a giant red-and-black yin-yang symbol emblazoned on the floor, strange plastic Buddhas tucked in niches, and a janky DJ booth. Who says you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear? AD100 designer Charles de Lisle has performed just such a feat of alchemy, transforming a particularly porcine sow’s ear-a bizarre, dilapidated shack set in a garbage-strewn Sonoma County, California, wilderness-into a vision of unpretentious and idyllic country charm. Sheathed in a new envelope of plywood, the cabin is outfitted with a Hans Wegner love seat in Maharam wool, a Bruno Mathsson chaise longue, a Gaetano Pesce chair, vintage Moroccan rugs, Charlotte Perriand–inspired daybeds in Schumacher fabric, a Jøtul stove, and a vintage Luminator floor lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. All of that was a very common language.” - Jennifer Flowers Back to Basics in Sonoma County “We also over our understanding of and appreciation for fine arts, antiques, and history. “We connected a lot over the West,” Jenkins, who spent his childhood on a farm in southeastern Idaho, adds. Taken together, these seemingly disparate areas made the collaboration particularly exciting for Jenkins. When that couple-who have three children-asked Jenkins and Baer to design a new 7,500-square-foot log home just outside Jackson, the affinities were clear from the start: There was a love of nature and an appreciation for the Wyoming vernacular, yes, but also a deep appreciation for the art world of their Manhattan days. A few years later, a fellow New Yorker followed her husband back to his hometown. In the fall of that same year, the couple packed up their lives in New York City and moved west to Jackson, Wyoming. “We turned to each other and were like, If we don’t do this now, when are we going to do this? So we made it happen.” “We were driving a convertible, and it was a gorgeous day in May with snow-capped mountains everywhere,” recalls Jenkins, the former director of design at Sotheby’s New York and a cofounder of WRJ Design. Rush Jenkins and Klaus Baer remember the moment in Yellowstone National Park when they decided to abandon the big-city life in Manhattan for one of the many cozy cabins that dot the United States. The iron-and-bronze coffee table is from Baker Furniture, and the metal ring chandelier with a bronze finish is by Hammerton. The show-stopping lattice-fronted bar, with bronze forged by local craftsmen, was created by WRJ in partnership with Brandner Design. (The majority of the neighboring houses are still cabin-like, even if upgraded.) - Gay Gassmann Highs and Lows in Oakland
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Although they added a big screened-in porch and enlarged the kitchen space, Ashford explains, “We tried very hard to maintain the cabin integrity and the feel of the original house.” The pair kept the rooflines, for example, and added bay windows as a way to increase the interior space and add more light, and the fireplace was enlarged in its original place. “It was like a time capsule!” Ashford adds of discovering the place. “Our house was owned by a family but had been uninhabited for at least 10 years,” Ryan says, looking back. But since the lockdown in March, the couple have spent more time in their charming getaway than ever before, with only occasional visits to the city. When not on a plane between continents, Tony and Emmy Award–winning director and choreographer Rob Ashford has long escaped on weekends and holidays to Putnam County in upstate New York with his husband, Kevin Ryan, senior managing director of AD100 firm Madison Cox Associates. The white porcelain dolphin candlesticks are from Shreve, Crump & Low in Boston, and the white ceramic tower lamp is from Positano. The antique French sideboard is from Nickey Kehoe in L.A., and the mirrored pendant lamps are from ABC Home. The antique dining table is from Thailand, and the French school chairs are from Nicole Farhi Home in London.
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