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"Into the West\nMerging Contemporary and Traditional at a Family Compound in the Rocky Mountains\n\"Fly-fishing is the main activity on the river,\" remarks New York designer William Sofield, who combined ancient stone from China with a western aesthetic for his clients' 6,500-square-foot ranch house, situated on pristine, rugged acreage high in the central Colorado Rockies.\nThe goal was to reinterpret the vernacular of traditional western homesteads. Madderlake Designs landscaped the grounds and extended a water feature from the front of the main house to double as a trough for horses. Housed within the tower is the client's office; Sofield installed a hand-operated louver system that regulates light intake.\nLeather-clad furniture predominates in the great room, where Sofield also placed club chairs covered in chatoyant silk. \"The fabric has a trompe l'oeil effect that makes it look remarkably like pony,\" he says. The clients have collected Edward Curtis photographs and Christopher Dresser vases (foreground). Doris Leslie Blau wool-and-silk rug.\nIn the breakfast area, Sofield decorated the fireplace with a sunburst pattern composed of hundreds of nailheads and grouped Robert Thompson chairs from the 1940s around an English oak table. Reclaimed wood is used throughout the house, as in the wormy chestnut flooring.\nDetails of the kitchen include an antique Chinese limestone lintel abutting the ceiling beams and a claro walnut countertop by George Nakashima. Range, VikingRange.com.\n\"The buildings are respectful,\" declares Sofield. \"It's insane to compete with the magnificent landscape you really come out to see.\"\nA patio off the great room commands views of a vast lawn and the distant mountains. Leli\u00E8vre fabric on seating.\nPlan of the main house.\n\n1 Mudroom\n\n 2 Breakfast Room\n\n 3 Kitchen\n\n 4 Great Room\n\n 5 Screen Porch\n\n 6 Office\n\n 7 Bunk Room\n\n 8 Guest Rooms\n\n 9 Master Bedroom\n\n 10 Master Dressing Room\n\n 11 Master Bath\nIn the master bedroom, with its 12-foot ceilings, walls are made of salvaged granite. Holland &amp;amp; Sherry duvet fabric; Larsen fabric on bolster.\nGuest Cabins\n\nThe \"caboose\" guesthouse bears an antique sign announcing Goods, in reference to the sundries stocked in the foyer\u2014bath products, postcards, first aid supplies, soda pop and candy available to guests of the ranch.\nGuest Cabins\n\nOver a bunk is a vintage Westinghouse light bulb display. Rogers &amp;amp; Goffigon drapery fabric.\nA single-room cabin made from reclaimed timber."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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