In collaboration with the team at HSH Interiors, the clients’ bohemian lifestyle and love for music, literature, and the great outdoors inspired the interior design. The three-bedroom guest house, located steps away from the main house, features a similar carved-away entry and rectilinear form. The writer’s studio, positioned as a two-story sentinel surrounded by aspens, provides a formal contrast to the other structures, offering a space for contemplation among the tree canopies.
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