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We have a sawmill, and millions of bug logs out there. We're building cabins out of fuel reduction
forests. Small and efficient, with alternate energy plug ins. It can be artsy too.
The cost and bad engineering of display cabins, is nuts.
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
By Sunset
A lens in the landscape
Lee and Ed Riddell sold their business and house in the Wyoming town of Jackson and had a home built in the woods. It was custom-designed to take advantage of light and to fit their artistic lives. The entry porch reflects the home's simple palette.
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
Light and heat
The rolled-steel fireplace defines the living area at one end of the house, where the winter outside and warmth inside complement each other.
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
The showplace
The gallery is the spine along which other spaces in the home are organized. Ed Riddell is a photographer, Lee Riddell a designer and painter.
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
Functional and flowing
Cookbooks are tucked into the raised portion of the counter that separates the kitchen and the dining space.
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
Never out of mind
"It is nice to be able to see your cookbooks," Lee Riddell says. "If you put them away somewhere, you forget what you have."
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
Windows as artwork
Each window is a kind of viewfinder, and mirrors the proportions of Ed Riddell's landscape photographs
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
Always the light
Windows were designed in different sizes and shapes to provide varied looks at the aspen grove outside.
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
The world's a gallery
Even the horizontal red-orange niche inside the master bedroom becomes a panorama of images.
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
A view for the pooch
Windows have been included for the benefit of all: Willow, the family dog, enjoys a tailor-made view to the outside.
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
A forest of light
The glowing, glass-walled gable beckons through the trees. The sunlight in Ed and Lee Riddell's home changes with each season, as well as throughout each day.
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
Living the dream
Ed and Lee Riddell work side by side in their studio."We thought about it and we did it," Ed Riddell says.
An artistic dwelling in Wyoming
The light of his life
The aspen-oriented living room is Ed Riddell's favorite spot. "There isn't a day that I don't sit down and look out that window," he says.
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