In Salt Lake City, Luke and Holley Burbank’s new Olympus Cove home is loaded with classic style and family-friendly design, courtesy of the Fox Group.
“We really wanted a comfortable place where we could gather and get together,” says homeowner Luke Burbank, describing the house he and wife Holley created for their family of nine. Enter The Fox Group’s Tom and Cara Fox, who designed their clients’ home with enough living space and storage to accommodate the large clan. And they also added an abundance of compelling style, as proven by the following photos not featured in our print story Perfectly Balanced.
“We wanted to bring the eye up and out, so we added floor-to-ceiling windows to the dining room,” says designer Cara Fox. She and husband Tom crowned the room with an elaborately beamed ceiling of white oak.
The kitchen is anchored by three large islands loaded with lots of storage. “We needed this for our clients’ large family of nine,” says designer Cara Fox. The room connects with the large living room area. A two-story-tall fireplace sheathed in Utah Jericho limestone anchors the far end of the light-filled space.
Herringbone-patterned wood flooring, raised panel wainscoting and the subtle tone of Benjamin Moore’s Swiss Coffee paint infuses the light-filled entry hall with classic style and understated elegance. A series of brass pendant lights leads visitors from the foyer into the main living area of the home.
Interior doors open into the sitting/music room, where the walls and built-ins are sheathed with vertical tongue-and-groove paneling and the entire space is cloaked in Benjamin Moore’s dark Salamander paint. The commissioned oil painting by artist Michalle Sessions.
Cara Fox created a cozy sitting area in the corner of the massive great room. It offers an intimate spot to visit away from the hubbub of the active space. A cowhide rug helps delineate this charming spot from the remainder of the room.
The Foxes clad the great room fireplace with local stone to accentuate its status as a main focal point and to feature a Utah resource. “It helps make the home extraordinarily special,” Cara says. Firewood storage insets frame the firebox on each side, adding another hit of texture and innovative design.
Cloud wallpaper from Anthropologie teams with blue cabinetry to give the laundry room the refreshing look and feel of a “cloudy, blue-sky day,” Cara explains. Open display shelves and built-in wrapping paper rods add to the room’s versatility and charm. The cabinets were crafted by Ryan Reeded Cabinets.
Cara adjusts a pink, gingham check tailored blind in a daughter’s bedroom dressed in Cole & Son’s Winter Birds wallpaper. “She loves all things girly,” the designer says with a laugh.
Detailed with a planked ceiling and pencil-molding wall panels, the upstairs gathering space provides a central hub for the upper level’s six bedrooms. Picture lights illuminate a series of large family photos displayed on a side wall. Arched cabinets soften the space with their curved tops while delivering loads of storage.
See our full tour of this home here.
