Homes

Pausing to watch the sun set is one of life’s fine and simple pleasures. Recently I enjoyed dinner with friends on a restaurant patio. As we watched the sun go down behind the Wasatch with the streaking colors reflected in the lake, my friend said that his favorite time of...
If you haven’t driven to Saratoga Springs in a long time, you have a surprise coming. This is especially true if your image of Saratoga Springs is hot springs, swimming pools, a dance hall, arcades, amusement rides, and a giant water slide.  Saratoga Hot Springs is credited as Utah’s oldest...
A new house in Salt Lake City celebrates the fusion of innovation and sustainability with modernist lines, a curated palette of natural materials and livability at its heart. Photos by Lucy Call and Matt Winquist. In the world of real estate, it’s often said that the three most important factors...
With its bold architecture and sweeping views of Snow Canyon, Lorna Mildice and Andy Brown’s St. George home is the height of livable desert-modern design. Photos by Robert Peterson, Styled by Courtney Favini. Ancillary photos by Mitchell Rose. An exceptional site deserves an equally extraordinary residence. This was Lorna...
I recently took a drive around the Jordanelle Reservoir, and the flurry of new home starts reminded me of the early days when Park City was “discovered” as a resort destination. New homes are everywhere! The Tuhaye private gated golf community along State Route 248 is no exception to...
In Salt Lake City, the team at Establish Design draws on a family’s Scottish heritage to create a beautiful abode inspired by traditional British style. Photos by Lindsay Salazar, styled by Jessica Holtam. If the walls of this charming Millcreek abode could talk, they would undoubtedly utter the hospitable...
In Salt Lake City, a team of pros transforms a cramped 1942 cottage into an oasis of open spaces, lush gardens and fresh, contemporary style. Photos by Lindsay Salazar, Styled by Noelle Wright. Courtney Little felt the squeeze. For years, she and her three children shared her 1942 cottage’s tight...
Scattered through Heber Valley this week are hundreds of artists hard at work at their easels, participating in Wasatch Plein Air. In the Wasatch back, the week of July 4th is synonymous with artists at work. I have seen them with brushes in hand staring out at a field of...
Like buried treasure, the glass-and-steel International Style home featured in our story "True to the Past" lay hidden for decades behind overgrown woods and a weather-worn fence, nestled in the shadows of Salt Lake’s Mount Olympus. That was before a team of professionals revived this time-worn modernist gem, bringing...
Red Rock Division Headquarters for Onset Financial sets a new bar for commercial design in St. George. For a year or so in the early 1980s I called St. George home, and I was enamored with the beauty of the red cliffs and desert, and I was drawn to the...