{"id":223307,"date":"2024-03-02T10:25:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T15:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=223307"},"modified":"2025-01-22T16:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:23:32","slug":"ghislaine-vinas-and-s2-architects-design-aspen-home","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/ghislaine-vinas-and-s2-architects-design-aspen-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghislaine Vi\u00f1as and S2 Architects Revive an Aspen Ski Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For the upper-level great room, S2 Architects\u2019s custom blackened-steel fireplace surround has an inset TV hidden behind Minako Abe\u2019s Scene No. 11<\/em>; the pair of tubular-steel rocking chairs are vintage art deco. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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March 2, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Stephen Wallis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Garrett Rowland<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ghislaine Vi\u00f1as and S2 Architects Revive an Aspen Ski Home<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no mistaking the Aspen, Colorado, home of art collector Paige West and tech executive Christopher Cooper\u2014especially when the garage door is open. Inside, the paneled walls and ski lockers are painted stop-sign red, while carpeting and benches are a complementary crimson shade. \u201cI really like the connection to the Swiss flag and ski patrol,\u201d West says of the arresting color, which is a recurring theme throughout the interiors masterminded by her longtime friend and collaborator, designer Ghislaine Vi\u00f1as<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not sure anybody\u2019s ever seen a red garage,\u201d West adds. \u201cI think it\u2019s perfect.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up in Philadelphia, West developed a love of skiing in the nearby Poconos. When she was a teenager, the family started taking ski trips to Colorado, and in the mid-\u201980\u2019s her parents decided to buy a place in Aspen. A decade later they acquired the house next door, adding more space for friends and relatives, including West, who put her three boys (now teenagers themselves) on the slopes at an early age. Her family, based in New York, has spent nearly every Christmas in Aspen. So, when West\u2019s parents considered selling both residences a few years ago, she and Cooper (everyone calls him \u201cCoop\u201d) looked at buying or building a new place of their own. But West says she got \u201ca little sentimental\u201d and convinced her parents she should purchase the second house from them\u2014and give it a major overhaul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How This Aspen Home Renovation References Swiss Ski Culture\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Standing-seam zinc panels clad the lower level of the home\u2019s exterior, featuring a new gabled roof that extends out over a balcony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

West enlisted Joseph Spears, principal of Aspen firm S2 Architects<\/a>, to reimagine the three-level, nearly 6,000-square-foot structure. Out went the mushroom-brown horizontal siding, replaced with bolder charcoal-hued vertical planks. The low-pitched hipped roof was swapped for a strikingly contemporary gabled one that extends out from the living room, creating deep eaves over a cantilevered balcony with glass balustrade. The entire southern facade, which previously had few windows, is now dominated by expanses of glass. \u201cPaige and Coop like living in bright, engaging spaces,\u201d Spears says. \u201cSo we opened everything up to make it a lighter chalet sort of idea.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spears worked with Vi\u00f1as on the interior finishes, opting for a limited palette. Throughout, pale white oak was used for floors, millwork, and many ceilings. \u201cPaige wanted the place to feel very Scandinavian and simple,\u201d says Vi\u00f1as<\/a>, who cites inspirations ranging from Aspen\u2019s early Swedish settlers and traditional Alpine architecture to vintage ski bum culture. \u201cWe just riffed on things we admired. Then Paige installed her art, adding that amazing contemporary twist.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bright, Artful Interiors Create an Inviting Space to Entertain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A Jaime Hayon Lune sectional and custom wool rug anchor the den. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

West has the luxury of drawing from some 3,800 artworks she has assembled with her father, Alfred West Jr., executive chairman of the financial services firm SEI. She serves as the West Collection\u2019s curator and is overseeing construction of a future home for its display in Philadelphia. West also operated the New York gallery Mixed Greens for nearly two decades and maintains relationships with many of the artists she showed. That includes Mark Mulroney, whom she commissioned to create a mural for the entry stairwell, a cartoonlike mashup of references to Aspen\u2019s wintry landscape and log cabins. \u201cThere\u2019s humor and life\u2014it\u2019s bright and happy and very much how we want you to feel here,\u201d West describes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicknamed the All Inn, the house has been tailored for entertaining. The main social hub is an airy top-level great room with an open kitchen plus a dining area that accommodates 14 seated on traditional Tyrolean\u2013style chairs painted with Swedish folk motifs. Vi\u00f1as furnished the living area with a sprawling leather-and- wool sectional as well as vintage art deco chairs cushioned with sheepskin throws. In warmer weather, the glass doors can be opened completely to the terrace\u2014outfitted with more red furniture\u2014while on chillier days, there\u2019s usually a fire roaring. Aspen regulations prohibit new woodburning fireplaces, so the ability to keep this one was a prime reason to renovate rather than rebuild. Spears gave the hearth more presence by fashioning a monumental blackened-steel surround with niches for logs and a TV, which cleverly disappears behind a Minako Abe landscape painting that slides on rails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Character-Filled Bedrooms Offers Guests a Unique Stay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A Jan te Lintelo Hamptons sectional and a custom rug by Ghislaine Vi\u00f1as furnish the top-floor great room. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each of the home\u2019s eight bedrooms has its own bath and distinctive art and design elements. In a kid\u2019s bedroom, for example, Vi\u00f1as hung a 1960\u2019s Slim Aarons photograph of skiers lounging on a Swiss mountainside atop a mural of the same image. She enlivened one guest room\u2019s orange four-poster with carvings of birds common to Aspen, and outfitted the undulating headboard of another\u2019s glossy banana-yellow bed with artwork by Mulroney. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idiosyncratic details extend to the bathrooms. \u201cWhen we started, every one was going to be identical,\u201d Vi\u00f1as notes. \u201cIn the end, they could not have been more different. There is a ridiculous amount of detailing, from tile inlays to cabinetry.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A ground-floor guest room features customized mushroom wall hooks, Mulroney paintings on the headboard, and, visible through the window, a lightwell lined with panels by artist Richard Woods. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Walls of a powder room are painted in alternating matte and glossy stripes and hung with Nina Katchadourian\u2019s self-portraits. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Storage was a major consideration, particularly with all the gear required for winter sports. In addition to the garage ski storage, there\u2019s a lodge-style basement locker room with bright-red benches for pulling on boots and outerwear closets hand-painted with lively folk patterns by Three Fingers Painting (which executed a similar treatment in the mudroom). Jenna Pino, the firm\u2019s design director, created bespoke wallpaper panels filled with references to the family. \u201cIt has lots of little private stories and all sorts of characters,\u201d Vi\u00f1as says. \u201cFriends are in there, their kids, their dogs.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project took three years start to finish, which speaks to the level of meticulous detail involved. \u201cIt was a lengthy process, but that\u2019s why we got so much personality into this,\u201d Vi\u00f1as summarizes. \u201cThe house has a lot of personality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cozy Up in this Striking Aspen Home<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The garage walls and cabinets are finished entirely in traffic red, complemented by similarly hued nylon carpet tiles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"living
For the upper-level great room, S2 Architects\u2019s custom blackened-steel fireplace surround has an inset TV hidden behind Minako Abe\u2019s Scene No. 11<\/em>; the pair of tubular-steel rocking chairs are vintage art deco. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Coke Wisdom O\u2019Neal photograph faces a Ghislaine Vi\u00f1as custom armoire in her bedroom in the main suite. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Outfitting the dining area are Luis Gispert\u2019s Untitled (Three Asian Cheerleaders)<\/em>, chairs hand-painted with Swedish folk motifs by Tom Ward, a custom ash table, and Robert Kvenild\u2019s ceramic sculpture centerpiece. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In one of the three ground-floor kids\u2019 bedrooms, a 1960\u2019s Slim Aarons photograph of skiers in Verbier, Switzerland, is backed by wallcovering of the same image. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At an Aspen, Colorado, house with interiors by Ghislaine Vi\u00f1as, S2 Architects reconfigured the southern facade with abundant glazing, including sliders that open to a ground-level terrace equipped with Paola Lenti swings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Glazed white-oak panels line his bedroom in the upper-level his-and-hers main suite. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In a guest room, one of three on the basement level, custom-sculpted local birds cap the bed\u2019s painted-maple posts and the lamp is by Michael Anastassiades. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Above the entry\u2019s custom bench, a Mark Mulroney mural integrates Aspen motifs. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A circa 1970\u2019s vintage birdhouse perches nearby. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A guest bathroom features custom mirrors and wallcovering. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The mudroom\u2019s ceiling fixtures in the style of Hans-Agne Jakobsson are encircled with hand-painted decorations by Three Fingers Painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jill Greenberg\u2019s Revelations<\/em> graces the entry stairwell connecting all floors via white-oak treads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The pendant fixtures and benches in the basement common area that serves as a boot room are custom by Ghislaine Vi\u00f1as.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

PROJECT TEAM <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GHISLAINE VI\u00d1AS<\/strong>: JENNA PINO; NATALIE KEAN; ZOE HSIEH; LAUREN MERCURI <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIFT STUDIO<\/strong>: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLLECTOR NYC; NAULA DESIGN:<\/strong> CUSTOM FURNITURE WORKSHOPS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

KL&A<\/strong>: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WATSON MILLS & DESIGN: <\/strong>MILLWORK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MADIGAN + COMPANY:<\/strong> GENERAL CONTRACTOR. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PAOLA LENTI<\/strong>: SWINGS (TERRACE). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DELTA MILLWORKS:<\/strong> WOOD SIDING (EXTERIOR). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RHEINZINK<\/strong>: METAL SIDING. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEKTON<\/strong>: COUNTERTOPS (KITCHEN). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCOTT JAMES FURNITURE & DESIGN<\/strong>: CUSTOM BED (ORANGE GUEST ROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES<\/strong>: LAMP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTARDI USA<\/strong>: READING LIGHTS (ORANGE GUEST ROOM, HIS BEDROOM, KID\u2019S BED\u00ad ROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

STUDIUM<\/strong>: PAVERS (MUDROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RBW<\/strong>: CHANDELIER (ENTRY). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROBERT ALLEN<\/strong>: BENCH FABRIC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALLIED ARCHITECTURAL METALS<\/strong>: CUSTOM FIREPLACE (LIVING AREA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

KALON STUDIOS US<\/strong>: SIDE TABLES. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1ST DIBS<\/strong>: ROCKING CHAIRS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AVENUE ROAD<\/strong>: SOFA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOLLAND & SHERRY<\/strong>: SOFA FABRIC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAHARAM<\/strong>: SOFA LEATHER (LIVING AREA), WALLPAPER (HER BEDROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

KASTHALL<\/strong>: RUGS (LIVING AREA, HER BEDROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUALOY LEATHER<\/strong>: CHAIR LEATHER (LIVING AREA), SOFA LEATHER (DEN). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DESIGN WITHIN REACH<\/strong>: SHEEPSKIN THROWS (LIVING AREA), BED (HIS BEDROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

FLOS<\/strong>: PENDANT FIXTURES (DINING AREA), TRACK LIGHTING. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GAIDRA HOME<\/strong>: CHAIRS (DINING AREA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOLL DESIGNS<\/strong>: BENCHES (GARAGE). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u00c4FELE<\/strong>: CABINET HARDWARE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

FLOR<\/strong>: CARPET TILE (GARAGE, BOOT ROOM). FRITZ HANSEN: SOFA (DEN). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SCANDINAVIAN SPACES<\/strong>: SHELVING. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

VERY GOOD & PROPER<\/strong>: DESK CHAIR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

FLEXFORM NY:<\/strong> ARMCHAIR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEPERE<\/strong>: SIDE TABLE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MUUTO<\/strong>: COFFEE TABLES. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE RUG COMPANY<\/strong>: CUSTOM RUGS (DEN, YELLOW GUEST ROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOUSE OF VINT FURNITURE<\/strong>: LAMP (YELLOW GUEST ROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HAY<\/strong>: LAMP (POWDER ROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOPRIS PAINTING<\/strong>: CUSTOM WALL STRIPING. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DESIGNER DOORWARE<\/strong>: CABINET HARDWARE (POWDER ROOM, GUEST BATH\u00ad ROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WOLF-GORDON<\/strong>: CUSTOM WALLCOVERING (GUEST BATHROOM, KID\u2019S BEDROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMAINS LIGHTING COMPANY<\/strong>: CUSTOM PENDANT FIXTURES (BOOT ROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHOPPE AMBER INTERIORS<\/strong>: BED (KID\u2019S BEDROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

57TH ST. DESIGN<\/strong>: NIGHTSTANDS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE DARKROOM SOCIETY<\/strong>: CUSTOM WALLPAPER. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PINCH DESIGN<\/strong>: BED (HER BEDROOM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HAKWOOD<\/strong>: PANELING. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

OTIIMA USA:<\/strong> WINDOWS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.<\/strong>: PAINT. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n