Retreat in Aspen

<div class="headers-container"><div class="headers"><div class="byline"> </div>This beautiful retreat was built by architect Eric J. Smith in a valley just outside Aspen, Colorado. The owners appointed interior designer David Easton to creat a home that would remind them of the French countryside.<br /><span class="dd"><span><br /></span></span><img alt="" class="featureimg" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/07/easton/hosl01_easton.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 497px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/07/easton/hosl02_easton.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 765px;" /><br />Coffered ceilings, gilded vintage mirror above a limestone fireplace and reclaimed-oak floors for the sitting room. Beauvais carpet.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/07/easton/hosl03_easton.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 497px;" /><br />Open floor plan bring the sitting room and the dining room together.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/07/easton/hosl04_easton.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 773px;" /><br />Natural look for the beams in the family and breakfast rooms. Beauvais needlepoint carpet. Nineteenth-century French side tables.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/07/easton/hosl05_easton.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 796px;" /><br />Painted oak cabinets and bird-motif tiles.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/07/easton/hosl07_easton.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 497px;" /><br />Soft soothing palette in the master bedroom.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/07/easton/hosl08_easton.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 773px;" /><br />Leaf print adds to the summer feeling of the loggia.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/07/easton/hosl09_easton.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 497px;" /><br />The backyard’s pergola-covered seating and dining area has a working fireplace.<br /><br /><span class="c"><span>Photography by </span>David O. Marlow</span><br /><span class="c"><span>All images and information right <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architects/100/david_easton/easton_slideshow_072008?slide=1#slide=1">here</a>.</span></span><br /><span class="dd"><br /><br /></span> </div> </div>

Retreat in Aspen

This beautiful retreat was built by architect Eric J. Smith in a valley just outside Aspen, Colorado. The owners appointed interior des...

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