A majestic setting of rolling hills and the Wasatch Mountains inspires a family’s Victory Ranch retreat created for family, friends and fun. Photos by Lindsay Salazar.
When a Northern California couple decided to build their family a year-round vacation home, they set their sights high—mountain high, that is. “My husband is from Salt Lake City and I am from Colorado,” the wife says. “We both longed to have a second home in the mountains.”
In the open living and dining rooms, the team increased the height of the sliding doors opening to a covered deck to best capture views of Deer Valley and the Jordanelle Reservoir. “My main goal was bringing the outside in and having the living areas freely flow to the exterior living spaces,” says architect Tim Furner.
The duo chose Victory Ranch, a private, year-round residential community with 6,700 acres of pristine rolling hills and mountain views near Park City. “We love all that Victory Ranch has to offer and its close proximity to family,” she explains. The couple also liked the community’s easy access. “We can travel there in about the same amount of time—sometimes less—than it takes to drive to Lake Tahoe from the Bay Area.”
Deep covered decks and lower patios open the back of the home to spectacular views provided by the sloped, hillside property.
Foremost, the homeowners wanted to have a mountain home where they and their three teenagers could gather with friends and family in comfort and style. To create this, they signed on architect Tim Furner, interior designer Carrie Delany and builder Anthony Jorgensen.
Carrie Delany, principal of Carrie Delany Interiors.
“We feel like we hit the jackpot with this team of collaborators,” the wife says. And while she and her husband desired a mountain house, they didn’t want a heavy lodge-style retreat or something overly modern. Furner coins the home’s style as Mountain Modern Craftsman, and as Delany explains, it has more of a ranch feel.
Natural stone and white oak tongue-and-groove paneling clad the walls in the light-filled entry. “The combination embraces you when you walk in,” says interior designer Carrie Delany. The Round Cross Stitch Mirror is from Jamie Young Co.
Broad beams, natural stone and reclaimed barnwood siding—which define the exterior and help foster the desired ranch style—are repeated indoors to unify the design, inside and out. Passing through the front door, guests step directly into a tongue-and-groove clad entry featuring a live-edge bench inset into a natural stone wall. “It’s a welcoming place to sit and remove your boots in the winter,” Delany says.
Located opposite the entry, the two-story stairwell was designed by Furner to flood the interior with views and natural light.
In the dining room, a Phillip Jeffries grasscloth mural provides an art-like backdrop for an Urban Electric pendant customized with blue shades. “We wanted a bit of sophistication here,” Delany says. The casual table and chairs deliver a sense of comfort to the inviting space.
Eyes move directly through the house to breathtaking views that flow through a floor-to-ceiling window wall enclosing the two-story, floating staircase. “Tim did an amazing job positioning the house to take advantage of the views and implementing the two-story window with dead-on views of Deer Valley’s slopes,” says the homeowner, describing her favorite feature of the home. Similar views flood the main level’s open living, dining and kitchen areas.
Natural stone adds a rustic touch to the kitchen, where an island painted with Sherwin-Williams Pewter Green delivers a shot of color. Pendants are by Arteriors and the cabinetry is by Premier Woodwork & Design.
Located off the kitchen, a cozy dining nook is sheathed in tongue-and-groove paneling and features custom benches and a collection of ceramic pendants by Natalie Page.
Painted cabinetry and teal-hued tile give the hard-working pantry lively color and character. Thick, open shelves provide plenty of storage and display space.
To cloak the interior in warmth and welcoming character, the exterior stone that clads a portion of the entry is repeated as accents in the kitchen. “It adds to the rustic ranch feel of the home,” Delany says. White-oak, tongue-and-groove paneling similarly recurs, also beginning in the entry and moving to adorn everything from the office and dining area’s ceiling to the walls and ceiling of the cozy kitchen nook. “The nook feels like a hug when you enter its space,” the homeowner says.
Delany crafted a palette of “happy but somewhat muted” colors—including smoky blues and gray-tinted greens—and highly tactile materials, weaving them throughout the decor to help create a sense of continuity. “The homeowner loves texture and she didn’t want anything to feel overly precious or untouchable,” the designer says.
In the elegant powder room, a vanity and sink crafted in white marble by European Marble & Granite provides dramatic contrast to mink-colored, studded wallpaper by Phillip Jeffries.
White-shaded sconces and bedding team with shimmering brass and dark walls to deliver moody elegance to the guest bedroom. The nightstand is from Made Goods.
The boys’ bunk room provides a comfortable space for the two teenage sons to host friends visiting the mountain home.
Surprises also have a home here. In the dining area, for example, a blue-shaded pendant hangs in front of an eye-catching wall dressed in a Phillip Jeffries abstract grasscloth mural. “The style feels sophisticated but inviting,” Delany says. For dramatic effect, she teamed a white marble sink with studded, mink-toned wallpaper in the powder room and adorned the bar with richly veined Magic Brown marble and a shared wine room wall. She also elevated the guest room’s style with dark moody walls and textured rattan. “It has a huge window, so we could pull off the dark walls and furnishings,” the designer says.
Delany painted the “cubby-of-a-space” office Benjamin Moore’s Blue Note and furnished it with a built-in desk, cabinetry and bench.
Because the floor plan is relatively open, smaller spaces like the office nook with its dark blue walls and tongue-and-groove ceiling, as well as the kitchen pantry with its bright teal tile, delight the decor. “We worked really hard to make these spaces feel unique and special,” the homeowner says.
Beneath a trio of woven pendants, the lower-level family room boasts a uniquely shaped sectional with an angled corner and two chaises for abundant seating. Built-in cabinetry furnishes the room’s billiards area near the bar. The sectional is by Lazar and is upholstered in a deep blue fabric by Pindler.
Since the home was finished just over a year ago, the family has celebrated the holidays there, hosted a milestone birthday ski weekend for the husband and relished time with the kids and their friends in the splendor of the mountain setting. The wife concludes, “It’s been amazing and all that we hoped for—a warm and welcoming home for family and friends to gather, to take advantage of the outdoors and have fun.”
ABOVE: In the open living and dining rooms, the team increased the height of the sliding doors opening to a covered deck to best capture views of Deer Valley and the Jordanelle Reservoir. “My main goal was bringing the outside in and having the living areas freely flow to the exterior living spaces,” says architect Tim Furner.
