A Natural Palette

Saw this while at the doctor's office. Not sure if it was the fasting before the blood test, but I fell in love with the design and character of the architecture and interior! Original story by Susan Reifer in Ski Magazine, January 2008.

Link: http://www.skinet.com/travel/2008-03/green-dream-home


"Daniel and Isa Catto Shaw's green home near Aspen, Colorado." - Clay Ellis, photographer


"The gallery forms the architectural core of the home. Its high volume and clerestory windows are evocative of Morocco, a key theme throughout." - Clay Ellis, photographer


"The intricately carved door was reclaimed from a Moroccan structure." - Clay Ellis, photographer


"The dining room doubles as a library. A watercolor by Isa Catto Shaw hangs above the wet bar, on one of the home's temperature-regulating concrete walls. All light fixtures are high efficiency, and even the home's audiovisual system - which controls stereos, iPods and computers from a touch screen on the wall - is solar powered." - Clay Ellis, photographer


"The powder room features a waterfall faucet and cupboard from San Miguel de Allende." - Clay Ellis, photographer


"The living room, which centers around a Southwestern-style curved hearth, features an unusual tete-a-tete Mexican rattan seat. Ceiling beams are crafted from blown-down Alaskan sitka spruce." - Clay Ellis, photographer