A foundational focus at Montana State University (MSU), the language of sustainability inspired architecture master’s student Elena Silverman to submit a project that earned her an international award. Last fall, shortly after she discarded her model into a recycling bin at MSU’s Cheever Hall, she......
Creating a home is a deeply personal journey, one that reflects the individuality and lifestyle of each unique person who will dwell within it. The structure becomes a facilitator of memories that come to define a life. And for those who abide in the Northern......
With more than 50 years of combined experience, Domaine Interiors in Bozeman provides inspired solutions for effortless living. Through their timeless approach to interior vernaculars and deep respect for craftsmanship, Domaine curates spaces that feel both elevated and livable. Helming collaborative relationships with clients, contractors,......
This Must Be the Place: Homes with Atmosphere Written by Chloe Redmond Warner, Foreword by Heidi Caillier Designer Chloe Redmond Warner — originally from Missoula and founder of Redmond Aldrich Design — makes her literary debut with This Must Be the Place: Homes with Atmosphere,......
Whether you’re contemplating a remodel, considering a new build in the Rocky Mountain West, or searching for particular decor, art and home shows offer essential inspiration, advice, and products from some of the best regional artisans and designers, with wares specifically suited to the ethos......
Adirondack Chair by ORCA Studio ORCA Studio’s take on the Adirondack is a modern twist on a classic. Crafted with aromatic cedar, the chair is simple yet substantial, featuring thick planks and metal framing. Its enduring construction means it will withstand the weather of the......
Just as the Gallatin Range will forever define the landscape in and around Bozeman, so, too, do the houses designed by Locati Architects that occupy sites throughout the Gallatin Valley. The stone, steel, timber, and glass that the firm regularly employs in their residences reflect......
In Bozeman, where long winters insist on still attention and summer light stretches days like opportunity, MFGR has humbly built a design practice shaped by patience, materiality, utility, and purpose. The studio’s work — spanning everything from Adirondacks to carefully articulated homes — resists spectacle.......
Whether you’ve been in Bozeman for a few days or several decades, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve noticed Old Main Gallery & Framing while walking around downtown. Situated on East Main Street, between Black and Bozeman avenues in a quaint two-story brick building, Old......
It’s a rare business story that starts this way: Two boys meet in kindergarten, find plenty of mischief together — including building extraordinary tree forts 25 feet off the ground in the woods behind their tiny Pleasantville, New York neighborhood — go their separate ways......
As the climate shifts — as we face more and more wildfires, floods, and changing weather patterns — landscape architecture is responding with designs that not only amplify the visual impact and livability of the homes they embrace but also help protect homes and environments......
District Loom in Bozeman is not your typical rug store. Step inside and the bespoke atmosphere invites you into a highly individualized experience. Preferences, chosen online before the visit, are ready for immediate viewing. The design of the space itself is highly considered: Curved sofas......
Architecture | Faure Halvorsen Architects Construction | Duncan Robb Construction Interior Design | Elizabeth Robb Interiors Landscape Architecture | Outdoor Design Studios When her new home was finally complete, homeowner and real estate agent Bessie Hudgens leaned on a tradition she adopted from her time......
Architecture | Miller Roodell Architects Construction | Denman Construction Interior Design | Cravotta Interiors Landscape Architecture | Design Workshop At the quiet end of Whitefish Lake, where a town of about 10,000 residents feels far but trailheads into the Flathead National Forest abound, a year-round......
Architecture | CLB Architects Construction | OSM Construction Interior Design | WRJ Design Landscape Architecture | HDL The concept of prospect and refuge is a crucial one that is expressed in architecture the world over, from urban homes organized around quiet private courtyards to those......
Architecture and Interior Design | Pearson Design Group Construction | North Fork Builders Specialty Wood Products | Montana Reclaimed Lumber Co. Set amid the rolling grasslands of central Montana, a new family retreat looks completely at ease in the environs, perfectly positioned to embrace the......
Architecture | Reid Smith Architects Construction | Avant Building Group Interior Design | Hive Home Specialty Wood Products | Montana Reclaimed Lumber Co. When the owners of a home in Montana’s Spanish Peaks Mountain Club in Big Sky approached Reid Smith, founder of Bozeman-based Reid Smith Architects, the......
Architecture | Reid Smith Architects Construction | Blue Ribbon Builders Interior Design | Envi Interior Design Studio When the design team responsible for a new home in Big Sky describes the finished retreat, they reference several regional aesthetics: Nordic, Scandinavian, Northern European, and Northern Californian.......
Architecture | Faure Halvorsen Architects Construction | Yellowstone Traditions Interior Design | Laura Fedro Interiors A passionate fly fisherman, the owner of a new home in Montana had long dreamt of owning a place in the West. As he prepared to sell his business in......
Architecture and Interior Design | SHM Architects Construction | Big Sky Build Specialty Wood Products | Montana Reclaimed Lumber Co. “I was blown away by the view,” says SHM Architects’ Mark Hoesterey of his first impression of the lot his clients had purchased in Montana’s......
Architecture and Interior Design | MMW Architects Construction | Jeremy Seifert Construction For decades, a family with Big Sky roots enjoyed natural beauty and quietude from their secluded parcel occupying a rocky, tree-covered slope on a cove at the southern edge of Flathead Lake. But......
Architecture and Interior Design | Pearson Design Group Construction | Highline Partners Specialty Wood Products | Montana Reclaimed Lumber Co. When skiing first became popular in Montana over a century ago, the typical ski cabin was a relatively small, one-room, rough-hewn log structure, simply furnished......
Architecture | Centre Sky Architecture Construction | Teton Heritage Builders Interior Design | The Varda Group Specialty Wood Products | Montana Reclaimed Lumber Co. Sky Lodge, a house of rugged heights and airy lights, is literally and figuratively on the cutting edge of the Gallatin......
Architecture | Miller Roodell Architects Construction | Yellowstone Traditions Interior Design | Peace Design Katherine Reay loves a good story. As an accomplished author, she knows how to craft a riveting narrative. So it was no surprise that when she and her husband, Mason, decided......
Undervaluing creeks seems a perennially popular ailment among fly fishers. Leave ’em to their losses, I say: All the more water and fish for me. Clearly, I don’t suffer from their dysfunction of insight. My first fly-caught fish, a subcompact coastal cutthroat trout, happened on......
Standing at my window on New Year’s Day — holding a steaming cup and watching the snow in the sliver of light cut by a streetlight across the way — I feel like I’m in one of those holiday coffee commercials. Christmas has come and......
In the fall of 1991, I received a call from Robert Redford’s personal assistant: “Bob is extremely grateful for what you did for him yesterday and asked if he could return the favor,” she said. Seriously? I thought. Robert Redford is granting me a favor?......
Tucked into the cozy down sleeping bag in my vintage 1977 Toyota Chinook micro-camper, I yawned, rolled over, and pondered morning coffee. My awakening consciousness was startled by loud clawing outside the camper. I looked out the open window. A grizzly bear’s moist snout was......
It’s a cold, rainy off-season night in Jackson, Wyoming. There aren’t many tourists around town, and a lot of businesses are closed for a few-week break, but when I walk into the Silver Dollar Bar & Grill at The Wort Hotel, I’m enveloped by warmth......
Although it was late June, the thermometer in my brother’s truck read 32 degrees Fahrenheit when we reached the trailhead around 8 o’clock in the morning. Such cold on a summer day could have dampened our spirits, but we were excited to see no other......
Under a vast and infinite sky, north-central Montana stretches out before me like another world. It is a place swept clean by time itself — an ancient seabed where the waves have long since gone, leaving only an ocean of grass and wind. Traveling across......
Pale Morning Dun in June streamwater run Clouds pass above the gorge darkpined, steepsided down the rocksmooth flow and valleyshadows shifting turn darkwater bright as gold Pale Morning Dun the Rainbows wait deep down in darkgreen pool beside the slick beyond the rock greyspeckled flags......
After enjoying a lavish multi-course dinner at his favorite French restaurant in San Francisco, an establishment so luxurious that “you need a wallet full of credit cards to eat there,” Russell Chatham admitted that his banker had finally reached his breaking point. “He wanted to......
It’s a bright summer day in the late 1910s. As Claire Boltwood drives up the steep hill from the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park to Mammoth Hot Springs, she has to pull over to cool the boiling radiator of her 70-horsepower Gomez-Deperdussin roadster. Her......
Thwack, whizz, thwack. As Ben Miller’s sopping wet, paint-soaked “fly” hits the plexiglass, sound becomes a backdrop to his movements. His eyes squint to measure the sun’s position; he notices the flora and fauna. His painting feels intuitive, as if all of Miller’s years of......
Summertime foot traffic blooms in the historic downtown district of Sheridan, Wyoming. Known for its rodeo culture, idyllic atmosphere, street dances, and proximity to the Bighorn Mountains, Sheridan has quietly secured its reputation as a popular mountain town with true Western flair. I’m visiting on......
An icy splash of gritty snowmelt hits my lips as I push off into the Yellowstone River from Mallard’s Rest for the first time this season. The crisp breeze of late May chills the back of my neck while the sun beats down on my......
The land’s storied history where the John Dodge neighborhood is located between Wilson and Jackson, Wyoming — once the home of colorful John Dodge’s Wilderness Ranch — is analogous to the rich architectural history of a home within the area, which was recently purchased by......
The food at Teton Valley Lodge has to be phenomenal. Anything less and guests would stay out fly fishing until nightfall. Based near Driggs, Idaho, the lodge’s guides assist guests on three Blue Ribbon fisheries — the South Fork and Henry’s Fork of the Snake......
In Montana, fishing is about more than what’s on the end of the line. It’s about community and a shared love for the delicate beauty and awe-inspiring natural wonders that are so plentiful in Big Sky Country. And, while fishing is a deeply personal pursuit......
In the farming and ranching community, succession is rarely discussed until it has to be. The reasons are understandable — pride, uncertainty, fear of conflict — yet these conversations have never been more important. As aging farmers and ranchers face rising land values, increased production......
In an effort to raise awareness for the importance of wetlands in the Montana ecosystem, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (MT FWP) is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Montana Migratory Bird Stamp contest through February 27. This contest, now in its third year, allows......
In a joint video production between Wyoming PBS and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, historians Paul Hutton and Peter Cozzens discuss their new books exploring the unique history of the American West. Available on the Wyoming PBS YouTube channel, the series marks the......
100 Years of Dude Ranching: Celebrating the Centennial of the Dude Ranchers’ Association Written by Lynn Downey and photographed by Scott T. Baxter, with a foreword by Bob Boze Bell In commemoration of the centennial of the Dude Ranchers’ Association (DRA), the Ranch Preservation Foundation......
If you had told Heath Gunns in 2008 that he would eventually run a nonprofit organization for veterans, he would have called you crazy. After 15 years as a consultant for a hunting organization that catered to disabled veterans, Gunns launched Spoken Outdoors in 2023,......
Fishing has always been a part of my life. As a kid, I fished most weekends with my dad. I walked by our rods and gear every time I entered the house from the garage. We tied flies and kept a bin for worms, dirt,......
If there were ever a flavor that could define a place, Missoula, Montana might be best captured in a cup of tea — specifically, a cup of Evening in Missoula. Add hot water to the herbal blend from Montana Tea & Spice Trading, and the......
On the coldest of winter days, when the Montana sky is at its crispiest, palest blue, there’s nothing better than setting out for a morning of cross-country skiing. Maybe that sentiment doesn’t immediately resonate with you. At face value, strapping on a pair of skinny......
If you’ve driven many of Montana’s 13,000 highway miles, you’ve experienced the pit-of-the-stomach dread that one of those mule deer grazing the shoulder will lunge into your lane or that an unseen elk or moose will sprint across the road, forcing you into a dangerous......
On July 25, 1877, a band of weary Nez Perce began to descend the Bitterroot Mountains into Montana. As the subtitle of this piece suggests, I’ve chosen to focus on the Montana leg of the Nez Perce flight toward Canada for several reasons: I live......