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From Home Furnishing Business
WRJ Design Wins Mountain Living Magazine Home of the Year
October 26,
2016 by Jane Chero in Advertising, Designer Weekly, Industry, Special Events 
A contemporary homestead built for a young family of five near Jackson, Wyoming, has been named 2016 Home of the Year.
Featuring interior design by WRJ Design the home won the hearts of Mountain Living’s judging committee.
According to the magazine’s Editor in Chief Darla Worden, “The Home of the Year judges fell in love with this project. It fits with the landscape, it belongs there. And then when you walk inside, the interiors, with the combination of Midcentury Modern and the rustic homestead aesthetic, work perfectly.”
“Being awarded Home of the Year by Mountain Living was an incredible surprise and thrill for our entire team,” says Klaus Baer, COO of Jackson Hole-based WRJ Design. “But even more rewarding was the experience of creating a beautiful mountain residence for a wonderful client, and having the opportunity to collaborate with such a talented design group.”
Rush Jenkins, CEO of WRJ, agrees: “It has been a pleasure and honor to work with the homeowners, who had a very special, curated collection of midcentury furniture, and for us to have the opportunity to collaborate with the talented architect Paul Bertelli, Ashley Sullivan and their architectural partners at JLF, as well as their project team including contractor Big-D Signature and landscape architect Jim Verdone.”
The WRJ Design team enthusiastically accepted the homeowners’ call to work with their extensive collection of midcentury and Danish modern furniture. As a counterpoint to the architecture’s historically rooted timber and stone, the WRJ team introduced lush accents such as buttery leather chairs, singular light fixtures and custom Italian silk and linen drapes. And the sweeping landscapes on view from every room informed a palette of sky blues and cloud creams – soothing colors that complement the caramel wood beloved by midcentury designers.
According to Mountain Living, its 2016 Home of the Year committee received submissions from eight states and Canada’s British Columbia. Now in its 22nd year, the annual contest evaluates projects based on design execution of the architecture and interiors, and how the components complement each other.