Mirror Pond Lodge

“If a house has a timeline and we evoke the past and simpler times, we look at materials as a way to contribute to that, and good architecture makes it feel authentic,” Pearson says. “But I don’t want to forget about the people who put this together, some of the best crafts people I’ve ever worked with. It’s an honor to be able to create something like this, a legacy.”

The master wing is set a floor above the main level. There, the master bedroom, complete with a wood-burning fireplace and a master deck, tenders an intimate perspective of the landscape. Sunsets over the Pioneer Mountains warm the space with winter alpenglow or summer’s thundered color palette.

The uncut log banisters, with upright posts wider than a man’s hand, carry throughout the house, like a trail, from the ground level home theater and teenager hangout, up to the master wing. But if there’s also an elevator for the heavily laden, hidden behind a wood door that starts near the garage, stopping near the walk-in pantry and continuing on up to the top floor.

“It’s not often a home can also become a piece of art,” Pearson says. “Good architecture is simple and organized in a way that you continue to appreciate it over years. The summer and winter experience is so distinct. To me, it’s about bringing art into the family. The idea is to have different apertures and relationships to the outdoors and what this house tries to do is set up different views depending on where you are. Some are panoramic, and others, like those in the bedrooms, are more internal, more personal and private.”

Mirror Pond Lodge protects in the winter, fosters in the fall, renews in the spring and expands in summer. By definition, it’s a home that helps kindle the relationship to
things loved and cherished.