Infacet Pierre Frey’s President’s Montana Log Cabin

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There’s a saying in France: Make your individual sauce. It’s one Fiona West, the native Parisian president of French heritage model Pierre Frey, lives by. “It means you find your own flavor and adapt to your own set of circumstances,” she says. “This is a concept that has guided my life choices, including the design of the space I live in.”

When the pandemic hit, West headed, properly, West. She relocated from Miami to the mountains of Montana, a transfer she might have been working towards from a younger age. While on a visit to Jackson Hole as a teen, West had what she describes as an epiphany second: “I remember sitting by the Snake River looking at the mountains, crying, thinking I never wanted to leave.” 

Fast ahead to a booming Montana actual property market, which meant West needed to discover the potential in restricted stock. She discovered simply that in a Eighties log residence, one tucked away on a rural street that winds alongside the Yellowstone River. While the home learn “’80s, with lots of dark wood, carpeting throughout, and a red roof,” it additionally confronted a broad open meadow to a line of cottonwoods that delineate the sting of the river and the mountains, within the distance. 

“I thought if I tackled this in a smart way, little by little, I could transform the place into something I would learn to love,” says West. 

She addressed the principle gathering house first, tearing out the wall-to-wall carpet and changing it with oak flooring–however conserving the funky river-rock element with embedded deer antlers across the hearth. She then reconfigured the loos and in addition redesigned the kitchen, eradicating some higher cupboards, putting in white beadboard, and including woodblock counter tops. “I try to undertake one significant project a year,” says West.

The furnishings are a mix of antiques, household heirlooms, and vital objects blended with artwork from West’s previous lives in France and Miami. And, after all, there’s no scarcity of Pierre Frey materials, wallpapers, and rugs all through the house, lending much-needed injections of shade and whimsy into the wood-dominated rooms. 

A self-described fan of eclecticism, West blended materials and wallpapers she’s at all times cherished, not worrying about whether or not issues go properly collectively however slightly trusting that if she likes one thing, the house will come collectively. And it does.

“In the U.S., there’s an attraction to perfection in interiors,” says West. “And because of what I do–and my exposure to the incredible talent of the designers we work with every day–I had to come to terms with the fact that I am not my clients and had to adjust my choices of materials and the level of detail I wanted to achieve.” 

She provides: “I wanted the house to feel welcoming and sophisticated, but really relaxed. So, the white chairs are no longer white and the carpet color is evolving, but I actually love the patina and what it means—a house full of life, constantly changing and evolving.” 

The house is aptly described as “France meets the mountains with a dash of Bohemia” within the upcoming guide Modern West, which spotlights 15 properties in iconic western settings. And despite the fact that West is again to touring, her life is a decidedly western one, full with a log cabin, a canine, two barn carts, and 6 chickens. 

“It’s not always easy to juggle the constant movement, motherhood, and being far from my roots, but it’s also a privilege to be somewhere physically and mentally where you feel like you’re in the right place,” she says. “And for now, this place is it for me.”

Here, West shares the way it all got here collectively in her personal phrases.