22 Feb Westward Bound: The Reincarnation of a Family Barn
In central Michigan, a 150-year-old barn is taken apart, beam by beam, nail by nail, peg by peg....
22 Feb Igloos, Ice Palaces and Quinzhees: The Improbable World of Snow Structures
Reason number 767 why Tahoe kids are super lucky: We live in a world-class region for building snow forts....
22 Feb A Giant Problem for the King of Trees
It is a clear, crisp day in mid-December, and I am visiting the northernmost sequoia grove in California, located in a remote patch of conifer forest outside the small town of Foresthill. Sunbeams filter through the thick forest canopy onto a thin layer of snow...
22 Feb Basking in Grandeur
When Keith Kelly, principal of Kelly & Stone Architects, first met with the owners of a 1.6-acre Martis Camp homesite on Kingscote Court, it was immediately clear that these clients had a very focused vision for their future home. The core team would be rounded...
22 Feb Nature Impressions
Wes Nichols was not in the market for a mountain home. And he was certainly not looking for a place some 500 miles away from his primary residence in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood. But all that changed when he came to the Lake Tahoe...
22 Feb Jesse Melanson: Big Art, Big Dreams
In July 2021, words appeared on the wall of the Nevada State Bank building in downtown Reno: “Love is everywhere,” “Explore the world,” “Joy,” “Gratitude,” “Imagination.”...
22 Feb From Fairytale to Family Treasure
Once upon a time, on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, just beyond Lake Tahoe’s shores, there was a tiny cottage in the woods. A survey crew laying the groundwork for what would become Clear Creek Tahoe stumbled upon the single-room structure, made of native...
22 Feb Beauty in the Boldness
Miami is about as far as you can get from Tahoe, in just about every way. But for a former Bay Area couple now living in Southern Florida, their quest for the perfect place for their grown family to gather year-round finally found a home...
22 Feb A Warming Trend
Imagine walking from your back door, stepping through a layer of fresh snow, opening a beautiful, rustic barrel sauna and feeling a rush of warmth hit your skin, work its way into sore muscles and relax a tired mind....
22 Feb Drawn to Life
There is no easy place to start when it comes to telling the story of the Jackman home, so let’s begin with a literal physical approach, revealing an elegantly simple design as you near the front door to discover a steel bridge crossing a burbling...