Located about an hour?s drive from the western entrance to the Yellowstone National Park, the recreational residence of a young family of six is a modern mountain retreat. It is a luxurious mix of reclaimed wood, tall windows and fabulous art and yet, it is also clearly a family home with surprisingly intimate spaces.

More important, with their architect and designer, the home owners have avoided the uninspired log-cabin, mountain-ski-chalet look and arrived at a sophisticated balance that feels genuine, opulent and graceful.

The owners are an entrepreneurial couple and their four young children. Wife Chantal-Patrice Vernez Spanicciati is a former interior designer who recently changed careers and established The Session, and husband Mario Spanicciati is an investor and executive at BlackLine Inc.
Their family?s Big Sky residence was designed by Greg Matthews, founder of Greg Matthews Studio  in Bozeman, Montana, and Olivia Williams, founder of Los Angeles, California-based full-service interior design firm, Olivia Williams Studio.

Williams has also designed the family?s residence in Notting Hill, London.
For Chantal Spanicciati, a balanced life of slowing down, connecting with nature and living in harmony with one?s surroundings is extremely important.

On her Instagram account she describes this philosophy: ?Our environment has a profound impact on our mood. When a space is designed to be energetically attuned using natural materials, nuanced colors and materiali...