Mountain Living Magazine
Kitchens to Love

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Mountain Living, March 2022

Mountain Living’s “Kitchens to Love” feature includes the Sunburst remodel in Vail, where a family vacation retreat became the owners’ permanent home. Sipes Architects completely remodeled the house, including the kitchen, adding built-in windows that frame the mountain views and bring in natural light. The family wanted a modern kitchen that still honored the legacy of the owner’s father, who built the home, so the design pairs oak plank flooring and geometric fir ceiling beams with a custom steel range hood and a white island and cabinetry. A television was set into a wood hutch because the family spends most of its time in the kitchen. Interior design was by Kim Toms of Five Interior Design, and Evans Chaffee was the builder.

“The changes to the kitchen were both dramatic and life changing.”
— Brian Sipes

Published in Mountain Living. Related project: Sunburst. The full article appears below.