A Fork in the Road

A welcoming Montana vacation home sits at the intersection of rustic and refined

- Stefanie Waldek

DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ARE bound to come up when a house is being designed for more than one person. For a San Antonio–based couple building a holiday home, it was easy to agree on a location: Bigfork, Montana, a favorite vacation spot for them and their four college-aged children. But they couldn’t come to a consensus on aesthetics. “One wanted more of a white farmhouse and the other a woodsy retreat,” Seattle-based designer Kylee Shintaffer says. Fortunately for them, Shintaffer excels at elevated rustic style.