The
home of Jean and Stephen Roth is on the 2002 Tour of Homes. Photo
by Tim Brown
The 2002
Tour of Homes
By ADAM
TANOUS
Express Arts Editor
The Wood
River Valley certainly provides a spectacular backdrop in which to build
a beautiful house.
Nonetheless,
what makes a beautiful house a home has more to do with personality,
vision and creativity than anything else. One place to see those
qualities realized is at the annual Tour of Homes event, slotted this
year for 10 a.m. Saturday. The homes will be open until 4 p.m.
Five
homes in the Lane Ranch and Elkhorn area are part of the 2002 tour:
those of the Badell/Deans, the Karners, the Roths, the Garretts and the
Cronins. Each has a style and mood distinct from the others.
Linda
Badell and Henry Dean had their architect Jim Ruscitto design a
"European Mountain Home," complete with a 35-foot vaulted
ceiling in the living room and a Montana river rock exterior.
By
contrast, the Cronins employed a Southwestern adobe style.
Janet
Jarvis designed this Elkhorn house.
The
Garretts pay subtle homage to the Sun Valley Lodge in their angled wings
coming off the main house. Many windows and French doors open the house
up to the landscaping and a series of ponds on and near the property.
For a
taste of Nantucket or San Francisco style shingle homes, visit the Roth
home in Lane Ranch.
Jean and
Stephen Roth had McLaughlin and Associates bring coastal design elements
into the house and adapt them to the mountains.
The
Karners decided that their dream home would take on a warm, French
country feel. To achieve that sense with stone and brick construction,
the Karners hired architect Neil Wright.
As street
parking is not permitted at the homes, the Library Association is
providing free transportation via KART buses, leaving the library every
20 minutes.
Participants
are invited to the library for a tea before or after they take the tour.
Tickets
are available at the library, The Gold Mine, Atkinsons’ Market and
Chapter One in Ketchum, as well as at Read All About It in Hailey.