This boutique design firm can do new builds and renovations but loves the challenge of wholly transforming a home without doing any construction at all.
“Almost everyone said, ‘This isn’t an aesthetic that we see here,’” says the designer. “And then they followed that with, ‘but I love the way it looks and feels.’ It was great to know that what I did here resonated with people, especially since it was my first project in Jackson Hole.” But Peña hopes it is not her last. “Jackson Hole started out as the happy place for one of my Manhattan clients,” she says. “And then, while I was out here working on this project with her, I fell in love with it, too.”
Although known for her cleanly elegant and timelessly luxe interiors around New York City, Peña easily evolved to create her client’s dream Jackson Hole vacation home. A challenge was that the client wanted the space transformed but didn’t want the hassle or time of any construction. “The only work we did was paint, furniture, fabrics, art—it was purely decorative—and we succeeded in transforming it,” she says.
The client also asked Peña to stay away from antlers and Western stereotypes. “She wanted the space to feel unique and true to her personal style.” Peña mostly obliged. You won’t find any antler chandeliers, but a bronze mirror in the entry has what the designer describes as “abstracted antlers,” which she says are “not obvious.” Similarly abstract, and very literally Wyoming, was Peña’s curated use of color. “The colors my client sees in her backyard, we brought those inside in different shades,” she says. To create deeper dialogue with the natural world, Peña also used a nature-inspired materials palette, including coffee tables in the den made from lava rock.
