Park City: A Landscape of Colour Between Mountain and Lake

RESIDENTIAL · PARK CITY, UTAH

A two-storey house in Park City, Utah, overlooks the Jordanelle Reservoir. Cari Giannoulias Design designed the holiday home for a Chicago-based family of five, reworking the windows, skylights and circulation, and combining bespoke joinery with colourful furniture and objects collected over many years.

Black fireplace hood, green sofa and yellow chairs in a high-ceilinged living room — A green sofa and yellow chairs sit in front of the black fireplace hood in the high-ceilinged living room.

RAISING THE DINING WINDOW TO MAKE ROOM FOR A BANQUETTE

The family had previously asked Cari Giannoulias to design their Chicago home. They wanted their newly purchased holiday house to have the warmth of their main residence. Mountain trails and ski slopes are nearby.

Giannoulias began by examining the windows. Some openings did not make the most of the surrounding views, so she reworked the windows and skylights to bring daylight further into the house. In the dining area, the window was originally too close to the floor to accommodate a banquette beneath it. She raised and widened the opening, making room for seating below.

The living room has a high ceiling, with a black fireplace hood extending down from above. The sofa and armchairs are arranged around the fireplace. The television is concealed within bespoke cabinetry and can be pulled out and swivelled when needed.

Armchairs, long coffee table and ottoman in front of the fireplace — Low seats and a long coffee table are arranged around the fireplace, with a tall wall behind them.

Timber dining table and chairs by a window overlooking the hills — A timber dining table and vintage chairs stand beside the window, with a view of the distant hillside.

A GREEN SOFA AND YELLOW CHAIRS

Giannoulias looked to Le Coucou, a hotel in Méribel, France, and the paintings of British artist Peter Doig as references for the house. She liked the hotel's warm, eclectic interiors and wanted to explore the rich colours in Doig's paintings.

A green corduroy sofa and yellow chairs sit on a patterned rug in the living room. An ottoman by Nickey Kehoe and a horse-head sculpture by Chris Riccardo are placed alongside the bespoke furniture.

The kitchen opens onto the living area. Timber panelling covers the upper part of the tall kitchen wall, with dark cabinetry and an island below. Blue stools line the outer side of the island. The dining table sits by the window, and the hillside beyond is visible from the kitchen.

Dark bar and open shelving behind lounge seating — A dark bar and open shelves stand behind lounge seating and a small side table.

Tall wall with timber panelling, dark kitchen island and blue stools — Timber panelling covers the tall kitchen wall, and blue stools line the outer side of the dark island.

Kitchen work area, dining table by the window and hillside beyond — From the kitchen work area, the view takes in the dining table and the mountains beyond its window.

Connected living area with a green sofa, kitchen island and dining area by the window — The green sofa faces away from the kitchen island, with the dining area beside the picture window on the right.

WAITING FOR THE RIGHT HOUSE

Giannoulias sometimes buys objects she likes and keeps them for years before using them in a suitable project. The Nickey Kehoe Windsor chair and Servomuto wall lights in this house are among the pieces she had held onto for a long time.

Vintage Daumiller chairs furnish the dining area, while other rooms also contain vintage furniture, lighting and decorative objects. She designed all the bespoke joinery in the house, including the bar cabinetry and record storage.

Copper bath, pale pendant light and patterned floor — A copper bath stands against the wall beneath a pale pendant light, with a light-and-dark pattern across the floor.

Window-side seating and a fireplace with colourful circular patterns in the media room — Seats stand by the media room window, while marble circles in different colours decorate the fireplace surround.

Timber cabinets, small round table and Windsor chair in a deep-red pantry — The deep-red pantry contains timber cabinets, a small round table and a Windsor chair, with a window to one side.

FROM THE PANTRY TO THE MEDIA ROOM

Timber cabinets, a small round table and a Windsor chair sit against the pantry's deep-red walls. The yellow bathroom pairs ceramic tiles with irregular surfaces with patterned stone. In the main bathroom, medicine cabinets are recessed into the wall, alongside dark walnut cabinetry.

Circles of marble in different colours surround the fireplace in the downstairs media room, and the back of the bespoke sofa is upholstered in plaid fabric. Lounge seating stands by the window, with storage cabinets to one side of the fireplace.

Timber vanity, black basin and green stone flooring — A black basin sits on a timber vanity above a green stone floor.

Yellow-tiled shower, oval mirror and dark vanity — Yellow ceramic tiles cover the shower walls, with an oval mirror and dark vanity to one side.

Raising the dining window made room for a banquette. The television is tucked into cabinetry, and chairs and lights collected over the years now have their places in the house.

Project credits

Project — Park City
Location — Park City, Utah, United States
Typology — Holiday home
Interior design — Cari Giannoulias Design
Completion — 2025
Styling — Jen Paul
Photography — Malissa Mabey
Images and original feature — YUZU Magazine
Additional sources — Cari Giannoulias Design; Domino
Editorial adaptation — 01DES