Ralph Kylloe's Rustic Living
By Ralph Kylloe
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A privileged look at never-before-photographed rustic homes, Ralph Kylloe’s Rustic Living presents a myriad of stunning rustic treasures scattered across North America, from Vermont to Arizona, Montana to North Carolina. Each extraordinary property tells its own individual story through detailed interior and exterior photos that remind us of the emotional link we all have to rustic styling.
Ralph Kylloe
Ralph Kylloe received his EdD from Boston University and has taught at the university level for many years. He is a leading authority on rustic furniture and owner of the aplh Kylloe Gallery at Lake George in New York's Adirondack Mountains. His previous books include Fishing Camps, Rustic Architecture and Design, and Cabins & Camps.
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Acknowledgments
Photographing the twenty-nine properties featured in this book took two years. There were many people who helped along the way, including designers and builders, homeowners who choose to remain anonymous, caretakers, and my wife, Michele, and daughter, Lindsey. To each and every one who assisted in any way, I extend a very, very special thanks. I would also like to thank Paul Filion, M.D., for all his help, and Bob Cooper for his special editing and patience.
Introduction
After meeting Ralph in the early 1990s, I could see that the word rustic
would no longer be as Webster described it, simple and plain. Ralph’s interest for early rustic furnishings made from organic materials, such as roots, birchbark, saplings and trees became his passion.
As Ralph’s collection of rustic furniture increased, so did his desire to learn more about the craftspeople/artisans. Ralph made time to critique and offer advice to aspiring artisans, and would purchase pieces of rustic furniture and art to thus encourage the artists. Ralph’s books continue to impact and inspire the spectrum of artisans as well as collectors. His books entail exceptional photography, tales of adventure and close encounters with beasts of the forest. With the contemporary rustic movement spanning the globe, artists, furniture makers, interior designers and architects have settled in to a new frontier.
I would also like to acknowledge Ralph’s wife and partner, Michele, for her ballast, tenacious directional support and encouragement for Ralph.
Find your favorite place in the forest. . . .
—Barney Bellinger
The Ranch at Rock Creek
Several months ago I started receiving e-mails from an interior designer encouraging me to see a new lodge in Montana called the Ranch at Rock Creek. As I receive copious amounts of information about all kinds of rustic projects from many different people all over the world, I thanked the individual who sent me the info and mentioned that I would certainly check out their website and related information. And I did! It was an impressive-looking place, but I had seen such places before. Nonetheless, I continued receiving e-mails about the ranch and was told, in no uncertain terms, that I really needed to see the place.
In the fall of 2010 I found myself in Montana with a friend photographing other homes near the ranch (and doing a bit of fly-fishing as well). So I e-mailed the facility and invited myself over to see their digs. Montana is a very large place, and what seemed to be just a short drive on the map turned out to take longer than expected.
Each individual arriving at the ranch is assigned their own bicycle.
However, Montana is an extraordinary place and a drive in just about any direction can be spectacular. Rolling hills, wildlife around every turn, great-looking trout streams, forests, old mining towns and magnificent mountains were the setting for the lodge we were about to experience. Down a long, dusty road adjacent to a blue-ribbon trout stream resides the Ranch at Rock Creek.
The entire place was nothing less than magnificent. In the middle of what seemed to be absolutely nowhere, the ranch blended perfectly with the environment. Designed by architect Kirk Michaels of Livingston, Montana, the ranch offers the weary traveler something completely unexpected. The five-star resort, encompassing 6,600 acres, has accommodations for individuals, couples and families. You can sleep in the main guesthouse or in one of their complete cabins designed in traditional western fashion. Or you can sleep in a family tent as well! And I’m not talking about a small pup tent that requires a sleeping bag on the ground. The tents are fully contained and some offer complete kitchens and running water. Each tent also includes its own toilet and access to its own private high-end bathroom just outside the front tent flap.
But that’s just the start of the adventure. Each individual arriving at the ranch is assigned their own bicycle, and you can ride horses and fly-fish in Rock Creek or their own stocked trout ponds to your heart’s content (and I personally guarantee that you’ll catch all kinds of great-looking trout!). Or you can spend the day in the spa or lounge around the heated pool if you choose. And the five-star restaurant will keep even the hungriest cowboy completely happy. The ranch also offers two great lounges, a fully mechanized bowling alley, pool tables and more activities than you can shake a stick at!
But it’s the subtleties about the ranch that make it a great place. They have fly rods, guides and gear for everyone. If you want to hunt or shoot clay pigeons, there are guns of all kinds. If you want a hayride in an old wagon, it’s no problem at all. And in the evening the campfires are great and the elk wander down from the mountains to graze in the meadows on the property.
The interiors of the facility were tastefully done by interior designer Jet Zarkadas of Los Griegos Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with a wide variety of western-related antiques, art, textiles and memorabilia.
Guests can mosey up to this fully stocked bar in one of the ranch’s two lounges and take a seat on a saddle stool.
This handcrafted tall case clock occupies a niche next to a half staircase.
Above and below: Sleep it off in the Remington Room in the Granite Lodge, or grab some fly-fishing gear and try an entirely different kind of relaxation.
The ranch sits in splendid isolation on more than six thousand acres of rugged Montana ranchland.
The tastefully decorated Mustang Room is one of the guest rooms in the Granite Lodge.
Above and below: The great fly-fishing in Rock Creek is reason enough to visit the ranch.
One of the grandly furnished tents available for guest lodging, complete with running water and even a