A mountain sanctuary, reimagined inside and out. The property had sweeping views but interiors that didn’t match the setting, and outdoor spaces that weren’t being used. They desired a house that truly lived up to its setting.
We worked off of the warm textures — including layered stone and timber — that already gave the house its mountain character. Wingate Ltd.'s role was the interior design and landscaping. Inside, muted earth tones and wood elements echo the setting, while clean lines keep the rooms elegant without competing with the views. Every space was designed to feel grounded, considered, and in conversation with the landscape outside.
The client was so pleased with the interiors that they asked us to design the landscape. The mountain views gave us the starting point; the topography did the rest. We worked with it rather than against it, so every new element feels like it's always belonged there.
Multiple tiered staircases and retaining walls mitigate significant grade changes throughout the property, with precast stone caps used for the retaining walls and stair treads. Dry-stacked fieldstone terrace walls were rebuilt to define outdoor areas — a dining terrace with a firepit, a vine-covered pergola with classical columns, and a new pool with thermal bluestone decking set beside a circular stone hot tub finished with flagstone coping.
An existing hollowed-out oval rock formation, roughly five feet in diameter, was moved to the top of a rock outcropping, where it now serves as a wishing well and the source for a new waterfall. Around the pool, orderly and architectonic stone walls were laid out at a uniform sitting height to define the space as a distinct exterior room, while a lower lawn is edged with native perennials that hold the hillside without fighting it.
This project was featured on the cover and in a full centerfold spread in Landscape Architect magazine, in a story titled Wishing Well in the Berkshires. Read the full feature →
