The Montana Prairie is the perfect combination of rustic and modern. Made of 150-year-old wood and eight months in the making, the beautiful house is ready for show.
“All the stone is from Montana, and that’s where we got our inspiration,” said Scott Self, owner of Elite Homes.
But what makes the house unique? The outside, natural steel roof and floating posts. It’s also filled with reclaimed barn wood and axe-chopped beams.
“They weren’t cut with a saw. They used just axes before electricity. All the metal accents are really unique to this home,” said Self.
Self said the home is something you would see in a trip to Wyoming or Montana.
“The door is on a pivot hinge. It’s 4-inch thick and 5-foot wide by 10-foot tall. Of course, we don’t have the glass in it yet, but it certainly fits the size of the home,” said Self.
The four-bedroom home is the biggest in the Parade of Homes, sitting on more than 9,000 square feet of land. The buyers also worked with designers to come up with their dream home.
“We just came in through the foyer. It’s an open-concept home, so the living room is open to the kitchen and a couple of the eating areas,” Self said.
The house also has an Aspen twig chandelier made by the Amish.
“Those are actual branches,” said Self.
Moving on to the master suite and bathrooms, the women’s bathroom is detailed with hammered nickel bathtub.
“About 300 square feet, all built-ins, so all the clothes are behind the built-ins,” Self said.
As for the men’s master suite, it is 600 square feet counting the bathroom.
“it’s all wide oak with reclaimed wood inserts,” he said.
These unique wood finishes also make their way to the outside pool area and lodge.
“It’s raised, you can’t see it now, but it will actually have a true swim up bar so you can barbeque and be eye-level with people in the pool,” he said.
He says it’s a true swim up bar right next to the patio of the lodge.
“Our vision for the home was to have a lot of outdoor living. That was our focus. Very unique outdoor living spaces,” said he.
Inside the lodge, one thing stands out in particular.
“It’s an authentic Texas windmill. It’s 12 feet in diameter. And the gears that are on the way is actually what’s stirring it.”
Self says it wasn’t the easiest thing to track down, but worth it and the finishing touch is a 40-foot mural.
“John Russell Thomasson hand-painted it from the owner’s inspiration or the client’s inspiration,” said Self.
