This is Part Two of The Mountain Edit, our WMI Journal series on designing, building, renovating, and actually living well in the mountains.
If Park City’s neighborhoods were all invited to the same dinner party, we have a feeling they would be very different guests.
Deer Valley would arrive exactly on time. Promontory would bring twelve friends because there is plenty of room. Glenwild would quietly have the best bottle of wine. Trailside would bring the kids. And The Colony might not come at all because, frankly, why would you leave? That is part of what we love about designing homes in Park City. There is no single “Park City house.”
Where you live affects how you use your home, what you see out the windows, how much space you have, how often guests descend on you, where the ski gear ends up, and even how you enter the house.
The neighborhood gives us clues. It should never give us a design formula.
OLD TOWN
You want to be in it.
Old Town has history, character, walkability, skiing, Main Street, and some very interesting opportunities when it comes to space. These homes often ask us to think differently. Every inch matters. Storage matters. Furniture scale really matters. And when we are renovating, we want to respect the character that made the house interesting in the first place while making it work for the way people live today. The goal is not to make an Old Town home feel brand new. It is to make it feel like the very best version of itself.
DEER VALLEY, DEER CREST & EMPIRE PASS
You like your ski boots warm and your interiors just a little more polished.
There is something undeniably special about a ski home where getting on the mountain is almost easier than getting into the car. These homes often need to do two things at once: feel elevated enough for the setting and comfortable enough for everyone to actually use them. That means beautiful materials, thoughtful lighting, plenty of places to gather, and very serious consideration for where all those ski boots, helmets, gloves, and coats are going.
THE COLONY
You came for the skiing. You stayed because leaving the house became unnecessary.
When you are surrounded by that much landscape, the landscape gets a vote. The views, trees, snow, and scale of the property can do a lot of the visual work, which means the interiors do not have to try quite so hard. We love natural stone, rich woods, oversized fireplaces, tactile fabrics, and materials that feel substantial enough to belong in the setting. But restraint matters too.Your house can know it is in the mountains without reminding you in every single room.
PARK MEADOWS
You love Park City. You also really like having a neighborhood.
Park Meadows is a great example of why renovating can be just as exciting as building from scratch. Many of these homes already have a story. Our job is often figuring out what is worth keeping, what is not working anymore, and how to make the house feel smarter, warmer, and better suited to modern life. Sometimes that means opening things up. Sometimes it means creating better connections between rooms. Sometimes it means finally giving the mudroom the attention it deserves.
JEREMY RANCH
You want Park City life with a little breathing room.
Jeremy Ranch homes often give us the opportunity to think about everyday family life alongside entertaining. Storage matters. Durable materials matter. Comfortable furniture matters. Indoor-outdoor living matters. These are houses where we want people to walk in, kick off their shoes, sit down, and stay awhile. Beautiful, yes. But nobody should be afraid to sit down.
PINEBROOK
You like your mountain house in the mountains.
Pinebrook feels different because the trees become such a big part of the experience. Homes can feel tucked into the landscape, with privacy, changing light, and views that are more intimate than the huge open vistas you might find elsewhere. That naturally lends itself to layered materials, warm lighting, texture, and interiors that feel cozy without feeling heavy
SUMMIT PARK
You are not afraid of a little snow.
Summit Park has a true tucked-in-the-mountains feeling, and we think the best interiors there embrace it without going full cabin. Great lighting becomes especially important. So do layered textures, natural materials, thoughtful window placement, and rooms that feel wonderful when the snow is coming down outside.
TRAILSIDE
Someone has soccer at four and you would still like your house to be beautiful.
We love designing for real family life because real family life is exactly what a house should be designed around. Kids, dogs, bikes, ski gear, friends coming over, backpacks landing somewhere they absolutely were not supposed to land. A Trailside home can be beautiful and sophisticated without being precious.
PROMONTORY
You want everyone to visit. You also want everyone to have their own bedroom.
Promontory gives us room to think big. Custom homes, expansive views, generous entertaining spaces, guest suites, bunk rooms, bars, game rooms, golf rooms, ski rooms. There can be a lot happening under one roof.But with a large home, we are just as interested in creating the smaller moments. Where do two people have coffee in the morning? Where do you curl up with a book? Where does everyone end up after dinner even though there are six other rooms they could be sitting in?A big house should still have little places.
GLENWILD
Quiet luxury. But actually quiet.
Glenwild lends itself beautifully to interiors that feel considered without needing to announce themselves. Natural stone, plaster, warm woods, beautiful textiles, art, and a restrained palette can create rooms that feel sophisticated while still belonging in the landscape. This is where craftsmanship and the smaller details really get to shine.
YOUR ZIP CODE IS NOT YOUR DESIGN STYLE
Where you build gives us clues. It does not give us a formula. A house in The Colony should respond to its trees, ski access, architecture, and views. A family home in Trailside has different priorities. A Park Meadows renovation might be about rethinking a house that has already lived several lives. An Old Town home may ask us to make every square inch work incredibly hard. At Williams Metcalf Interiors, we want a house to belong to its surroundings. We just want it to belong to you a little more.
And yes, we will ask a lot of questions to figure out what that actually means.
MORE Journals from THE MOUNTAIN EDIT
PART ONE: So, You’re Building a Mountain Home in Park City…
