CLASSIC MID-CENTURY STYLE IS REIMAGINED FOR THE BOISE, IDAHO, CLIMATE.

By DANA MAUER

Photography by BRET GUM

WORKING WITH THE TERRAIN AND LOCAL COLOR INSPIRATION, JED CHOSE BENJAMIN MOORE NARRAGANSETT GREEN FOR THE HOUSE EXTERIOR, WITH A BRIGHT FRONT DOOR IN BENJAMIN MOORE MIAMI GREEN. THE ROUGHER DOUGLAS FIR WOOD SIDING CONTRASTS THE ACRYLIC P95 GLASS PANELS WITH A MATTE FROSTED FINISH. EXPOSED UP ABOVE, THE DOUGLAS FIR GLULAM BEAMS ARE STAINED BLACK WITH TONGUE-AND-GROOVE ROOF DECKING IN A NATURAL CEDAR SEMI-TRANSPARENT STAIN.

Once you discover your dream neighborhood, it’s time to look for your dream home. For Jed Splittgerber, a designer and real estate agent with Mid Century Homes by Anthology, this meant a fresh take on familiar mid-century designs.

“I grew up in Boise, and the first house my wife and I bought was a 1959 Joe La Marche home on the Boise Bench,” Jed says. The tough search for a buildable lot in an existing neighborhood began. “Not having any Eichler- or Rummer-designed homes in Idaho, I became a bit obsessed with the idea of reimagining this style of homes built for our local climate and with more contemporary conveniences,” he explains.

EICHLER EXPOSURE

“I went to college in Orange, California, and when I happened to drive through the Fairhaven neighborhood of Eichler homes I was enthralled,” Jed recalls. The connections to the outdoors, natural light, large spans of glass and building materials on display all caught his eye. “I fell in love with mid-century architecture and design and became well-versed in Eichler homes, the Case Study House Program and furniture from the period, especially Danish Modern designs,” he says. Over a decade of studying floor plans from Eichler and Rummer and thinking about ways to integrate new features went into the process.

WITH UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS ALL THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, THE ATRIUM IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF NATURAL LIGHT. TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS LONGER INTO THE COLD SEASONS, A FIREPIT AND PROJECT 62 CHAIRS FROM TARGET BECKON THE HOMEOWNERS OUTSIDE.