Inside Kendall Jenner’s Cozy Mountain Home | Open Door

Inside Kendall Jenner’s Cozy Mountain Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest

– Hey, “AD”, it’s me again. Welcome to my mountain house. Come on in. [light elegant music] We are in the living room now. I worked with Heidi
Caillier on this house, and I feel like one of the
first things I said to her was I really wanted, like, grandma chic. I wanted the kind of explosion of patterns and fabrics and textures. We made this couch to be extremely big and extremely comfy, cozy. I sit tested it and made
sure it was perfect. We picked this, like, chintz fabric. I thought it was really
bold and beautiful. I have always kind of
had this dream and vision of, like, a very just
exotic kind of crazy couch that becomes the statement in the room. And this one turned out perfectly. A lot of the books in the house I’ve, like, personally gone out to buy. I love finding antique shops around town and finding cute little
random things that I grab, and everything kinda has a story. So most of the books on this
table have been found locally. I worked very closely with Heidi. Heidi probably thinks I’m so annoying, because I feel like I
micromanage everything, especially my homes. So we had so much fun, and this house was really, I’d say, like semi experimental for me. I wanted to kinda send it. We’re up in the mountains, I felt like there were
no rules when designing, and I really wanted to
kinda test my limits and see how far we could take it while still feeling like me. It felt really fun, really refreshing, and just a little bit
different for me and I. I had the best time doing it. This is the most communal
room in the house. We have the kitchen right here. There’s the piano here. I have a lot of friends
have ended up on this piano. And we watch movies out here. Actually, the other night, I filled the couch for the first time from one end to the other. It was filled with people. There were some people on the floor. And that made me really happy. I think one of the most special things about ground up builds is you’re working on
the house for so long, and you’re envisioning,
like, moments with friends, and you’re envisioning what
kinda nights and laughs and talks are you gonna get into. And so it’s been really cool for me to have people over and
fill the space in the ways that I had dreamt and
imagined for so long. So, yeah, it’s been awesome. [bright music] A friend of mine called
me one day and was like, “I found something really, really cool that I think you might like.” And he had found this Gibson piano online. I immediately had to pick it up. There were only 20 made
from what I believe. This one is signed by Les Paul. It is such a cool little rare find. Thank you to my friend. You know who you are. And I just felt like it fit
so perfectly in this house. Red is one of my favorite colors. Regrettably, I don’t play, but I would love to learn, and I think this would be
the perfect place to start. But my friends, you know, have been in here many a times and gotten active on this thing. So it gets some good use. I found this harmonica in town. There’s two of ’em, the big one and the little one. The same friend who found me this piano, he was with me in town at an antique shop, and we just thought they were so cute. So they came home with me. [elegant music] This is the kitchen. We wanted a really open space, hence it’s kinda connected
to the family room. When building the house
and kind of figuring out how we were gonna get the most light, the skylight came up, and I thought how perfect
in a place that snows, the trees come through really beautifully, and I think it creates
such nice light in here. So that was a really genius idea on the architect and designer’s part. For a while, we were
playing with so many ideas. Is it a color? Is it yellow? In the end, I kinda sat with it, and I was like, “There’s so
much going on in the house that I want it to feel a
little bit more neutral.” So we used the floors and
the range and the details, like the little curtains
at the bottom of the sink and all those things, as the pops of color. And I’m really happy
with how it turned out. I think I definitely built this house more for my friends than I did for myself. Every time I come here, there’s a million invites out
for any one of my friends, and all of them are
pretty much down to come, and it’s just really good vibes, so I wanted to create a
really fun, peaceful place, and this has become that. My mom was looking at
a house and begged me to come see it with her. And when we walked in, we saw a fireplace in a kitchen, and we just thought it was so cute. And to go along with the cozy vibes, being up in the mountains and it getting pretty
cold here half the year, I thought the more fireplaces the better. And I got this little
asparagus guy in town. I kinda like shopping locally here just ’cause it feels fun to tell a story. It’s also just something fun to do in a sleepy little mountain town. My Campbell’s mugs were a gift from, as I call her, like, my second mom, so long ago, and they sat in my house
in L.A. for forever. I hope she doesn’t watch this. And I didn’t really use them. [laughs] But I like them. So anyways, when I was thinking what could I bring over
here to the mountains, they made it. Now they get all the use. So, it was just a matter of time. [gentle music] This is the dining room. I knew I wanted a big table, because it is really pretty
much the only communal place for everyone to sit and eat. We came up with this kind
of big banquette idea, and I love the oversizedness of it. And so this room gets a lotta action now. We started this puzzle here. Um, I’m ashamed to admit, like, three trips ago. It is the hardest puzzle
I’ve ever done in my life. It is laughing at me, it’s mocking me. It’s ashamed of me. Like, it’s so hard. I’ve had maybe eight different
minds on this puzzle, and this is as far as we’ve
come in three different trips, just so everybody’s aware. But I’m finishing it. I’m committed to
finishing this puzzle, so. Oh, we’ve done dinners here, and, you know, I do therapy here. I think one of the biggest
things in this room was I wanted it to feel
a bit like a sunroom, and that’s what it turned into. The light trickles in so nicely and we have some aspen trees outside that kinda flicker the light in, and it’s a really pretty room. [bright music] I think you guys know
what this is. [chuckles] The most important room in
the house, the bar. [chuckles] [bright music] When thinking about this house and how casual it is up
here in the mountains, I thought, what kinda art am
I gonna put in this house? And I came across one of the
biggest Western auctions. I had the best time bidding online and finding a couple pieces for the house. It was so addicting, so much fun. It was just a joy to find and feel like I was putting
intention into the house. [upbeat music] The powder room was
really important to me. It’s the only one in the house, and so I wanted it to feel
really charming and cute. I had seen inspiration
from Green River Project, and they had the cutest little bathroom. It was just all wood with a
colored toilet and a sink. And I kinda wanted to recreate that here. I just think it feels really fun. I love this bathroom. It’s a special little place. [chuckles] [elegant music] I love waking up here. Although I feel it’s a very mature room, it also feels like a little
girl’s room in a way, and so I kinda feel like my
child-like myself in this room. So I love waking up here. I remember being a little intimidated by the wallpaper before
we put it onto the walls and thinking, “Oh no, did
we make a crazy mistake?” It came together so well, and I’m so happy we went for it. I wanted it to feel like you wanna read a million books in here. And I think we achieved that. I love my ceilings in here. We did reclaimed beams
with reclaimed paneling. I think it just turned out so well. It really warms up the room really nicely. Obviously, we have the fireplace, which also feels really cozy. And again, read all the books in here. Just imagine book room. [bright music] I love this bathroom. This burgundy color is, like, one of my favorite colors in the world. But this bathroom has been super fun. Between the vaulted ceilings and just all the windows
and how big it is, it’s such a nice room to hang out in. And my shower might be my favorite thing in this entire house. It’s perfect. It’s literally perfect. So we took inspiration off of the floors in the kitchen and kind of
pulled it into this bathroom. Just, like, the peace, the quiet, the serenity. Like, it’s just fun. It’s a fun shower. And I recommend highly to do a checkered shower in your house. [bright music] This is an adult bunk bedroom, I like to call it. We had kinda this idea of doing each bunk in a different fabric and
making it its own little world. I imagine my nieces and
nephews being in here, probably my future kids being in here. But I’ve had friends stay in this room, and the beds are the
perfect size for an adult as well as a kid. It makes me happy. The custom red ladder. I think the red was my choice. I wanted a pop in here, and I think I was begging for
red at some point in the house and kept getting shut down. And finally I got it. So I was really happy
with this red ladder. But, you know, pray for anyone that stays on the second story and has to pee in the middle of the night, because it’s kind of sketchy. [bright music] I adore this bathroom. It feels kind of ’70s inspired to me. I really love this wood bead board, and then the mix of the
green with the brown. This tile, again, was super fun to source, and I loved working with this color. I remember mentioning to Heidi that I wanted fun little
random moments in the house. Things that were off-centered, maybe not super perfect. So that’s where this came about. I remember watching it get put in and forgetting we’d made this decision. And when the house was, like, wood, I was like, “What is
happening in this shower?” And then remembered that
we chose to do this. Coming up with the palettes
was also so fun in this house. Like, looking at the tile next to the wood next to the sconces. Like, it was all so fun
to see it all together, and then again have it kinda come to life was a fingers-crossed moment, but it all ended up working out perfectly. [gentle music] We are in one of the guest rooms. This is a prime example of
one of the rooms that I, well, felt a little daring in. I’m obsessed with this iron red bed. And then the polka dots on the walls, again, was something that
felt really intimidating for me on paper. And once they went in, I think they work perfectly. I might sleep in here one night ’cause I just love it so much. [bright music] Bathrooms are the highlight
of this house, most likely. I said this in my bathroom, but I believe this in this bathroom. It might be my favorite
bathroom in the house. I love the color palette in here. I love this deep green on the walls mixed with the blue tile, and then there’s little pops, like, little bits of
red in these lampshades. And I think this bathroom
turned out so beautifully. The entire room is a bit whimsical, and I think this bathroom
also feels a bit whimsical. I think the theme of the house is color. On the outside, the
house feels really simple and really clean, and then you kinda come in
and it feels really exciting. [bright music] A few years ago, I got this Bambi Airstream
as a gift for my birthday. It’s one of my favorite
gifts I’ve ever gotten. When I got this house years later, I thought how perfect would it
be to bring this to the house and gut it and renovate it and
have a little fun doing that. So come on in and see. [elegant music] So I wanted this to act a
bit as a third guest room. We took the kitchen out and took all the things that we felt were unnecessary just for this project. Fixed it into the ground, did real plumbing, real electricity, real A.C., heating, and then added this cute
little shower bath moment. So I think it’s really fun. Again, another room I might
sleep in one of these days. I think it’s so cozy. All the colors in here
are just actually perfect. And the lace little drapes
and the boaty pillowcases, it’s very, very fun. [elegant music] Thanks for coming and visiting me all the way up in the mountains. I’m sure I’ll see you guys soon.

Kendall Jenner welcomes back AD to tour her stunning mountain house retreat. Designed in collaboration with Heidi Caillier, this warm and whimsical home seamlessly combines grandma chic style, vintage charm, and bold, patterned interiors, creating the perfect cozy space for her friends and family to gather.

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