Paired with neutral colors and pattern-free furnishings, plus a mix of organic textures, sculptural lighting and a few surprises, the result is an environment that reads as refined and elevated yet informal and unfussy. Which is exactly what its owners, an active family of six, intended for their three-story getaway tucked into a hill of the Yellowstone Club’s exclusive countryside.

The wonders never cease at a beautiful winter home designed by Daryl Nourse of Reid Smith Architects for a family from Down Under. Located in Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana, the six-bedroom, eight-bathroom ski-in, ski-out home has an exterior totally in keeping with its alpine surroundings—yet something unusual happens immediately upon drive-up.

A family of four from Connecticut began coming to Montana in 2013 because they loved the winters—and then they discovered the summers. In the summer of 2018, when they moved to Montana full time, their son was getting ready to enter his sophomore year in high school and their daughter was 11.