A House Built on Friendship

“In the spirit of ‘If you build it, they will come,’ an international couple whose careers have kept them in constant motion built in Jackson with the intention of creating a home base for themselves and a gathering place for family and friends … The project—a collaboration between JLF Architects, Big-D Signature, designer Tayloe Pigott and the homeowners—is appropriate, original and soulful,” writes Mountain Living of this guesthouse, a ‘Phase II’ addition to the original, also JLF-designed, main house. Connected via a downstairs hallway, the two-story space, built into a slope to accommodate the walk-out lower level with windows and door in back, reads from the front like a separate one-story stone cottage. “The stacked-stone and reclaimed-wood, gabled structure consists of a living room, guest suite, bunk room and laundry at entry level,” the magazine writes. “The lower level houses an open space with three functions: media room, golf simulator and hangout room with bar.”