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Well, the idea was to be

able to have light all across.

And every time you walk around,

you are looking outside.

Yeah, you always feel you're

walking around the nature.

This is my favorite place

to be with my kids because we have to spend time together.

We are always cooking together.

This is a place to be with your loved ones.

The mountain ridge here

has this cliff that sticks out.

So you get to see all around 360 degrees in all directions.

It's fabulous.

We are a very simple life up here in the mountain.

For the last 15 years, we'd rent a place very close from here

and that's why we got to know this area

and that's how we found this lot.

It was love at first sight.

We were not even thinking buying.

But it was a place that is gorgeous.

I'm so happy to be here.

When I come up to the cabin, I open the door

and I see my living room and the open kitchen.

It's not that big and it's only one space.

And it just feels like I'm at home.

The kitchen is open because that's

the only way to be with the family

and this is a family place.

The sunrise wakes us up in the morning.

And when looking towards the side,

we see the valley and the mountain ranges.

So it's a beauty.

The altitude of Blum house is 10,000 feet.

It's quite high.

It's just across the Continental

Divide from Breckenridge.

It's among the largest valleys that you can find.

So it's beautiful to be on a mountain ridge

and be able to see all the different mountain ranges.

And it's a place you

don't know when it's more beautiful,

in summer or in winter.

It's an isolated place, but it's right in the middle

of everything.

It's so beautiful.

Well, the process of designing the house was a hard one.

First, we say, oh, OK, this is going to be a small cabin, just

a little house, a little room.

But no, no.

You cannot be that selfish.

I mean, I have to have my kids and everyone coming.

My daughter and my son--

gonna get married.

No, I need a bigger house, something

that could be closer to nature and the nature

inside the house.

And that's how we end up with this architect.

She believes in this concept.

Her name is She believes

in the nature inside the house and the openness of the space.

And that's why they chose her.

We always wanted to have two cabins because I wanted

independence for my kids to have their own privacy

with their couples.

So that's how we end up having a separate little cabin for them.

Big cabin and little cabin.

Everything has to be natural.

Floors are real wood.

It's walnut and birch--

Russian birch.

And even the counters are cement.

Because the winds can come up to 100,

120 miles per hour, they had to specially design

windows that would withstand.

So we have to decide

to have windows only to one side, some parts of wood.

It was a lot of decisions.

With the roof, it's like old stables from the neighborhood.

So it follows the style of the neighbors but in a modern side.

Outside of the cabin, we have the Jacuzzi.

We decide to go that corner because we get

a nice view from the sunset.

After skiing, we come and enjoy it before cooking.

And after the meal time, all my kids-- they

love to go to the fire pit, which

is right back here on the deck.

The two cabins

are connected by an elevated walkway,

which is low maintenance in terms of when it snows.

So the snow falls through.

It rises above the ground and gives

us a sense of flying above.

Between the two cabins, we have a natural tree

which was so beautiful.

It was a ponderosa tree.

So we make a hole to make the whole deck

around and save the tree.

The loft has a fantastic view.

It views all the way down to the valley.

It's spectacular, inspirational for an artist loft.

I always wanted to be an active artist.

But because of life, I end up studying

business administration.

At a certain point of my life, I say, well, it's never too late.

And about 15 years ago, I moved to Houston

and I did my master's in art.

So this place is beautiful and it's very quiet.

Painting here in the cabin, I'm isolated.

I don't have neighbors coming in or friends stopping by.

So this is a great place for me to paint and for Nils to write.

We are secluded and it's so beautiful to work here.

During the night, very often,

we see the moon rise by our bedroom.

You sometimes don't want to go to bed because you want

to see all that's happening because it's all lit up

and it's like daylight but all in black and white.

The cabin is like an excuse for being protected while looking

at the beauty of the landscape.

Being able to be in a cabin that is like this,

you feel extremely grateful.

I think it's very important that the relationship reflects

the beauty of the nature in the way we treat each other

and how we relate with each other.

So from that point of view, the cabin is an inspiration.