Perched in the Colorado mountains, this striking Breckenridge vacation home is outfitted with everything you need for enjoying your surroundings, relaxing with convenience and resting with comfort—the window treatments included.

Complementing the home’s rustic sophistication, our

Gray Space Interiors, set to work transforming a bedroom and accompanying sitting room into the House Beautiful

It’s a fitting theme for a space within the larger Whole Home project, which, this year and for the first time ever, featured an all-female design and build team. Gray was joined by other interior design world darlings including Hema Persad, Isabel Ladd, Laura McCroskey and Leann Lynn. “The ladies' suite is a retreat,” Gray explains of her composition of rooms. “It includes an entry hall, salon-parlor and bedroom. With the ‘POV’ of divine feminine energy, the suite is now a #softlife sanctuary where you will find a space to unwind, connect, and indulge in moments of quiet camaraderie.”

Silhouette® Window Shadings   Fabric: Aria   Color: Supernova

But what does designing for the “soft life” entail, exactly? “‘Soft life’ means to live a life of optimal relaxation, embody an anti-hustle spirit and live intentionally,” she says. When it comes to specific design choices, “That means selecting fabrics that are performance based and easy to care for, that feel tactically pleasant, with colors that are calming and that you enjoy, and having the ability to control light and darkness easily with window treatments,” shares Gray, who has completed over 100 residential and commercial projects throughout the Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware areas, as well as nationally.

Vignette Modern Roman Shades   Fabric: India Silk   Color: Temple

Heritance® Hardwood Shutters in Driftwood and Pirouette® Window Shadings   Fabric: Satin  Color:  Metallic Wish

For the ladies’ suite, Gray used Vignette® Modern Roman Shades from Hunter Douglas in the sitting room to accomplish a two-fold design goal: frame the picturesque view beyond when the shades are open, and provide privacy and respite when they are shut. “In the sitting room, the Vignette shades are perfection, because they provide both a window to the beautiful landscaped grounds below when opened, and restful shade when closed,” she notes.

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Silhouette Sheer Shades   Fabric: Aria   Color: Supernova

“I believe that you can both embrace your personal design style and the home's original beauty, equally,” she says of her approach in infusing modernity and comfort within the limits of the site’s existing bones. “This home is a turn of the century, traditional mansion, but we've leaned into our contemporary chic design style to create a modern-day ladies' suite. Also, proper planning can solve all challenges in small spaces.”

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Experience Rasheeda Gray’s rooms for yourself on HouseBeautiful.com and in the November/December 2023 Renovation Issue, on newsstands November 28.

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