Dream Catcher

This rural Montana master bedroom features a window seat cabinet with a covert purpose. The width is the same as a queen size mattress, so the concrete and vertical grain Douglas fir built-in can double as a headboard when the owner wants to rearrange the room. Architect Mike Mora selected Douglas fir for its “gorgeous warm glow that’s a great quality in a space, especially during long winters.” Open shelves topped with charcoal-colored concrete flank the seat. The surrounding cabinets also house audio equipment and discreet lighting control panels. Under the books, custom fir windows offer eastern vistas across the valley to the town below and mountains beyond. “Putting it all together from Seattle was challenging,” says builder Brett Stevens. “Because the locale was so remote, a lot of the custom work, like the cabinetry and concrete counters, was made by craftsmen in Seattle and shipped nearly 500 miles to the site.” Builder: Brett Stevens, An Urban Company, Seattle; Architect: Mike Mora, Seattle; Cabinetmaker: O.B. Williams, Seattle; Concrete fabricator: Dogpaw Concrete, Seattle; Photographer: Roger Wade.