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Designer Jet Zarkadas has turned a working cattle ranch in Montana into an eco-friendly dude ranch.
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s a boy growing up in Fair Haven, N.J., Jim Manley became infatuated with the American West and vowed he would one day have a ranch there. “Nobody took me seriously; everybody thought it was a pipe dream,” says Manley. But when he was 33, he embarked on what turned out to be a 20-year-long search. “I wanted a trophy property with unobstructed views, surrounded by wilderness, with adequate rain and snowfall, a river running through it, an Old West town, a ski resort nearby, no rattlesnakes and not in grizzly country,” explains Manley, whose day job is chairman and ceo of an investment bank in New York. Finally, when he was 53, he found what he was looking for in Montana. Although he initially didn’t intend to turn the working cattle ranch into a luxury dude ranch, Manley recognized that opening the property to paying guests would help offset the costs of keeping the hired help working year-round. And so, The Ranch at Rock Creek was born. Manley had no hospitality background, but he did have a clear vision for his planned destination. He wanted a locale with fivestar amenities that still looked like a cattle ranch, not a resort. Think gourmet food and luxurious bedding, alongside reclaimed wood and distressed leather furnishings— refined luxury without being slick or shiny. To engender an authentic Old West look, Manley turned to Santa Fe, N.M.Courtesy of The Ranch at Rock Creek (resort and Jim Manley); Courtesy of Los Griegos Studio (Jet Zarkadas)

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Boutique Design - July/August 2011

Boutique Design - July/August 2011
From the Editor
Contents
Boutique Buzz
Ranch Redux
Force of Nature
Q+A: Cliff Tuttle
Greening the Guest Room
Domo Arigato
Adding Some Sizzle
DreamBook: Progressive Design
Lighting
Outdoor Furniture
The Last Detail: W Taipei
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Intro
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Boutique Design - July/August 2011
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Cover2
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 1
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - From the Editor
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 3
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Contents
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 5
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 6
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 7
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Boutique Buzz
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 9
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 10
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 11
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Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 15
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Ranch Redux
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 17
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 18
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 19
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 20
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 21
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Force of Nature
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 23
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 24
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 25
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Q+A: Cliff Tuttle
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 27
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 28
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 29
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Greening the Guest Room
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 31
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 32
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 33
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Domo Arigato
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 35
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 36
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 37
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Adding Some Sizzle
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Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - DreamBook: Progressive Design
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Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Lighting
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Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 50
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - 51
Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - Outdoor Furniture
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Boutique Design - July/August 2011 - The Last Detail: W Taipei
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