Steamboat Dream Home: Mountain Modern Design Meets Cloud9 Tech

Welcome to Steamboat Springs. I’m in front of a roughly $15 million, ~8,500 sq ft mountain-modern home by Cloud9 with builder partners at Bren Design Build—about to walk it with Thomas while Steamboat Ski Mountain sits right out back.

Serene first, gadgets second

Stone panels, glass, early snow—beautiful and a little goldfish-bowl if you can’t control it. Lutron Palladium shades and lighting scenes on Savant pull the outside in without frying the rooms. Sonance keeps audio present without littering the architecture.

Outdoor and transitional spaces

Colorado properties live outdoors half the year in spirit even when it’s cold. Coastal Source–class outdoor audio and covered gathering spots extend the same control story past the slider—without turning the deck into a trade-show booth.

Why dealers should study mountain homes

Altitude, glass, and vacation-rental realities stress reliability. The Cloud9 tour is a reminder that luxury is competence: scenes that work for guests, support paths that work for owners, and displays specified for the rooms people actually sit in.

If a wall like this is on your roadmap, start with Just Video Walls. Dealers who want the same partnership can apply here.