Joelle Uzyel is a Los Angeles based interior designer serving Aspen, Colorado, designing mountain modern homes on Red Mountain, in the West End, and in Snowmass for second-home owners who want LA-level design without hiring locally. The same approach that shapes Beverly Hills estates applies at altitude. Natural materials, rooms built around the view, and architecture-level millwork throughout.
The billionaire slope above town, contemporary homes built around the view back to Aspen Mountain. Interiors that stay quiet enough to let the glass do the work.
Historic Victorians and new builds a walk from the Music Tent and downtown. Renovations that respect the scale of the old street while living like a current home.
Ski-in ski-out residences and family compounds built around winter arrival and departure. Mudrooms, gear storage, and bunk rooms planned as carefully as the great room.
Gated acreage above McLain Flats with long mountain views. Larger plans where the interior has to carry big volumes without going cold.
Yes. The practice is based in Beverly Hills and takes on projects in Aspen, Snowmass, and the Roaring Fork Valley. Most Aspen clients split time between coasts, and the studio is built for exactly that: design directed remotely, site visits at the milestones that matter, and one point of contact throughout.
No. Aspen second homes are routinely designed by out-of-market studios, and the practice manages distance as core process rather than an exception. What matters is a team that knows mountain construction, communicates on your schedule, and shows up on site when the project needs eyes on it.
Red Mountain, the West End, the core, Starwood, and McLain Flats, plus Snowmass Village and ski-in ski-out residences. The practice takes on projects through the Roaring Fork Valley when the scope and the client are the right fit.
In this market, full home projects at this level typically cost $500K to $5M and up. Kitchens commonly run $150K and up and bathrooms $75K and up at this standard of finish. Design fees are scope-based and discussed at the first consultation.
Yes, and it is how most significant Aspen homes get done. The studio runs the same design-build model here that it runs in Beverly Hills: one firm holds the drawings, the specifications, and the contractor coordination, with scheduled site visits through construction and a full installation at the end.
Yes. Altitude, dry air, sun, and snow change what performs. Wide-plank floors and millwork are specified for low humidity so they do not gap, stone and metals are chosen for freeze-thaw exposure outside, and fabrics are selected to take real winter use, not just to photograph well on day one.
The mountains build on a season. Exterior work runs spring through fall, town and county review takes real lead time, and material deliveries move on mountain logistics. The studio plans the design and procurement schedule around that calendar from day one, which is what keeps a project from losing a year.
A real estate development background since 2011. She understands construction documents, permitting, and contractor coordination as core expertise. $250M and more in completed projects, featured in Architectural Digest, Elle, and the Wall Street Journal.