Geodesic Home on 35 Acres with No HOA

Homes are meant to shelter you, but this one does more...it gathers you in. Built as a geodesic dome under the dark, star-filled skies of the Westcliffe Valley, it curves around you and draws everything toward the center, toward the warmth of the fire and the people you love. This was never a home for people who live square lives. It was made for those who love the unusual, who would rather fall asleep beneath the stars and wake to the Sangre de Cristos in every window than settle for four ordinary walls.

Set on a gentle rise and built in 1999, the home faces the Sangre de Cristo range, where it runs the full length of the western horizon. A continuous wrap of windows pulls the peaks, the valley, and that wide Colorado sky into the heart of the home, and there is hardly a room that does not hold its own piece of it.

Step inside and the space opens upward. A soaring tongue-and-groove pine ceiling rises overhead, and reclaimed log beams radiate from the center like spokes on a wheel, the kind of detail you simply do not find in an ordinary house. The great room, dining area, and kitchen flow together as one warm, open space, easy for a quiet morning with coffee and just as easy when the people you love fill it up. A wood stove anchors the living room, and on a snowy evening its glow and soft crackle turn the whole room into a place no one wants to leave. Reclaimed wood frames the windows and doors throughout, and sliding barn doors carry the handcrafted Western character from one room to the next.

The kitchen was made for someone who loves to cook and gather people around. Granite counters top custom hickory cabinetry, and a center island holds a cooktop with two built-in ovens tucked beneath a custom wood range hood. There is room at the bar to pull up a stool and stay awhile, and a walk-in pantry behind a barn door keeps everything close at hand.

Then there is the primary suite, and this is where the home really gets you. Picture a winter night here, the second wood stove glowing warm in the corner, the soft crackle of the fire the only sound, and the snow falling past the window while you stay wrapped up in bed. Come morning, a private walkout opens to the first light spilling over the mountains. A wood accent wall adds warmth and texture, and the spa-style bath carries the calm right through, with a large slate-tiled walk-in shower and bench seating, a double vanity, and one more framed view of the peaks. Two additional bedrooms, a full bath, and a half bath give everyone room to spread out.

This is a home built for real mountain living. A 14 gpm well keeps the water flowing; a whole house generator means a power outage never slows you down; and central air conditioning, a genuine rarity in this part of Colorado, keeps things comfortable through the warmest afternoons. Outside, a detached two-car garage offers space for vehicles, gear, and whatever projects you have in mind.

More than a house with a view, this is a place to settle in, watch the seasons cross the valley by day and the stars come out by night, and feel, from the very first evening, like you belong here.

Come see it for yourself.