Perched on a ledge overlooking the Madison River in Montana’s Upper Madison Valley, Jarl and Molly’s log home is a marriage of Old and New World traditions and innovations that mirrors their own trans-Atlantic union. And it brings out the best of both.
When Jarl arrived in the United States from Norway to attend college, Molly was the first American girl he met on campus. He knew a good thing when he saw it, and so did she. The pair married soon after graduation and headed off to Norway to begin their lives together. But a few short years later, they decided to set the stage for an eventual return to the U.S. A wise friend advised them, “You shouldn’t always wait for the perfect time to build.”
Jarl and Molly were intentional in their aim to build a home while their 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren were young. They wanted it to be the place in which they’d grow up and thus “come home to” later in life, rather than simply visiting mom and dad.
