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THIS MAN’S HOME

Truly is His Castle

By June Johnston
Photography by Levi Hime and Garrett Fisher

P

icture a man on top of a mountain with a hundred mile view in any
direction, in his very own castle that he built himself, and you’ll have
a picture of Deon Heiner. Deon is husband, father of five, grandfather
to nine, and a long-time business owner in beautiful Star Valley, Wyoming.
Deon explains, “I’ve been interested in architecture since I was quite young.
I lived in Canada for quite a few years and they had a lot of Castilian
architecture there. It always fascinated me.” His own home is designed like
the castles of old, inspired by German castles. “It has turrets on the corners
and tunnels where we service all the square footage under there, like the old
castles used to be.”

© Garrett Fisher, garrettfisher.me

Castles usually had stone on every inside wall. Deon’s castle uses a modern
blend of stone, resourced from Brazil, Italy, Ecuador and Turkey, with a
comfy interior that suits Deon and his family well. “All the white limestone,
the big heavy balusters and handrails, came out of Jerusalem, from the
same quarry as Solomon’s temple. It’s the first of that kind of stone to be
shipped over here to America. It was kind of a learning experience to get
it over here,” he adds with a smile. “The stone around the fireplace came
out of North Dakota. It almost looks like petrified wood. It changes colors
throughout the day.”

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