Inside of the January/February 2011 Issue

Products We Love, People, Shopping and Decor, Accessories

Visit DesignMom.com on any given day, and you’ll see why late last fall, Time Magazine crowned it one of the year’s top 50 websites. It’s a friendly place where the Design...

Tips from the Pros, Shopping and Decor, Designer tips

1. It’s human nature to paint our walls. Cave paintings in Europe and Southwest Asia date back 32,000 years. Fast-forward a few thousand years, and you have the gorgeously...

Architecture & Interiors, Before & After, Befores and Afters, Home and Garden, Interiors

With its streamlined design and open, airy spaces, mid-century modern style has proven to be a very contagious bug in today’s design circles. Homeowner Mayra Galvez and her...
  Built in the 1930s, this five-bedroom, eight-bathroom home in Denver has great bones and the casual elegance of a European cottage. But before the current homeowners got...
This Queen Anne was never supposed to go through a total renovation. In fact, it wasn’t supposed to be a project at all.   The owners, an out-of-state couple who wanted a...

Products We Love, Furniture, Shopping and Decor, Accessories

We’re seeing mirrors, mirrors everywhere: as accents on chairs, coverings for cabinetry, even ornaments on fabric. Make the start of your New Year shine with one of these...

Products We Love, Tips from the Pros, Shopping and Decor, Accessories, Shopping and Decor, Designer tips

1. Introduce a quick coat of paint in a bold color behind your built-in shelves to add contrast and visual interest to your space. For a more conservative approach, go for a...

Food & Entertaining, Food and Entertaining, Recipes

Every winter, my daughter, the once-competitive-but-now-just-obsessed snowboarder, goes nuts waiting for that first major snowfall. Like so many others in Colorado, she...
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In the Community, Arts and Culture, CHL on the town, Parties

We checked in with Jim Fricke, executive director of Colorado Garden Show, Inc., to get the scoop on this year’s Colorado Garden & Home Show, February 12-20, 2011 at the...