CH&L: Clients come to you for…Bill Livingston: Design inspiration and my expertise in designing rooms harmonious with my clients’ lifestyle needs and personalities. For many of my clients, this is their first time to be involved in a kitchen and…
CH&L: Clients come to you for…Troy Williams: Expertise and an education. Few people will remodel more than one kitchen or bathroom in their lifetime. While many clients have ideas about what they may want in their finished kitchen or bathroom,…
CH&L: Clients come to you for... Bev Adams: My expertise and experience in design; knowing that the product they select for the rooms I design is based on their functional design needs as well as their psychology and the psychology…
1815 S. Jersey Way, LynwoodDenver's Lynwood neighborhood, with its wide curvy streets and convenient location, is alive with 1950-era California Contemporary homes. This 1956 post-and-beam ranch offers three bedrooms and two baths in 1,551 square feet. A new kitchen and…
David Rasmussen, David Rasmussen Design, CarbondaleRasmussen’s admiration for green design and his desire to incorporate sustainable and recycled materials into his work led him to Carbondale in 2007. His furniture reflects the graceful lines he observes in nature and the…
What do some of Colorado's favorite design pros and notable residents—plus the staff at CH&L—want to give and get this holiday season? Read on to discover what’s on everyone’s wish list—beautiful artwork, kitchen goodies, irresistible knick knacks and more.Hilary Masell…
This new French Country house in east Denver may have taken only seven months to build, but it was centuries in the making. Antique French wood-and-iron doors grace the front entry; 200-year-old clay pots top the chimneys of the limestone…
Let’s face it: We all like to imagine that we can be design pros. Not only is it romantic to envision ourselves creating a dream home from the ground up, but HGTV has inspired a whole nation of cable-watching design-lovers…
There are beautiful homes; there are functional homes; there are sustainably built homes. But it is on the vary rare occasion that all three of those qualities can be found in one house. This Boulder home is just such a…
Kaye L. Hurtt’s favorite tool is an unusual one for a gardener. It is not a particular pair of Fiskars pruners, a trowel, or even a fancy, no-turning-needed composter. It’s a paintbrush. A former stay-at-home mom, Hurtt began volunteering at…
Coloradans refer to the urban corridor between Pueblo and the Wyoming state line as the Front Range, where prairie runs headlong into high peaks, and undeveloped land leads to master-planned communities. The landscape of the Front Range may be varied,…
THE ECONOMY MIGHT BE REBOUNDING, but it’s still a difficult time to sell a house. By the end of 2009, the number of single-family home sales in Denver had dropped 20 percent from the previous year, according to Denver Land…
JUST FIVE YEARS AGO, Tami Door and her husband, who were living in Michigan, decided it was time to move. They considered cities all over the world. JUST FIVE YEARS AGO, Tami Door and her husband, who were living in…
547 South Corona Street, Washington Park, $765,000, Listed by Eric J. Carlton, 547 South Corona Street, Washington Park, $765,000, Listed by Eric J. Carlton, The Carlton Company, (303) 431-4444 YOUR LOOK: You want a style that feels of another era,…
Everything in its Place Interior Architecture and Design: John Rowland and Sarah Broughton, Rowland + Broughton Architecture + Urban Design, Aspen, (970) 544-9006, rowlandbroughton.com Flooring/Millwork: Rift Sawn White Oak Lighting: Focal Point, focalpointlights.com Powder Room: Countertop and Sink: Colorado Concrete…
Booth then brought in flowers and plants to introduce color and soften the hardscape. She selected a wide-ranging color palette of blue, purple, yellow and gold for the sun-filled space and chose bold-sized perennials to give presence. “The form and…
WHERE IT BEGAN: When Denver homeowners Rachel and Brent Temmer called designer Mindy Sunday to help them remodel their kitchen, they had one primary goal in mind: more counter space. Rachel's Swedish background had led her to study traditional Swedish baking,…
WE ALL SAY WE LOVE COLOR, but when it comes time to paint, the fear factor sets in. So CH&L asked several designers to give us their favorite go-to colors and mini-palettes for a foolproof dip of the paintbrush. “The…
Classic InfluenceInterior Design: Jeff Elliott, Jeffrey P. Elliott Interior Design, Denver, (303) 860-0109, jeffreypelliott.comGeneral Contractor: Devoncor Development, Denver, (303) 270-0070Entry (as seen through piano room):Table Lamps: Vintage Obelisk table lamps (c. 1940), by Stiffel, available at Century Design Limited, St.…
When Cranbrook Academy of Art, a premier graduate school of art, design and architecture in Michigan, offered the couple a job as co-directors of its Design Department, they jumped at the chance to be in academia (along with the ghosts…
FURNITURE CAN BE THE MOST USEFUL FORM OF ART IN YOUR HOME. Meet these three furniture makers, each of whom possesses a distinctive knack for creating pieces that advance the fine art of design while honoring timeless tenets of craftsmanship.…
Minimalism Meets MerrimentInterior Design in Living Room and Kitchen: Homeowners Paul and Lorna FairKitchen Remodel: Ed Hodapp, Hodapp Construction, Arvada, (303) 981-6338 Cabinetry: Tim Miller, Miller Fine Cabinetry, Denver, (720) 374-8775Artwork: Chalk and Paint series in living room, homeowner Paul…
WHEN IT COMES TO BEDDING, Rosella Louis, owner of The Brass Bed in Denver, believes that touching is believing. Still, first glance at this bedding tells you it’s as luxurious as it gets. With this ensemble, described by the designer…
When designer Nadia Hartman of Nadia Hartman Interiors agreed to create a white-and-metallic tabletop for us, she began by heading straight for the Lark, a gift boutique in Denver’s Country Club neighborhood. “They have all kinds of wonderful, shiny things…
