Spyder's Web
The first thing guests see upon arrival at David Jacobs and Jean Conway Jacobs’ north Boulder home is an iron gate with an imposing black widow spider embedded in it. The symbolism is not lost on those who know Jacobs,…
Landscaping & Gardening
Sea Meets Sky
After living in Massachusetts for many years, Nan and Chuck Procknow adjusted to Denver with a little help from their New England heritage. They brought with them family antiques and memories, and built a fresh new house inspired by summers…
Mix It Up
It takes a discerning eye and a disciplined hand to mix styles and furnishings that span the decades, and to end up with a sleek, sophisticated and creatively contemporary home. Jeffrey Elliott has proven himself to be such an adept…
Balancing Act
Like countless families before them, these homeowners—a globetrotting New York-based couple with three small children—came to Aspen to ski. But after spending several winters visiting, they decided to commit full time. The only thing about the town they didn’t love?…
A Tall Tale
In design, as in storytelling, a master blends elements to create a compelling—and satisfying—conclusion, and this head-to-toe remodel in southeast Denver tells just such a tale. The story is about finding the right-sized furniture for a tall family. The moral…
Better Than Ever
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 second home in Boulder to be near their grandkids,…
A Fresh Take on a Classic
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 their hands on it, it was beginning to show its age. Anachronistic design…
Everything Old is New Again
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…
Dining Al Fresco to Beat the Heat
When mid-summer rolls around, the temperatures in Colorado can soar to uncomfortable highs, leaving residents feeling wilted and lethargic. The last thing you feel like doing when the heat becomes oppressive is turning on your oven or slaving over your…
Pretty as a Picture
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…
Sit This One Out
Marvel at the sheer variety of styles in outdoor furniture that this season inspires: chic chaise lounges and whimsical wicker thatwill instantly transform any outdoor space into a gorgeous getaway, and leave you longing for an Indian summer.
Our Favorite Room
WHERE IT BEGAN: When you find a good home on the right-sized lot in a great location, you become concerned with refining, revamping and—if you’re a family with two young kids—expanding what you’ve got.To realize their remodeling goals, the family…
Design is in the Details
Clari Davis has achieved the dream that has eluded many a homeowner: a sense of peace in her home.
Love At First Sight
BEFORE A FEW YEARS AGO, Annie Huston, co-founder of Englewood-based landscape design-and-build company Columbine Design, visited a for-sale property as a homebuyer. When she stepped foot inside the house, she remembers it was absolutely magnificent: clean, tidy, inviting. It even…
Taking Shape
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…
Fresh Start
When Aspen architects Sarah Broughton and John Rowland set out to design a contemporary spec house for a local developer, they thought they would completely scrap the worn 1960s chalet-style duplex to accommodate the new building that would take its place.
Open-Air Flair
Designer Lane Oliver has a few tips for creating a bright, whimsical summer tablescape like the one she designed here. Start with the backdrop: the table or the tablecloth. “I fell in love with this large floral print tablecloth,” she…
A Vision in White
The garden was structured around existing trees and a brick path, which is lined with Winter Gem boxwood. The garden was structured around existing trees and a brick path, which is lined with Winter Gem boxwood. A multitude of textures…
A Mid-Summer Night's Glow
Take these top lighting products outdoors, and be enchanted.
Where Art and Nature Meet
Feeling inspired?Here’s where to turn: Chevo Studios, Denver, (303) 455-9656, chevostudios.com Design Workshop, Aspen, (970) 920-1387, designworkshop.com DTJ Design, Boulder, (303) 443-7533, dtjdesign.com Feeling inspired?Here’s where to turn: Chevo Studios, Denver, (303) 455-9656, chevostudios.com Design Workshop, Aspen, (970) 920-1387, designworkshop.com…
Organic Inspiration
Outdoor spaces are the perfect areas to reassemble leftover materials into unique pieces. Trudy and Jim constructed this charming little bench from leftover flagstone from the patio they installed after they purchased the home. There’s no doubt about it: This…
The Art of Blending In
Architect Freddie Valdez designed the lower-level stairway to appear as if the stairs were outside, in between two buildings. A glass vestibule contains the staircase and joins the two buildings. Architect Freddie Valdez designed the lower-level stairway to appear as…
Growing Up
Patrick Blanc, French botanist and creator of the vertical garden, installed this garden along the elevator shaft of Bangkok’s Emporium shopping center. You have to hand it to the French: They gave the world Victor Hugo, chocolate mousse and hot-air…
Chill Out
Conservatory Style: Garden Rooms, Glasshouses, and Sunrooms by Jackum Brown (Universe Publishing, rizzoliusa.com). Enjoying the outdoors doesn’t have to literally mean being outdoors. Sunrooms and greenhouses offer homeowners the opportunity to connect the garden to the home. Conservatory Style:…
