Puttin' on the Glitz
Glitz and glamour highlight this year's Junior Symphony Guild (JSG) Designer Showhouse
Stylemakers
A Tale of Two Brownstones
Maintaining the spirit of Denver’s exciting urban renewal, the 2007 Junior Symphony Guild (JSG) Designer Showhouse is moving into the city’s core, “where new construction and residents are reshaping Denver’s personality,” says JSG president Marie Cramer. Traditionally, the JSG has…
Bold and Bright
Susan and Paul Valas bought their Greenwood Village ranch house 13 years ago, expecting it to meet their needs for a long time. But just a few years later, the small family of three doubled in size with the arrival…
Collecting the Spirit of Christmas
Vintage and newly made Mexican cabaret dolls strike Williams’ fancy. “I study the creativity in the details—the earrings, clothing, hairdos and the fun names written on the dolls,” she says. A vintage cut-tin Mexican candelabra tree is almost as prickly…
The Market is Moving at a Gallop
Champagne powder rules in SteamboatHistoric DowntownChampagne powder rules in SteamboatHistoric DowntownMarabou RanchSteamboat Springs’ landscape is dramatically changing from ranching and skiing mecca to year-round living. New development, from mixed-use projects to large ranch subdivisions, sets it apart from other ski…
A New Century
"We create pieces that satisfy the owners as well as the craftsmen who build them," says Edward M. Tashjian, Century Furniture's vice president of marketing. Colorado will soon have a new Century showroom, which comes to the Denver Design District…
Trends
PLATNER TABLE PLATNER TABLE (Pricing starts at $2,848) “Metallics are big this year, and with that Knoll is introducing a new bronze finish to the classic Platner Collection. The Platner Table is quite stunning. The base has a beautiful moiré…
Web Exclusive! (Don't) Forget Paris
Homebuyers and investors hoping to own a piece of Denver's colorful past now have the opportunity. Owner Rick Borman and Kentwood City Properties broker Alyssa Jahns announced that residential units will be for sale—for the first time in more than…
A Garden of Gifts
Classic Felco #2 hand clippers ($47.50) Available at any good nursery in your area and they also come in small and large. Garden Journal ($36) Classic Felco #2 hand clippers ($47.50) Available at any good nursery in your area and…
At home with...Jo Frank
“Decorating the dining room table for the holidays is the first tradition I begin with every season. The two bronze elk from MODA Antica stand guard over the season.”“Decorating the dining room table for the holidays is the first tradition…
Warm Welcome
Whether designing a beach house in Barcelona, a chateau in southern France, or a penthouse in New York, interior designer Petra Richards has the same underlying goal: "I always try to make a home out of a house, a place…
Outdoor Objets
Using the garden as an outdoor room is an ancient tradition that is finally enjoying a renaissance. This season, anchor your garden rooms with furnishings, apply a few interior design principles and see your personal style take root. Historically, man's…
Belle of the Ball
For homeowners Mike and Margaret, gardening, entertaining and traveling are at the core of what life is all about. Margaret has never sacrificed her ideal simply because she was located in Colorado and not her native Alabama, where outdoor living…
Color Collage
The waves of dazzling color in Jane and Bob Hendrix's Breckenridge garden are arresting.
Modern Masterpiece
When Kent and Vicki Logan were married on Vail Mountain in 1985 they had no idea that they would one day return to build not only their dream home but a legacy as well. Twenty years later their contemporary residence…
Nouveau West
Jon Forbes embodies the notion that you can take the man out of the city but you can’t take the city out of the man. During a recent lifestyle-driven transfer from New York City to the Mile High City, the…
Fresh Traditions
If Santa could tarry a bit in the midst of his Christmas Eve rounds, kick off his boots and savor the spirit of the season, he could pick no better retreat than this historic 1908 residence in the heart of…
The More the Merrier
It was a formula that worked before. The homeowners partnered with interior designer Melinda Douglas on their Denver home just 2 1/2 years prior. So when they were ready to design their Copper Mountain condo, the couple called on her…
Mountain Majesty
Telluride Gold stone and reclaimed boards from Guinness stout vats add natural warmth and Western ambience to the intimate living room. Plush chenille couches and chocolate leather chairs beg guests to relax by the fireplace. Mark Rohrig’s acrylic on canvas…
Perfect Palatte
For most homeowners, the thrill of new construction is a clean, neutral interior with its never-been-lived-in appeal. But for Taryn Walsh, a first-grade teacher who recently purchased a cottage-style home in Bradburn Village, a live-work-play urban development north of Denver,…
Waking Up the Senses
Lisa Henson knows all about the creative process. As the daughter of famed puppeteer Jim Henson, she practically grew up in a Muppet workshop. A talented TV and movie producer, Henson now runs the Jim Henson Company in Hollywood with…
