Inside the 6 Most Searched Home Designs of 2025
From Mountain Modern to playfully bright, these home design projects captured the imagination of our readers this year.
Inside CH&L’s 2025 Home of the Year: Where Opposites Attract
Hearth Room Indoor-outdoor living at its finest, this room includes a Vanguard sectional, Noir Trading cocktail table and a Four Hands swivel chair atop an Artisan Rug Gallery rug. The outdoor dining furniture is from Akula Living. | Photo: Chad Davies
This Lone Tree house is a study in contrasts: large but intimate, traditional yet modern and sophisticated but family-friendly.
Design Details
Interior Design:Kimberly Timmons Interiors
Architecture: GD Cook & Associates
Construction: Mesa Properties
Landscape Design:DHM Design
Home Technology Systems:Precision Media Solutions
A Breathtaking Snowmass Village Home Is Revamped
Living Room After dark window valances and heavy paneling were removed, new drywall added (painted in Sherwin Williams Shoji White) and the beams darkened for contrast, Grice brought in an enormous custom sectional and ottoman, leather-and-chrome Kravet chairs and a hand-knotted rug from Basalt’s Isberian Rug Company. | Photo: Dallas & Harris Photography
A 1990s mountainside home that had everything from glorious views to great bones receives a modern family-friendly update.
Design Details
Architecture: T. Michael Manchester
Interior Design: Anne Grice Interiors
Construction: Hendrickson Construction
Ski Chalet Takes its Past and Connects it to its New Future
Indoor-Outdoor The designer focused on updating the home by enhancing its indoor outdoor connections, providing improved access between the white-oak floored kitchen and living areas and fresh-air patio and lounge spaces for an easy and seamless flow. | Photo: Kylie Fitts
A 1970s Mount Crested Butte home gets a fresh renovation with an accent on.
Design Details
ARCHITECTURE: Jim Barney, Freestyle Architects
INTERIOR DESIGN: Sarah Lewis, Sarah Noel Interiors
CONSTRUCTION: Jason Kidd, Hargrove & Kidd Construction
A Vail Valley New Build Becomes a Family’s Gathering Place
Family Room This space has a Bernhardt sectional, Lee Industries hair- on-hide coffee table and vintage ski photos from 1stDibs. | Photo: Tim Williams
Jackie Johnson, married to Colorado Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson, lovingly designs a welcoming home in Edwards for her in-laws.
Design Details
Interior Design: Jackie Johnson Design
Architect/Builder: Resort Concepts
Stylist: Tawney Waldo
Photo: Tim Williams
This Slopeside Sanctuary’s Floor to Ceiling Glass Windows Frame Sweeping Mountain Views
Primary Bathroom Conceived of as an après- ski retreat, a Native Trails concrete soaking tub and a steam shower lined in marble are part of the home’s spa-like ambience. The sandblasted AKDO marble floor is from Decorative Materials. | Photo: Dallas & Harris Photography
A ski-in, ski-out Snowmass location makes the perfect getaway.
Design Details
Architecture and Interior Design: Forum Phi
Construction: Clearwater Construction
A Historic Home Enters a New Era
Living Room A swivel seat by Holly Hunt with a Rosemary Hallgarten accent pillow and floor lamp by Boyd Lighting offer a tempting place to relax by the rolled steel and stone surround fireplace. | Photo: Kimberly Gavin
A house dating back to the 1800s undergoes a major renovation with modern flair to create the ultimate dwelling for a Boulder-based couple.
Design Details
Interior Design: The Interior
Architecture: Railton McEvoy Architects
Construction: Burke Builders
