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Fresh Start—New Energy

The owners of this Aspen home presented their design/construction team with a tall order: update and remodel a tired 1980s house; improve the floor plan; use environmentally friendly and energy-efficient products. And one more thing: make the 4,000-square-foot vacation home…

Modern Life

Ask architect Rich Carr to talk about his design heroes and he doesn’t hesitate to cite Le Corbusier and Mies Van der Rohe, two pioneering giants of the modern architecture movement.

A Kitchen Garden

Fresh aromatic basil growing in a small space right outside your kitchen door. Vibrant cherry tomatoes ripening on the vine along a sunny backyard wall. Varieties of lettuce snipped fresh for your dinner salad. Whether you’re an avid gardener or…

Make Some Green

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…

One-of-a-Kind Find

Henry drew details for the remodel from the original house: a floating vanity in the master bath echoes a similar feature in the extraordinary glass-walled powder room; the new office addition blends in seamlessly with the help of flagstone flooring…

At Work With...

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…

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…

Where to Buy in the Mile High

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,…

CH&L March 2010 Resources

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…

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…

Raising the Style Quotient

CH&L: You repurposed, reused and reupholstered quite a few elements in this remodel, including the doors, the trim and some of the furniture, and yet you managed to add a major dose of style. CH&L: You repurposed, reused and reupholstered…

Fresh Perspective

As a result, the new custom cedar windows were crafted with chain-and-sash weight construction, just like the originals. Exterior shingles were hand-cut in a staggered crazy quilt pattern and nailed up individually. Metal railings were hand-forged by a local blacksmith.…