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A Fresh Start
IN 2018, AMY MILLISOR SOLD THE 10,500- square-foot modern mansion her family had lived in for five years and bought an older home just a few doors down. After her husband’s sudden death, she was ready to downsize and create a new space for herself, h
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If You Build It
A 35-unit Uptown oasis by Generation Development is under construction along 17th Avenue’s Restaurant Row and is expected to welcome residents in summer 2024. The project’s boutique size allowed the local design team to create 18 unique floor plans f
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Modern Artifacts
Beholding a sculptural vessel built by ceramist Serra Kizar feels a bit like discovering an archaic artifact. Crafted from textural stoneware clay or smooth terra-cotta, each creation proudly displays the imperfections of a piece made entirely by han
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Style To Savor
Borrowing design wisdom from previous generations can yield timeless results. Enter this Morrison kitchen and you may feel you’ve teleported to Europe. “I started with reclaimed vintage French oak flooring by [South Carolina–based supplier] Vintage
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Heart Of The Home
For British designer Andrew Hays, emotion is everything. Since founding the luxury kitchen and design brand Cabbonet in 2019, he has developed a collection of materials and finishes (read: brushed titanium hardware, warm walnut casework, Calacatta ma
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Buyer’s Guide
From “Style To Savor” PAGES 23–32 “Rustic Chic” Interior design: Dion Williams, dionwilliams.com. Architecture: David Hueter, davidhueter.com. Construction: Fletemeyer Homes, fletemeyerhomes.com. PAGES 23–32 THE NEW CLASSICS “Rustic Chic” Interio
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Behind The Issue
Last summer, I had the pleasure of taking two European vacations—one in Italy, the other in Croatia. When I returned from my travels, my phone’s camera roll was filled with hundreds of photos of centuries-old stone structures, patinated terra-cotta r
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Kitchen Heroes
1. Smart thermometer, $100, Yummly, yummly.com / 2. Specialty drip coffee maker in stainless steel, $299, Café Appliances, cafeappliances.com / 3. Self-cleaning glass bowl air fryer in Orange, $229, Fritaire, fritaire.com / 4. The Smart Garden 3 in W
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EUROPEAN Elegance
The opportunity for an architectural do-over is rare in Aspen’s West End, where the Historic Preservation Committee keeps close watch over every addition and alteration made to the neighborhood’s charming homes, many of which have been around since m
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Nooks Worth A Look
In this Belcaro kitchen, a clever, U-shaped island creates multiple areas for meal prep and dining. An oversized RH pendant grounds the airy space. Designer: Armijo Design Group Sleek, muted white oak draws the eye toward a large-scale painting crea
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Contributors
Next house project: Painting the exterior of my family’s 1940s home in Sherwin-Williams’ Muddled Basil hue. Favorite space in your home: My garden, where I soak up the sun and grow all kinds of veggies and berries. Dream kitchen must-have: A massive
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EDITOR Michelle Johnson ART DIRECTOR Dana P. Smith EDITORIAL SENIOR EDITOR Christine DeOrio RESEARCH EDITOR Kim Habicht COPY EDITOR Shannon Carroll CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Julie Dugdale, Lauren Gallow, Cheryl Meyers, Kathryn O’Shea-Evans
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I Love My...
They say not to take your work home with you, but for Clara Klein, lead sommelier at Sunday Vinyl restaurant and wine bar, that rule doesn’t apply. At her Arvada home, Klein regularly hosts family and friends for dinner parties with the same convivia
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I Love My ...
Little Man Ice Cream Factory in the West Colfax neighborhood has no shortage of quirky, Willy Wonka–esque design details—from an ice-cream-sandwich-shaped serving bar to a milk-pail pulley system suspended from the ceiling. But owner Paul Tamburello’
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Sweet Escape
Harley Opsahl has camped in a tent exactly once. It was several years ago: She’d just moved to Denver from Washington, D.C., with her husband, Ari, and he, the outdoor enthusiast of the family, suggested they give it a try. “It was freezing, even tho
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The Simple Life
5280 Home: Tell us about the Fox Hill farm life. Anthony Zamora: Some of our residents grew up on a farm, so there’s that [sense of] nostalgia here. We have a lot of livestock: cows, Berkshire hogs, lambs, Nubian goats, turkeys, chickens. Kids can c
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Change Of Scenery
On a pristine winter day in 2020, architect Scott Munn and his Boulder-based clients Allison and Finn Faldi walked the barren Winter Park lot that would soon become the site of a vacation home for the couple and their son. It didn’t take long for the
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Contributors
Outdoor living wish list item: A big, beautiful upholstered porch swing. Favorite local spot to soak up summer: I’ve never had a bad hike in Castlewood Canyon State Park. Recent house project: I just got a bunch of art—including works my kids created
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Behind The Issue
Colorado’s epic winters might be lost on me (I’m not a skier or snowboarder), but its summers are a different story. The 10 summers I’ve spent in our state have been filled with backpacking trips, wildflower-peeping hikes, alpine-lake paddleboarding,
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Opening Up
LIKE MANY BIG-CITY TRANSPLANTS drawn to the open spaces surrounding Boulder, the family of five who call this place home wanted plenty of room to roam. On these four acres on the city’s northern edge, the former Chicagoans found just that: “We were d
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EDITOR Michelle Johnson ART DIRECTOR Dana P. Smith EDITORIAL SENIOR EDITOR Christine DeOrio RESEARCH EDITOR Kim Habicht COPY EDITOR Shannon Carroll CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Julie Dugdale, Cheryl Meyers, Riane Menardi Morrison, Hilary Masell
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Buyer’s Guide
PAGES 27–30 Interior design: Jess Knauf Design, jessknauf.com. Main seating area: Throw pillows in various Schumacher fabrics, schumacher.com; tablecloth fabric in Dianthus Hand Block Print, Schumacher; mugs and bowls, New Americana Home, newamerica
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Durable Dining
1. COURTESY OF CB2 2. COURTESY OF LAURA PARK DESIGNS 3. COURTESY OF AFTERNOON LIGHT 4. COURTESY OF WEST ELM 5. COURTESY OF SUR LA TABLE 6. COURTESY OF FOOD52 7. COURTESY OF MERI MERI 8. COURTESY OF ANTHROPOLOGIE 9. COURTESY OF TRAMAKE 10. COURTESY OF
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Flower Power
Her wedding day might not have been the ideal time to try a new skill, but Breigh Jones-Coplin was up for the challenge. Despite her lack of experience in floral design, she decided to create her own bouquets for her Turks and Caicos Islands nuptials
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New Terrain
No longer just a showpiece, the front yard is doubling as a gathering and gardening zone. “We’re getting requests for front yard seating areas, fire pits, and vegetable gardens,” Lenhart says, adding that dynamic front yards create more opportunities
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All Together Now
Hop on Surround Architecture’s website and you’ll notice that each of the homes in the firm’s portfolio has been given a clever name that captures its aesthetic, spirit, or locale. (Think: Shadow Box, Black Bear, or Trailhead.) So, when the owners of
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Trial By Fire
Los Angeles transplants Amy Pigliacampo and Corey Szopinski knew they had their work cut out for them when they bought this Front Range home at auction six years ago. “I wanted a project that was going to be a massive transformation,” says Pigliacamp
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Money Matters
Renovation costs are ratcheting up, partially because of inflation, which has affected prices everywhere from the gas pump to the pickle aisle. “In the past 18 months, we’ve seen overall prices for a project [in Denver] increase by 25 percent or so,”
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Big Decisions
To renovate or not to renovate? That is the question my fiancé and I are currently contemplating. We love our little 1924 bungalow in North Denver, but its limited square footage and disjointed layout aren’t ideal—especially because we have hopes of
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Mediterranean Makeover
By the time Littleton natives Becky and Chris Morley decided to embark on the renovation of their Cherry Hills home, they’d already been living there for five years. Although they didn’t build the house or choose its original finishes, they loved the
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