Indholdsfortegnelse for February/March 2021 i 5280 Home

Design details from my recent guest-bathroom reno: THERE’S A FUNNY THING THAT HUMANS often do to mark a new beginning or an end of an era: We modify our outward appearances. Maybe you’ve dyed your hair after a breakup, celebrated landing your dream job by buying a new wardrobe that looks the part, or even tattooed your body with a symbol that represents a great loss or achievement. Altering our looks is akin to hitting a reset button: Even if only for a short time, that like-new feeling freshens our outlook. The same goes for our homes, especially after the year that shall not be named wreaked havoc on them (or made all of their imperfections glaringly obvious). With that in mind, we’ve created this special-edition Renovation Issue for anyone…

Bret Alexandra has no shortage of homes to spiff up—the home stylist and model was recently named design manager and head of sales for Denver-based home-staging and retail company Guest House—but that doesn’t mean she neglects her own spaces, which she refreshes, well, all the time. “For me, choosing timeless pieces is key,” she says, “but I’m also an avid believer in constantly moving things around—I rearrange my living room and bedroom probably once a quarter.” Why so often? “There are so many different ways that you can experience a home,” she explains, “and it doesn’t always have to involve buying something new. Sometimes, it’s about getting a new perspective on what you already have.” 1. Positive energy. I’m a fan of smudging, which is the holistic practice of burning…

An old coal silo may seem an unlikely setting for a cozy residential reading room, but for journalist Donna Bryson and her husband, developer Fred Glick—both longtime proponents of adaptive-reuse designs—it was perfect. “When we first met in South Africa many years ago, we always looked at buildings and fantasized about how we might make them a home,” Glick says. Working with architect Collin Kemberlin, the couple transformed the silo—part of a Temple Buell–designed World War II medical supply depot built in 1942—into two living spaces that adjoin their main residence, a former boiler house. Below the silo’s concrete coal hopper is their daughter’s bedroom; above it is a library with a heated concrete floor, original brick walls, new clerestory windows, and curved steel shelves accessed by a rolling ladder,…

Elaine St. Louis STYLIST Artist and photo stylist Elaine St. Louis was in awe of the once-neglected Victorian mansion that she styled for this issue (“A Crown Jewel,” page 48). “I am so impressed by their tenacity,” she says of the homeowners, who restored the house to its original grandeur. “Their experience in rescuing and lovingly modernizing their neighborhood gem of a house is truly amazing.” An avid baker, St. Louis says the key ingredient for her dream home would be a huge pantry right off the kitchen, complete with “seriously organized storage” and an extra freezer. David Lauer PHOTOGRAPHER “I’ve always thought it would be cool to have a library room filled floor to ceiling with great books of all kinds,” architectural photographer David Lauer says of his dream…

TEXTURE & PATTERN TIP THE SCALES Laundry nooks tend to be catchall spaces, and that central role makes them deserving of some extra attention, says Cassy Kicklighter Poole, owner of Denver-based Kaleidoscope Design. Her easy fix: Add pattern. Better yet, add a few. The key to making it all click, she says, is to “pay attention to the scales of the patterns and to particular colors.” You want elements with similar colors or shared palettes, but the size or scale of the patterns should contrast. Not sure where to start? Begin with one foundational element and pull themes from there. In the laundry room pictured at right, Poole began with the floor and customized the coral color of the swirling lines. “I actually drew out the floor design, then pulled…

Visit one of Joshua Pollack’s Denver restaurants (including Rosenberg’s Bagels and Lou’s Italian Specialties) and you’ll be greeted with the food, culture, and family traditions he grew up with in the Big Apple. Take his latest endeavor, Sherry’s Soda Shoppe: The one-year-old Five Points eatery pays homage to Pollack’s late grandmother and favorite New Yorker, Sherry Rosenberg, and the vintage ice cream parlors she frequented in Brooklyn with her husband, Lou. Situated along the historic Welton Street corridor—an area that Pollack is passionate about thoughtfully revitalizing—Sherry’s sports an original 1892 storefront and, inside, refurbished wood paneling and black-and-white hexagonal tile floors. Pollack updated the interiors with charming touches that remind him of his grandmother—and perfectly complement the shop’s sugarcoated menu of scratch-made sodas and ice creams—including 1920s-inspired owl-patterned wallpaper from…

Planning A Room Ahh, a blank slate. You’ve got a room you’re ready to refresh, and you can’t wait to fill it with beautiful new things: perhaps a Chesterfield sofa, a Danish modern console, or that artwork you’ve had your eye on for two years? Not so fast, our experts say. Here’s where we all tend to misstep before we’ve even chosen a paint color. MISTAKE 1 Glossing over the layout “[When we’re hired to do a remodel], we almost always see rooms with all of the elements out of scale”—think: furnishings too small or too big, fixtures the wrong size—says Joey Rheem, marketing director for Studio Thomas. “Clients buy furniture, rugs, and art without creating a floor plan first.” The result: a room that feels disjointed and uninviting. Fix:…

There’s an Amish proverb that says, “A happy home is more than a roof over your head; it’s a foundation under your feet.” But when Jan and Steve Davis first saw this 19th-century Victorian in West Highland, it had neither—the roof was missing in areas, the wood floors bent like waves. “There was nothing left except the staircase banister,” Jan says. Originally built in 1875 by Ambrose Bosler, an early settler in North Denver, the storied home—which has, at various times, been a boarding house, an office building, and the Tilden School for Teaching Health—had been neglected and left open to the elements for years. Renovating and reselling it would be a colossal project, but Jan knew her contractor husband could handle it. What she didn’t expect was to move…

Watch the HGTV House Hunters episode “Wanting Wow in Colorado,” and you’ll meet singer/songwriter Denise Rosier and healthcare executive Christy Dueck, who left their Southern California home for a fresh start in Colorado Springs. In the made-for-TV version of the search for their dream home, the couple tours a handful of properties before falling for a midcentury-modern gem designed in 1962 by renowned local architect Don Price. In reality, however, purchasing the home marked the end of a year spent visiting more than 50 listings—and the beginning of an extensive renovation that would strip back many of the structure’s dated and distracting finishes, letting its lovely bones shine. “When you walk in the front doors, it’s completely wide open,” Rosier says of the 5,500-square-foot structure’s most appealing characteristic. “Our living…