Innehållsförteckning för August/September 2020 från 5280 Home

HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT NO matter the get-together—birthday party, Friendsgiving, or Sunday dinner with the in-laws—people always congregate in the kitchen? I have so many memories set against the backdrop of a bustling kitchen, from my big Catholic family hovering over foil-covered casserole dishes at my grandparents’ house to my girlfriends crowded around my countertop, catching up over a bottle of wine while dinner cooks in the oven. Though I miss the buzzy energy that happens in the kitchen before a meal with family and friends, I’ve also come to appreciate the quieter traditions that have taken root during this period of social distancing. My kitchen is now the venue for Zoom cooking nights with my sisters, and the laboratory where my partner and I are mastering the art of…

1 Narrow your search to professionals with interior remodeling certifications, through the NKBA or the American Society of Interior Designers. Also, make sure your contractor is licensed and insured. 2 Look for a company that specializes in kitchen remodels and has a solid roster of past clients you can interview. 3 Find someone you get along with! Remodels can take months or even years of planning, permitting, and execution; hiring someone whose personality aligns with yours will make things run much more smoothly. 4 Ensure the company you choose carries products with a style and function that appeal to you and will work well with the rest of your home. 5 Get into the nitty gritty when interviewing contractors and their clients. Are they punctual? Do they finish jobs on…

Making three teenagers happy is tough. Making three teenagers happy in one bathroom? Nearly impossible. Nonetheless, when Littleton-based Duet Design Group pitched in on an in-progress renovation of this kids’ bathroom—taking cues from the existing wallpaper and sink—co-principal Miranda Cullen embraced the challenge. The main problem, Cullen says, was the organization of stuff. “When you’ve got multiple children sharing a bath, you can’t put one towel in there or they freak out,” she says. “But there was nowhere to put three sets of things.” The solution: a smart storage strategy in a custom-designed vanity built around the already-installed Kohler Brockway triple sink. Painted in Benjamin Moore’s Hale Navy to complement and ground the hand-painted wallpaper, the vanity has three towel racks and three drawers for toiletries, plus under-sink bins for…

Jessica LaRusso WRITER 5280 managing editor and Home contributor Jessica LaRusso has spent most of her home-project energy on the outside lately—her recent projects include planting a raised-bed veggie garden and a native pollinator flower patch—but she also has dreams for a kitchen face-lift, much like the ones she wrote about for this issue’s Kitchen Makeover Guide (“Recipes For (Reno) Success,” page 41). “I can’t wait to replace the old, beige tile flooring,” she says. “I’ve got my eye on dark gray engineered hardwood or matte black hexagonal ceramic tiles.” Kimberly Gavin PHOTOGRAPHER Vail Valley resident Kimberly Gavin has captured too many fabulous interiors to count in her 20 years as a design, architecture, and lifestyle photographer. One of the most recent additions to her portfolio: a remodeled Polo Club…

COVER From “Recipes For (Reno) Success” Pages 41–50 Interior design: Anna Elyce Smith, Annabode, 430 Indiana St., Suite 100-17, Golden, 720-776-0178, annabode.com. Tile installation: Colorado Creative Tile, 970-819-6115, coloradocreativetile.com. Electrical: Juniper Mountain Electric, 10780 E. 166th Ave., Brighton, 720-660-1441, junipermountainelectric. com. Details: Blue Spruce backsplash, Fireclay Tile, fireclaytile.com; Folk Abigail Soft Cone pendants in Unglazed Chocolate, Rejuvenation, rejuvenation.com; Flatiron backless stools, Boulder Furniture Arts, 2055 26th St., Boulder, 303-443-2030, boulderfurniturearts.com; island woodwork, Jeff Faine, 720-378-8050, jfaine.com. OASIS IN THE CITY Pages 60–67 Architecture: Scott Hamman, Nest Architectural Design, 1111 Broadway, Suite 309, 303-321-1268, nestarch.com. Architectural consulting: Missy Brown, Missy Brown Design, 1040 S. Gaylord St., Suite 200, 303-324-2241, missybrowndesign. com. Interior design: Emily O’Shaughnessy, O’Homes, ohomesdenver.com. Construction: Blake O’Shaughnessy, O’Homes. Landscape design: Vejay Bala, CDI, cdi-services.com. Kitchen: Ghost stools, Design…

A decade ago, Darcie Shively traded her harried schedule in Los Angeles’ advertising industry for the quiet beauty of Boulder—and a life that stokes her artistic interests. She gave herself a challenge: Do 52 creative things, one each week for a year, and track them on a blog (aptly named “52 To Do”). Those endeavors included tempering chocolate, knitting, roasting coffee, and researching her family history. But one pursuit evaded Shively: weaving. “I wanted to learn, but I just didn’t have time to figure it out in a week,” she says. So, once her year of challenges ended, she took a weaving class—and was hooked. “I love pattern and color and the experience of watching it come together on the loom,” she says. “It’s a meditative process for me.” And…

“The existing tile was what started the whole project,” says Anna Elyce Smith, founder of Golden’s Annabode interior design firm. Even though the house was brand new, the developer-chosen cyan backsplash was “too much, too bright” for the owners, recent transplants from the East Coast, who wanted a warmer, more neutral aesthetic. Step one, of course, was swapping out the offending backdrop for skinny, stacked, gray-with-just-a-hint-of-blue tiles—in keeping with the home’s mid-mod vibes—handmade by Northern California’s Fireclay Tile. Unglazed ceramic pendants from Folk in Portland, Oregon, introduce a rough texture, while wood stools crafted by Boulder Furniture Arts add another organic element. And, although a custom wood treatment on the island (designed by Smith and built by Lakewood cabinetmaker Jeff Faine) was conceived as an eye-catching focal point, it’s also…

Feminine, but not too girly; baby-chic, but not too infantile; fun, but not too distracting—this clever combination comes to life in a nursery designed by Jodi Cook, principal and owner of Cook Design House. “It’s a charming little space,” Cook says of the top-floor room with angled walls, which was previously a home office. While many designers develop a color palette by starting with the rug, Cook took the opposite approach and created the wall scheme first: “I love a crisp white paired with saturated colors,” she says. “We wanted it to be girly, and the bright pink grasscloth feels fresh and playful.” But, she adds, the room was starting to skew “a little monotone,” so when she stumbled across a feminine rug with a darker base, she knew it…

When Nadia Watts decorates a powder room, she treats it like a jewel box. “Rooms often flow together, so design elements need to flow, too,” says the Denver-based interior designer. “But bathrooms are self-contained, so you can have a little more fun.” For this powder room in a Hilltop home, she started with the wallpaper—Schumacher’s delicate Lotus Garden pattern—then pulled its pink and lavender hues into the Casamance curtains and circular mirror custom-painted with Benjamin Moore’s Tropical Dusk. (Pro tip: Add a few accessories in rounded forms to soften the hard angles of windows and countertops.) The RH vanity was selected for its low-profile Carrara marble top (that just so happens to echo the gray tones of the room’s existing hexagonal marble floor tiles) and transparent legs that keep the…