Denver Interior Design – let's talk vintage style, old homes and remodeling
Careful, small decisions made incrementally within a project add up and will get you where you need to be. Pace yourself! There's no need to decide everything in one day. This seems like it might apply in some form to life, but my brain doesn't feel like any deep thoughts at the moment. I'm a… Continue reading Balancing Planning and Serendipity in Design
Lately, I've been doing a few site visits to projects that are alllllllllmost (stretch it out) complete. As a designer, I approach these visits with a little risk. Sometimes there's something you don't know about that the client wants to show you that they either don't like or aren't sure about. Other times there's been… Continue reading Designing Old Homes: Site Visits and Surprises
I was in rural Georgia this past weekend visiting family and they had seeds starting under grow lights, cool weather sprouts coming up in the tilled land outside and seed catalogs galore to thumb through. I haven't grown vegetables in my garden in about six years. I burned out one summer through a combination of… Continue reading Springtime Magical Thinking
I saw an article about smaller homes in the Washington Post that caught my eye. Because of what I do for a living, I think a lot about homes, material goods, family life and the cost of things. The headline is "Why smaller houses can lead to happier lives" and it verifies what I've observed… Continue reading The Twin Flames of Materialism and Nesting: What’s a Girl to Do?
I love being outside as much as I can in the summertime. I eat a lot of my meals outside, I have my first sips of coffee from the back deck every morning and in the evenings, I love to sit outside and read while the sun sets. My "summertime" office is in the converted… Continue reading Vintage Is the New Modern: Creating Soulful Outdoor Rooms with Timeless Finds
Denver sits at the edge of the Great Plains. We get unpredictable weather swings, harsh summers and winters and crazy wind days yet it's a sunny, genteel, dog-loving Western city at the end of the Prairie and at the start to some heavenly Rocky Mountains. I love working in older homes in Denver and imagining… Continue reading Reviving Denver’s Historic Homes: A Renovation Journey
The struggle I have with my job crops up every now and again when the rest of the world or the country feels like it's in a crisis. You could say to me, Laura, there's always a crisis and I will agree with you, but I am somewhat shallow and I like to have my… Continue reading Garden Inspiration and Being Shallow
Every year, around this time, I have a scent memory that comes to me unbidden. It's an odd memory in that it's not from anything extreme. You always read about someone having negative experiences and certain smells trigger them, but this is a memory of something fairly mundane that comes to me every single year… Continue reading The Scent of a Primrose
I've got my head down going into this year listening to audiobooks and music and glancing with one eye open at the news. I'm thinking of becoming a Lifestyle pages person, that could be my happy ticket through the next few years. It's cold here right now but I've been getting out in it every… Continue reading Turn Up the Vinyl and the Audiobooks
I am increasingly drawn to muddier colors - especially the moodier green side of things. I've noticed this muddy green looks especially good with the cool touch of blue and the warmth of red/coral tones. It's unexpected, interesting and it has an inward, quiet look to it that's really appealing to me right now. With… Continue reading Creating Introverted Spaces with Color
The Colorado Nest 