RENOVATE – REMODEL – DECORATE
It's snowing in the Denver area today and I am feeling hopeful. I just communicated with a client about purchasing outdoor furniture (time to start looking!), I've been eyeballing online seed catalogs and dreaming about being a better gardener. This is the time of year when I turn into someone who adores gardening. I envision… Continue reading 6 Kitchens with a Vintage Vibe
Mountain modern rolls off the tongue really well but I'm not sure what I expect when I hear those words. I think modern has a lot of different possibilities but when I think "Mountain Home," I think wood grain. I'm a big fan of wood planks, wood floors, wood tongue & groove - give me… Continue reading Before & After: A Mountain Modern Kitchen in Morrison, Colorado
I'm excited to share this kitchen with you! This kitchen renovation floated along with very few hiccups. I tend to work mostly on homes that are 60 plus years old and this home was built in 2006 - a young buck! In contrast to the 110 year old homes that are my usual wheelhouse, recent… Continue reading Before & After: A Warm, Modern Kitchen
This kitchen is in a 1904 "Denver Square", which is known as a "foursquare" everywhere else in the country, but here in Denver we like to label things as our own. For example, the "Denver Omelette" is really a "Western Omelette". If anyone can think of something else that Denver (or your home town) has… Continue reading Before & After: Uncovering Secrets in a 1904 Denver Square Kitchen
This kitchen surprised me. Some kitchens you just know are going to be an amazing transformation. Anytime you add a window, open up a wall or a ceiling, there's going to be a "Wow." For this space, we didn't need to knock a wall down - it's big eat-in kitchen already. The clients didn't really… Continue reading Before & After: Farmhouse Transitional Kitchen
Happy end of February! Spring is not in the air in Colorado. Freezing fog and the smell of marijuana growers is in the air. I'm not ready to deal with our muddy, nasty yard that's lurking under a nice cover of ice and snow right now. Our yard is a problem - and I… Continue reading Kitchen Area Rugs: 3 Rugs in One Kitchen
Do you really need ice? The first weekend we tore up the kitchen (read about that here) we moved the refrigerator across the room to let more light into the room. We never hooked the water line up and we were suddenly sans ice. I thought Dave was waiting on moving the water line, but I… Continue reading The Cult of the Porcelain Light Socket: This Old House Part 4
Homeowners have been taking walls down in kitchens for about as long as it's been "okay" for men to cook for their families. Coincidence? Maybe. It's still something that I get asked about on every kitchen project with an older home. I know some people prefer the kitchen separate (speak up! I haven't met you… Continue reading The Sentimental Eat-In Kitchen: 7 Kitchens with Dining Tables
Open shelves are still really popular with my Denver area clients. I love the casual look, although I'm sure kitchen cabinet people are over them and over the trend of having no upper cabinets. I like the airy and open look they give a kitchen and I love the opportunity to put in a sconce or… Continue reading Rip Your Upper Cabinets Out Tonight: 7 Stylish Kitchens with Open Shelving
A lot of my clients with large-ish kitchens have an area on the outskirts of the kitchen that holds a built-in desk. It's always an area that faces a wall and it's typically stacked with mail, homework, games, art projects, etc - it's never set up as a desk. Never. I recently helped a client convert one in her… Continue reading The Kitchen Desk: What To Do With It (Besides pile things on top)
The Colorado Nest 