RENOVATE – REMODEL – DECORATE
Welcome to my last "Kitchens of 2018" post! (Oh good, I thought she'd never stop sharing these blurry site photos.) How is your January 2019 experience? My life feels back to "normal" from the nasty December that I had followed by the chaos of the Christmas holiday. I'm really enjoying being a part of this… Continue reading Denver Kitchens: A Year in Review (Part 3)
My second House Hunters Renovation episode aired this past weekend. If you missed seeing it on television, it is Season 14, Episode 9 and is called: “Flying into a Renovation”. It should be available on demand and I believe you can find it on YouTube as well. It always blows my mind to see a… Continue reading Before and After Kitchen: As Seen on HGTV’s House Hunters Renovation
I've posted this blog post on the week of Thanksgiving for the past three years and my feeling is the same so I will run it again. I am currently in Estes Park, Colorado. We just finished a beautiful, snowy hike up to Mill Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I observed one tourist trying… Continue reading Opt Outside: Happy Thanksgiving
One of my first studio projects in college was a retrofit of an old church into a residence. Unlike now, when I have 15+ clients at any given time, I devoted an embarrassing amount of time and thought to this project. So much time and thought that I remember it better than some projects from… Continue reading Retrofit Me: A Home in a Church
It's back to school time here in Colorado and I've been feeling a little adrift. Dave and Sylvia are back to their routines and my day to day has changed with them. A lot of my clients are experiencing similar changes right now, and projects that I thought would be going strong by August, are… Continue reading Drifting in Elevators: That Back to School Feeling
I have some sweet, patient clients who sent me this cartoon recently which summed up their feelings for living in their home during a major remodel. As a designer, I go through one home renovation project after another. The pain for homeowners is on my mind, but I can go weeks without thinking about it… Continue reading 6 Tips for Living Through a Home Renovation
The Colorado Nest 