Interiors, Vintage

An 1891 Denver Victorian Gets a Facelift: Maintain the Eccentric

This Victorian beauty was built in 1891 in Denver and when I walked up to it in the winter of 2024 it was looking down on its luck. It had been converted to apartments probably in the 1950's and most recently had been through a bad fire when a tenant on the top floor left… Continue reading An 1891 Denver Victorian Gets a Facelift: Maintain the Eccentric

Interiors, Kitchen

Craftsman Bungalow: A Kitchen and Pantry Tour (with a bath thrown in for fun).

This kitchen and butler's pantry is in a beautiful 1913 Craftsman Bungalow. I showed you a few other rooms from this home last week. The kitchen is half in the original home and half in the new addition. Why are we Americans still calling this usually formal, smaller room off a kitchen a Butler's Pantry?… Continue reading Craftsman Bungalow: A Kitchen and Pantry Tour (with a bath thrown in for fun).

Before and After, Interiors

Retrofit Me: A Home in a Church

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