Scrap Happy
One Denverite’s trash is another’s hip, high-end custom furniture.
One Denverite’s trash is another’s hip, high-end custom furniture.
A Boulder woman brings high-tech gardening to the DIY-inclined.
The interior of our Washington Park home was move-in ready, but the yard needed a master’s attention.
We may not be in a citywide bull market, but there are plenty of reasons to feel pretty darn good about real estate in the Mile High City this year. This is especially true of Highlands, which has become a nationally recognized, trendsetting model for the possibilities of 21st-century new urbanism. Here’s how Highlands became the hottest part of town—and which local neighborhoods might be next.
Is it time to update your garden? Look no further than the mountains for lofty inspiration.
John Malone’s land.
Develop your skills and meet like-minded folks at these do-it-yourself locales.
Thinking about a remodel? Tired of your circa-1985 kitchen? Want to jazz up your walls or have the house all your friends are talking about? We’ve consulted the experts, tracked down the craftspeople, crunched the numbers, and shared our own DIY stories. Ready, set, renovate.
Deny Designs marries art with furnishings.
A sink made of concrete?
A Boulder office is transformed.
Blender Design Group uncovers an untapped market for utilitarian art—with an unusual finish.
Musty, dusty books get a chic facelift.
How a Lakewood couple brought a midcentury masterpiece into the 21st century.
An Englewood couple tackles a midcentury redo-and lives to blog about it.
A guide to the Mile High City’s namesake home design.
Can’t find the right end table? Then have it made.
Calling a little patch of dirt your own is practically a state right. But who really owns the Mile High’s skyscrapers, Wash Park homes, and DIA? We dug through hundreds of property reports, talked to real estate experts, and logged countless miles to learn the truth. The results were surprising.
Denver’s most compelling residential areas have something more appealing—and more meaningful—than uncertain appreciation values: They offer a true sense of community.
