Affordable Home Upgrades That Add Value
These quick upgrades can freshen your home or get it ready to sell.
Home & Garden
Welcoming Wreaths
Nothing rings in winter quite like wreaths, so try these tips to create gleeful garlands for your home.
Beautiful Bonsai
Growing bonsai can instill patience and an appreciation for nature By Sara Bruskin Horticulture is an art form, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the cultivation of bonsai—potted plants typically pruned and trained to attain artistic shapes. Miniature bonsai resemble tiny mature trees, but bonsai can also grow to great heights. Large […]
Get Your “Gezellig” On
Cozy up your home with some Dutch gezellig (coziness) this winter.
Feature Home: Golden Opportunity
When this couple had to scrape their newly bought home, they built another one with an eye toward their golden years.
Meet Artist Mike Brouse
Boulder artist Mike Brouse creates what he calls “bold modern art.” Others might call it “expressionistic or abstracted,” he says.
Good Gourd! Artwork From the Vine
More than decorative fall staples, gourds can be made into many things By Carol O’Meara Gourds have been an essential part of human life throughout history. Excavations in the Americas show gourds were in use 10,000 years ago as vessels and more. Creativity knows no bounds when it comes to gourds, either. Big, little, […]
Pleasant Performers: Featured Perennials
Try these pretty perennials if you’re looking for reliable performers Story by James E. Klett | Photos courtesy Colorado State University The following perennials are tough, reliable options for Colorado gardens, given their excellent performances at the perennial research demonstration garden and test gardens at Colorado State University. Each plant has been in the […]
Meet Artist Caroline Douglas
After sustaining a traumatic brain injury, Caroline Douglas used clay art to help her heal.
A Rock-Solid Garden
Nature and boulders inspired this garden’s rugged beauty.
Decorating with Nature In Mind
Autumn provides a free cornucopia of decorative accents By Jennifer Rhode When fall’s brisk air encourages us to shift activities indoors, why not bring the season’s bounty with us to make our homes as cozy, crisp and festive as autumn? Using natural elements as decorative accents facilitates organic, modern décor with minimal fuss. So, […]
Three Recipes That Got Locals Through Trying Times
Hungarian chicken soup and other soul-warming dishes to comfort and nourish.
Feature Home: Singin’ the Blues
A timeless but bold navy color brightens the island, while crisp white subway tiles lighten the walls. On the floor, 7-inch-wide planks of quarter-sawn white oak replaced the original plain-sawn white oak of half that width. “The new cut, which shows less grain, plus the wider planks, results in a clean, contemporary look,” says lead […]
Meet Artist Ala Park
Designer and artist Ala Park was born and raised in the Republic of Moldova. She now resides in the mountains of Boulder, where she creates fish bone art and encaustic wax paintings.
Better Bookshelves
Well-organized, thoughtfully arranged bookshelves add life, color, warmth and intimacy to a room. Here are tips for turning what is often a functional aspect of a room into something that enhances, informs and brightens the space.
Looking Forward to Fall Flavors
Midsummer to early fall is an amazing time to plant veggies for autumn harvests. “Certain crops not only survive cold weather, they actually thrive in it and taste sweeter,” says Edward C. Smith, author of “The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible.”
Getting a Garden to Work for You and Wildlife
Changing your mindset can help you create gardens that sustain life and consume fewer resources.
Feature Home: How a Midcentury Modern Became a Modern Midcentury
Go With the Flow By Lisa Truesdale Photos by Rob Larsen Photography When Janet Shanberge and Bob Burke purchased a midcentury modern home in Boulder’s Flagstaff neighborhood, they thought the views and location were absolutely perfect. The house, however, was not. Sure, it had “modern” in the architectural style name, but it looked straight […]
Patterns, Patterns Everywhere
To help get your pattern ball rolling, we asked these pros to explain their approaches to adding, mixing and matching patterns in the home using photos of their projects as examples. Build on their advice, and go bold!
Eco-Conscious Home Goods
These eco-conscious companies offer beautiful home items and furnishings we can appreciate both for their loveliness and the thoughtful, earth-friendly ways in which they’re created.
Feature Garden: Possessed by a Vision
Sylvia Gardner's vision for this feature garden had landed it in the Festival of Flowers Garden Tour twice now.
