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The Making of a Home

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March is our annual Home & Design issue, which naturally has us wondering what exactly makes a place a home? Does it have to be a rooted place or can you carry the feeling of home wherever you go? During one challenging year in my early twenties, I moved several times. With each transition, my boxes got a little lighter as I discarded more things that I realized I no longer needed. That year, I learned a home was something transportable, fluid and ever-changing. Years later when our family moved to a different country, the thought resurfaced when we talked about how we felt that no matter where we were in the world, if we were together at night then we were home. This issue falls at a time when so many of our community members are still displaced after the Marshall Fire, and our hearts are still with all of you. Many of us are rethinking—and reframing—what exactly a home is because we are in transition ourselves. We proudly share with you an astounding story of two men who heroically fought the flames that fateful day. From the furniture, art and rugs that we curate to the ways we build green, our homes can be a reflection of our individuality and spirit. As you flip through the following pages, you’ll see both small and big ways people are creating captivating and inviting spaces. When we dig deeper, we see it’s not about the materialness of it all, but rather it’s about the feeling a space or item evokes. Wherever you hang your hat tonight, I wish you a place filled with love, peace and happiness.

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BMoCA Presents: Natasha Mistry’s Imaginearia @ Macky Auditorium Imaginearia is a collection of 24 paintings and drawings created by British artist Natasha Mistry. The work is an investigation into the symbolic language of the subconscious mind. Within the paintings, one discovers shapes, symbols and colors that have been used in native cultures throughout human evolution and across the globe. Mistry believes there exists a universal language that permeates nature and consciousness and speaks in mathematics, geometry, dreams and symbolism. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist, Untitled 3313, 40" x 30" x 1.5"

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Tinker Art Studio Expands with Local Museum Partnerships After 11 years of running high demand summer camps in Boulder, Tinker is expanding to offer additional art camps through partnerships with local museums. Tinker @ BMoCA (Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art) and Tinker @ MoB (Museum of Boulder) half-day summer camps for ages 5-16 will be held on site at BMoCA June 27-August 11, and at MoB June 13-June 24. Visit TinkerArtStudio. com to learn more and register.

Beaver Creek Resort Unveils McCoy Park Beaver Creek Resort opened its brand-new beginner and intermediate learning terrain, McCoy Park, on Jan. 10. As the resort’s newest signature terrain experience, McCoy Park offers 250 acres of natural groomable glade skiing and snowboarding in a serene bowl environment. The McCoy Park investment is a commitment by Beaver Creek Resort and Vail Resorts to the guest experience, and the expansion provides oneof-a-kind dedicated, family-friendly, learning terrain.

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I want to tell you about Farow’s Moroccan carrots, charred and served over pistachio tahini and warm, toasty spices, and the super tender steak, raised up the road in Longmont and served with sweet caramelized onions and a strata of marrow potatoes, but, because husband and wife team Patrick and Lisa Balcom change up the menu so frequently depending on what’s available around them, it would be kind of rude of me to flaunt dishes you may not be able to eat yourself, wouldn’t it? The good news, though, is that you might find something even better, or, at the very least, just as local, fresh and mouthwatering, since nearly everything coming out of the Niwot restaurant’s kitchen is a winner. CONTINUED >

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The quick description of Farow is that it’s a contemporary American, small plate restaurant, where the vast majority—the restaurant aims for 90 percent—of ingredients come from within 10 miles of their Niwot spot. But anyone who knows anything about growing and preparing well-cared for and well-executed food knows that there’s not really anything quick about it. Take the focaccia bread. Lisa spends three days on it, using Moxie Bread Co.’s organic heirloom flour to achieve the airy pockets of buttery, rosemary goodness. And it’s not like a strata of marrow potatoes assembles themselves, people. Patrick and Lisa, who worked at Blackbelly (Patrick as executive sous chef and Lisa as pastry chef) before opening up Farow on their own this past September, work hard to ensure that their food is not only tasty, but that it supports the kind of local, sustainable food system that we need. Hence that Longmont meat from Buckner Family Farm that you’ll always find on the menu—although the accompanying strata of marrow potatoes isn’t a guarantee. (Sorry.) And while Farow’s menu is small, when I visited there were just 13 total items on the dinner list, the vegetable selection is mighty. Besides those carrots with the pistachio tahini, there was also a parsnip and potato soup, a cabbage and radish heavy red posole, a mixed greens salad, mushroom cavatelli and a cacio y pepe made with spiralized rutabaga “pasta.” Staff advises two to three plates per person, or there’s also a $75 six-course tasting menu, which, thankfully, includes dessert. If you eat one thing at Farow, make it dessert. And if it’s available, make it the almond pound cake with sherry roasted dates, whipped crème fraiche and sweet sherry-butter sauce. The slab of rich, almondy cake soaks up all that sauce, and it’s topped on one side with decadent dates and on the other with ethereal cream. If you’re in the area in the a.m. hours, Lisa’s doughnut of the day, seasonal scone and coffee cake all look pretty incredible, too. Again, my apologies if I’ve got you craving pound cake, pistachio tahini carrots, and marrow potatoes and you drive on over to Farow only to find other, non-pound cake, non-pistachio tahini, non-marrow potato dishes (that I trust will be just as good) on the menu. But here’s an advantage you’ll have over my freezing, snowy January dinner: that patio. Once the weather warms up, Farow’s spacious patio is going to be where you want to be all spring and summer long. Maybe I’ll see you there. Farowrestaurant.com

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For Jill Dreves, executive director of Nederland’s Wild Bear Nature Center, education and nature have been intrinsically connected since her early years. Growing up in the remote mountains of northern Colorado, Jill and her siblings attended a small K-8 mountain school that seamlessly blended learning and the outdoors every day. “My vision of education was formed through my childhood experiences,” Jill says. “My school was cutting-edge in that we watched elk migrate across the nearby meadow. We journaled, we went on hikes and we learned about our backyard.” Jill pursued this passion for nature-fostered teaching and became an educator herself. In her career as a public school teacher, Jill continued to see the inimitable ways in which nature inspired learning as she formed “bug clubs” during the summers and worked as a naturalist with the Vail Nature Center. “It was in that time that I found that nature is the best teacher,” Jill says. “It’s the place where people are most engaged and excited about learning. I also realized that community education is my true love.” While she was working at Nederland Elementary School, Jill founded the Wild Bear Nature Center in 1995 and set out to inspire children, adults and families alike to immerse themselves in and become more connected to nature through creative exploration of the outdoors. That was the founding mission of the organization then, and it’s a focus that has not just remained steadfast, but has blossomed even more fully today. The Wild Bear Nature Center itself is a nonprofit discovery center located in downtown Nederland. It is the only free

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“We’ve served hundreds of thousands of people of all ages over the years. Today people are more excited than ever about being in and learning about nature, and they understand more deeply that we need nature and nature needs us.”

nonprofit nature center with learning opportunities and activities for all ages in Boulder County, and it is open year-round to the general public. Along with this downtown location is Wild Bear’s Mud Lake property, which plays host to many of its myriad outdoor exploration programs and activities. Jill and the Wild Bear organization worked with the Town of Nederland and Boulder County in the 1990s to preserve what is now almost 3,000 acres and led the clean-up of over 30 tons of trash and waste to reinvigorate this stunning wetland habitat and beautiful setting for natural learning. Through Wild Bear, guests enjoy both formal and informal opportunities to explore mountain ecology. The nature center itself provides a variety of exhibits to facilitate a deeper awareness of mountain nature and how people can be good environmental stewards. A state licensed, school-age child care center, it brings children outside into nature when school is not in session through hikes, nature studies, summer camps and more. As an official snow school, the center provides opportunities for snowshoeing with local scientists to learn about snow pack, water and snow science during the winter months. A number of family programs run yearround as well, including the annual Enchanted Forest, Wild Earth Weekend, Winter Solstice celebration and much more. Mud Lake programs facilitate both terrestrial and aquatic learning. All of these programs share the intent of connecting guests further with nature, integrating the arts and nature studies to spark curiosity, promote environmental consciousness and foster a tactile understanding of the natural world.

Wild Bear’s suite of programs today is an exciting herald of even more expansive offerings to come. As part of Wild Bear’s participation in the restoration of Mud Lake in the 1990s, the organization purchased five acres of nearby land. Having received voter approval to build a new nature center on the property, the organization is actively working to make its permanent Wild Bear Nature Center a reality. “It is extraordinary that Wild Bear is where it is today,” Jill says. “We’ve served hundreds of thousands of people of all ages over the years. Today people are more excited than ever about being in and learning about nature, and they understand more deeply that we need nature and nature needs us.” The vision for the permanent Wild Bear Nature Center in north Nederland is a netzero facility at the cusp of thousands of wild acres ready to explore. The facility will provide access to 16 miles of nearby trails, a nature playscape for children, dedicated hands-on exhibits, a public program space for nature education, a maker space, an observation deck, an outdoor amphitheater, a self-guided half-mile trail, picnicking areas, classrooms and ample additional space for group learning. As Jill notes, it will be an unparalleled opportunity to celebrate Colorado’s beautiful mountain ecosystem for locals and visitors alike. “Now is the time to highlight nature, our place in nature and how we can better care for the earth,” Jill says. Fundraising for the new Wild Bear Nature Center is actively underway and is nearing its capital goal. For those looking to support the organization and its vision, visit its website at wildbear.org. CONTINUED > MAR CH 2 0 2 2 | C I TYL I FE STYL E . C O M / BO UL D E R

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Megan Daughtry, founder of Proud House Studio & Co., thoroughly enjoys the puzzle that comes along with interior design. In fact, Proud House is known for it. So when design challenges presented themselves in a Dakota Ridge home remodel—like moving a doorway six feet in the kitchen to double its size—the design team leaned in to out-of-the-box thinking to create something beautiful. Their clients were Amy, Greg and their four-year-old daughter, Alma, who had recently moved to Boulder from New York and had been living in their new home for about three months before starting the remodel. Amy is a textile designer, which Megan said made for a fun collaboration since she loved color and pattern.

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“We took advantage of her enjoyment of whimsical florals and different color plays and brought that into a lot of her design elements,” Megan says. “Not every client is like that. Some people just want a white and gray house. We always feel really inspired when we have a client who is also a designer in her own industry, but it's sort of the same language. They're speaking about how color plays on each other, and when you're doing a whole house like we did for them, it's so much about that story that you're telling as you're moving through the spaces. How from the entrance back to the kitchen—that every design decision is building on each other and yet it's cohesive.” While Amy and Greg were house hunting, they wanted to find a fixer-upper, and many homes in the Dakota Ridge neighborhood are about 20-30 years old. The couple loves mid-century style, which Megan could see in their West Elm walnut, oval dining room table paired with lime green Eames chairs and their collection of artwork and rugs. Megan said that when working with a client who has just moved into a space, since it isn’t completely furnished, it can be hard to tell what their tastes and style are. “I mean, [you see their style] here and there, but also, they haven't lived in the house long enough to know what really the problems are that are needing attention or what are the areas to invest [in],” she says. “So they really relied on our expertise to guide those investments.” For instance: the staircase. It was carpeted with an oak railing and dated wood tones. At first, they weren’t going to touch it, but Megan and her team were able to change their minds. “They were just going to paint the railing, but we talked them into actually chopping off the curved part of the stairs and increasing the width and the landing to just be a little more inviting,” Megan says. “Then we replaced all the balusters with metal balusters, and it just was a huge transformation.” Proud House’s main focus in the remodel was the kitchen and bathroom spaces. They also helped with furnishings, since the family was transitioning from a 1,000-square-foot home to an almost 4,000-square-foot, threestory home. A couple elements of the remodel that Megan especially loved were the powder bathroom, which incorporated fun wallpaper behind the vanity, as well as the kid’s bathroom. “We did a really graphic tile floor, in this half-moon shape, that's green and white that's really pretty,” she says. “It's a concrete tile, and then matching green stacked subway tile in her shower and white cabinetry and these beautiful green—they were almost like melamine—material molded, plastic pendants. It's just very sweet. It's gender neutral, but also just fun for a kid's bath, and easy to switch things out with different elements of color or design with towels and decor or whatever.” Megan finds fulfillment in interior design because their work improves not only homes, but also improves that space for the families that live there. “There are so many creative ways to accomplish the different functions that a home needs to do that aren't necessarily expected,” she says. “So when you can find opportunities to listen to the architecture of the house, to make sure that it flows and makes sense, and you're using your principles of design, that are really important, but also pushing the concepts as far as possible towards really highlighting some key features of the home…we don't go crazy everywhere. We usually pick in every room… a focal point or showstopper. Then everything else is like the supporting actors and actresses in the room.” ProudHouseStudio.com

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PROJECT ANGEL HEART PROVING FOOD IS MEDICINE MORE THAN JUST A HOMEMADE MEAL “Early on in the pandemic, we delivered meals to people who oftentimes answered the door in tears stating that they thought they had been forgotten. They didn't have people checking on them, so that becomes a part of our job,” shares Owen Ryan, president and CEO of Project Angel Heart. Having heart starts from the top and Owen represents all that is good about this Colorado-based organization that gets homemade meals into the hands of critically ill patients. They have been serving the Colorado community since 1991 and in July of 2021 began serving Boulder County, delivering nearly 4,000 meals with the overwhelming support of volunteers. Owen’s personal connection to the project began when he was working overseas and had a very close friend back home suffering from a serious medical

condition. He had lost everything, including his job and his home due to compounded medical bills, which is when Project Angel Heart stepped in and served him for the last one and a half years of his life. “I saw firsthand the impact of the organization, so when I learned of their need for a CEO, I went for it,” Owen says. “It feels like a way to give back because they took care of my friend when I was 5,000 miles away. It’s an opportunity to say thank you.” How the program works is when a person is suffering from cancer, HIV/AIDS, kidney/heart/lung/disease and other illnesses, their medical provider recommends them to the organization for meal prep with delivery services. Owen describes themselves as “the folks who fill your refrigerator with everything your doctors tell you you need to get better.”

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A team of professional chefs and registered dieticians curate every client's meal, including exact macronutrient requirements and sourcing high-quality protein options mainly from their Colorado partners. Executive Chef Brett Newman works with a team of eight trained chefs in the kitchen to create healthy and delicious meals for their thousands of clients, while nutritionists are essential in providing direct nutrition counseling and education so clients better understand the healing this food provides. This incredible effort is powered by 40 staff, 8,000 volunteers and consistent monetary donations that keep food on the tables of those that need it most. “The volunteers are the heroes,” says Owen. “Folks who come out in rain, sleet or shine to make sure meals go to those people in need. It takes about 500 volunteers to get a meal from our kitchen to someone’s front door, so every weekend people show up to support, including retirees, kids and young professionals.” Typically, clients are on their meal plan with the organization for six months to a year during those times they are most vulnerable. What makes this project so special is the wholesome approach to serving every enrolled person by checking in on them, offering educational services around their diet and making research-based decisions to improve their health. When a head of household gets sick, Project Angel Heart takes their service one step further by offering to feed every person in the home. For example, if a mother is diagnosed with ovarian or breast cancer, they deliver meals for them, their children and any other dependents. Owen shares that when they know of someone’s birthday, especially a child's, they make sure a handmade cake gets delivered right to them. Smiles abound! They are a part of the Food is Medicine Coalition and have participated in Harvard research studies to

understand the impact of their services. The results have shown that clients have fewer hospital visits, lower medical bills and more quality time with their friends and family. With optimism as the driving force behind Owen and the organization's work, 2022 is set to be their most successful year yet with 620,000 meals projected to be delivered across Colorado. Their ambition to do good doesn’t stop there. Their goal is to have meals delivered between Fort Collins and Pueblo by 2025.

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ACT FROM THE HEART “These meals are provided at no cost to the clients but do cost money, so we are asking that people step up and create further access for people in Boulder County to have meals this year,” says Owen. ProjectAngelHeart.org

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We sit down with Jennifer Fisher, M.S., owner of Vasu Skin Solutions, a private, modern, medical aesthetic spa in town, to learn more about skincare—what fast-tracks damage and how to prevent and treat. Jennifer’s specialty is anti-aging procedures and her passion for beautiful, healthy skin is backed by extensive training in laser science, product development and aesthetics.

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How do you know if you have skin damage? The appearance of photoaged skin is dramatically different from biologically (sun-protected) skin. Photoaged skin is leathery, thick, dry, yellow in pigmentation, has hyperpigmentation spots, is coarse and rough, and wrinkled. If you question whether or not you have skin damage, we always recommend visiting your dermatologist annually, especially if you live and play in Colorado! What is healthy skin? Healthy skin is smooth, firm, even in color, tight, well-hydrated, tolerant, disease-free and beautiful without makeup or coverup. Everybody should feel free to go grocery shopping without makeup. Our motto at Vasu is "Dare to be Bare," which means feel free and happy without makeup. So wake up and be your best self in your skin! What's the best way to keep skin healthy and protect it from further damage? This is a more complex question to answer as it depends on the individual and their particular needs to acquire skin health. However, as a generalization, we recommend Vitamin C during the day as a powerful antioxidant to prevent cell damage, inflammation and collagen depletion. Always wear sunscreen during the day! In the evening, retinol is the number one scientifically proven ingredient for anti-aging. At Vasu Skin Solutions, we will customize your plan to achieve your unique healthy skin. Are treatments like facials, dermaplaning and microneedling able to undo damage? Not every skin treatment can fix and heal skin damage. Some treatments are more for relaxation, and there is nothing wrong with that! We prefer skin treatments and procedures that improve your skin. Our favorite treatments to improve sun-damaged skin include Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) and the Elluminate (four laser procedures to improve skin tone, texture, pigment, fine lines and wrinkles) and micro-needling. We recommend scheduling a consultation as every client is unique. What's something you wish everyone did for their skin? People do not realize how much sun exposure they receive while doing daily activities living in sunny Colorado. So please, find a sunscreen that you like and one you will put on daily before leaving the house. Make sunscreen a daily habit, not only when you are directly in the sun. When you are active while hiking, skiing, running, etc., please use an appropriate sunscreen that is most likely more potent than your daily product. Aside from sunscreen, we wish everyone would have a good "home care routine." A good cleanser can go a long way. Cleanse, exfoliate and hydrate! Find a water-resistant 50 SPF and please reapply! VasuSkinSolutions.com

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Aspen Brewing Company is the only licensed brewery in Aspen, population around 7,000. It might seem strange that a destination town like Aspen only has one brewery, but the town is notoriously choosy about its businesses. “To do business in Aspen, you almost have to prove you can’t afford to,” says Don Bryant, Aspen Brewing Company’s CEO. Now a local trademark, Aspen Brewing worked to earn the town’s blessing for more than a year. At first, Aspen’s community was skeptical of a potential big business takeover. But with the town’s alpine location complicating shipping and limiting water supply—breweries there are bound by the finite water supply the surrounding mountains offer—the brewery’s enthusiasm proved authentic. “You have to do it because you love it,” Don says, which is exactly what Aspen Brewing did. Duncan Clauss, a University of Colorado Boulder graduate and home brewer whose family had lived in Aspen for generations, started Aspen Brewing with his brother and sister in 2008, building a brand around Aspen’s mountain lifestyle, as well as a brewing location and public tasting room near the airport. Don bought Aspen Brewing in 2020 and Capitol Creek in 2021. At the foot of the Elk Mountain Range, Aspen Brewing’s taproom at 121 S. Galena St. fits seamlessly into the town’s skiing, snowboarding, climbing and biking community and aims to become a landmark around all things Roaring Fork Valley.

GOLD LEVEL In January 2020, the International Mountain Bicycling Association awarded Roaring Fork Valley a Gold Level Ride Center for its varied terrain skill levels and hundreds of quality trail miles. The association designated the valley Bronze Level in 2014, but land managers and community advocates have campaigned to bump up the rating for years to be included in one of the seven Gold Level mountain biking centers around the world. To celebrate the success, Aspen Brewing’s newest beer, Gold Level (out this spring), is a collaboration with its sister company Capitol Creek Brewery

that lauds the area’s mountain biking community and will only be distributed to local establishments around Roaring Fork Valley. Gold Level is brewed with Motueka and Rakau hops harvested from New Zealand, one of the other locations with a Gold Level designation. Colorado produces a similar amount of beer with these hops as New Zealand does, making the state somewhat of a Napa Valley of brewing. Aspen Brewing and Capitol Creek bought the dry-hopped lager’s malt from local, fifth-generation farmers at Root Shoot Malting in Loveland. Like the sister establishments, Root Shoot values the way these smaller craft breweries build mystique around limited releases for locals. When tourists can’t drink a certain beer outside Aspen Brewing’s taproom, it unites the community around what’s special in their town, both inside and outside the brewery. Gold Level, for example, “is meant to celebrate the Elk Mountain Range and the Roaring Fork Valley, and to bring people together, not just in our tap rooms,” says Ryan Williams, director of marketing at Aspen Brewing. The seasonally rotated and limitedly available 10th Mountain Imperial Stout, which brewers took out of bourbon barrels the day before my call with Aspen Brewing, is only available at the company’s taproom and Capitol Creek. The beer celebrates the 10th Mountain Division that manages backcountry huts in Aspen, among other area mountain towns, for skiers, snowshoers and hikers. Aspen Brewing commercially produces and distributes only six types of canned beers a year at stores like Safeway, and around 30 styles a year for their taproom. The companies’ two head brewers lead production of 3,500 barrels brewed with Colorado mountain water a year, half of which are consumed at their two restaurants. Aspen Brewing and Capitol Creek honor their staff and the art of brewing by holding events with almost 90 staff members to celebrate them, offering the option for every one of them to spend a day with one of the companies’ brewers and learn their craft. AspenBrewingCo.com

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In only six years, Boulder’s Judy Goldman has brought her company from the small décor business it was when she bought it to, as of last year, a complete design center. The CEO of Design Studio Interior Solutions says her firm “has anything anyone needs for any kind of build or remodel,” including but not limited to counters, flooring, carpet, cabinetry hardware, lighting, furnishings, artwork and accessories. Judy’s road to owning her own design studio, which includes a 6,000-square-foot showroom, had various twists and turns. She has lived in Boulder since 2010 and spent more than 20 years in finance and consulting in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, but she also studied graphic design and photography and worked as a Le Cordon Bleu–trained chef in the hospitality industry. In 2018, Judy was awarded the Rising Star Award by Colorado Biz and made its list of the top 100 women-owned businesses in Colorado. The bulk of the Design Studio’s clients do partial remodels of kitchens, master baths and the like, but the firm also offers full remodels—all with a team of seven staffers. Last year, the Design Studio added interior architecture to its offerings, which means they’ll hire an architect and contractor for clients. “An architect tends not to be an interior architect, and they don’t do incredibly detailed selections for interior finishes,” Judy explains, but instead hires a designer to do that who then hands those plans to a contractor. By contrast, Design Studio offers a complete interior architecture drawing set for every room and applies materials—like layouts and tile choices—to the drawings in rendering. How do they pull it off ? “We have relationships with more vendors and products than almost anybody in this region and the benefit of hundreds upon hundreds of products a client can choose from, whereas with a designer, they’d go from showroom to showroom,” Judy says. CONTINUED >

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To provide this high level of service, Judy says it’s imperative to get to know the clients and their lifestyle—like their ages, whether they work from home, if they have kids or pets. “It’s a partnership,” she says. “Some of them make fast decisions—and some want to see dozens of kinds of subway tile.” The Design Studio has several recent projects they’re proud of. For a new build condo in Boulder’s centrally-located Whittier neighborhood, a California family asked the firm to “just come up with an idea,” says Victoria Maxwell, senior vice president of client and showroom services. “It was a blank slate, and we had fun with the décor, particularly with wallpaper,” Victoria says. Since so many trees are visible through the condo’s windows, natural colors like grays, beiges and dark olive were the driving force on that project, she adds, likening it to a luxury hotel’s “modern, glamourous treehouse.” For a more suburban home in nearby Longmont, clients wanted handpainted tile from Spain for a remodel of a kitchen and master bath. The goal vibe was warm and homey, with lightwood cabinetry, leaf greens and browns and creams. In Denver’s Highlands neighborhood, the client had fun with a mixed-tile floor. “Everybody wants a fabulous laundry room,” Victoria says. “That was an example of taking something outdated and making it fresh and more functional. Again, it was about working with the client and making it really personal for them.” Though Victoria says there’s no single, most-desirable aesthetic across the Boulder area right now, she underlines the fact that the Design Studio doesn’t want to have one signature style they create over and over, either. “I really do think everyone wants something different,” she says. “It’s hearing the client, and bringing them

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the look that they want, working hand and hand and creating something special and unique.” One of the realities of doing business right now are certain supply-chain issues, which have sometimes affected the timelines of projects. From plumbing vales to tile, lead times are growing—from six weeks, then two months, then four months seemingly overnight, Judy says—and it’s a challenge for her and her staff to communicate these swings to both contractors and clients. However, she says keeping in close touch with its partners is key to alleviating some issues. “My team has its pulse on its relationships with vendors,” she says. “Contractors see this company as the leading indicator because we are always in touch with vendors and [know] what’s happening in various industries. They use us as a resource.” Another differentiator that allows the Design Studio to offer top-tier service is its massive warehouse. “Especially with supply-chain issues, we can order at any time, collect the product in our warehouse and deliver on time,” Judy says. Often, a client’s items will arrive one at a time—think lighting, wallpaper, doors—but the warehouse can store it until needed on site. “Smaller designers have to pay a receiver to hold it and coordinate delivery,” she adds. Judy also owns Front Range Design Center, an FF&E, warehousing, inventory management, procurement and logistics company servicing the building trade—think architects, builders, designers and contractors. Both companies focus on delivering exceptional client experiences with a budget-forward approach. She remains an active supporter of community-based charities such as Boulder’s Blue Sky Bridge and the JCC. DSInteriorSolutions.com

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Woodworking is a deeply personal venture for Nick Ridings, owner of Boulder’s Rooted Furniture. In both his process for creating his custom furniture pieces and in the story of how his company came to be, Nick’s passion for helping people, and for creating and for bringing his clients’ design dreams to tangible life, are constants. “Furniture is an expression of you,” says Nick. “You choose the clothes you wear, the way you do your hair, how you paint your room. So why shouldn’t you be able to customize every aspect of your furniture in the same way?” Nick grew up as the youngest of five brothers. His mom was an artist and his dad was a banker, and so Nick was constantly trying to find the balance between his analytical thinking and creative gifts. He began college as an acting major but graduated with a degree in psychology. At 22, Nick moved to New York City. Woodworking was the last thing that he expected to pursue in the big city, but life had other plans. “I started dating a girl named Kaitlyn,” says Nick, “and one day, she mentioned that she needed a bench for her apartment. Naturally, having never built anything in my life, I told her I’d make one for her no problem. I found some wood in my parents’ yard and built the dream bench she was looking for. I was so proud, and she was so happy. Fast forward to today and we’re married with two kids. I think that bench is what really sealed the deal.” That bench taught Nick many things—that he loved working with his hands, that he loved creating something from nothing and that, if he wanted to have that experience again, he had a lot to learn.

From woodworking classes in Brooklyn to transforming half of his Manhattan apartment into a workshop, Nick’s woodworking journey took full flight. A subsequent move to Boulder facilitated his attendance at the Red Rocks School of Woodworking and countless hours in his garage shop. “Woodworking had become more than a hobby, it was all that I wanted to do,” says Nick. “It led to a vision of distinctive, one-ofa-kind, heirloom-quality furniture. And so, in 2018, Rooted was born.” Rooted Furniture provides clients with the opportunity to be more invested and involved in the design of their furniture. Drawing on his background in psychology and various means of communication, Nick created a system to simplify the furniture design process, making it a fun, fulfilling journey in which clients are able to understand their choices and create an accurate vision for their piece. The result is high-quality furniture that truly speaks to their style and needs. Nick notes that this vision for his company fills a major gap in the furniture industry. As the idea for Rooted Furniture was taking form, he saw two general options when it came to furniture buying. First, people could purchase something inexpensive of lesser quality that had a higher likelihood of wearing out and being discarded. Second, people could spend more on a higher quality yet mass-produced piece, meaning they would not have a say to ensure that the piece would be customized to fit their style and wants. “The average person cycles through furniture every three to seven years,” says Nick. “So wood, chemicals and plastic are just filling up landfills. Rooted was created to give customers truly custom, heirloom-quality pieces that represent their style and that will last for generations.” Rooted Furniture specializes in creating dining and coffee tables but also offers benches, accessories and many other types of wood furnishings. With White Oak as his material of choice given its strength, durability and rich history, Nick also prides his company on the fact that there are no screws or nails in his woodshop. He only builds with traditional joinery so that each piece of wood fits perfectly together—like a puzzle that never comes apart. Rooted Furniture also offers clients the opportunity to request commissioned pieces, a process that involves collaborating even more closely to discover the client’s hopes for the specific piece. This results in a creative process that, as Nick says, is very meditative. He keeps the future life of the piece top-of-mind throughout the build—whether it’s a rocking chair for a new parent or a dining table for families to eat at every day—and builds each piece knowing that it will be deeply rooted in many future memories. Moving ahead, Nick looks forward to continuing to create distinct furniture pieces of increasing complexity and beauty for his clients, from cutting boards and simple benches to elaborate dining tables and more. “My favorite pieces to make are ones that elicit a response,” says Nick. “Our clients will live with and cherish our creations for the rest of their lives. My intention is to imprint their thoughts and energy into each piece and make their connection to their design dream all that much more potent.” RootedFurniture.com

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Cottonwood Custom Builders, a Pioneer in Green and Sustainable Buildings, Sheds Light on the Future of the Industry

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Founder and CEO of Cottonwood Custom Builders Jeff Hindman is a Colorado native who grew up with the state’s stunning landscapes and environment at his fingertips. His love for Mother Nature paired with an awareness about climate change fueled his passion to protect the planet. After spending time in California and Washington, D.C. as a carpenter’s assistant and in consumer and environmental protection, Jeff moved back to his home state. There, he was determined to pair his two passions and set out to launch his own business. Founded in 1995, Cottonwood Custom Builders is a pioneer in the green building industry. CR: Why did you launch your own company? JH: When I returned to Colorado in the mid-90s, I wanted to continue working in general contracting and honor my commitment to protecting our planet. At the time, green building wasn't nearly as prominent as it is now. Since I didn't see a company aligned with my vision, I created it. CR: What does building green or crafting sustainable structures mean to you? JH: To build a truly green home, you need to consider the process holistically—from design to completion. If you don't, it's like building an almost watertight canoe; it’s close but it's not going to get you where you want to go. When we think of green homes, we focus on three primary things—sustainable design and materials, low waste processes and applied building science.

CR: Let's talk about green building trends in general. What do these trends look like in 2022? JH: The home or commercial building of the future will be all electric. Since the electric grid will be 70 percent renewable by 2030, it does not make sense to use a fossil fuel gas line to heat buildings or the hot water. As battery technology advances, solar electric will become even more desirable and will allow consumers to go off grid. We also expect to see the energy efficiency building codes to continue to raise the bar for all types of construction. As we look at the enormity of the climate crises and see the somewhat feeble impacts of our isolated attempts, we're realizing that it takes all of us. If our goal is to create a green built environment, it takes all of us working together. The more we can listen to and learn from each other, the better. I look forward to seeing more solutions develop that make it accessible and affordable to choose a greener path. For instance, at Cottonwood, we've developed our own processes for construction recycling that diverts 70 to 80 percent of our waste away from the landfill. There are few cost-effective construction recycling services and builders currently have to create their own systems and processes, which Cottonwood has done. CR: What about reducing, reusing and recycling? Is that a trend you expect to see continue or take off more than it already has? JH: Through code requirements and rising consumer demand, we expect to see thorough jobsite waste reduction, diversion and reuse become more standard in the immediate future. CONTINUED > MAR CH 2 0 2 2 | C I TYL I FE STYL E . C O M / BO UL D E R

Looking further into the future, we're excited for how the building process will evolve—developing new ways to recycle currently hard or impossible to recycle materials, phasing out products that aren't sustainably produced and more. CR: What are some important things consumers who want to build a green home should keep in mind?

JH: Make every effort to do it right the first time. Focus especially on your home's building envelope and other steps that cannot be improved later without tearing the walls back open. Choose finishes that are timeless and will withstand your family's wear and tear— after all, nothing is sustainable if you need to replace it quickly. CottonwoodCustomBuilders.com

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Haleakalā is just one of 24 parks Topher has visited and recreated, and he’s hoping to complete the remaining 39 in the next three-to-five years. Painting well-known spots at iconic National Parks allows Topher to connect with his collectors and fans who identify with the locations, one of the primary inspirations for Topher to continue creating art.

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Colorado-based artist Topher Straus’ newest seven-painting series of ski and snow works includes “Duet,” his first narrative landscape in his more than 70 paintings. Familiar in Topher’s playful and rhythmic style, but newly anecdotal, “Duet” depicts a love story between two skiers, represented by two gold lines starting at opposite ends of a run that approach each other, flirt and begin to intertwine before escaping out of frame side-by-side. Like with “Duet,” Topher will weave more fictional narratives based on his own emotions into his future pieces. This corresponds with what he learned about storytelling from attending Syracuse University’s film school and his directorial pursuits in Los Angeles and New Zealand. Topher describes his impressionistic landscapes as “filmic” and composes them as such. “These landscapes are so broad and captivating that I wanted to find a substrate I could create on a large-scale, immersing the viewer into the broad perspective I learned from film school and directing,” Topher says about how he affixes his paintings. After selecting a photograph and a color palette from the image–as a multi-generational Colorado native, Topher’s landscapes mostly focus on the American West–he uses a stylus to recreate the picture and prints his work on aluminum sheets that are then sealed with a touch-resistant top coat. Topher says his personal experience taking photos of nature and outdoor scenes improves the final masterpiece, informed by the locals and his interpretation of the environment. When Topher visited Haleakalā National Park, he stayed in a hostel, either hitchhiking or riding a bike for four days up 10,200 feet from sea level to the dormant volcano. “The experience isn’t just about nature, but the culture, the people,” Topher says. There’s more to his pieces than the macro-landscape, but also the details that come with knowing the location around him, the moss on rocks and blades of grass in a scene’s foreground.

Foundational Colorado Topher was born in 1974 and grew up in Genesee, Colorado. Topher’s great grandfather, David May, migrated to Leadville, Colorado, during the gold rush and, though he had no desire to mine, started a dry goods store and, later, the May Department Stores Company, then one of the largest department store chains in the United States. In New York City, David’s daughter, and Topher’s grandmother, Florene May Schoenborn was the largest collector of early Matisse paintings in the world. Growing up, Topher visited her apartment for tea and was faced with original Picasso and Matisse works, with no choice but to let the masterpieces inspire him in his own artistic career. After a decade making films in Los Angeles and New Zealand, Topher returned to Genesee to focus on his paintings, beginning to show them in 2019. Among the foothills of Golden, in a house a three-minute drive from his mother’s, Topher created two paintings a month throughout 2021, and expects to do the same this year. He only creates one 45-by-90-inch original and 25 smaller, limited-edition versions of every piece. Once his

international collector base buys the paintings up, they’re gone. But there’s definitely demand for more; in January, three collectors reached out to offer almost five times what Topher originally sold his now sold-out limited edition Maroon Bells paintings for. Often before he even prints his paintings, Topher texts the image to galleries and sells five or six editions. Last quarter alone, Topher sold 75 paintings, and in the last three years he’s raised more than $50,000 for charities with such revenue. With this success, Breckenridge Gallery helped Topher open a space featuring 15 of his works at the start of this year. The gallery and Topher plan to have an opening party soon. In addition to having works in Breckenridge Gallery, Topher’s paintings are on display at Colorado Vail International Gallery (a project Topher was recently featured in Forbes for), Boulder’s R Gallery Art Bar, Uptripping in Winter Park and Slate Gray Gallery in Telluride, where Topher is hosting a premiere for his Ski and Snow series in early March. With plans for a sculpture series based on vintage computer products, Topher expects to have his new art medium in galleries by the end of the year. Though Topher dreams of becoming one of the top artists collected in Colorado, he’s struggling to think past that point, since it already feels so close. “I’ve reached a point in my life where I’m having a hard time defining my goals because my greatest dreams are coming true,” he says. TopherStraus.com

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Madison Moorhead’s personal style is nothing short of unique. After years of shopping and selling secondhand clothing, she quickly harnessed that passion and turned it into her lifestyle, and career. Madison is more than just the owner and general manager of the buy-sell-trade store Apocalypse, she is their culture carrier—through her great deal of institutional knowledge, and the way she embodies the company’s values, she is someone that others simply just want to be around. CONTINUED > MAR CH 2 0 2 2 | C I TYL I FE STYL E . C O M / BO UL D E R

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Tell us about yourself and your background. I grew up here in Boulder where I went to Fairview High School, and then moved to San Francisco to study fashion at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. I got a degree in Visual Communications and focused on editorial styling. After school, I moved back to Boulder and started my first resale job where I was inspired by the circular model of buysell-trade. I threw myself into the job and learned as much as I could about clothing, being a buyer, management and merchandising. I was hooked for life! Fast forward to October 2020, I was living in Lyons, happily in partnership with my beloved fiance (and now business partner) Jed Bickford, producing movement immersions on Zoom, all in the midst of a cataclysmic global pandemic. We learned that two Pearl Street resellers were closing up shop in Colorado. Initially, I was devastated to feel the loss of the resale community, but then I realized that this left a gap in the market that I’d been waiting to fill. Apocalypse was born four months later! What is Apocalypse? Apocalypse is a buy-sell-trade store that exists to empower every individual's unique expression through style! Essentially, we offer two services to the public: we're a place to come get some amazing new-to-you threads that don't harm the environment, and we also serve the community in that people can sell their clothes for cash or store trade. Beyond that, Apocalypse is larger than just the storefront—we're a community hub, an education center and a welcoming space for folks from all walks. We exist to connect people with each other

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and their sense of personal style, all for the benefit of the environment. What was your inspiration for Apocalypse? How did you come up with the name? I came up with the name @disco. apocalypse in 2018 when I was showing my vintage collection at pop-ups around Boulder and looking for a brand name for my tiny reselling company. In the collective consciousness at that time, the climate crisis was getting harder and harder to ignore. I was also really inspired by the REM song “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)." Generally, the world felt ominous, and I knew I needed to create something that would ignite joy. And just when we needed joy the most (thanks, 2020), we had the opportunity to create the brick-and-mortar! We landed on the name Apocalypse for the store, and we kept Disco Apocalypse as a sprinkle of joy on top of our online identity. What kind of culture exists in your store, and how did you establish it? Curiosity, kindness and creativity are the values we share that have shaped the space of inclusion we strive to create together. We are interested in creating a felt sense of belonging and community for our shoppers and sellers. We have a team of empathetic, educated, socially aware, not to mention fabulously high fashion people. The varied identities, styles, and perspectives that exist within our 16-person team is what I believe creates an environment where folks feel safe to try on different aspects of who they are and lean into visibility. Primarily, we want folks in our community to feel more freedom in their choices of clothing and expression.

Anyone that walks into Apocalypse can see immediately your staff is dressed as exuberantly as the colorful decor inside, yet it looks effortless and accessible. What is fashion to you? Fashion to me is just that—effortless and accessible. One thing that I love about the radical times we are living in is that people are giving themselves more permission to dress in a way that is authentic, comfortable and easeful. As this happens, I think we’ll see that trends begin to blur and personal expression becomes the heart of fashion. It is apparent that environmental consciousness is at the heart of Apocalypse; aside from shopping secondhand, what is one other way Boulder consumers can become more eco-conscious in the way they shop? I think a lot about the lifespan of our garments and how to extend an item's life as long as possible. First, we have to start by really creating a relationship with our clothing. Always check content labels to see where something was made and the fabric it is made from. Consider who made it, the environment it was produced in and the resources it took to arrive on the rack in front of you (or in your hypothetical shopping cart on your phone). A lot of the time after I ask these questions, I either decide against the purchase or I look for the item secondhand first. And sometimes the choice is just clear. I must buy this item because it feels like a step towards expressing something that needs to be expressed. Overall, just use your purchasing power in a way that aligns with your values. DiscoApocalypse.co

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Once started, it’s difficult to stop thinking of the people who worked tirelessly trying to keep the communities of Boulder County safe at the end of this past year. The Marshall and Middle Fork fires ravaged through neighborhoods and destroyed homes. As the dust settles, we learn more of how the community came together, which helps paint even the darkest of pictures a bit brighter. Two men with ties to firefighting, one active and one not, exemplify how their call to duty made it hard to even fathom receiving praise for their deeds—it simply was in their nature as human beings. Yet, their actions are the kind that restore faith in all.

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“THE ROOTS OF ALL GOODNESS LIE IN THE SOIL OF APPRECIATION FOR GOODNESS.” ~DALAI LAMA

Sterling Folden started volunteering as a firefighter when he was sixteen. He currently presides as the Deputy Chief of Mountain View Fire Rescue, overseeing eight different stations and 140 staff, serving over 55,000 people. It’s safe to say that Sterling has held just about every position possible up until this point. But on the day the devastating Marshall Fire broke out, he stepped into the role of acting chief because the alternative firefighter was out of town. Sterling was driving with little to no visibility through smoke the morning the fire struck. He made out two figures holding onto a fence in the midst of the chaos, fighting for stability in fierce 100+ mph winds. When he picked them up in his car, he quickly learned they had been stranded there, unable to open up their garage with the electricity out. He dropped them off safely at the fire station, gave his name when they asked, and headed back out into the fire. A couple days and a few social media messages later, Sterling realized that he had saved the parents of an old classmate of his from junior high. “I got messages from their daughter and son, both thanking me for literally saving their parents’ lives. I told them they had to be more specific; a lot of people were saving people that day,” Sterling says. He drove his car to a house relatively isolated atop a hill, wanting to make sure the family had evacuated. He saw them loading their car and said, “You gotta hurry up, you gotta go—the fire is coming!” But as he turned around, the fire quickly came up over the hill and the flames began to make contact with him and his vehicle. At that point, he realized he couldn’t safely get down the driveway, so he took cover inside his car. “After the fire passed over us, I took inventory of myself, and the inside of the car, and made sure we were still able to drive, and we were. So we did.” CONTINUED >

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The fire antiqued all the car paint—cracking and burning it. The grill and the headlights melted, and one of the back windows broke, allowing embers to fly in and burn the seats. Sterling says it felt like he was sitting in there for an hour, but at the most might have only been fifteen minutes. He worked from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. that day, which consisted of helping anyone he saw that needed it, and giving direction to the other teams looking to him. He spoke to his wife once, just reiterating what to take if she were to be evacuated. He was up at 4 a.m. the morning of Jan. 1, 2022, beginning the process of what he calls the “recovery period.” “We are working now to make our systems better and stronger. What we did right, what we did wrong, where we can improve. We all have awareness now and want to be better prepared if, and when, it happens again.” A couple months later, Sterling is processing what actually happened that day—not through the perspective of a firefighter, but just as a man. “People say ‘thank you,’ ‘you’re a hero,’ but it doesn’t feel like that. Yes, we only lost two lives in losing a thousand homes…incredible. But then I think, well, we lost a thousand homes and we lost two lives. It’s hard to focus on the good things, but I try to.” “No one was complaining about being cold, hot, hungry, tired, anything. Not one first responder, not anyone. It restores your faith in humanity. Everyone was out helping, it is just what you do,” Sterling says.

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MILOS LINHART The day after the fire, neighbors on South Fillmore Avenue in Louisville noticed there was a large pile of embers that were still smoldering in a nearby yard and quickly worked to put them out. As the days went on, people in the neighborhood began to realize that pile of embers could’ve been something much more. An 80-year-old Czech Republic native, Milos Linhart missed all of the evacuation warnings because he was sleeping. But upon further discussion, neighbor Wendy Morone quickly realized that he prevented their houses from burning down by single-handedly stopping that fire in the neighbor's yard. In early January, Milos had walked past the large burn spot, and neighbors heard him say something along the lines of "I’m sorry for the mess, I did this." In a video later taken by Wendy, filmed while Milos was casually changing a car tire, she learned more of his story. While everyone on the street had evacuated, Milos stayed and kept watch. He went on to explain how there was no sign of danger on the street at 6 p.m., but by 6:15 p.m. the flames in the neighbor's

yard were already above his head. As an ex-firefighter, he knew what to do, what he said was his duty. “I took my garden hose over, but I did not see any outlet. From there, I took a snow shovel and smashed it on the fire. After that, I took buckets of water and sprayed it. And I was watching this street every fifteen minutes until the fire was extinguished," Milos says. When asked what the neighborhood could do to repay him, Milos laughs. He reiterates that it was his duty, and that he saved his own house, too. Wendy asks again what they could do for him. “Just to be nice neighbors. That’s all. That’s all,” Milos says. How do we thank those who aren’t looking for a thank you, who do not want any praise or recognition? We return the favor. In these stories and the hundreds of other stories we may never hear, we know one thing: the act of helping others comes with an immense wave of gratitude. And every good deed counts.

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Artisan Rugs Rug making is an art, one that can take weavers months to years to complete. From straightening and dying wool to weaving it into a final product, the process takes creativity and skill, but the end result is a beautiful work of art used to transform a space. At Artisan Rug Gallery, each artistic rug is handpicked from around the world and used by clients to create a beautiful, unique home to live in and share with others. Jeff Deutsch launched the business more than 30 years ago as a way to make money in college and fund his travels. While spending time working at a ski resort in South America, he stumbled upon vendor markets in Otavalo, a city in Ecuador. Primed with various artisans selling wood carvings, weavings and everything in between, Jeff had an idea—he could buy a selection of items and sell them back home in the United States. “After I had decided to start the process of importing these completely exotic crafts, I began actively looking for other markets and scouring them for more unique and different things—always with an eye on the main goal of long treks and mountains to climb,” Jeff says. “I went to Huaraz, Cusco and La Paz for the mountains but left with an indelible mark on my soul from not just the mountains, but the people and their artistic nature. There was poverty, but they were rich with art. After my first trip, I had an incurable need to travel. At 22 years old, normal life didn't seem to work for me anymore. What began as a way to make a little extra money for college became an avenue for more travel.” As Jeff continued to travel, he kept one eye on adventure and the other on local artisans “that

made up the cultural fabric and artistic nature of these countries,” he says. Upon returning to the States, Jeff would sell his international finds at festivals in Crested Butte. By 1991, he opened his first storefront there selling home décor and accessories, clothing, jewelry, rugs and furniture, offering customers a glimpse into life, culture and art overseas. In 2001, he and his wife Tiffany decided to focus solely on rugs. “As we grew and matured, rugs became the items that we wanted to be known for. They last forever and you can really get to know people by the types of rugs they buy and the discussions that occur while showing the rugs,” Jeff says. “They are not disposable items. They last as long as the client wants to keep them, then they can be passed on to another user. In this day and age, that is something we are proud of.” Today, Artisan Rug Gallery has three locations in Denver, Crested Butte and Charlotte, North Carolina catering to anyone wanting to personalize their home. From the abstract black and white options to colorful ones woven in Afghanistan, the wool and silk rugs come in various sizes, styles and colors to fit clients’ needs. What began as a desire to travel has led to a 30-year-old business curating rugs and connecting with vendors from around the world. Jeff and Tiffany say their love of travel is still there, but their showroom, team and the beautiful rugs that surround them drive them each and every day. “Life is what you make of it, and this is what we made of it, and we couldn't be happier about it,” Jeff says. ArtisanRugGallery.com

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“As we grew and matured, rugs became the items that we wanted to be known for. They last forever and you can really get to know people by the types of rugs they buy and the discussions that occur while showing the rugs,” Jeff says.

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