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Where the Heart Is

REB U I L D I N G H O M E AF T ER WI L D FI RE T H E C O LO RF U L M O U N TAI NS O F M U R AL IS T K EL LY PE T ERS EL EM EN T S O F O U T D O O R L IVI N G SPAC ES

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LIFESTYLE LETTER

MARCH 2021 PUBLISHER

Rick French | rfrench@lifestylepubs.com EDITOR

Staying In

Caitlin Causey | caitlin.causey@lifestylepubs.com AD DESIGNER

Whitney Lockhart

“STAYING IN” IS A PHRASE THAT’S REALLY TAKEN ON NEW SIGNIFICANCE

L AYO UT DESIGNER

RECENTLY, ISN’T IT? Here we are in March, which means that—yep—Covid has

Jayme Emery

been keeping us home for a full year now. In pre-Covid times I would relish just

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

about any excuse to hunker down in the house, but during the pandemic, even the homebody in me has gone a little stir crazy. (Particularly as a mom with two small human tornadoes as my bunkmates. #SOS)

Caitlin Causey, Finn Collier CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Amy Jo Everett, Brent Moss Photography, Jesslyn Soucie

And yet, like many of us these days, I’m more thankful than ever to have a roof over my head and a safe place to isolate until the storm passes. This renewed gratitude for home has been one of the greatest silver linings of these trying times.

This month, I had the honor of speaking with heroic midvalley firefighter Cleve Williams and his wife Kerry about what home means to them. In 2018, they tragically lost their house to the Lake Christine Fire. After rebuilding on their same property in Missouri Heights and then quarantining there last year when Covid hit, they gained some very valuable perspective. Today, their gratitude runs as deep as the community that helped them rebuild their lives. I was incredibly inspired by their story, and I hope you will be too.

CORPORATE TEAM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Steven Schowengerdt CHIEF SALES OFFICER Matthew Perry CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DeLand Shore

So here’s to home: It’s where the heart is, now more than ever.

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ON THE COVER The Williams family at their new Missouri Heights home, built after losing their previous one to the 2018 Lake Christine Fire

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSLYN SOUCIE 4

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INSIDE THE ISSUE MARCH 2021

FEATURES 10 Bright Upgrades Interior Designer Amy Jo Everett on Easy Trends to Try this Year

14 Elements of Outdoor Living Dream Up a Spectacular Outdoor Living Space with Boiler Creek Design + Build’s Tips

20 Rooted in Home Firefighter Cleve Williams and his Family on Rebuilding After the Lake Christine Fire

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28 Hard Work (And a Little Luck) Muralist and Painter Kelly Peters Finds Home in the Valley

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20 DEPARTMENTS 4

Lifestyle Letter

10 DIY 14

Open House

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INTERIOR DESIGNER AMY JO EVERETT ON EASY HOME TRENDS TO TRY THIS YEAR

bright upgrades REFRESHING YOUR SPACE THIS SPRING IS EASIER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. Amy Jo Everett of MM-Eight Design in Glenwood Springs says that incorporating new trends in your home can be accomplished with a few simple tricks.

“You don’t need to completely overhaul your home to

get more out of your budget.”

Everett studied at the New York Institute of Art and Design, and worked as a professional photographer

3. Kitchen upgrade.

Give your home’s kitchen an instant boost by beautifying the range hood. Use wood detailing, or wrap it in drywall and paint it.

before starting her design business in 2015. She has completed projects in homes across the region, from Aspen to Telluride to Beaver Creek, and keeps a close eye on the bright, clean aesthetic that’s in style now.

“I love my work. Creating interiors where my clients

4. Double duty.

Create functional spaces that serve dual purposes.

This space, for example, could serve as a coffee station, a homework area, or a serving buffet. You choose!

feel comfortable is a privilege and a joy,” she says.

Here, Everett outlines a few tips for sprucing up

5. Personalize.

your space, with corresponding images from her own

Add interesting touches alongside your functional

recent projects at right. Follow her on-trend design

items to truly customize each room. Don’t forget art-

work on Instagram at @MMEightDesign or visit

work and personal decor in the kitchen, too.

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6. Last, but not least.

1. Palettes are warming.

After more than a decade of gray, the wildly popular cool shade, we are moving toward warming up our spaces. Taupe and wood tones are making a comeback in the chicest new interior finishes.

2. Embrace texture.

Layering natural elements (wood, natural fibers, and earth tones) with a variety of textures can make a room feel warm and welcoming. Pillows, throws, and lamps will always soften a space.

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Go the extra mile to spruce up utility spaces like your mud and laundry rooms. Adding a few elements of warmth can go a long way in making these areas charming.

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need to spend a fortune. There are lots of clever ways to

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ELEMENTS OF OUTDOOR LIVING THIS IS THE YEAR TO FINALLY DEVELOP A SPECTACULAR OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE FOR YOUR HOME. BOILER CREEK DESIGN + BUILD OFFERS TIPS ON WHAT TO KEEP IN MIND IT’S MARCH, AND MANY OF US ARE ALREADY DREAMING OF SPRING AND SUMMER FUN. Since the valley may likely still be facing Covid-19 restrictions for at least the next several months, homeowners are continuing to explore creative ways to make the most of time at home.

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“Right now we’re seeing that people want to reimagine how they enjoy time outdoors in their own yards,” says Trevor French, owner of Boiler Creek Design + Build in New Castle. “Spring is the season to get started on outdoor projects.”

Boiler Creek specializes in custom outdoor living spaces, including everything from decks and pergolas to porch fireplaces and outdoor kitchens. Particularly over the past year, French has noticed a trend in how locals are investing in their property.

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“Since Covid started taking off last year, people have been focusing on really putting money back into their homes,” he says. “We’re probably going to be isolating to some degree for the better part of 2021, and not going out as much.

Having a nice place to be with your family and close friends outside during the summer months can help make things a little easier.”

French and his team place a high value on professional integrity and client relationships, with a strong focus on pre-construction.

“We do that to be able to have everything ready when the build starts, so it can just flow,” he says. “We like to dial in the process and materials before we go in. It’s important for the homeowner to know exactly what they want beforehand so they don’t feel pressured to make decisions later on.”

With that in mind, French helps his clients not only choose the right designs and finishes, but aids in their understanding of the big picture. Read on to learn about his four elements of great outdoor living spaces, and call 970.618.3461 or email Trevor@BoilerCreek.com to get in touch.

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Room to entertain is key. Spaces should be designed with maximum seating in mind, meaning comfortably accommodating at least six people in smaller spaces and eight or more in larger areas. Rock benches combined with traditional patio seating can make a nice functional touch, and building a new deck (or redesigning an old one) can help add life and seating options to the back yard. And don’t forget shade! A deck covering, pergola, or fabric shade are great choices.

A heat source extends the fun.

When summer is gone and the chill returns, your family can continue to enjoy time outside with a freestanding or built-in fire pit, tube heater under a covered deck, a chiminea, or some combination of these. Each provides necessary warmth while creating a cozy, inviting atmosphere—affording you the opportunity to get the most out of your outdoor space throughout the year.

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Cooking space is essential. The top way to enhance an outdoor living space is to install a built-in kitchen. A stone veneer outdoor kitchen might include a grill, smoker, pizza oven, wet bar sink, trash receptacle, and mini fridge. These features make entertaining family and friends at your home easier and more exciting, expanding your options for outdoor cooking and dining. Although this option may not suit everyone’s budget, it’s a solid investment for giving your outdoor living space a more upscale feel.

Landscaping is the icing on top. When designed and installed to suit your specific home and yard, landscaping pulls everything together with a bow.

Rock work, shrubbery, trees, and colorful plants add visual interest with some shade. A water feature can help bring additional coolness while capturing that feel of the great Colorado outdoors.

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Sold Price

% Sold/ Original

Days on Market

Full Half Bath Bath

Sold Price/ Sq. Ft.

$2,295,000.00 $2,295,000.00

100%

266

3

3

0

$969.99

Aspen Junction

$1,725,000.00 $1,975,000.00

87%

36

3

3

1

$557.28

Laura J Estates

$2,300,000.00 $1,950,000.00

118%

276

6

3

2

$461.32

River Meadows

$2,350,000.00 $1,950,000.00

121%

95

4

4

1

$411.91

Aspen Junction

$1,895,000.00

111%

610

5

5

0

$399.25

Nystrom

$1,895,000.00 $1,660,000.00

114%

507

8

5

1

$272.67

Homefires

$1,150,000.00 $1,050,000.00

110%

112

4

4

1

$317.03

$1,050,000.00 $1,000,000.00

105%

61

4

2

1

$367.65

Willits Shadowrock

$1,710,000.00

$975,000.00

$975,000.00

100%

341

3

3

1

$406.59

$1,095,000.00

$950,000.00

115%

769

4

3

0

$450.66

Elk Run

$950,000.00

$900,000.00

106%

44

4

3

1

$347.36

Arbor Park

$785,000.00

$750,000.00

105%

44

3

2

0

$440.66

Blue Lake

$640,000.00

$662,000.00

97%

55

4

1

0

$391.25

Pine Ridge Terrace

$675,000.00

$530,000.00

127%

72

4

3

1

$256.78

CARBONDALE River Valley Ranch

$2,750,000.00 $2,500,000.00

110%

80

5

4

0

$412.47

River Valley Ranch

$1,889,000.00 $1,899,000.00

99%

124

4

5

1

$474.28

River Valley Ranch

$1,895,000.00 $1,895,000.00

100%

60

4

4

1

$552.16

None

$1,600,000.00 $1,500,000.00

107%

78

5

3

2

$524.48

Hendrick Ranch

$1,500,000.00 $1,500,000.00

100%

55

5

1

0

$367.11

Aspen Glen

$1,300,000.00 $1,300,000.00

100%

0

4

4

1

$244.31

103%

115

2

2

2

$525.00

GLENWOOD SPRINGS Crystal Village TH $1,595,000.00 $1,470,000.00

109%

164

3

4

0

$395.16

Ironbridge

$1,295,000.00 $1,295,000.00

100%

86

4

3

1

$387.49

OakMdws

$1,195,000.00 $1,235,000.00

Ironbridge

$1,175,000.00

Ironbridge

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$649,000.00

$630,000.00

97%

79

4

2

1

$355.91

$1,175,000.00

100%

150

3

2

1

$468.31

$1,150,000.00

$975,000.00

118%

79

4

4

1

$207.18

Pinyon Mesa

$765,000.00

$780,000.00

98%

168

3

2

1

$333.33

Town Site of GWS

$788,000.00

$780,000.00

101%

36

3

3

1

$509.14

Oak Meadows

$699,000.00

$689,000.00

101%

164

4

3

1

$237.59

Town Site of GWS

$679,000.00

$679,000.00

100%

46

4

1

0

$351.45

Town Site of GWS

$625,000.00

$615,000.00

102%

88

3

2

0

$355.49

Ironbridge

$599,999.00

$600,000.00

100%

14

4

3

0

$307.85

MISSOURI HEIGHTS None

$5,250,000.00

$5,135,000.00

102%

83

9

9

3

$639.32

Panorama Reserve

$1,475,000.00

$1,475,000.00

100%

66

3

3

1

$438.73

Aspen Mesa Estates

$1,685,000.00

$1,463,375.00

115%

236

4

3

1

$472.82

$985,000.00

$985,000.00

100%

29

2

2

0

$411.10

REDSTONE/CRYSTAL VALLEY Crystal River Park $925,000.00

$900,000.00

103%

53

3

3

1

$342.21

Crystal River

$835,000.00

$749,500.00

111%

75

3

2

1

$324.18

Swiss Village

$679,000.00

$628,000.00

108%

173

4

2

0

$279.98

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FIREFIGHTER CLEVE WILLIAMS AND HIS FAMILY LOST THEIR HOME TO THE LAKE CHRISTINE FIRE OF 2018. SOON AFTER, THE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP TO HELP—AND GOT THEM INTO A NEW HOUSE IN RECORD TIME

LATE ON JULY 4, 2018, AS LOCAL RESIDENTS

one had expected the fire, which started July 3, to move

WATCHED IN HORROR AND DISBELIEF AS THE

downvalley—but unusually high winds pushed flames

LAKE CHRISTINE FIRE RAGED THROUGH THE MID-

west of the fire’s site of origin at the Basalt Shooting

VALLEY, DEPUTY CHIEF CLEVE WILLIAMS WAS ON

Range and soon crested the ridge adjacent to Cleve’s own

THE FRONT LINES. His home on Vista Hi Drive north of

property. By this time, he knew the situation was dire.

El Jebel was in imminent danger, and as a longtime fire-

Three brush trucks and a crew of six would not be able to

fighter with the Basalt & Rural Fire Protection District, he

save his home from the blaze that night. In the early morn-

was in the area working to protect multiple houses. No

ing hours of July 5, the Williams residence was lost forever.

From left: Devin, Kerry, Cleve, and Cole Williams. Family photo by Jesslyn Soucie

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The fire’s rapidly encroaching heat burst its windows, and soon the

county granted us a temporary permit to have a mobile home on our

structure was completely engulfed.

land. We moved into it in October that year.”

When any remaining hope was lost, Cleve made the call and the

By this time, Cleve and Kerry had connected with Jill Speed of

crew left his property. They evacuated the site safely, and contin-

Michael Fuller Architects through their mutual friend, RFFR assis-

ued fighting fire elsewhere. Although his home was gone, Cleve and

tant fire marshal Brooke Stott. The Williamses wanted to rebuild,

his team labored tirelessly to save several homes that night as the

and they needed help designing a new home. Having lived within a

fire expanded into Missouri Heights.

five-mile radius of El Jebel all their lives (aside from a brief stint near

“We didn’t stop,” recalls Cleve, who is now with Roaring Fork Fire Rescue (RFFR). “We couldn’t. We had a responsibility to keep working.”

Cottonwood Pass in their newlywed days), there was no doubt whatsoever that they would stay on their property.

The smoke, both literally and figuratively, would not begin to clear for

“We grew up here. We both graduated from Basalt High School.

the Williams family or the valley at large for months to come. But by the fall

Our extended families live here and we’ve raised our children here,”

of 2018, Cleve and his wife Kerry remember that things began to look up.

Kerry says. “Cleve has been a firefighter for 30 years, and our roots

“Shortly after the fire, we were living in our RV parked at Cleve’s

are in the midvalley. We would never want to be anywhere else.”

mother’s house at the bottom of Missouri Heights,” Kerry says. “Our

Speed, together with architect Michael Fuller, quickly saw what

son stayed in the house there, and our daughter was away at college.

a new home would mean to the Williams family. They got to work

We wanted to be able to get back up to our own property, so the

right away.

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“Cleve and Kerry never had a mindset of ‘looking back.’ Instead, they were bravely looking forward.”

-Architect Michael Fuller “I went up to the site to meet with them, and it was heart wrench-

Springs-based Ridge Runner Construction handled the official to-do

ing,” Speed remembers. “The house was destroyed but a few senti-

list, while members of Cleve and Kerry’s close circle of friends and

mental items had somehow made it through the fire, like some pieces

family helped whenever they could.

of old family china. I was absolutely blown away by how beautiful the

“Everyone went above and beyond to get us into the new house

property was though, with the amazing views. It was a great starting

as soon as possible. From the time we started digging to the time

place to work with.”

we got our CO [certificate of occupancy], it was only six months and

Fuller recalls that Cleve and Kerry were very open to making a new space; they had no desire to re-create their old home. And although they had some specifics in mind, they were comfortable with his creative vision and were open to new ideas.

“Cleve and Kerry never had a mindset of ‘looking back,’” he says.

“Instead, they were bravely looking forward.”

Unlike many custom homes that are subject to the valley’s noto-

three days,” Cleve reports. He and Kerry, along with their teenage son Cole, were able to move in by October 2019.

Architects Fuller and Speed say it was an honor to help the Williams family rebuild their lives after such a devastating experience.

“For a firefighter like Cleve to lose his home in that way just felt unfair,” Fuller says. “He has been insistent on helping other people his entire life—very selfless, to a high degree. In his own time of need,

riously lengthy build times, the new Williams house was completed

the people around him and his family showed up, and turned a trag-

in record time thanks to numerous helping hands. Glenwood

edy into a positive moment. That is what community is all about.”

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SPECIAL THANKS: + Brent and Roxanne Lough

Designed by Michael Fuller Architects

+ Stacey Stott

+ 4,600 sq. ft. main home

+ Cody Stott

+ 850 sq. ft. garage/shop

+ Travis Jadwin

+ 610 sq. ft. covered patios

+ Waylon Jadwin

+ 4 bedrooms

+ Jason Boothe

+ 4 ½ baths

+ Lloyd Pittman

+ Additional 4,900 sq. ft barn

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IKE MANY A LOCAL TRANSPLANT, KELLY PETERS FIRST

CAME TO THE ROARING FORK VALLEY WITH THE INTENTION OF STAYING “JUST FOR A SEASON”—AND NEVER LEFT. The fulltime painter and muralist, who now resides year-round in Snowmass, quickly found that the valley felt more like home than anywhere she had lived before. A big part of Peters’s life here is, no surprise, the artistic inspiration she finds outdoors in the high country.

“It’s funny, because I’ve been painting hills and mountains my whole life, even though I grew up in the Detroit suburbs,” she says, laughing. “So there was something about coming to Colorado that

“There was something about coming to Colorado that felt right for me as an artist.”

felt right for me as an artist.”

Known for her large vibrant mountainscapes, Peters says she developed her core aesthetic while studying under numerous talented professors at Northern Michigan University. After graduating, the 20-something spent a year in Oregon before connect-

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ing with a friend who lived in Aspen in 2016.

Within just a few years of living in the valley, she has expanded her work with private commissions and taken a dive into the world of small business ownership with Straight Line Studio, her experimental gallery and

KE LLY PE TERS

teaching space in Snowmass Base Village.

(Peters gives major credit to developers East West Partners for helping her secure the commercial rental space.) There she displays her own work, holds exhibitions for other artists, and conducts painting classes for individuals and small groups.

“We opened in early 2020, right before Covid hit,” Peters recalls. “So obviously that was not the best. But we made it through.

The studio has a garage door that I could open up when the weather was good, so that helped a lot last summer. It’s been sort of a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants situation for me, learning how to manage a business, get through Covid, and continue my creative work at the same time.”

Despite pandemic challenges and not having a formal background in business, the artist reports having her best year yet in 2020, financially speaking. She has ramped up online sales of her high-quality prints, and has been selling original paintings on canvas locally and elsewhere. Over the past couple years, Peters has also started taking CONTINUED >

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commissions for murals in private and public spaces around the valley. Some particularly striking mountain scenes you’ve likely spotted are her installations at The Collective in Snowmass and at Craft Coffee House in downtown Basalt.

Peters says that collaborating with clients to combine her artistry with their specific needs has been an interesting experience, challenging her to test new creative pathways she might not have otherwise explored.

“Sometimes I end up making art that I wouldn’t normally have made, but now I love it,” she notes.

“I’ve discovered a lot about myself through working with the specifications that my clients have.”

This year, she hopes to take on more commissioned murals and paintings for local businesses and homeowners. Peters will also be donating a mural to the Glenwood Springs child advocacy organization Riverbridge Regional Center, with hopes of raising funds to partner with more nonprofits in the future. In 2021 you’ll also find her leading painting parties and hosting gallery openings at Straight Line Studio, pending Covid19 guidelines.

“I have some momentum going, and I love the life I’m trying to build here. Sometimes I can’t believe it,” the painter says. “As an artist you’ve got to have tenacity and confidence in your work, especially when things get rough. Some of the success is probably a little luck, I think, but it’s also really hard work. So with that in mind I’m just going to keep pushing myself, and keep going.”

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