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“DO YOU ENTERTAIN much?” an acquaintance asked me not long ago. To my surprise, I didn’t have a cogent reply. “Yes,” I told her. Then, “No, not really.” She waited patiently for me to clear up what it was I meant. “We love having people in our house,” I told her. “Whether or not they’re entertained, I don’t know.” I was hedging because there’s a chasm the size of Pikes Peak between what I think of as “entertaining” and what actually happens when we have people in our home—which does happen often. The former connotes a performance, orchestrated to a specific, perfect end; the latter is far less refined and probably involves me throwing a bottle of white wine in the freezer because I’d forgotten to chill it before the…

PRINT > Butterfly print, $15, WallArt2Decor, Etsy, etsy.com WALLPAPER > Birds & Butterflies, available through a designer, Schumacher, fschumacher.com CHINA > Butterfly Garden salad and dessert plate in white, $38, MacKenzie-Childs, mackenzie-childs.com STOOL > The Butterfly Ottoman, $417, All Modern, allmodern.com CUTTING BOARD > Dream Big Butterfly Wings round cutting board, $35, Deny Designs, denydesigns.com CHAIR > 1938 tobacco leather Butterfly chair, $399, CB2, cb2.com BOWL > Michael Aram Butterfly Ginkgo centerpiece bowl, $595, Bloomingdale’s, bloomingdales.com…

GROWING KNOWLEDGE Houseplants (that heal!) at a new “living apothecary.” For Lynn Flanagan-Till, owner of Rosehouse , houseplants are much more than home decor—they’re also healing agents. So when the local herbalist opened her shop on South Broadway in February, she set out to create a space where visitors could learn how to take better care of their greenery and themselves. Whether you’re looking for flora to help you sleep (try snake plant by your bed) or need some energizing vitamin C (make a tea out of rose hips), the green thumbs at Rosehouse will guide you. And since the store also houses the new lab space for Flanagan-Till’s other venture, skincare brand R.L. Linden & Co., shoppers can stock up on locally crafted herbal beauty products to take their…

1/ CEDAR & HYDE MERCANTILE, BOULDER NATURAL BEAUTY A spectacular Eldorado Canyon view inspires this earthy, organic, farm-to-table spread. Sisters Poss and Christie Lambert spend all their waking hours running their flawlessly edited Boulder clothing and home-goods store, Cedar & Hyde. It’s a pace that, while rewarding, can “create a longing for intimacy and sacred spaces,” Poss says. So when we asked the sisters to set the table for their dream dinner party, they came up with this: A setting that “tantalizes all the senses”—right down to the wood bundle that is meant to be burned before the meal is served to “cleanse the day and allow each guest to be present,” Poss says. “We envision a group of busy professionals finally taking the time to connect with each other…

The first time I met Jaala Sheldon of Jaala’s Party Pantry, the basket on her cruiser bike was overflowing with mercury-glass vases filled with flowers. The occasion was a progressive bike dinner and at each stop, she offered the hostess a beautiful bundle of blooms. It’s this degree of detail—elevated by whimsical surprises—that Sheldon delivers for every party she designs. The Cory-Merrill resident, whose background is in apparel merchandising and design, worked in the fashion industry for 17 years, for companies such as Esprit and Patagonia. Now she applies that design knowhow to party planning. In 2003, inspired by a travel story she had read on their honeymoon, Sheldon and her husband, Mark, bought a 1978 Avion travel trailer. The sleek, Airstream-like structure provides shelter during family road-trips and serves…

Main course: For an easy meal, throw a spatchcocked chicken (marinated and butterflied) on the grill, and a few minutes later, dinner is served with “lots of crispy parts for everyone,” Macfarlane says. If you’re not in the mood for chicken, the mild (and sustainable) Loch Duart salmon is a crowd-pleaser. Vegetables: Macfarlane suggests forgoing a plan and simply choosing whatever looks the freshest. Cheese and bread: Toast up Marczyk’s table bread, top it with Burrata or Taleggio cheese, and add a sprinkle of good salt. Olive oil: The right olive oil can make the meal. “Olive oil is my gravy,” Marczyk says. “Choosing a high-quality oil is a simple thing home cooks can do to improve their food.” Browse the market’s selection, and look for the Marczyk label or…

1. DUKE BEARDSLEY (painting in stairwell adjacent to family room) “Ann introduced us to local artist Duke Beardsley, and he and John became fast friends. They collaborated on the ‘Los Sicarios’ piece, which means ‘the assassins.’ Duke took a bunch of John’s architectural sketches from over the years, applied them to the canvas, and created his painting on top of the sketches.” dukebeardsleystudio.com 2. WILLIAM MATTHEWS (painting above headboard in master bedroom) “We met Willy at DAM Uncorked (a fundraiser for the Denver Art Museum) years ago and are continually blown away by his work. The layers and details in his paintings make you feel as though you are standing right there in a beautiful Western landscape.” williammatthewsstudio.com 3. SCOTT W. PARKER (block print in hallway adjacent to living room)…

cherry Meyers EDITOR-AT-LARGE “I recently attended one of Meadow Lark Farm Dinners’ events at Aspen Moon Farm in Hygiene (north of Boulder), and it was a near-perfect evening” says Cheryl Meyers, who wrote “Set The Scene” (page 43) about ideas for prepping a gorgeous outdoor table. “Picture a long, white-clothed table set for 40 guests right in the middle of a farm field, with fresh strawberries growing within reach and a cottonwood tree overhead offering shade. Is there a better place than Colorado for outdoor summer dinners? I can’t think of one.” Meyers is 5280 Home’s editor-at-large. Preston utley PHOTOGRAPHER Because he primarily makes his living as a wedding photographer, Preston Utley has been witness to plenty of beautiful outdoor events—including the dinner party thrown by Pete Marczyk and Barbara…

Peggy Markel has spent a quarter century leading foodie tours through some of the world’s most delicious destinations—from Italy’s Amalfi Coast to India’s Rajasthan region—for her company, Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures. So much time spent poking around the classically beautiful villas and kitchens of the Mediterranean and beyond has turned Markel into something of a design devotee in addition to an epicurean expert. Which is why, when she recently decided to renovate the kitchen in her Longmont home, this effortlessly beautiful and cook-friendly design emerged. Markel channeled the elegance and utility of natural materials typically used in kitchens in Italy, Morocco, Spain, and India into her floors (wood), walls (clay), and counters (marble). But she also incorporated functional items, like deep kitchen drawers and a farmhouse sink, both from IKEA.…

At the Plimoth, a four-year-old upscale restaurant in Denver’s Skyland neighborhood, seasonal ingredients—most of which are harvested from the restaurant’s own 750-square-foot plot—dictate the menu. Owner Pete Ryan believes that home gardeners and cooks should take a similar approach when deciding how to use their own harvests. “Don’t start with a recipe in hand,” he says. “Let what’s coming out of your garden or what looks good at the farmers’ market guide your vegetable choices.” Here, Ryan shares his recipe—loose instructions, really—for a summer jardinière (pictured above), a fancy French term for an open-ended veggie salad. Didn’t grow beets this year? Swap in radishes. Have an abundance of potatoes or zucchini? Throw ’em in. The only rule here is to use what’s in season. Serve the dish with a protein…

When homeowners want to update their living room walls, they often turn to a bucket of paint. When Denver wants to liven up its gathering spaces, it turns to Pedro Barrios and Jaime Molina. Together, the artistic duo have painted dozens of murals throughout the city, including the large Denver Art Museum-sponsored piece on the wall of 1515 Restaurant, and the colorful abstraction on the wall of Rebel Restaurant. “We strive to bring gallery-level work to outside pieces,” Barrios says, “and Denver has been really receptive to murals as public art.” The pair began working together five years ago, quickly discovering that they share a rare artistic compatibility—and desire to reflect the communities in which their murals exist. While the cool color palette, vibe, and central character (often a bearded…

HOW TO DESIGN AN ALL-GREENERY CENTERPIECE “The key is to create abundance in either the texture or volume of material. Select complementary but different textures, paying attention to subtle color variations, and create balance with lifting and trailing elements.” —Jil Schlisner, Moss Pink Flora & Botanicals…

Green homes sometimes get a bum rap when it comes to aesthetics: They’re all substance and no style, critics say. And then a sustainable design like this sleek, central-Boulder home comes along and invites those naysayers to reconsider. It’s so efficient that it generates enough energy to power an electric car for 10,000 miles a year. But when you walk through the three-bedroom, 2,400-square-foot space, drawn and built by architecture firm Fuentes Design, the green-ness isn’t what you notice first. All that smart functionality is hidden behind thoughtful, high-end minimalist finishes—that shine brightest in a roomy kitchen with a teal back-painted glass backsplash and sleek black cabinets. That style-forward approach, says firm principal Brian Fuentes, is by design: “What I see in modernism and green building is a parallel: that…

COVER From “Happy Campers’ Happy Hour,” Pages 64-68 Party design: Jaala Sheldon, Jaala’s Party Pantry, 303-885-3868, jaalaspartypantry.com. Food and prop styling: Erica McNeish, 303-884-9432, ericamcneish.com NATURAL BEAUTY Page 43-44 Design: Poss and Christie Lambert, Cedar & Hyde, 2015 10th St., Boulder, 720-287-3900, cedarandhyde.com. Table setting accessories: Medium Eye dish in Full Moon, MQuan; Ribbons cotton placemat in gray and Riviera cotton table runner in natural, Creative Women; Stillness plate and bowl in snow white on gray, and Corked Canister in snow white, Humble Ceramics; Farmer’s Pitcher in white, salad servers in gray, Woodstock flatware, large Farmhouse glass, medium Beehive Baker in white, and natural sheepskin in ivory, all Farmhouse Pottery; hand-blown cocktail glass in smoke, Mazama Wares; Stacking Thimble Cup in stone, Pigeon Toe Ceramics; linen napkin in navy, In…

BE OUR GUEST Summer is nearing its end, and you’ve finally got the backyard landscaping dialed in. The veggie-garden tomato crop is going gangbusters, and the grill is finely tuned after a season of perfect steaks. It’s time for an outdoor party. All you need now is a place for all those neighbors to gather around for your feast. Our suggestion: a rustic heirloom-quality table (pictured here) from Harvest Table Company in Lyons. Each one-of-a-kind piece, handcrafted from locally salvaged barn wood, can be built to your specifications (custom orders start at $2,500) or, if you live near Boulder, rented (for $75 per night). “One of our biggest challenges is locating barn wood from Colorado,” says woodworker and Harvest Table co-founder Carter White. “It’s something we strive to do. We…

TABLECLOTHS “Like scarves, you can never have too many of them,” Markel says. “I collect them from around the world. My favorites are from Lisa Corti Emporium. She’s an Italian designer who has taken Indian block print and refined it to her taste.” lisacorti.com DINNERWARE “Thea Tenenbaum and Raffaele Malfarrari make some of the most extraordinary handmade, hand-painted ceramics anywhere,” Markel says. “I have plates, bowls, bouillabaisse bowls for soup and pasta, cereal bowls, ice cream bowls, tiny plates, large serving bowls, and a few pitchers.” Available at the Boulder Arts & Crafts Co-op, boulderarts andcrafts.com and thealelepottery.com COOKWARE “I’m in love with tagines,” Markel says. “I prefer clay, as the food braises just right. Cazuelas, the shallow clay dishes used in Spanish cooking, are also great cooking vessels. Like…

Serves 4 VEGETABLES 1 handful any green, yellow, or wax beans, cut into thirds 2 to 3 ears corn, charred on the grill or boiled, kernels cut off the cob 1 head broccoli or cauliflower, cut into bite-size florets, blanched for 30 seconds in boiling salted water, and shocked 2 to 3 sweet or spicy peppers, sliced into coins 2 ribs celery, sliced thinly widthwise at a slight angle 6 to 8 small beets, roasted or boiled until tender (or even pickled!), and quartered 4 to 6 baby turnips, quartered About ¼ cup finely chopped mixed herbs such as parsley, chives, basil, marjoram, summer savory, or mint At least one tomato of any variety, halved if small or quartered if large, seasoned with olive oil, salt, and pepper MAYONNAISE 1…

You’ve been obsessing over that fabulous lamp by your favorite Big Design Brand, but you can’t figure out how to buy it without a trade pro. Sound familiar? Well, a new design destination called The Showroom at Furniture Row (opening in August), just might be the solution. The concept, envisioned by Denver-based Furniture Row owner Barney Visser, is a serious departure from the brand’s value-forward strip malls: At the Showroom, homeowners can shop directly from lines like Baker, Henredon, and Christopher Guy (which makes its Colorado debut through the store). There’s good news for designers, too: The Showroom team helps streamline some of those logistical nightmares (think shipping and consolidating multiple orders) that tend to cramp creativity. The space itself, sprawling across 170,000 square feet, is modeled after the design…

ABECEDARIAN GALLERY This small, meticulously curated gallery has a unique niche: book-art exhibitions. It’s open by appointment only, so grab some fellow bookworms and make it a group visit. By appointment; 910 Santa Fe Drive, Unit 15, 720-230-4566, abecedariangallery.com ABEND GALLERY You’ll find a broad spectrum of mediums—think oil paintings, encaustic, and mixed media—from local, national, and international artists at this large, well-lit gallery. (A robust inventory practically guarantees you’ll find something you love.) Tuesday–Saturday 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; 2260 E. Colfax Ave., 303-355-0950, abendgallery.com ACCESS GALLERY Nearly 20 percent of Americans have disabilities, yet rarely do we see art and images that reflect this number. Showcasing work by both emerging and renowned artists with disabilities, this Art District on Santa Fe gallery explores societal views and disability culture. Tuesday 10…

WHEN PETE MARCZYK AND BARBARA MACFARLANE, OWNERS OF Marczyk Fine Foods gourmet grocery stores, throw a dinner party at their home on Sixth Avenue Parkway, they stick to the same thoughtful philosophy that defines their shops: Pay attention to the seasons, use exquisitely fresh ingredients, and highlight small-batch producers. In the summer months, the couple pulls inspiration from the land surrounding their house by taking a stroll to see what’s at its peak. The late-1800s Prairie-style home, which Marczyk and Macfarlane bought as a fixer-upper 20 years ago, sits on six city lots that the couple has painstakingly brought back to life by planting an orchard with cherry, apricot, and plum trees; a meadow with native Colorado grasses and flowers; and an impressive backyard garden. These features don’t just set…

No yard? No problem. Consider this patio, which brings the best of nature—plants, privacy, and vistas—right to the heart of LoDo. The sitting area is part of a series of rooftop rooms, including a yoga space and covered dining table, that landscape architect Luke Sanzone, principal at Marpa in Boulder, designed for a young Breckenridge couple who weekends in Denver. “They wanted to feel like they were in a sanctuary, perched up and away from the city,” Sanzone says. His smart solution: a series of “living walls,” custom-made out of woven metal, that block the wind and views of a nearby apartment building while framing a picturesque panorama encompassing the city skyline and Front Range. Crate & Barrel furniture and a custom, hand-formed fire pit (filled with recycled glass from…