Innholdsfortegnelse for April/May 2022 i 5280 Home

Where does your mind wander when someone says, “Close your eyes and find your happy place”? For me, some of the most beautiful outdoor scenes I’ve witnessed reappear: a cotton-candy sunset on the Gulf Coast during a family vacation (pictured), the shimmering teal water of Silverton’s Ice Lake after a grueling uphill hike, or golden-hour light illuminating the terra-cotta rooftops and pastel-hued buildings of Lisbon. What doesn’t come to mind is my own backyard. (I love my small outdoor space—which has come a long way, aesthetically speaking, from the knee-high-weeds-covered plot it once was—but it’s not exactly Martha Stewart’s Bedford gardens.) While planning this Outdoor Living issue, I was introduced to some picturesque open-air living spaces, including the sleek Aspen pool house that’s featured on the cover and in “Design…

An art therapist by training, Chatti Brown knows firsthand the healing effects of both nature and the practice of creation. So it’s no surprise that most days, you’ll find her sowing seeds and tending blooms in her Wheat Ridge garden or creating botanical-infused bath soaps and body butters at her home workshop. Brown’s love of plants and mindful practices took root during her childhood. She spent the first two years of her life at a refugee camp in Thailand, to which her family had fled to escape the unstable conditions in Cambodia after the genocide by the Khmer Rouge. The family immigrated to Southern California in 1984, and at their first house with a yard, Brown’s mother planted reminders of Southeast Asia—limes, sugarcanes, taro—alongside Brown’s father’s rose bushes and hydrangea.…

Josie Sexton WRITER Morning drink of choice: French press, local beans, and always cream and sugar. (I’m from the Midwest.) Favorite space in your home: My living room. The style veers toward Hollywood Regency and feels very pampered, like it requires a robe and slippers to enter. Recent design find: Linen bedding from Piglet In Bed. Josie wrote “Natural Remedy” (page 17) Paul Miller PHOTOGRAPHER Your dream-home requirement: A rehabbed, nontraditional space. I’m building out a live/work space in an old post office building. Favorite outdoor space in Colorado: The patio at Local 46, a bar and biergarten on Tennyson. Recent design find: Colored concrete sinks. I’m putting a dark blue one in my powder room. Paul photographed “Wild Things” (page 20) Jess Blackwell PHOTOGRAPHER Your dream-home requirement: A greenhouse…

1/ Calendula How She Uses It: Infused in olive oil and applied to small scrapes, minor burns, and eczema, or mixed with jojoba oil and applied to a dry scalp. 2/ Nettles How She Uses It: Dried in tea to help with inflammation, high blood sugar, and low iron levels, or in a hair rinse with rosemary, which is high in silica and helps keep hair shiny. 3/ Yarrow How She Uses It: In bouquets and wreaths or crushed into a poultice and applied to clean wounds to reduce inflammation and help stop bleeding.…

When the pandemic descended, designer Chalea Fields, co-owner of Everyday Lovely, faced a conundrum all too familiar to working parents at the time: How could she help her young daughters adjust to at-home learning while juggling her own work-related to-do list? The solution was a design upgrade for her Aurora home—specifically, the transformation of a quiet, second-floor area into a focus space for the whole family. Here’s how she pulled it off without breaking the bank. 1 TEMPORARY FLAIR A little whimsy goes a long way in an office space. To create it here, Fields employed an easy-to-install, peel-and-stick wallcovering from Carter & Main. “My kids are little right now, so we wanted to do something super-fun with a punch of color,” she says of the wallpaper’s jungle-inspired design. “I’m…

FOR THE GARDEN Spring Plant Sale Whether you’re planting your first flower patch or you have a green thumb, Denver Botanic Gardens’ annual spring plant sale has flora for you. Browse high-quality summer bulbs, water-smart perennials, and herbs and veggies, and consult on-site experts for gardening advice. Pro tip: Snag a morning reservation for the best plant selection or attend the ticketed preview party (May 5, 4:30–7 p.m.) for exclusive access to select plants. May 6–7, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Free admission, reservations required; member reservations open April 7, public reservations open April 11.botanicgardens.org DECK THE WALLS Denver Arts Festival Show your walls (and shelves) some love with fine-art finds ranging from landscape paintings to mixed-media works (including Tom Bloyd’s metal and glass sculptures, seen below). While you shop at the…

5280 Home: Design aficionados (and your nearly 60,000 Instagram followers) have long loved your exuberant, break-all-the-rules style. How is it showcased in your new book? Andrea Monath Schumacher: There are six full homes included in this book, including houses in Colorado, a ranch in Wyoming, and a home in San Francisco. All the work was designed within the past couple of years, and the vast majority of it is never-before-seen. In between the chapters, I included tips on things like how to use design to start a conversation, or what to do with the ignored “fifth wall” [the ceiling] in each room. For people who are just getting acquainted with your work, how do you describe your design ethos and approach? I love bringing my clients’ homes to life. I…

“I WANTED PEOPLE’S MINDS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THEM OUTSIDE.”—architect Andy Johnson Situated on a narrow lot in Old Town Louisville, a small miner’s shack morphed over time—“maybe 100 years,” says architect and Louisville local Andy Johnson—to fill the available space as various owners found their families growing and their needs changing. Eventually, the house outgrew its usefulness, while the lot, of course, never grew at all. The property’s tight dimensions, just 37 feet wide and 125 feet deep, didn’t deter its latest owners, Joe Jarriel and Trudy Neal, from choosing to replace the old structure with a contemporary, energy-efficient home, designed by Johnson and built by Ryan Wither of Buildwell. But the narrowness of the site meant that Johnson needed an innovative plan to grant his clients’ wish…