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2 months ago | 
coloradoexpression.com | Rebecca Gart
Can tennis really add up to a decade to our life spans? Colorado experts weigh in When Lisa Winston stood up to give a toast at her 60th birthday dinner in Denver late last year, she tearfully thanked her tennis friends—and the sport itself—for saving her life. “I moved to Denver in my mid-50s and didn’t know one person,” she recalls. “I wasn’t in a good emotional space, and it was scary as hell.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
coloradohomesmag.com | Rebecca Gart
Eight local finds he's loving at the moment Designer and founder of his eponymous Boulder-based, luxury jewelry studio, shares his favorite things. 1. Furniture DesignerMy favorite midcentury designers are Poltrona Frau and Ligne Roset. Their work feels raw and pure in design—not “extra.” Both of their material choices are paramount and simple, with quality construction at the core. Studio Como, 2535 Walnut St., Denver. 2.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
coloradohomesmag.com | Rebecca Gart
A Santa Barbara couple updates a 1900s Wash Park home while preserving its historic charm When Matt Murphy, a vineyard owner in Santa Barbara County, decided to buy and remodel a second home in Denver, he and his wife, Cat, took the road less traveled: They chose quality over quantity. “They didn’t want to turn this into a project that maxed out their square footage,” explains architect Matt Lawton, of Sexton Lawton Architecture.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
coloradohomesmag.com | Rebecca Gart
The eggplant dish at the year-old Kumoya is one of the most inventive items I’ve ever tasted in Denver: Nasu Misoyaki ($18) is a thick, miso-marinated slice of eggplant that is broiled until creamy and topped with crunchy rice pearls. Hard to explain, but simply amazing.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
coloradohomesmag.com | Rebecca Gart
The eggplant dish at the year-old Kumoya is one of the most inventive items I’ve ever tasted in Denver: Nasu Misoyaki ($18) is a thick, miso-marinated slice of eggplant that is broiled until creamy and topped with crunchy rice pearls. Hard to explain, but simply amazing.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
coloradohomesmag.com | Rebecca Gart
Colorado finds she's loving A native Houstonian who spent two decades as a hospitality and lifestyle publicist before making a career pivot into venture capital, shares her favorite things. 1. Dishware Dior has the most beautiful serving pieces, dishware and unique designs to make any tablescape sophisticated and elegant. Dinner Plate, Dioriviera, Aquamarine, $220. 2. Colorado Nonprofit Event The Fête des Fleurs is one of the most stylish black-tie events of the year.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
coloradohomesmag.com | Rebecca Gart
An extensive mountainside renovation provides an elegant, light-filled home away from home As the popular Colorado saying goes, “You come for the winters but stay for the summers.” For Stacey and Trey Odom, that was definitely the case. The Houston-based couple bought a small duplex in the Arrowhead development in Edwards 16 years ago, thinking they would just use the home for ski vacations in the colder months. But, then, Stacey says, they found a community.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
coloradohomesmag.com | Rebecca Gart
Datura Home, one of the newest shops to take up residence at Denver’s 9+CO development, is a bright, jam-packed home store o ering kitchen items, books, candles and diffusers, frames and wall décor, gifts and bath and body products —— but its true specialty is houseplants, providing a broad and knowledgeable resource for anyone with a green thumb, or not. The staff is expertly trained on houseplant care and will help customers choose a plant and offer follow-up care for their greenery.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
coloradohomesmag.com | Rebecca Gart
SEESummer is my favorite time of year to visit Aspen, and I’m already planning my trip to see the new exhibition at the Aspen Art Museum. Staged by London-based artist Allison Katz, the exhibit “In the House of the Trembling Eye” is a display across the entirety of the museum in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Pompeii.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
coloradohomesmag.com | Rebecca Gart
Wife, boy-mom and owner of Vail’s Grey Salt boutique, Stacey Gillett shares her favorite things 1. Colorado GalleryMy friend Cynthia Pillsbury has a pop-up called Curate, which sells fantastic pieces from emerging artists in Colorado and the West. I’m in love with my triptych of pieces from Boulder-based textile artist Maryanne Quinn depicting “Patrol” crosses in colorful wool felt. They bring an alpine-modern vibe to our house. curate-art.com2.
