How a Local Design Blogger Transformed Her Patio in Two Months
Clever design hacks and cool modern style come together in this dreamy outdoor room.
|Hilary Masell Oswald
Editor at Large, 5280 Home
As the former editor for two of <em>5280</em>’s ancillary publications, Hilary Masell Oswald split her time between the vibrant design-and- architecture scene in the metro area for the quarterly 5280 Home and the always-changing field of health for the annual 5280 Health. In addition to contributing to 5280, she has written for national and regional publications including Consumer Reports Health, The Chicago Tribune, and Mountain Living. In 2012, Penguin Publishing released her full revision of Loren Pope’s Colleges That Change Lives, which lauds the value of liberal arts education in the 21st century. Oswald holds a BA in English literature and composition, magna cum laude, from Davidson College and a master’s in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School. She lives in Denver with her husband and two children.
MC Pillows Creates One-of-a-Kind Decor Using Fabric Scraps
The new Parker–based company transforms discarded designer fabrics—bound for the landfill—into your sofa’s new favorite sidekicks.
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The Co-Living Trend Heats Up in the Mile High City
The new X Denver apartment complex and social club opens this spring with 813 beds and amenities designed to entice renters.
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Are You Making One of These Common Design Mistakes?
Interior-design experts reveal the style bloopers they see most often and how to banish them from your home forever.
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How to Instill Healthy Eating Attitudes in Your Kids
One mom shares how she learned to eliminate mealtime negotiations and reclaim the joy of family dinners.
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Eat This, Not That: 5 Easy Food Swaps
From the doctor’s orders to your dinner plate, here’s how to translate the science of eating well into actual (delicious) meals.
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Inside the Trend: Food as Medicine
We asked Colorado doctors, nutritionists, and other health care providers to guide us through the latest advancement in medicine: your diet.
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Meet the Designer: Jane Bradford
Fueled by a passion for beautiful things and her signature good humor, Jane Bradford makes her way into the Denver design limelight.
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The Best Home Shops and Design Services in Denver Right Now
You voted. We tallied. Our editors picked their favorites. Introducing our first-ever list of the city’s 46 most beloved design resources, from architecture firms to rug boutiques, antiques shops to landscape designers. You can thank us later.
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A New Public Art Installation Celebrates Women in Architecture
The digital artwork on the downtown Daniels & Fisher Tower runs all month—and its organizers hope it inspires a new generation of female architects.
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This Dinner Table Is Giving Us All The Fall Feels
Your guest list may be abbreviated this season, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate in style.
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How to Create a Perfect, Balanced Charcuterie Board
To brie or not to brie?
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7 Hostess Gifts That Go Beyond the Standard Bottle of Wine
‘Tis the season to pay it forward.
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Pro Tips for Refreshing Your Guest Room
Interior designer Lauren Winter shows you how to turn a spare room into a space your guests won’t want to leave. (You’ve been warned.)
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The Pros’ Guide to Entertaining in Style
Hosting celebrations in your home may feel a little (erm, a lot) different this year, but there’s still ample opportunity for doing it in style. We gathered tips from local design experts to help you entertain wisely and well this season.
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Old, New, and a Touch of Glam in Polo Club
A long-overlooked home in Polo Club lucks out when new owners with dialed-in design instincts buy and renovate it.
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Meet the Artist: Darcie Shively
A Boulder textile artists embraces the unknown with her bold tapestries.
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Could You Ever Live in an Accessory Dwelling Unit?
Denver architect Nate Jenkins tells the tale of his adventures in designing—and then living in—his own contemporary carriage house.
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A Steamboat Springs Farmhouse That Soaks up the Views
The center of a family home in Steamboat Springs makes much of the high-country views—and the people who take them in.
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Tour a Chic Carriage House in Platt Park
An artist and her craftsman husband build a secondary unit on their property that meets all of their needs—and looks good, too.
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