Alpine Living
Across Summit County, the best in alpine lifestyle and home style is available from professionals who specialize in home design, interior design, and the products that bring it all together.
Be it kitchen and bath, pool and spa, new construction or remodel — services and products for home improvement can be found nearby in Frisco, Silverthorne, Breckenridge, or Dillon.
Take a look at the best of the high country: it’s time for the home enthusiast to go shopping.
INTERIOR DESIGN
Aspen Grove Kitchen and Bath
The Colorado Association of Home Builders presented Aspen Grove Kitchen and Bath with their Remodel Award for fine kitchens and baths. The Frisco firm provides design, installation, and retail services to its customers statewide. Current projects stretch from Summit County to Kremmling, Silt, and Vail, with 75 percent of its work being complete remodels from conception to completion.
Owner Linda Miller has 13 years of interior design experience and is a member of ASID (American Society of Interior Designers).
Aspen Grove Kitchen and Bath is a member of the SEN Design Group, which allows purchase of design products with better pricing for the customer.
Whether it’s to discuss cabinetry for new construction or a complete remodel, Miller suggests clients make an appointment to visit the showroom in order to spend quality time with the designer.
975 N. Ten Mile Drive, E-1, Frisco
Website: aspengrovekitchenandbath.com
Tel. 970-468-5393
Egolf Interiors
Interior designer Tracey Egolf’s strong architectural background has served her business well. The Breckenridge-based firm focuses on custom residential homes, boutique hospitality design work, and commercial interiors. Egolf believes “the mix of project types keeps us fresh artistically and very busy.” Explaining her philosophy, she says, “I do not want to stamp a project with my signature, but rather find out my client’s aesthetic goals. I want to take the concepts and images they present to me and bring them to fruition.”
Egolf designed interior finishes and helped provide furniture packages for Vail Resorts’ Mountain Thunder Townhomes to make these residences turnkey move-ins.
Egolf Interiors’ designs were represented in the Keystone Parade of Homes in 2006 and will be in the 2007 Parade of Homes for a ski in/ski out custom home in the West Ridge neighborhood.
In the hospitality sector, Egolf recently completed luxury interiors and high-end finishes for the 51-room Hyatt Grand Aspen. The firm is also working on the new Peak 7 lodge for Grand Timber Lodge.
Egolf stresses good response time to her clients and being a team member in the construction of a home “so we can interpret the client’s vision and get it built on schedule. We go to great lengths to work together with the architect and builder.”
Web site: www.egolfinteriors.com
Tel. 970-453-5557
Inside Source
Inside Source’s clients are designers and contractors who come to the designer showroom for retail products. “We do the hard interior finishes, such as lighting, cabinetry, and tile,” says owner Betsy Burton. “Lighting is the mainstay of our business.”
Inside Source represents Foothills Lighting of Denver in Summit County, which connects them to over 400 lighting manufacturers. As a supplier for the hard finishes, that means working with some of the more unusual vendors and sources.
Inside Source creates lighting design and layouts for clients, making rooms flow in the use of color, patterns, and textures. To accomplish that, Burton says, “The earlier we talk to clients the better. We can save customers money and time.”
The importance of lighting is often overlooked. According to Burton, “The national lighting standard cost is three percent of a home’s value.”
707 E. Anemone Trail, Red Mountain Plaza, Dillon
email: insidesource@comcast.net
Tel. 970-468-0573
HOME DESGN ACCESSORIES
Breck Ironworks
Breck IronWorks offers a product that saves customers time. “Fire on Demand” are custom-built outdoor fire pits that eliminate the hassle of gathering wood and building a fire while providing ambience and warmth without the sparks and smoke. Breck IronWorks owner Mark Bookman has created a product that pleases.
Essentially works of art, these beautiful fire pits are individually constructed out of durable steel in the IronWorks shop in Breckenridge. Craftsmen then create logs and pine cones, also from durable steel, that mimic campfires. Immune to any possible fire bans, they’re easy to light, turn off, and add beauty to a property when they’re not lit. All that’s needed is natural or propane gas. Breck IronWorks can then custom build to fit any space on a deck, patio, or in the backyard.
Breck IronWorks offers a complimentary DVD that explains more about “Fire on Demand” fire pits. Call or visit the shop.
259 Continental Court, Breckenridge
Tel. 970-547-4431
Twisted Pine Mountain Home Furnishings
In business since 1980, retailer J.B. Besterfeldt has filled his Twisted Pine Mountain Home Furnishings with an eclectic assortment of furnishings and accessories for the home. Specializing in rustic furniture, hand-woven Kilim rugs, sheepskin products, Zapotec weavings, and lamps, this unique and distinctive store offers the shopper an interesting experience while furnishing a primary home or a second home or condominium.
Accent pieces include scenic paintings, pottery, Indian artifacts, and taxidermy. The staff is available to offer design assistance.
Located in Main Street Station at the corner of Park and Main in Breckenridge, Twisted Pine offers a “fun and memorable experience,” according to Besterfeldt.
In addition to home furnishings, Twisted Pine offers shoppers a selection of fur and leather apparel and accessories as well.
Main Street Station, 505 S. Main Street, Breckenridge
Tel. 970-453-6615
Lincoln West Mall, 100 S. Main Street, Breckenridge
Tel. 970-453-9588
Maximum Comfort Pool & Spa
Maximum Comfort Pool and Spa (MCPS) expanded operations from Vail to Summit County in 2005 because of strong market demand.
Starting as a small repair business in 1981, MCPS now designs and builds sophisticated infinity, or disappearing, edge pools and in-ground spas from Hot Spring, Tiger River, Hot Spot, and Solano.
Its fitness division offers treadmills, elliptical cross trainers, upright and recumbent exercise cycles, home gyms, and stair climbers from Precor, Bodyguard, Vectra, and Lamar Fitness. Tom Perfetti, director of sales, says, “Fitness rooms are now part of new-home design.”
There are toys for everyone here. Gaming products include billiard tables and shuffle boards. Darts, dartboards, poker tables, and poker chips are among the playthings available to big kids.
MCPS is gearing toward making all leisure lifestyle products available to customers. Technical and maintenance teams provide service for pools and spas.
Hours: Monday – Friday 8-6; Saturday 10-4
719 Ten Mile Drive, Frisco
Web site: www.mcpsvail.com
Telephone: 970-668-6339
Pendelton Silverthorne Outlet
The luxury wool products of Pendleton Woolen Mills are available at discounted prices in Silverthorne. Overstock and out-of-season items in an eclectic mix of clothing and blankets are 40 to 50 percent off retail prices here.
Famed for the wools from its 140-year-old Oregon mill, Pendleton focuses on women’s business clothing and men’s casual wear. It’s heavy woolen blankets and bedding come in plaids, tweeds, and bouclé. Known for traditional fabric and styles, Pendleton is at the forefront of the up-and-coming popularity of plaids, according to manager Michael Orlin.
Among the outlet’s big sellers is the men’s Umatilla Shirt in a plaid wool flannel; women’s wool tops and suit jackets also are very popular. Baby blankets find their smooth way to the wee ones in the family.
The outlet also offers closeouts. Phone sales and shipping are available. The Pendleton Outlet is on Fashion Way south of I-70.
135A Red Village, Silverthorne
Website: www.pendleton-USA.com
Tel. 970-468-1345
ARCHITECTS & BUILDERS
Allen-Guerra Design-Build, Inc.
“Green Design” is important to Allen-Guerra Design-Build, Inc., a full-service architecture and construction firm in Breckenridge. Believing sustainable buildings must be designed and constructed in an environmentally sound and energy-efficient manner, Suzanne Allen-Guerra and her staff specify alternate materials and construction methods with renewable energy sources for her firm’s architectural projects.
To combat poor indoor air quality, for example, she specifies materials with no VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds), free of formaldehyde, organochlorines, and phenols. According to Allen-Guerra, environmentally sound design elements and solutions can be integrated within any home or remodel design. Use of bamboo flooring, concrete siding, and renewable wheat or straw board for cabinetry are among the green design choices that make a difference.
Working with her father and husband, both of whom are builders, the team designs mostly new homes, along with remodels and commercial buildings. With a solid background in construction and a Master’s Degree in Architecture, she likes the team approach to design and the combined input of client, contractor, and architect.
1915 Airport Road, Suite 105, Breckenridge
Web site: www.allen-guerra.com
Email: info@allen-guerra.com
Tel: 970-453-7002
Pinnacle Mountain Homes
What do you get when you combine a corporate-minded entrepreneur with a 15-year construction veteran? The answer: Summit County’s newest dynamic duo in custom home building. Partners Chris Renner and Wayne Thebeau have combined to deliver what they believe is the next generation of home building in Summit County.
“Rather than the traditional struggle of trying to run the jobsite by day and the business by night, we give full attention to both,” states Renner. “Wayne has the freedom to dedicate himself to details in the field, while I manage client relationships, design, scheduling, and finances.” The partnership has struck a chord with clients, currently managing near $6,000,000 of business and projects already slated for summer 2007.
Tapping into Renner’s previous experience owning an Internet company, Pinnacle Mountain Homes maintains a private Website for each client. “Today’s sophisticated homeowner demands access to information,” Renner explains. “We can provide access to schedules, contracts, budgets, and photos, giving a distant homeowner complete transparency throughout the project. That level of visibility holds us more accountable and provides unparalleled comfort to our clients. Building a home can actually be an enjoyable process.”
520 S. Main Street, Suite 3M, Breckenridge
Web site: www.pinnaclemtnhomes.com
Tel. 970-453-0727
Travis Construction, Inc.
Phil Travis is a general contractor who has been in business since 1993 in Summit County. Travis Construction, Inc. specializes in building a mix of custom homes and light commercial buildings that includes commercial tenant finishes. “We found a niche in condominium remodels, primarily exteriors, which we schedule between ski seasons,” he explains.
His 20 employees include four project managers, onsite superintendents, trim carpenters and an interior designer. “Having a designer is a convenience that is working out very well for clients,” Travis says. “It makes us a one-stop shop.”
When a project enters the trim stage, the firm’s full-time trim carpenter becomes the superintendent and stays with it until completion. Project managers are typically responsible for two or three projects at a time. Travis works with several area architects on his construction projects.
In addition to Summit County, the company has projects in Boulder, Colorado.
500A Brian Avenue, Silverthorne
Tel. 970-468-0454
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Colorado Rocky Mountain Resorts, LLC
Colorado RMR has rental programs that meet their property owners’ needs. Managing partners Michael Martin and Diane Wieland offer three different options for their 215 properties located throughout Summit County.
The Traditional is for owners who want to optimize their investments with no hassle. The Guaranteed ensures owners receive a monthly net income from $12,000 to $21,000 per year. The plan is available to owners who spend fewer than 14 days annually in their property. The Customized program is based on homeowner needs and offers flexibility and involvement; a property owner can list and rent the property, or Colorado RMR can book it. The goal is flexibility and optimizing investment income.
To achieve the best exposure, “Homeowners want to get their property in a rental program well in advance of the season,” Wieland suggests.
Locally owned and operated, Martin and Wieland offer a free lodging night with a required minimum-night stay. They also provide guest VIP discount cards to 25 local restaurants and shops.
912 N. Summit Blvd., Frisco
245 Ridge Street, Breckenridge
Web site: www.coloradormr.com
Tel. 970-668-5151 or 800-635-3434
