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    Remagine Designs Trunk Show

    Posted by Janie Viehman on December 1, 2015 in Featured Merchandise

    Presenting...

    The Paris Collection

    An absolutely stunning collection of handcrafted jewelry all by the talented Jacque Kudner of Remagine Designs. Each piece within this collection has been carefully created by hand using found antiques from the Paris flea market. 

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    Topics: Featured Merchandise

    Kellye O’Kelly of Slifer Designs Creates in Colorado's Bachelor Gulch

    Posted by Janie Viehman on November 19, 2015 in Featured Projects

    Kellye O'Kelly Brightens Up Horizon Pass Unit

    Located at the top of Bachelor Gulch in Colorado, Horizon Pass is an on-mountain, ski-in/ski-out lodge that allows homeowners to enjoy village-to-village skiing between Bachelor Gulch, Beaver Creek and Arrowhead. Interior designer Kellye O’Kelly, of Slifer Designs, recently completed work on the 3,500 square-foot, four bedroom, four and half bath home for clients who are from Miami, Florida. Described as contemporary, bright and colorful, the home...

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    Creative Matters Meets Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth

    Posted by Janie Viehman on September 28, 2015 in Featured Weaver

    Creative Matters Rugs at The Canada House

    It took 11 months, the entire Creative Matters Inc. team, two additional contract designers and a group of talented weavers, both in Canada and overseas, to create 29 different area rugs for Canada House in London. And according to Creative Matters president Carol Sebert, it was worth it. 

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    Frances Karsh of Slifer Designs Elevates Mountain Traditional Style

    Posted by Janie Viehman on September 22, 2015 in Featured Projects

    In the Ranch at Cordillera, there is a 6,600 square-foot home that contains five spacious bedrooms, five bathrooms, two powder rooms and five fireplaces. Featuring unobstructed panoramic views of the Gorge Range Mountains, the residence also boasts expansive family living areas, a large study, and outdoor patios and decks designed for relaxing and entertaining.

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    Topics: Featured Projects

    Round Mountain Ranch Makeover by Susan Howard and Lisa Berry

    Posted by Janie Viehman on September 9, 2015 in Featured Projects

    Steamboat Springs Home On The Range Offers Interior Design to Round Mountain Ranch

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    Introducing Berber and Moroccan Rug Collections

    Posted by Janie Viehman on August 6, 2015 in Featured Rug Collections

    French Accents Presents Their Traditional and Modern Moroccan Rug Designs

    Traditionally hand-knotted in North Africa, Moroccan rugs, also referred to as Berber rugs, date back to the Paleolithic era. Historically, the handspun cloth they created was named for the tribe, and they used natural fibers to create cloaks, rugs, and other fabrics. 

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    Topics: Featured Rug Collections

    Meet Carol Sebert: Owner at Creative Matters

    Posted by Janie Viehman on July 27, 2015 in Featured Weaver

    After 27 years in the floor and wallcoverings industry, Creative Matters President and Owner Carol Sebert has gained unparalleled insight on the art and business and rug design. Over the years she has built a clientele that is both global and highly-regarded in the hospitality, corporate and residential sectors.  

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    Lynne Barton Bier of Home On The Range Interiors

    Posted by Janie Viehman on July 7, 2015 in Featured Projects

    Bringing The Old West To Steamboat Springs

    Located in the Creekside Building of the Torian Plum complex, the five-bedroom, six-bathroom condo is situated at the Steamboat Springs ski area with a slope-side deck view. Initially two separate units, the condo’s dividing wall was removed and the two units came together to form one larger space that Lynne Barton Bier, Principal/Lead Designer at Home on the Range Interiors, describes as much more of a home than a ski condo.

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    Nabi a Story by Author James Opie

    Posted by Janie Viehman on June 29, 2015 in Breaking Bread

    A Treasured Tale from Travels in Afghanistan

    I met Nabi, a nine-year-old street urchin, in Afghanistan’s northwestern capital, Herat, in 1975. By day, Nabi kept company with anyone who would pay or feed him, especially visiting foreigners, including rug dealers like me. His local network must have included staff members at my hotel, as he knew an American was there, even before he saw me. He waited outside the hotel during my first morning in Herat and called to me as I walked down the front...

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    Topics: Breaking Bread

    Elisabeth Reed Designs Moose Lodge in Arrowhead, Colorado

    Posted by Janie Viehman on June 17, 2015 in Featured Projects

    Reed Design Group Creates a Textural Retreat

    Overlooking the slopes of Arrowhead resides a 14,000 square-foot home so spectacular that it looks more like a lodge than a residence – which is exactly why the owners have deemed it “Moose Lodge.” Also, moose happen to be their favorite animal.

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    Topics: Featured Projects