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Water sprinkler
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Water wisely — and legally — as drought drags on

While Colorado’s lack of snowfall this past winter was devastating for the state’s ski industry, it will be challenging for Colorado homeowners and groundskeepers who cherish their green lawns and gardens.

Larry Hankin
A dining room created by Iris Builders allows natural light to flood in.
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Renovate. Update. Remodel.

One locally owned homebuilding and remodeling business faces the impact of real estate market fluctuations is Iris Building Group, founded in 1998 by brothers Devin, Shawn and Jason Cooper.

Larry Hankin
Much ADU about nothing
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Much ADU about nothing

You might be familiar with granny pods, in-law flats, carriage houses or casitas, all falling under the category of the colorless term, “Accessory Dwelling Units” or ADUs. Built on the …

Larry Hankin
Artistic resident at Springbrooke personalizes her new home
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Artistic resident at Springbrooke personalizes her new home

Grace Dallenegra is a prolific lifelong artist and her daughter is a Denver-area interior designer. It’s no wonder that Dallenegra’s apartment at Springbrooke Senior Living is tastefully furnished with properly scaled furniture and carefully curated artwork and accessories, reflecting her own tastes and interests.

Larry Hankin
Yaron and Michael Marcus ‘sell Denver’
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Yaron and Michael Marcus ‘sell Denver’

There are approximately 8,000 realtors in the Denver metro area. In a red hot market where properties listed in the morning are sold within a few days, or even by mid-afternoon, these realtors scramble for an edge.

Steve Mark
Denver’s apartment boom — why?
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Denver’s apartment boom — why?

There’s a joke: “The Colorado state bird is the crane.” As in construction crane. A reference to what seems to be the proliferation of new high- and mid-rise apartment buildings in the Denver metro area. The cityscape, especially in the urban core surrounding downtown Denver, has dramatically changed with new large apartment buildings going up at 8th and Lincoln, 10th and Lincoln, 12th and Grant, 8th and Grant, 7th and Grant, two opposite corners of Speer and Grant, Speer and Logan, Logan and Bayaud, and Logan and Alameda.

Larry Hankin
Exploring Denver’s historic districts
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Exploring Denver’s historic districts

Denver is known as a young and forward-looking city, but it is also a city that values its history, especially as reflected in the architecture and character of its homes …

Larry Hankin
Garden — start your own veg patch
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Garden — start your own veg patch

By Christopher Owen, Creators.com If you’re a DIY hobby champ or an organic-only food snob, you know that nothing parallels the taste of your own freshly grown vegetables. Despite this …

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Jerry Katz tends to his wildflower inspired garden. (Aleksei Kolesnikov)
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Mountain serenity in your backyard

The allure of Colorado in the winter is skiing and snowboarding on the majestic snow-covered mountains. Indeed, the snow-capped peaks are breathtaking and fun, but once springtime hits, the world …

Larry Hankin
Melanie and Craig Eisen in the kitchen of the home they built and designed. (Aleksei Kolesnikov)
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In Eisen home, personal touch in every room

Melanie Eisen loves to entertain her large extended family on the holidays. It’s not unusual for 20 to 30 guests to gather around the Eisen table for Rosh Hashanah or …

Larry Hankin
Marie Cardin outside her 'tiny house'
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Tiny house movement — downsizing with a passion

HAVE YOU ever been in a house with a walk-in closet so large that you jokingly remarked, “I could live in this closet?” For a growing number of people, that …

Larry Hankin