A Colorado Great Room, Designed From the Rug Up
By Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar June 13, 2023 8:00 pm ET When the homeowners—executives based in Austin, Texas—bought their 10,000-square-foot Wolcott, Colo., home in 2020, it was special in more ways than one. The husband—an investor who works in construction—had grown up in Chicago, and still had friends and family there. Now, as an adult, Wolcott, situated around 116 miles west of Denver, served as the perfect halfway point between Illinois and Texas for him and his wife, an executive at a commercial real estate and property management group, to host friends, family and clients. To help them transform the home into an entertainer’s paradise, they reached out to interior designer Meredith Owen, who previously worked on their
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Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar
When the homeowners—executives based in Austin, Texas—bought their 10,000-square-foot Wolcott, Colo., home in 2020, it was special in more ways than one. The husband—an investor who works in construction—had grown up in Chicago, and still had friends and family there. Now, as an adult, Wolcott, situated around 116 miles west of Denver, served as the perfect halfway point between Illinois and Texas for him and his wife, an executive at a commercial real estate and property management group, to host friends, family and clients. To help them transform the home into an entertainer’s paradise, they reached out to interior designer Meredith Owen, who previously worked on their Austin home.
For the homeowners, it was important that the great room get priority in the interior design. “As the first room guests step into, it sets the tone for the rest of the house, so it had to be inviting, warm and cozy,” says Owen. Another important consideration for the homeowners was to let the view of the red rocks be the shining star. Taking inspiration from the mountain scenery, as well as the deer bust, wooden rafters and stone-wall cladding left behind by the previous homeowners, she sourced elements that would hold a mirror to the outdoors, including saddle-leather chairs, bouclé and wool pillows, and tufted-leather ottomans.
“My launching piece, however, was none of these,” she says. “It was instead an antique rug we picked up at a boutique rug gallery in Austin. It fit the space beautifully.”
Here are some of the design elements in the $200,000 great room.
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