INTRODUCTION
Beautiful architecture made a stunning backdrop for this Cherry Hills home featured in Luxe magazine. Creating a grand entrance, the front door is encased in limestone to make it more proportionate with the rest of the house. Limestone adds detail to the home’s multiple fireplaces as well. Each room is filled with subtle details enhanced by pops of color, with the family room as the centerpiece of the home offering views to the pool and mountains beyond. Maintaining the contemporary corner floor-to-ceiling window element, this feature was accentuated by adding classic lacquered paneling to the room with a banded tone-on-tone color palette. The custom stair railing is contemporary, yet timeless, adding an element of surprise to the foyer.
Eric Mandil, AIA, NCARB, ICAA, Mandil Inc.
remodel architect and interior designer on residence
PROJECT NOTES
Travis Daugherty, Bedrosians (formerly with Ann Sacks)
master bath vanity wall
What is your favorite part about this project?
I really enjoyed working with Sean Hughes on this project, as his design ability and creativity are unmatched in the design community. Working with him to make the marble stone selections and finish was important to make sure it coordinated with the defined color palette within this space. We selected Ann Sacks’ Beau Monde Raku Flower custom tile. The flowers are water jet cut White Thassos and Nero Marquina marble.
What challenged you most with this project?
This particular mosaic is custom-made-to-order. Communication with contractors, tile sub-contractors and the entire design team was important to make sure the material is ordered and delivered within the timeframe allotted for the project.
Who has had the most influence on your career?
My clients! I have been lucky enough to collaborate with some of the most talented architects and interior designers in the industry. It is their creativity and vision that keep me inspired, and their confidence in my abilities and the products I represent that have made me successful in my career.
Matt Poskochil, Fine Line Painting
family room wall panels
What is your favorite part about this project?
The team of craftsman we worked with to make this house a home.
What challenged you most with this project?
Making the lacquered paneling in the family room look like glass was challenging. Putting a high gloss finish on wood-covered walls and making the panels look like the top of a grand piano made it a very time intensive effort. It also required a lot of Bondo!
Who has had the most influence on your career?
My family.
Ed Taylor, Taylored Iron
metal/glass kitchen cabinet
What is your favorite part about this project?
We created a hanging metal and glass cabinet that is installed over the kitchen sink. It was designed by Mandil Inc., and is very unique.
What challenged you most with this project?
Marrying the glass and metal, while staying true to the design.
Who has had the most influence on your career?
My brother-in-law “Ray” who was my mentor in both welding and thinking outside of the box when solving problems.
Eron Johnson, Eron Johnson Antiques
antique garden decorative objects
What is your favorite part about this project?
I enjoy working with designers who have the vision to restore and work with antique objects, and incorporate them into a modern home.
What challenged you most with this project?
It can be a challenge to work with architectural objects over 100 years old and install them to fit into a modern home. I think the results are worth it though. These designers did a wonderful job creating a working wall fountain with a 19th century limestone, elephant head fountain basin that I found India. A pair of large scale, 19th century American garden cast iron urns were beautifully refinished and now flank the front entrance gate of this home. These originally came from a now demolished Victorian mansion here in Denver.
Who has had the most influence on your career?
With the encouragement of my art teacher, my career buying and selling antiques started back in high school. At that time, many old houses and buildings were being torn down in Denver, so I started to try and save some of the 19th century, architectural fragments and stained glass before they were demolished. My high school teacher encouraged me to learn more about stained glass and architecture, which started a lifelong love and career of collecting antiques and restoring old buildings.
