The 2025 Corcoran Perry & Co. Awards were held at our Congress Park office, which meant the same conference table that hosts pricing debates was temporarily lined with charcuterie. Inspection responses were nudged aside to make room for champagne. A few agents were still mid-text with lenders when the first name was called. In this business, momentum doesn’t pause for applause.

You know the chocolate shop. The one with the oversized stuffed bear stationed outside like a Valentine’s-day sentry. Inside, the cases are packed with marshmallows in thick candy coats and giant peanut butter cups that put Halloween hauls to [...]

Interior decor trends have a way of taking inspiration from the runways… but with a year-long delay. Clothes test looks first (colors, proportions, textures, moods) without triggering the commitment-phobic among us. By the time those ideas reach living rooms, they’ve been edited, softened, and translated from fleeting trends into a more timeless version of home style. It’s easier to try something bold when it can be folded, returned, or exiled to the back of a drawer. Furniture and paint don’t get that kind of escape route.

Fellow thrifty Denverites, we all know things don't cost what they used to: groceries, houses, even car maintenance. But there are a few things that haven't gone up a penny. In fact, they don't even cost a dime.

The dimming of The Mile High City’s festive lights and packing of the evergreen boughs signal the end of the winter holiday season. (But we all know the holiday cookies and mint mochas will grace your plate - and cup - for at least another month.)

When it comes to home, chimneys feel quintessential… a fixed part of home architecture that signals charm without explanation. But the earliest homes had no such crowning accouterment. Before the stack became a mainstay, fire lived at the center of the room while smoke drifted upward in search of an exit that rarely amounted to more than a hole in the roof. Warmth was uneven, and breathing was compromised. 

Colorado’s holiday season has a habit of sneaking up in plain sight. One week the grocery store is still rearranging squash, and the next, you’re driving past a cul-de-sac where someone has committed to a lighting display that could power an entire mountain town. Invitations multiply. Events return from hibernation. Local shops try to outdo themselves with cheerful efficiency, which is honestly much appreciated.

Holiday shopping has a way of testing a person’s resolve. One minute you’re circling a mall parking lot while visions of peppermint mochas and steep discounts dance in your head. The next, you’re questioning every life choice that brought you to a big-box checkout line moving at the speed of your mom that one time she tried to hang the holiday lights.