Escape to your own stylish enclave reminescent of the villas along the Mediterrean Sea. Wonderland Homes presents Artisans Plaza at Stapleton Denver Town Homes. Artisans Plaza is a delightful neighborhood of artfully designed two story townhomes with several unique home designs. You can choose a home with up to 3 bedrooms to fit your lifestyles and needs. Homes range from 988 to 1211 square feet and start from th
e low $200,000’s. Part of the Stapleton Denver redevelopment project, Artisans Plaza is positioned in one of the newest and most unique areas of Denver. Stapleton just feels different… tree lined streets meander through the pedestrian oriented town center. Quebec Square offers an array of retail stores, restaurants and entertainment possibilities. Stapleton also hosts the Farmer’s Market every Sunday, June through September. You can take advantage of the freshest fruits, vegetables, baked goods and gourmet treats. Residents can enjoy Colorados gorgeous weather and scenery. Artisans Plaza has easy access to acres of parks and open space. There is also a hike and bike trail system linking it to the 17,000 acre Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. The Home Community of Artisans Plaza epitomizes charactor and sophistication featuring inspiring art gardens where you can relax and covered front porches, patios and decks offer you outdoor privacy. The colorful mediterrean and spanish colonial home styles offer charming interior elements as well. Artisans Plaza offers many artistic design features that many builders call extras. Artistic design elements are highlighted throughout, elegant lighting packages add class and style to any room. Nine foot main level ceilings and oversized windows create an open and inviting living space. Island kitchens give you everything you need to entertain, try out new receipes or store serving ware. Kitchens include GE appliances with smooth top ranges, 36″ inch tall cabinets provide added storage for all your needs. Relax in your own private suite, Master bedrooms and bathrooms provide the perfect haven from the walk in closet to the vanity and soaking tub – you may never want to leave your suite! If you are looking for a home with flavor and pizzaz than look no further than Artisans Plaza at Stapleton. From the intersection of I-70 and Quebec, travel south to Martin Luther King Boulevard, turn East on MLK and then south on Clinton Street. Your eye will gravitate to the stylish mediterrean villas. Wonderland Homes has been a local Colorado home builder for over 40 years. Visit our neighborhoods and experience the charactor of our homes, our communities and our people. To learn more about Wonderland Homes call Amy Hitch of the Richards Group and Keller Williams at 720-299-3554.
Artisans Plaza at Stapleton Denver Town Homes
Old Denver Airport Real Estate Turns Green
Denver’s old Stapleton Real Estate airport closed and Denver’s new International Airport opened in 1995. The closing of Denver’s Stapleton airport left thousands of acres of premier urban land close to downtown Denver real estate available for something else. That something else is now a neighborhood called Stapleton Denver. Stapleton Denver is nine years into a twenty year growth and development plan. In the end the Stapleton Denver real estate community will grow to approximately 30,000 people making it one of the largest redevelopment public works project within a U.S. city. No more are the concrete runways. They have been recycled into bike paths, walking trails and retaining walls. The Denver Stapleton neighborhood is known for the walk able pedestrian friendly streets, nearby schools, shops, restaurants, open space and playgrounds. Homes and other builders in the Stapleton area are building to Green principals. This makes them more energy efficient and less expensive to heat and cool. The developers of Stapleton real estate try to do a good job in recognizing that the environment has to be protected that there are certain things they can do in terms of the selection of landscaping to reduce the consumption of water.
The control tower of the old airport remains as a monument to Stapleton’s history. Other than that there are few reminders of Stapleton’s past. The goal of the Stapleton real estate area is to integrate the property into surrounding neighborhoods so that it is really and extension of Denver. It’s Denver’s opportunity to grow within.
The Richards Group at Keller Williams Realty offers a wealth of knowledge and experience in real estate transactions and homes for sale in the entire Denver Metro area. We have the most comprehensive real estate website for your home search and if you are searching for Denver real estate you’ve come to the right place! Let us help you find a home or sell a home! Give us a call at 720.733.1548 or toll-free at 877.337.0171. We look forward to hearing from you!
Attention Denver Real Estate Homeowners: Carbon monoxide is frequently referred to as the “silent killer,” and can be very dangerous in your Denver home. It is an odorless, colorless gas that is produced from combustion and is very difficult to detect. Any appliance or device that burns fuel can produce carbon monoxide and should be monitored to prevent dangerous build-up in your Denver home.
Some causes of carbon monoxide poisoning in Denver homes are:
1. Dirty or clogged chimneys in your fireplace or wood stove
2. Improper installation of gas stoves
3. Portable heaters or any appliance carrying gas or kerosene
4. A cracked furnace exchange in your fuel-burning furnace
5. Cigarette smoke
6. Vehicle exhaust, especially in homes with attached garages
7. Not using proper outside ventilation for gas dryers
8. Disconnected or damaged water heater flue
How can I tell if I’m at risk for carbon monoxide?
The symptoms are similar to those you would have with the flu or a cold; and the best way to avoid risk is to check all your appliances et al to make sure everything is functioning properly. People with a history of heart or respiratory disease and pregnant women are among those that carbon monoxide affects the most.
If you feel strange or have sudden symptoms, immediately get fresh air, open doors and windows, and turn off all appliances running on fuel.
Install a carbon monoxide detector. They aren’t fool-proof and you should still take proper precautions with your appliances, but they could help detect CO in your Denver home before it’s too late.
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Denver, Colorado Real Estate’s Bonnie Brae Ice Cream opened in 1986 hoping to provide a really fun Bonnie Brae neighborhood ice cream parlor to go and get a tasty treat. What makes Bonnie Brae Ice Cream so special is that the ice cream is all made locally right to their own kitchen. They have 28 flavors out front at any given time and also have a list of flavors in the back. So if you come in and don’t see your favorite flavor just ask because it very well might be in the back! Bonnie Brae Ice Cream looks for the best ingredients that they can find – they import from Italy as well as places across the United States. They also make fabulous homemade waffle ice cream cones. Bonnie Brae Ice Cream makes 200 to 300 cones daily, dips them in chocolate and sprinkles them with nuts or candy. Add the homemade ice cream and WOW, OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD!! Needless to say, Bonnie Brae Ice Cream attracts ice cream lovers from all across metro Denver real estate.
And don’t be afraid to try all their ice creams. They will let you sample. If you want 3 different flavors on a cone they will make whatever you want! Nuts, banana and cherries? They can add those too!
A great feature at Bonnie Brae Ice Cream, especially for kids, is their giant stuffed bear. When kids first come in the door and see the bear they go over a give it a big hug… :-) They even decorate the bear over the holidays as it has become part of the Bonnie Brae Ice Cream family.
Bonnie Brae Ice Cream is located at 799 South University Boulevard in Denver’s Bonnie Brae neighborhood at the corner of University Boulevard and Ohio Street. Their phone number is 303.777.0808. Stop on by!!!
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The Richards Group at Keller Williams Realty offers a wealth of knowledge and experience in real estate transactions and homes for sale in the entire Denver Metro area. We have the most comprehensive real estate website for your home search and if you are searching for Denver real estate you’ve come to the best place! Let us help you find a home or sell a home! Give us a call at 720.733.1548 or toll-free at 877.337.0171. We look forward to hearing from you!
Castle Rock, Colorado is Home to the Turkey Trot
Castle Rock, Colorado is Home to the Turkey Trot
Come one, come all to Castle Rock Colorado’s Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day Morning from 9:30 a.m. to Noon at the Douglas County Event Center at the Fairgrounds! Work off those extra pounds in advance while contributing to a very worthy cause – the Douglas County/Elbert County Task Force!
The Task Force is the major collection source for food donations in both Douglas and Elbert Counties. The Task Force donates food to agencies like the Women’s Crisis & Outreach Center and many other agencies which in turn distributes this food to Douglas County and Elbert County homes of families that are in need. Food from the Task Force is distributed all throughout the year.
It is at this time of year, more than any other, when those who are blessed with plenty or even just enough, give generously to those who are less fortunate and in need of the most basic element in life… food. Now is when the Task Force strives to fill their warehouse to ensure that those in need have enough food throughout the Winter and Spring. Please help to ensure that those who need it are fed this Thanksgiving Day and throughout the coming year.
Pre-registration ensures you will be the recipient of a Turkey Trot T-shirt and a scrumptious breakfast. The cost to pre-register and enter this race is $25 and proceeds go to benefit the Douglas/Elbert Counties Task Force. Go to rocktrot.com to pre-register for this great event.
The Richards Group at Keller Williams Realty offers a wealth of knowledge and experience in real estate transactions and homes for sale in Castle Rock and the entire Denver Metro area. We have the most comprehensive real estate website for your home search and if you are searching for Castle Rock homes or Denver real estate you’ve come to the best place! Let us help you find a home or sell a home! Give us a call at 720.733.1548. We look forward to hearing from you!
Local Businesses Decorate for the Holidays in Castle Rock, Colorado
The Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce has been holding a contest for the best Christmas decorations on Castle Rock real estate storefront businesses. The goal of the Chamber’s Castle Rock contest is to make downtown Castle Rock as charming and festive as possible for the upcoming Starlighting event. The contest theme is “Sense of Wonder” which is certainly appropriate for this most wondrous and joyous time of the year! Businesses had to have signed up by November 9th in order to have been able to compete – giving them plenty of time to dream up, draw up and put up their bright and shiny decorations. This is the 74th Annual Starlighting in Castle Rock, Colorado real estate and is celebrated by the entire town coming together to celebrate the Season by lighting the star atop Castle Rock.
The judging for the Chambers Decorating Contest will be on November 20th and the results will be announced at the Starlighting which starts on this Saturday at 5:00 p.m. - it is best to get there early! Be sure to drive or walk through town after the sunsets before Saturday and pick your winner and then see if you are right when you attend the Starlighting on November 21st! Remember, if you want to eat out at one of our Castle Rock’s great restaurants please make your reservations early. For more information on the Starlighting see our earlier Blog Article. See you at the Starlighting! 
The Richards Group at Keller Williams Realty offers a wealth of knowledge and experience in real estate transactions and homes for sale in Castle Rock and the entire Denver Metro area. We have the most comprehensive real estate website for your home search and if you are searching for Castle Rock homes or Denver real estate you’ve come to the best place! Let us help you find a home or sell a home! Give us a call at 720.733.1548 or toll-free at 877.337.0171. We look forward to hearing from you!
Castle Rock, Colorado home owners are fortunate to have in their midst an experienced and caring group of people that make up the Integrative Wellness Group. Integrative Medicine is located in downtown Castle Rock on 3rd Street real estate, number 340.
Heading up Integrative Medicine is Dr. Dave Barton, Chiropractor.
Dr. Barton’s vision for The Integrative Wellness Group is to treat the client’s whole body with a group approach. Each Castle Rock practitioner at Integrative Wellness is highly trained, skilled and experienced in their individual fields. The areas of concentration at Integrative Wellness Group are: Chiropractic, Therapeutic Massage, Kinesiology, Acupuncture and Quantum Energetic Structured Techniques. I’m with you… some of these I had never heard of before! But here is a brief overview of these modes of therapy.
Chiropractic – Method of manipulation to bring the whole body back into alignment and natural posture. When your body is out of whack it greatly impacts not just your posture, physical activities and pain level but your emotional and mental states as well.
This is why Dr. Barton believes that the whole body and mind should be treated, not just the body part that is screaming the loudest. Dr. Barton received his degree in 1994 from Kansas City’s ‘Cleveland Chiropractic College’. Dr. Barton has treated several sports teams including the Denver Broncos.
Therapeutic Massage – What I’ve learned recently is that therapeutic massage is NOT a feel good massage! The point, as I see it, of therapeutic massage is to irritate the body in the afflicted area where a tendon or muscle attaches to the body. This irritation gets the bodies attention and the body responds by increased blood flow to the area and thereby healing itself. Dave Elzey is the Therapeutic Massage Therapist at Integrative Wellness Group and was voted “Best of the Best in Therapeutic Massage” in Castle Rock two years running 2008 and 2009! I went to Dave with a pinched Sciatic nerve and horrific pain and with just one therapeutic massage session my pain stopped for good! Dave is my hero!
Kinesiology is something I wasn’t familiar with before going to Integrative Wellness. Most know kinesiology as the study of movement of the human body. Tamlyn Hill is the Kinesiology expert at Integrative Wellness. In Kinesiology muscle strength and health in different parts of the body are tested and the ‘feedback’ they give is used in conjunction with the emotional and mental state in what is called a “Balance Session”. The information acquired in the Balance Session is not always readily accessible in a regular conscious state. The information collected in a Balance Session is released through the conscious brain as well as the body. Kinesiology is used to help in many areas including: overcoming trauma, phobias and fears as well as pain mental, physical and emotional stress.
Acupuncture has two types: Chinese and Japanese. Ann Johnson, who has recently joined the Integrative Wellness Group, has long been a student of the Chinese method of Acupuncture. Ann attended the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine where she graduated with honors and went on to get a Masters of Science Degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. Ann is also a Nationally Board Certified Herbalist and Acupuncturist as well as an educator and CMT. Acupuncture is very helpful for those who suffer with depression, addictions, pain, ADD, ADHD, insomnia and much more.
Quantum Energetic Structure Technique (QEST or QE) is definitely something I had never heard of before. Raedene Vanden Heuval at Integrative Wellness uses QEST which is a compilation of several techniques to gain maximum healing. The three techniques are 1) a specific treatment order; 2) nutrition that detoxifies chemicals and toxins from the body while building cell energy, and 3) an approach to physical health that promotes balancing the energy in the body and boosting the body’s immunological response. QEST can benefit those with degenerative, digestive or inflammatory conditions as well as those with ligament or muscle trauma, head trauma or whiplash injuries just to mention a few.
For more information call the Integrative Wellness Group at 303-814-9262 today and get 25% off your first visit!
(Reader is to verify all information as blog is the interpretation of writer and may not be accurate.)
The Richards Group at Keller Williams Realty offers a wealth of knowledge and experience in real estate transactions and homes for sale in Castle Rock and the entire Denver Metro area. We have the most comprehensive real estate website for your home search and if you are searching for Castle Rock homes or Denver real estate you’ve come to the best place! Let us help you find a home or sell a home! Give us a call at 720.733.1548 or toll-free at 877.337.0171. We look forward to hearing from you!
Luxury Estate Neighborhoods in Castle Rock, Colorado
Castle Rock, Colorado is a highly desirable town to live in and offers future Castle Rock real estate home owners several different styles and types of high-end real estate neighborhoods in which to purchase or build their Castle Rock, CO dream home. In hopes of helping you distinguish the nuances and differences between these Castle Rock estate style neighborhoods we are offering an synopsis of each below:
Castle Pines Village is the Holy Grail of ‘Colorado style’ luxury golf course communities. This 3,000 acre enclave is home to two great golf courses, one of which is where the International Golf Championship was held for many years. Estates home sites are on 1 plus acres and range in price from $800,000 to $33,000,000. Castle Pines Village is a 24-hour manned gated community where all the homes are hotwired directly into both the fire and police departments. Whether you prefer sweeping mountain vistas or cozy wooded settings you will find it in Castle Pines Village.
Diamond Ridge Estates is located northeast of downtown Castle Rock on a huge bluff overlooking the town of Castle Rock. This luxury neighborhood is built amongst a wildlife preserve of 90 acres that offers a wide variety of wildlife viewing. Many of these homes are built on the bluff overlooking the town. Sweeping mountain vistas are common to many home sites in this neighborhood. Lots in Diamond Ridge are 1 to 2 acres and range in price from $800,000 to $2,000,000. Diamond Ridge is nicely located just outside the town of Castle Rock and in close proximity to the town of Parker, Colorado.
Bell Mountain Ranch Estates is located south of the town of Castle Rock Colorado and offers a more rustic and unique setting for its high-end, custom, estates set on 2-15 acres lots. This area has a more native look to it as Bell Mountain Ranch strives to preserve Colorado’s natural landscape. Formal landscaping is allowed on a small percentage of the lot, that which surrounds the house. Home owners enjoy stunning Colorado sunset views off their decks and balconies, a fabulous way to end the day! Custom homes prices in Bell Mountain Ranch range from $500,000 up to $2,000,000 or so. This semi-equestrian neighborhood allows for horses on home sites of 5 or more acres. A horse stable is located at the edge of the neighborhood where one can stable their horses or rent a horse for riding. Miles of riding and hiking trails run all throughout Bell Mountain Ranch Estates.
Keene Ranch is a premier neighborhood of a different kind; a very upscale, equestrian enclave tucked away from the world but close in to all the amenities of Castle Rock. Keene ranch is located just 5 miles southwest of Castle Rock and 35 minutes or so from downtown Denver. These beautiful custom estates are on 5 to 35 acres home sites set on rolling hills with meadows or hills filled with Gamble Oak and Ponderosa Pines. The numerous hills in Keene Ranch allow for many a majestic view of the surrounding mountains and mesa’s. Miles and miles of horseback riding trails are woven throughout fabulous Keene Ranch.
The Richards Group at Keller Williams Realty offers a wealth of knowledge and experience in real estate transactions and homes for sale in Castle Rock and the entire Denver Metro area. We have the most comprehensive real estate website for your home search and if you are searching for Castle Rock homes or Denver real estate you’ve come to the best place! Let us help you find a home or sell a home! Give us a call at 720.733.1548 or toll-free at 877.337.0171. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Denver Homeowner Decorating TIPS
A great advantage to owning your own Denver home is that you can decorate it anyway you want – to reflect your own personality and style! Below are some tips to help you get creative with the interior decorating of your Denver home. Almost all of these tips are relatively inexpensive and fairly quick to do. Tap into your creative vein and have fun… make it your home!
Try painting one wall in a room with an accent color. This adds personality and dimension to a room and especially helps a room that has no architectural details.
Do you have a long hallway in your Denver home? Add a mirror or large picture at the end of the hallway to take away that ‘dead-end’ feel and visually shorten the hallway.
If you have a home office or want a home office in your Denver home:
Be sure your office space is separate from other living space, i.e. not in your dining room or living room. Dedicate an extra bedroom or a separate area in your finished basement for your home office. If that’s not practicable, how about converting a closet for your home office?
Organize your office space! An organized space makes for more efficient work and an uncluttered mind. Use baskets on shelves and containers or dividers in drawers to house like items.
Your creativity can be effectively enhanced by silver blue, soft gray or warm tan colors. You might try muted greens, black accents, navy blue or sky blue colors which can increase general efficiency.
If you have clients visit your office, be sure there is a comfortable, welcoming space for them to sit while waiting or consulting with you.
Put a new look on old furniture. Refinishing a chair or table is easy and you can darken or lighten the wood tones to fit in with your design plan. Painting is even easier! You can even spray paint furniture to give it a glossy, matte or satin finish and of course a punch of color if you wish!
Buy new, make new or recover old accent pillows to add a designer punch of color. Pillows are easy to do and are a very inexpensive way to change the whole look of a room!
Consider snappy new slip covers for chairs and couches. There are now a wide range of shapes and sizes in different colors on the market. If you are a talented seamstress you can sew your own!
Make a lighting plan for your space. Consider up-lighting or down-lighting to highlight art, architectural accents and even plants. Be sure there is general lighting and task lighting for specific activities such as reading, sewing or playing games.
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The Richards Group at Keller Williams Realty offers a wealth of knowledge and experience in real estate transactions and homes for sale in the entire Denver Metro area.
Let us help you find a home or sell a home! Give us a call at 720.733.1548 or toll-free at 877.337.0171. We look forward to hearing from you!
