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The Little House in the Mountains
Lately, I’ve been reminiscing about the past few houses we’ve lived in. What better place to start than the very beginning? Brandon and I got married fresh out of High School and moved from SoCal to Colorado. We lived south of Denver for almost four years. In that time we had two babies and my…
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Life After Loss and Grief
I was asked recently to fill out a survey on grief by a friend writing a research paper in Nursing School. I’ve honestly helped several people in the past few years as they struggle with either a personal loss or someone they know or love has recently lost someone. I’m not totally sure why but…
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Why Sparrow?
I get this question a lot…What does Sparrow mean? Why did I name my business Sparrow Design Co.? Honestly, I thought about it for a while. I started daydreaming for the first time in YEARS. My husband and I met when we were twelve. That’s right TWELVE. We didn’t start dating until were sixteen. We…
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Rustic Mountain Wedding
This past summer I had the opportunity to be apart of a gorgeous wedding in Vail, Colorado. The bride was the daughter of one of my closest MOPs friends and mentors. We served alongside each other in MOPs for eight years! They asked me to help with creative direction and bring it to life on…
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Design Done on a Seriously Tight Budget
This year has been full of firsts and lots of change and here are the before and after of my first full service design client. The Gray’s were friends from church and really wanted to add practical design and cohesion to their home. The wife and I had been on staff part time at our church…
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Our Colorado Home Tour
Well, it’s been almost three months since we said goodbye to the first home we ever bought in Gypsum, Colorado and headed 1,000 miles South to Rockwall, Texas. Here are some pics from our first home. I can’t wait to show you all the work we’ve done in our new home! Warning: pictures were taken…
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Visiting Magnolia
We went to Waco, TX a while ago and I’m finally getting around to Blogging about it. We road tripped from Vail, CO to central Texas with four kids (yes, we are crazy!). It was so much fun and everything I hoped for! We got to Waco on a Thursday night and then had Magnolia…
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Simplify in 2017
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. -William Morris I have already been to several clients homes in the past month since starting my business and one of the resounding questions I keep getting is “How can I stay more organized?”. The…
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Why I am starting a business
After eleven years of practicing in my own home with intentional design I have started to take my work outside of my home. In the Vail Valley we have a wide range of homes and families. I have yet to find an interior designer to work the average family in the area. After going to…
Sparrow Design Co. 