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Vail Valley Home, July 2020 · Written by Kim Fuller

This Vail Valley Home “Before & After” feature covers Black Birch, a Sipes Architects interior remodel of a 1970s home in Aspen near the Roaring Fork River. After years as a rental, the house was updated for owners moving back to Aspen. Design began in fall 2018, construction started in early 2019, and the project was finished that June with High Country Builders. Todd Biekkola, then a partner at the firm, explains the goals: brighter finishes to showcase the owners’ art collection, a more luxurious owners’ bath and Warmboard radiant floor heating. The river-rock fireplace was re-clad in large-format tile with a reclaimed beam mantle the owner found on her travels. Trusses, columns and the wood ceiling were gel-stained black, and the bath gained a freestanding tub and a full-glass shower.

“The fireplace is the central feature of the main floor.”
— Todd Biekkola, then a partner at Sipes Architects

Published in Vail Valley Home. Related project: Black Birch. The full article appears below.

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Published On: July 15, 2020

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