At that time, overgrown junipers made architectural details like the covered driveway indistinguishable. "I wanted to show the house," he says. "Others have wanted to be more private and reclusive.
" Even now with the brush cleared, the landscape replanted with a Xeriscape garden, new curbing, stonework, and a trickling pond, the dome is still hidden from the bustling traffic and businesses along nearby Arapahoe Road. The two east-facing front doors feature half-circle windows. Inside, an arched entryway opens onto the circular staircase at the center of the house.
Look upstairs from the front door, and it's easy to decipher three second-story cubes designed by One Home in Cherry Creek North to break Originally constructed between 1979 and 1983, the shape of the house was developed for its energy efficient properties. up a formerly cavernous, loft-like space. This is one of a few places in the house that reflects one of modern icon Frank Lloyd Wright's key tenets: being able to look from one end of the house to the other.
The modern aesthetic is further observed in the way the dome's skylights and new glass corners draw in additional natural light, and the way foliage around the pool and nearby windows brings the outdoors in. Candy-colored collectible furniture sparingly arranged in the living room pops with help from an orange fireplace wall. A friend of Edelson's who is well-versed in fine art selected the color to coordinate with his furniture and artwork.
"The painting was an interesting project," he notes. "The lighting was another interesting project." A low, round, red loveseat that looks like something from an Austin Powers movie set stands near a series of plastic blocks in the living room.
These were used for retail displays in the 1960s but now serve as funky end tables. "I've only found one a year, so those represent four years of looking," Edelson says of the cubes. "My weekends are usually spent trying to find one or two pieces that will complement the house," he adds.
"My passion is to go into stores where I don't expect to find mid-century modern and find that one item thatsays, 'Jeff, this should be with you."' A space-age-looking Italian light fixture sets off the dining room, where a glass case in front of an interior waterfall contains small sculptures and collectible dishware. With further help from One Home, Edelson updated his kitchen with black granite counters, open cabinets and glass tile trim that catches the afternoon light.
"The thing I really love about that house is that it's so simple, it's just this massive dome," says One Home owner and lead designer Heather Mourer. "It's so impressive structurally and sculpturally, and it feels really good when you're in it." The master bedroom mirrors the peace and quiet palpable throughout the house.
Here, a drawing of Frank Lloyd Wright's Pennsylvania Fallingwater house acquired from a California estate sale hangs near a platform bed from Scandanavian Design. Mid-century lamps dot the room. Almost every day in the year-and-a-half since Edelson bought the house was spent working on renovations.
Now, he plans to relax and enjoy it. "Initially, all contractors scratch their heads because they are so overwhelmed by how to work on a house like this," Edelson says. "The good news is that no one has been stumped yet.
" Room editor Elana Ashanti Jefferson can be reached at 303-954-1957 or ejefferson@denverpost.com. At that time, overgrown junipers made architectural details like the covered driveway indistinguishable.
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