In Colorado, a couple DIYs the renovation of a 1957 gem Fresh off the renovation of a circa-1955, Cliff May-designed home in Denver, Danielle and Cole Stephens were hungry for a new project?so they went hunting for one. What they found was a 1957 gem in Northglenn, Colorado?s hilly Deza Estates neighborhood, overlooking downtown Denver and, to the west, the Rocky Mountains.
After living in a neighborhood where house styles came in limited variations, the couple was drawn to the custom aspects of the Deza Estates house, as well as its classic post-and-beam construction. (An original brochure for the development reads: ?You select your site in Deza Estates...a site that will give you the view YOU want...the landscaping YOU want...the size YOU want. Then you sit down with the architect for a session you will never forget.?) As the house?s fourth owners, they were eager to learn about the Patterson family, who had lived there previously?and for the longest period of time, from 1968 to 2009. Danielle and Cole were delighted to connect with the couple?s two daughters, who shared family photos?black-and-white images from the ?60s, color photos from the ?70s and ?80s?that showed the home in various stages of remodel throughout the years.

The former owners of the home, the Pattersons, were master arborists and gardeners, and packed the house?s lot with plants and trees.

Danielle, Cole, their son, and the family dog in the home?s living...