A central brick core extends from the basement to the third floor. The stairs hang off one wall, but inside, the space is programmed for the function of each level. In the basement, the area acts as a second kitchen; the residents wanted their parents to be able to comfortably stay with them for extended periods of time. On the top floor, it becomes the bathroom for the two children’s rooms. Here, on the main floor, the space is used as a pantry, enclosed by a door salvaged from the former Denver Keebler cookie factory. “The company moved locations and abandoned the factory,” Moore says. “They had been making cookies there for 50 years. We could not get the smell of cookies out of door, which everyone was kind of happy with because it smells just like a bag of Fudge Stripes.”

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A central brick core extends from the basement to the third floor. The stairs hang off one wall, but inside, the space is programmed for the function of each level. In the basement, the area acts as a second kitchen; the residents wanted their parents to be able to comfortably stay with them for extended periods of time. On the top floor, it becomes the bathroom for the two children’s rooms. Here, on the main floor, the space is used as a pantry, enclosed by a door salvaged from the former Denver Keebler cookie factory. “The company moved locations and abandoned the factory,” Moore says. “They had been making cookies there for 50 years. We could not get the smell of cookies out of door, which everyone was kind of happy with because it smells just like a bag of Fudge Stripes.”

Photo courtesy of Mike Moore/Tres Birds Workshop