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Floor Plan of Kitchen in the Woods by A Small Studio

An outdoor staircase off the living room leads to a terrace, where the couple likes to grill, and viewing deck.

Andrea Register and Matthew Kaniaris live in one of 124 midcentury homes in the National Register-listed postwar neighborhood of Arapahoe Acres in Englewood, Colorado. Photo by Daniel Scott Jenkins

Karen Lausa

A bordering wall and thick vegetation allows the home to offer ample private outdoor space.

Soaring trees envelope the multi-level, wood-clad residence, creating a serene city oasis.

"Overall, this property allows you to embrace the original period details or bring your remodel imagination,

After: A new porch roof, made of metal, completes the updated exterior facade. The home’s doors and the garage door are painted a punchy pink, Benjamin Moore’s Rosewood.

Designed in 1961, this single-story home has walls of stone, exposed beams, and a cozy living area with a double-sided fireplace.

Boy Boy fabricated the framing for the flue shroud and base, which was then finished with plaster, and given a limestone benchtop. The Arto Ceramic tile extends into the kitchen, which has a preserved wood ceiling with new skylights.

"Our many ideas were floating around the mountain, and we needed someone to bring them down and turn them into reality,