Bon Appétit – How to Set a Dinner Table
Bon Appétit – How to Set a Dinner Table Summer 2020 was a quiet affair — lacking all the traditional hallmarks of the busiest entertaining season. Weddings were rescheduled and dinner parties were placed on hold as we all sheltered in place and stayed safer at home. Thankfully, the national vaccine roll-out is now well […]
River Oaks Traditional Home Receives Eye-Catching Update
Warm organic tones, glamorous gold and brass accents, frosted glass and fun patterns fill this newly remodeled Texas River Oaks Traditional home. An elegant ode to the home’s history without an ounce of stuffiness or pretense, the interior thoughtfully expresses the owners’ love of entertaining. Classic shapes intermix with bold prints and unusual textures throughout […]
Aspen Show House Opening Benefits Anderson Ranch
In Fall 2021, LUDC’s Mountain Lane Show House will open in Aspen! Ticket sales to the opening will benefit Anderson Ranch and our community.
RUSTIC VOGUE INTERIORS OFFER AN ELEGANT EDGE TO COUNTRY COMFORT
Pull your Rustic Vogue interior inspiration from the Mountainview House in Aspen, Colorado. With views of the Red and Shadow Mountains, this Aspen home is a stunning retreat for the family who owns it. The Laura U Design Collective designed the space to “blend the traditional rusticism of a lodge…with the modern style of a […]
Elegant Adventures: We are in Love with these 10 Aspen Boutiques
For a special Valentine’s Day with your family or partner, consider shopping and eating at the ten Aspen boutiques and restaurants we love!
LUDC Guide: Building Your Custom Home Today
Designing your custom home can be more rewarding than purchasing an already designed space. However, proceeding with a custom build can present a number of challenges. Lack of robust knowledge of the process or choosing the wrong team for the job might compound these challenges. For more about working with a design team — like […]
Introducing the Stunning Mountain Lane Aspen Show House
We are starting off 2021 with very big news: we are designing a show house! Located in Aspen Snowmass, the Mountain Lane Show House will open its doors in the fall. Over the course of the next several months, we plan to invite you to Colorado (virtually, of course) and join us as we embark […]
Global Influence Meets Bold Originality: Timberloch Dining Room Reno
Past projects for this couple have drawn inspiration from their travels abroad — particularly throughout East Asia. Incorporating rich textures, reflective surfaces, unctuous colors and frenetic, engaging patterns made for an electric final design in the couple’s River Oaks, Houston pied-à-terre. Between the Timberloch and River Oaks projects, one might notice that whimsy meets balance […]
Laura U’s Gifts for a Holiday at Home
The year that seemed to simultaneously drag on forever and pass us by unbelievably quickly will soon come to a close. But not before the Holiday Season! Though Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s Eve will all be celebrated a bit differently this year, holiday cheer still abounds. Many of us will not be able to […]
How to Work with a Residential Architect
Building a new home from the ground up can be incredibly daunting. It involves hundreds of small decisions interspersed between dozens of major ones. Managing contractors, builders, and other members of the construction team can be overwhelming. This is why lot-owners seeking to build a new home on their site hire a design team to […]