RADAR / SCENE
DESIGN MINDED
THE ARMSTONG HOTEL ⊲ Guest rooms at downtown Fort Collins’ Armstrong Hotel are a little bohemian, a little modern and, despite a recent renovation, still clearly part of a 1923 landmark building. Mid-mod furnishings mingle with vintage textiles, macramé weavings pop against deep gray accent walls and jewel-toned Oriental rugs top the original hardwood floors. Downstairs in the lobby, Boulder-based Shalls Design Studio chose accents of patinated leather, metal and wood to complement antique tin ceilings, terrazzo floors and a cast-iron fireplace. thearmstronghotel.com
SAVE the DATE
⊳ THE WYMAN HOTEL When Haley Morgan and Shane Fuhrman left the Big Apple to transform Silverton’s 1902 Wyman Building into a boutique hotel, they brought a bit of the city with them. Guests can sip pour-over coffees at the lobby’s locally made black walnut bar and power up their Teslas at on-site charging stations. In über-Instagrammable guest rooms, blush-pink draperies and deep green velvet headboards pop against white walls. But The Wyman Hotel’s best touches are its oldest: antique tin ceilings, arched windows and the building’s original safe. thewyman.com
“CLAUDE MONET: THE TRUTH OF NATURE”
This fall, the Denver Art Museum elevates the Mile High City’s place on the global arts scene with the debut of the most comprehensive U.S. exhibition of paintings by Claude Monet in more than two decades. Featuring approximately 120 artworks spanning the French impressionist’s career, “Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature” explores his responses to the natural settings he encountered during his extensive travels. Highlights of the monumental exhibition include View from Rouelles, the first painting Monet exhibited in 1858 when he was 18 years old, and The House Seen Through the Roses, which was completed in Giverny shortly before Monet’s death; it also shines a light on the artist’s shift to painting the same subject—haystacks, poplars, water lilies—in a series. Denver is the sole U.S. city for this show; after closing on February 2, it will travel to the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany. denverartmuseum.org
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THE REDSTONE CASTLE ⊲ A sweeping restoration of the Crystal River Valley’s Tudor-style Redstone Castle yielded nine guest suites with a paredback take on Gilded Age decor. Embossed wallcoverings and crisp paint colors provide a bright backdrop for original antiques and design details including clawfoot tubs, light fixtures purchased from Louis Comfort Tiffany in 1902, and fireplaces clad with tile in vibrant hues— from hot pink to bright lavender—selected by coal-mining magnate John Osgood and his wife more than a century ago. theredstonecastle.com WRITTEN BY CHRISTINE DEORIO
save the date photos: top, courtesy nelson-atkins media services / jamison mille; bottom, courtesy denver art museum. design minded photos: from top, courtesy the armstrong hotel, brandon lopez, mountain home photography.
THREE HISTORIC HOTELS WELCOME A NEW GENERATION OF TRAVELERS WITH A FRESH TAKE ON PERIOD DECOR.