L'Esprit de Noël Holiday Home Tour 2017

WINTER HOLIDAYS BRING AN ENDLESS ROUND OF parties and traditions, many celebrated on behalf of causes great and small. Supporters can join the Central City Opera Guild as they produce the much loved L’Esprit de Noël Holiday Home Tour, now in its 41st year.

A popular fundraising event created to inspire and delight, as well as support the Guild’s most worthy programs, this year’s tour focuses on the Hilltop area, home to some of the city’s most distinguished residences, rich in architectural diversity. Five homes will open their doors to the public to enjoy the holiday-themed decorative interiors and tabletops created by some of Denver’s most creative floral and table designers. Respected firms like City Floral, The Tended Thicket, The Lark, The Twisted Tulip and others practically reinvent holiday decor every year.

“With each tour, the designs grow more exciting,” said Denise Sanderson, chairwoman of the event and a longtime supporter of Central City Opera. “For example, one year a woodland scene scattered with foxes bedecked a dining table created by Maury Ankrum, owner of The Tended Thicket; a real crowd-pleaser. People come to see the architectural interest of the homes and the latest trends in holiday decor, as well as overall home design.”

By Corinne Joy Brown, Photography by Stevie Crecelius / WonderWorks