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| Story Marc Vassallo | Photography John O'Hagan | Styling Jan Gautro
Cooking Light's third FitHouse is nestled among native ponderosa pine and gamble oaks in Escavera, a community of 262 homes on 200 acres of rolling hills near Denver, Colorado. At Escavera, nearly half the land has been set aside as natural habitat, and a lifestyle that embraces the outdoors prevails. The project's designer, Ken Pieper of Ken Pieper and Associates, has taken cues from the surrounding high plains to create a calm refuge for an active family. From its low-maintenance landscape of aspens, Russian sage, and buffalo grass, the house welcomes you in stages--first through a porte cochere, then into a serene foyer with a trickling water wall--never shutting off the outdoors. The house and land are so well suited that the home, built by Caribou Custom Homes, earned "Built Green" designation from the nonprofit organization Colorado Built Green, which cited the home's extremely energy efficient heating and cooling system, its sun-tempering roof overhangs, and its use of durable, environmentally sound materials.
SPONSORS: Pella Windows and Doors | SUB-ZERO/WOLF | The Sherwin-Williams Company | Delta Faucet Company | PowerBar Pria | Toyota Prius | KitchenAid | Trex Decking and Railing | Jeld-Wen Windows and Doors
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