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TAB Spotlight: Brookside Park Signature Lofts

Brookside Park started out as a commercial building with 32,000 square feet of rentable office space that was converted into a residential building.

Over time, the needs of a real estate market can see significant changes, meaning that owners have to either change with the times or bear the losses. For an example, search no further than the commercial building named Brookside Park, which is being converted into Brookside Park Signature Lofts.

In brief, Brookside Park started out as a commercial building with 32,000 square feet of rentable office space in Avon, CO. Since its completion in 1997, the local demand for office space has faded even as interest in local cultural and recreational attractions continued to rise, prompting the conversion of Brookside Park into a residential building with the assistance of TAB Associates.

The plan is to have 16 lofts, which will be separated into two and three-bedroom residences. Eight of these lofts will be situated in the existing building, while its underground level will be converted into storage units and other amenities for the residents. Furthermore, both the interior and the exterior of Brookside Park will see significant changes such as renovated window systems to make it a pleasure to live in.

To learn more about the residential buildings that we have helped to build, please contact us at TAB Associates.

Designing A Resort Style Bathroom For Your Home

TAB Associates can help you design a resort style bathroom for your home.

When you have a resort styled bathroom in your home, you don’t have to go on vacation in order to take a relaxing and rejuvenating bath or shower. TAB Associates can help you design a resort style bathroom using some or all of the following ideas:

A free-standing tub, mounted on top of a stained wooden platform looks luxurious, especially when surrounded with plenty of green plants.
To allow for a soothing, sunny glow, consider positioning your resort bathroom on an outside wall and incorporating a patio and double doors into the design.
A natural wood floor can give your bathroom an outdoorsy vibe without looking overly rustic. Pair it with gray tile for a look that reminds you of the beach.
To make your space as relaxing as possible consider dividing your bathroom into two sections, divided by a curtain or sliding doors. Put a bath tub and sink in one section, and a comfortable sofa in the other half.
Position your mirrors carefully so that you can use them, yet they don’t become an overwhelming part of your decor.

Contact TAB Associates for help designing the luxurious, resort-style bathroom of your dreams.

How TAB Associates Can Help You Build Your Dream Home

To ensure that home-building is as smooth as possible, it is essential that there be a skilled and experienced architect overseeing the process.

Erecting a building is easier said than done, not least because even small mistakes can build into expensive and time-consuming problems for the builders. To ensure that home-building is as smooth as possible, it is essential that there be a skilled and experienced architect overseeing the process. A skilled and experienced architect such as those can be found at TAB Associates.

Our services can help our valued clients build the perfect homes, regardless of their personal preferences. In main, this is because of our simple but nonetheless profound approach when it comes to planning a home. Summed up, we strive to achieve achieve balance between all aspects of building a home, so that no single part is ever aggrandized at the expense of another.

Of course, our expertise and experience speak for themselves. Our founder alone has almost three decades of experience as a certified architect, while the rest of our team is made up of graduate professionals. It is this wide range of experience that has made us so adaptable.

For proof of our claims, please contact us at TAB Associates as soon as time permits to see pictures of the buildings that we have helped to create.

Ready To Remodel Your Kitchen? We Can Help!

The talented architects at TAB Associates can make sure your new kitchen design is both attractive and functional.

The kitchen is the heart of your home. It’s a place where you cook, laugh, eat and interact with family members. It’s a place that deserves to have a character all its own. The talented architects at TAB Associates can make sure your new kitchen design is both attractive and functional.

Today’s kitchens are more spacious than ever. Offering kitchen islands, tall cabinets with glass doors to call attention to your fine china, and carefully shaped stone counter tops, they have more elements than ever before. By hiring an experienced architect, you can ensure that all of these elements coordinate perfectly to create a cohesive space.

You have an array of styles to choose from. Traditional kitchens designed with antique finishes and plenty of wood stand in stark contrast to modern kitchens with clean lines, geometric patterns and bold color schemes. TAB Associates can help you decide which kitchen style best suits the rest of your home decor, and can make some design suggestions to get you started on the right track.

Before you start your kitchen remodeling project, contact TAB Associates. Let us put our 30 years of experience in architecture and interior design to work for you.

Tips for Designing A Home Office

Location, furniture, and windows are some of the hinges for how and where to construct your home office.

A home office can be an incredibly convenient thing to have, even if you don’t work from home. This is because a home office can provide you with a private space to get work done, whether it’s paying the bills, studying or more. The following are a few tips to help you design a home office:

Location – Consider what type of environment you work best in. Do you need a private space away from the sounds of your family? Do you need a lot of space to work comfortably in?
Furniture – Don’t just pick up furniture that will help make your home office functional – consider form as well. Your home office should compliment the other rooms in your home. You don’t want it to feel like a typical office, after all.
Windows – If you can, face your desk against a window. Not only will this provide you with a view to provide some relief from work, but it will also give you plenty of healthy natural light.

These are a few things to consider when designing your home office. For additional design tips and information concerning home offices, be sure to contact us at TAB Associates.

Cabinet Styles and Trends For Your Bathroom

The bathroom cabinets are some of the most flexible in terms of style, which means there are a lot of design choices that you can make.

One of the best ways to introduce a little bit of style in your bathroom is via your cabinets. The bathroom cabinets are some of the most flexible in terms of style, which means there are a lot of design choices that you can make. The following are a few bathroom trends concerning cabinet styles that you should consider:

Furniture-like cabinets– To make the bathroom feel less like a bathroom, use cabinetry that resembles furniture. For example, picking a bathroom vanity that has legs, drawers and open shelving, where you can display bottles, towels and décor.
Open shelving – Cabinets without doors are a great way to display items as well as make them more accessible. They also help make the bathroom feel more spacious and open.
Medicine cabinets – Medicine cabinets are quite useful as they serve two functions by providing you with a mirror as well a storage.
Sleek cabinets – For a more modern or contemporary look, go with cabinets that have flat fronts instead of more ornate designs. This happens to make them easier to clean as well.

Consider these cabinet styles for your bathroom. For more bathroom design ideas, contact us at TAB Associates today.

How to Design an Extravagant Dining Room

Lend some flair and flourish to your home with some ideas from these extravagant dining room designs.

Time passes while people come and go, but luxury in the home is something that never goes out of style. As a result, if you are interested in lending your home some flair and flourish, you should consider perusing some of the extravagant dining room designs that can be found out there.

Use these tips to create an extravagant dining room:

If you find rooms done in a single style to be overbearing and uncomfortable, mix and match with other styles to create a whole that is more than the sum of its parts.
The dining room should have soft, warm lighting since it is a place of relaxation, but not all lights are equal to one another. If you have insufficient space for a full-sized chandelier, consider getting one of its miniature counterparts.
A gorgeous rug can be the exact element needed to complete the dining room. As a general rule, it should be big enough to host both the dining table and its seating, which is also small enough to contrast well with hardwood flooring.
Don’t neglect details such as crown moulding, wainscoting, and ornamental woodcarvings.

To learn more about our services, please contact us at TAB Associates.

Lighting Trends That Will Top in 2015

In contrast to their enormous and extravagant predecessors, mini-chandeliers are perfect for rooms with limited space, ranging from attic bedrooms to even baths and kitchens. That said, their upscale counterparts are also making a comeback.

Lighting can have enormous effect on the comfort of the home, making it a topic of enormous interest to interior designers. As a result, keeping up-to-date about the latest lighting trends is essential to ensuring interior design success.

Here are the top lighting trends in 2015:

LEDs are becoming more and more practical, making them the lighting of choice for more and more homeowners. Of particular note is the increasing interest in outdoor LEDs as a result of the increasing interest in outdoor living.
Warm colors have come into fashion, bringing with them a renewed interest in metallic, copper-colored fixtures.
In contrast to their enormous and extravagant predecessors, mini-chandeliers are perfect for rooms with limited space, ranging from attic bedrooms to even baths and kitchens. That said, their upscale counterparts are also making a comeback.
Sources of light have started popping up in all sorts of unexpected spaces to enhance their ease of use. Examples include but are not limited to both cabinets and showers.
More and more homeowners want their lights incorporated into their home security systems for superior protection. At the same time, their wireless setup also results in increased convenience.

Please contact us for more useful information.

Modern Interior Trends for 2015

Eco-friendly materials like stone, metal, and wood are becoming more and more popular in interior design.

As the times change, the prevailing fashions change with them. Interior design is no exception to this rule, meaning that successful interior design is reliant on keeping up with the latest in interior design trends.

Here are some of the interior design trends that promise to be big in 2015:

Eco-consciousness has become more and more important, so it should come as no surprise to learn that natural materials such as stone, metal, and wood are becoming more and more popular in interior design.
Likewise, interest in natural themes has exploded. Examples range from vivid colors and floral decorations to indoor water features and larger windows to let in the light.
More and more interior designers are mixing old and new styles to create stunning but nonetheless comfortable spaces. The combination of the rustic and the retro with the classic and the luxurious makes for excellent complements and contrasts.
At the same time, spaces are becoming more versatile to cater to a range of needs.

Please check out our projects to see how we can put these and other design trends to good use. If you have other inquiries related to our services, please contact us at your earliest convenience.

Tips to Hiring An Interior Designer

An experienced designer can help you find elements that coordinate well, fit into your budget, and will remain in style for years to come.

If you want to create a space that it as functional as possible while also expressing your own personal style, hiring an interior designer is almost essential. An experienced designer can help you find elements that coordinate well, fit into your budget, and will remain in style for years to come. Follow these tips to hire a great designer:

Seek out a designer who will work with you and listen to your ideas rather than taking over the entire process.
Decide how you want to use the space you are decorating, and share this information with designers up front. This is the most important element designers will need to know in order to come up with ideas that will work for your space.
Talk to several designers, and only hire one that’s easy to get along with and professional. You’ll need to interact with this person regularly, so it’s important that you’re compatible.
Don’t be afraid to tell your designer if you don’t like certain ideas. He or she should accommodate your preferences by making changes when requested.

Contact TAB Associates to learn more about our architecture and interior design services.