Trilogy Partners is thrilled to be showcasing a beautifully rustic modern downtown Breckenridge home that was redesigned to embrace the Ten Mile Range views.  We invite you to join us at the 2019 Summit County Parade of Homes which showcases 11 homes in Breckenridge, Silverthorne, Keystone, Copper Mountain and Dillon. All proceeds support The Summit Foundation, a non-profit organization inspiring people and mobilizing resources to improve and enrich the lives of individuals in Summit County and our neighboring communities of Alma, Fairplay, Kremmling and Leadville.

Tickets are $20 and valid for all 4 days of the Parade. Be sure to print out your receipt to exchange for a wristband! Tickets may also be purchased at the Summit County locations of City Market, Coldwell Banker, Mountain Comfort Furnishings and Alpine Bank. Our home at 515 S French St will also be selling tickets during the Parade weekends.

If you are not able to join us in Summit County this weekend, you may see before, visualization and after images of our French Street remodel here.

Guests will be able to set their own pace on a self-guided tour throughout the county.

Trilogy’s French Street project is a well-sized home at 3300 square feet in a prime downtown location. A quandary for ski lovers who also prefer to be in town is limited available space, density square foot maximums and sometimes historic preservation guidelines. This often drives downtown homeowners to remodel rather than building new. Our French Street project is perfectly-sized and elegantly simple, making it a great example of what could be possible with your downtown ski town location.

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Trilogy Design Works, a sister company of Trilogy Partners, is thrilled to announce that The Summit Residences Dillon is now accepting reservations. This 18 unit development’s architecture is from Eric Smith Associates, and was developed and designed by Trilogy Design Works using their patent-pending Project Management Modeling™ process. Virtual reality was utilized to perfectly plan every square foot of the Residences for optimum resident experience, and to allow potential residents to go inside of their selected condo to see and feel the space as if it were already built.

The listings are being offered by Doyle Richmond of LIV Sothebys of Breckenridge. Exclusive virtual reality tours through the condos allow you to experience the spaces, see the interior design options, feel the ceiling heights and spaces, as well as check out the views before the new construction is complete. These are available at the Sotheby’s Dillon office by calling Doyle or Deborah.

Underground heated parking with 2 spots for each unit, fire pits, hot tubs and spectacular views are just a few of the exciting amenities being offered in this new construction condominium development. Providing lock-off options that allow owners to enjoy and rent at the same time ensures that no one will be missing a powder day on the mountain! A huge activity lock-off storage area with 153 square feet of space comes with each unit and is customized to fit your mountain lifestyle whether it be mountain biking, snowboarding, SUP, skiing or hiking with your dog. There is even a dog and bike wash in the heated garage to help keep your condo clean.

153 square feet of customizable storage space.

Juice up your electric car at the charging station in the garage before heading out to one of the 7 ski areas within 35 minutes of Dillon, Colorado. Or hop on your bike to head to the newly renovated Dillon Amphitheatre for a national musical act or family movie night by the water.

Contact Doyle Richmond or Deborah Clawson to experience these condos through Virtual Reality today!

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Trilogy Partners, a Frisco-based construction and design firm, has been selected from the more than 35 million SketchUp users to present its designs and build process at the international SketchUp 3D Basecamp convention in Palm Springs, California.

According to the company, Trilogy Partners will offer three separate presentations at the event, each featuring the company’s virtual design and build process. Owned by Trimble, SketchUp is a specialty software platform utilized by professionals and hobbyists to visualize and design the world in 3D, and Trilogy Partners has been using the software.

“I fell in love with SketchUp and 3D architectural design in 2012,” said Michael Rath, Trilogy Partners CEO and owner. “In just six amazing years we have leveraged their software product with our design and build experience into a package that will influence how our homes, and quite possibly all homes, are designed and built for the foreseeable future. We empower our clients to design their homes or commercial spaces in a 3D and Virtual Reality platform, so they can truly experience their space before construction.”

Rath will present the company’s virtual-design workflow with Hewlett Packard’s HP Z workstation team while Erin Pfarr, the company’s business development director, will present on how to facilitate SketchUp to optimize business. Rath and the design team will also present on how they have advanced the program beyond what even SketchUp’s engineers knew what was possible during “Extreme SketchUp.”

For more about the company, go to TrilogyBuilds.com to learn or find Trilogy Partners on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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This mountain modern home located at the foot of the Gore Range in Three Peaks. Dubbed “Raven’s Nest” the home is a tight design collaboration between Mark Hogan at bhh Partners and Michael Rath at Trilogy Partners with plenty of insight and opportunity provided by the owners. Lots of glass on the south and west mountain facing sides, this 4000 square foot home is a legacy home for a young family that adores the outdoors. The home features a 30 foot high barrel vault ceiling at the entry, a custom water feature and massive chandeliers designed by Trilogy Partners. This was a BIM project, modeling, interiors, and materials selections by Trilogy Partners.

From the homeowner:  “It was while standing in a gallery in Hanoi one day last year that I learned to appreciate the true power of Trilogy’s 3D modeling technology. We had been searching for paintings for our new home in Summit County, but were having difficulty selecting individual pieces, uncertain how they would mesh with the planned design. The stress was increased by the fact that I was shopping alone, 8000 miles away from my wife in Colorado, and desperately afraid of making a mistake! Seeking advice, I sent a series of iPhone photos to Michael. Within hours, both of us received screenshots displaying the artwork as it would actually look in place, along with lighting, finishes, and furniture. This made our decision process so much easier, and it was amazing how closely the depictions in the model matched the finished product!

As we contemplated building our first custom home, we heard plenty of horror stories from friends and relatives. Our experience with Trilogy, however, belied all such expectations. Michael made the design process exciting and fun as we saw our ideas gradually take shape in the model. The computerized, online process made it easy to test out even small design changes and also allowed us to meet remotely when we didn’t have time to travel to Frisco. The software was incredibly detailed and powerful, allowing Michael to design even custom elements such as lighting fixtures and a water feature. Once we began construction, we found Trilogy to be good partners. They were transparent in their accounting and treated us with honesty and fairness at all times. When our home was finished we were dazzled, but not surprised, because it was just like the model! We found the build quality to be excellent; when problems have come up, Michael and our project manager Bill Ashley have been very responsive in addressing them, even long after the project was complete. They take great pride in their work and are not satisfied until everything is perfect. I have no reservations recommending Michael Rath and his team to anyone planning to build in the Colorado mountains, or anywhere else for that matter!”

Take the virtual tour of a Trilogy home in Silverthorne, Colorado.

Desktop Computer or Laptop– Click the link and allow the page to load. To start the Guided Tour, use your mouse to click the “play” button in the bottom left corner of the screen. You can pause the Guided Tour at any time by pressing the space bar, and resume the tour by again pressing play. To move through the space, use your arrow keys. To look up or down,  click & drag with your mouse. Moving up and down stairs is usually easier by clicking your mouse on one of the clear circles. Click on the dollhouse icon in the bottom right of the screen to view the entire space at once in either dollhouse or floorplan view.

On a phone, tablet or touchscreen– Once the page loads, press the play button for the Guided Tour, tap the screen to pause and explore the space, then press play again to resume tour. To move freely through the space, tap on the screen where you want to go. Drag your finger across the screen to look up, down, left or right. Tap the dollhouse icon in the bottom right to view the entire space at once in either dollhouse or floorplan view.

Silverthorne Colorado home

Green has been a buzzword in design for at least 25 years (I am going off of my Earth Day 1992 tote bag that was just unearthed from my parents home). What are some creative ways that you can use renewable materials in your home design?

Smart light bulbs, eco-mattresses, and a Tesla Powerwall that can run a 2 bedroom home on solar are some of the more obvious products available in the sustainable design market. For something less expected, you can also purchase a mushroom mycelium lamp that is painted with non-toxic paint that is grown instead of manufactured. Another unusual selection is

MushLume Trumpet Pendant (Photo credit: Nix + Gerber Studio)

When designing your new construction or remodel, here are some easy choices to make your home a little more green and a little more sustainable with items that you already need:

Trex Decking: made from 95% recycled wood and plastic. This company also employs practices right in their manufacturing facility like eliminating the use of harmful chemicals and reclaiming factory waste.

Milk Paint: “green paint” refers to any paint that is an alternative to petroleum based paints. Milk Paint contains no VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) or additives that can be harmful to the environment. So you can breathe easy knowing that your walls, cabinets or outdoor spaces are working with you and the Earth.

Bio-glass backspash: recycled glass takes just 30% of the energy that would be required to produce it from raw materials. And there are stunning options to choose from!

LEED Certified Windows: these ensure energy efficiency is not compromised when embracing the views from your house.

Virtual Reality and 3D modeling: architect Michelle Kaufman has said “The most green material you can use is one that you never use.” With employing 3D modeling that allows you to go inside of your remodel or new construction, space planning is at a premium and every inch is accounted for. You can experience your home through VR and feel the space rather than just trusting or guessing what it the finished product will be like. Find a design team that will allow you to go inside your house and see your design selections well before purchasing or installation.

For more information on defining renewable vs nonrenewable materials, check out Karen S. Garvin’s article via LIVESTRONG.

Have you incorporated any green design selections in your house?

Five Simple Holiday Decorating Tips

In many ways, for many people, decorating for the holidays and Christmas can feel like embarking upon a home improvement project. Many people “go all out” when it comes to preparing for the holiday season, including Christmas. You may fall within the category of folks.

The reality is that you do not need to feel like you are mounting a massive home improvement or renovation endeavor when decorating for the holidays. Rather, there are five simple tips that you can utilize when it comes to decorating for Christmas this year.

The Sounds of Christmas

As is so often the case when it comes to preparing for events, functions, occasions, and even holidays, decorating focuses nearly exclusively on the look of things. In fact, one of the easiest steps you can take to prepare for Christmas is considering the sounds of the holidays. In other words, you really can bring your residence into the Christmas scene by considering the sounds associated with the holiday.

If you are like most people, you already have some sort of sound system availability in your residence. Similarly, you are very likely to have some sort of music app, on your computer or mobile device, already in operation.

The task for preparing your home for Christmas with a consideration of the sounds of the holiday is simple. You sit down and develop customized playlists for the holiday season. Indeed, you and each member of your family or household can plan and plot their own seasonal playlists.

You might want to consider planning the holiday playlists as early as Halloween. You might want to develop some fun soundscapes and playlists for the October holiday, and then move forward through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the new year. If you celebrate other seasonal holidays during this time period, you can develop an appropriate play list in the same manner.

Joy to the World

When it comes to Christmas, you may also be like many people and want to decorate the exterior of your residence. If you have seen the movie “Christmas Vacation” starring comedian Chevy Chase, you may shudder at the idea of decorating the exterior of your home for the holiday. You may think that there is some sort of requirement that you must go over the top when it comes to adorning the exterior of your residence for the Christmas season. In fact, the exact opposite is the case. You really make an elegant impact on exterior holiday decorating when you understand that less is more.

Your exterior decorating for your residence can be as simple as placing an elegant wreath on your door. Perhaps add complimentary wreaths in the front windows of your residence.

Decorate with Greetings Your Receive

Sadly, one of the unfortunate outgrowths of the digital age is that fewer people send Christmas cards. Fortunately, some people do still engage in the practice. Thus, you are likely to receive at least some seasonal greetings via the United States Post Office at Christmastime.

You can utilize Christmas cards received as part of your decorating scheme. You can display them in any number of ways. This effort not only adds a seasonal flair to your residence, but it shows those who sent greetings to you in this manner that you very much appreciate the thought.

Make It Cozy

If you are like many homeowners, you do have a fireplace. And you rarely use it.

Break out of the habit of having an idle fireplace. Have it checked out and ensure its safe and ready to go, and put it to use. In so many ways, nothing bespeaks the holiday season that a lovely, cozy fire.

Yes, there will be some cleanup when the season ends. However, no matter what you do to decorate your home for the holiday season, some cleanup is necessary. Nonetheless, in the end, nothing is quite as inviting as a roaring fire around which your family and friends can celebrate the holiday season.

Don’t Forget the Tree

A growing number of people are electing not to have a Christmas tree in their homes. If you really want to fully decorate for the season, that simply is an item you cannot and should not overlook.

Certainly, a live tree adds a perfect touch to your home. However, in this day and age, there are some utterly amazing artificial derivations. These include options that come fully and smartly decorated. You literally just need to take the tree out of the box and your good to go when it comes to adorning your residence with an ideal Christmas tree.

Jessica Kane is a writer for Silver Superstore, home of the internet’s silver Christmas ornaments.

Five Things a Home Audio System Does to Enhance the Value of Your Residence

By: Jessica Kane

When a person begins planning a home redecorating project, a great deal of the focus is on how the residence will look when the endeavor is over. The reality is that people have more than the sense of sight. Perfecting a residence via a redecorating project needs to take the other senses into consideration as well. This includes the sense of sound

Sound, including music, can grealy enhance the livability of a residence. In fact, there are five ways in which you can improve the overall livability of your home by incorporating sound and music more thoroughly in your home. Embarking on a home remodel or redecorating project provides the perfect opportunity to enhance the sound and music availabilities in your residence.

Fully Realize the Potential of Your Living Space

As noted a moment ago, the typical redecorating or remodeling project understandably focuses intensely on what a residence will look like after a job is done. In that regard, consideration is made to the more ubiquitous, and yet vague, consideration of what your home will “feel like” when your project is over. Part of how your home will feels depends not only on sight, but sound as well.
Installing an up-to-date, dynamic sound system, capable of bringing music and interesting soundscapes, throughout your residence is the step to take when it comes to the audio element of a residential improvement project. This can be accomplished by selecting a system that fits your budget and meets the specific needs, goals, and objectives you have for your home.

It’s Not Just About Music

If you are like most people, you may immediately think that a sound system in your residence is just about music. Of course, that is a primary focus of a residential audio system for most people. However, a residence-wide audio system included in your home improvement efforts provides much more.

For example, a quality and yet affordable home audio system can allow you to implement different soundscapes for your residence. You can utilize relaxing soundscapes in different locations in your home, depending on your mood. Moreover, your family can take advantage of customized soundscapes in their rooms, audio presentations that have been demonstrated to enhance sleep.

Enhance Your Other Entertainment Systems

Like most people, your residence is already outfitted with different types of entertainment systems. These likely include televisions and perhaps gaming equipment. The reality is that the addition of a home sound system as part of your residential upgrade endeavors can also work to enhance the functionality of other electronics in your residence. Television viewing and gaming can be taken to a whole new level when existing equipment is tied in with an audio upgrade available via a home sound system.

Sound Technology Provides the Ultimate in Control

Long, long gone are the days when you needed to fiddle with a turntable, tape deck, or CD rack. Rather, there is an abundance of technology that can render coordinating your residential music and soundscapes a breeze. Indeed, there are easy to use apps that aid you turning on or off music or soundscapes from offsite, from wherever you happen to be at the moment.

As part of your remodeling or redecorating efforts, you can add the latest in audio technology. Moreover, you can install this technology at your home at a highly reasonable cost. In other words, you will not break the proverbial bank by really brining your home into the 21st century when it comes to its sound system.

One point needs to be made in digression. You may be like many individuals and wonder why in the world would you care about regulating sound, adjusting music our soundscapes, when you are not at home. If you are a dog or cat owner, you likely do understand how sound in the residence during your absence can help keep your pets at peace. A remotely controlled sound system allows you the ability to accomplish this task with ease.

A more important consideration involves home security. You can significantly enhance the overall effectiveness of your home security endeavors when you have the ability to activate and adjust music and soundscapes from afar. With this type of access, you can really make your home feel as if it is fully occupied, even when you are traveling.

Up the Value of Your Residence

When a person like you embarks on a home improvement project, one of the objectives typically is to increase the value of a residence. In the final tabulation, adding a quality sound system to your residence is a solid way to increase the overall value of your residence.

Jessica Kane is a writer for SoundStage Direct, the number one online source for the best vinyl records and turntables.

by Leo Wolfson| brought to you by Breckenridge Building Center

Fall is a time of transition and preparation in the High Country. As the leaves change color so turn the thoughts of Summit County residents to the winter (for better or worse) and six months of snowfall to come. This arctic onslaught is tough on almost any home and a few precautions need to be taken to ensure that yours is ready for winter’s grip.

Pipes: Preventing your pipes from freezing is an extremely important, cost-saving measure that must be taken before winter hits. Surrounding them with insulation or heat tape does the trick, as will heating the crawl space where the pipes are located. Jason Kompf of Antique Design Carpentry & Remodeling sees his fair share of poor winter prep in the High Country. “Wouldn’t be uncommon to have 20-something houses and (they are) flooded from         frozen pipes every winter,” he chuckled. Kompf recommends taking care of pipes no later than Thanksgiving.

Heating Systems & Furnaces: The last thing you’d ever want is to discover is that your furnace has given out when that first cold snap rolls around. Test your furnace now to make sure that it’s running effectively, which also helps with the frozen pipe issue. Often second-home owners will find out that their heating system has given out upon arrival, making for an inauspicious start to their vacation.

Close-up surfaces: Make sure all exposed wood is sealed up or caulked, which includes keeping paint up to date. “People neglect to paint up here. Every house should be painted on a three- to five-year cycle due to the UV rays and the sun and the weather,” explained Kompf. The extreme High Country elements do a number on the exterior of a house and the longer you wait to get it repainted the greater chance there’ll be wood damage. “I see that a lot — people calling me, they want (me to) repair siding or fix something. They haven’t painted in 15 years and it’s sunned,” said Kompf with a chuckle.

Keeping windows properly sealed is also important. This eliminates drafts and helps save on energy bills.

Gutters and other drainage fixtures: Make sure all leaves and other debris are cleaned out of your gutters. If you wait till spring it will likely be a muddy, moldy mess and could be harmful due to the weight that’s built up.

Decks: Kompf advises using a clear deck sealer on wood decks in the fall. The sealer protects from water damage and will help keep the color longer. Clean a deck frequently before applying the sealer and voilá! You’ll have a protected wood deck that even Old Man Winter can’t touch. If thinking of building a deck for your home this fall, consider a composite material, as it’s cheaper and less sensitive to nature’s elements.

The roof: As winter begins to ramp up, keep an eye out for the amount of snow that collects on your roof. Colorado powder may be light and dry but that hardly matters when 2 feet or more collects, often causing ice dams and structural damage. Kompf recommends shoveling a roof at least once a winter, but if Old Man Winter strikes with an early fury, a trip up to the top deck might be necessary in December.

“No matter how well your roof was done, water can get in there,” said Kompf. Before winter arrives look for loose or broken shingles. These small trouble spots can become large problems during the winter. On the interior, look for stains or damp spots in the crawlspace or top ceiling of your house which can lead to mold and roof damage if not taken care of.

Beware of the south: The south side of a structure may receive the most sun during the winter but this doesn’t mean it’s less exposed to the elements. The location actually creates a vicious melt/freeze cycle that chips away at paint and deteriorates the wood. Extra attention should be paid to this side regarding all previous preparations listed.

Article from Summit Daily courtesy of Breckenridge Building Center | 13445 Hwy. 9, Breckenridge (970) 453-2372 |http://www.breckenridgebuildingcenter.com