Patti Dixon creates so many interiors that it’s hard to choose just one. But her favorite room of 2021 is a great room located in a Cordillera home. Her challenge began with brightening up the home’s darker elements, with its existing log-and-brown wood features, as well as its busy, predominantly maroon rug and maroon and cream furniture; her clients preferred lighter, softer tones of gray and tan, with accents of pink, magenta and turquoise.

Three years ago, Tom and Heidi Havenstrite were packing up their Vail Village timeshare and preparing to return home to Oklahoma after yet another heavenly family spring-break ski vacation when their daughter made a canny observation.

Patti Dixon Design specializing in luxury interior design for the 21st century. Passion, talent, and experience in the Vail Valley since 1981. Good interior design reflects the passions and personalities of our clients, which is why each residence is distinctly different. We thrive on client collaboration and creativity.

Sometimes there is a piece of art that speaks to you – perhaps it even embodies ideas and feelings that are important to you and your life – and you know you want it front and center in your home. But how best to accomplish this? And, just as importantly, how to have it work with the overall design of your room, your home?

This Saddle Ridge enclave was originally built at the end of the road in Beaver Creek in 1988 as a corporate retreat where the executives and clients of the Shearson Lehman/American express financial firm could hobnob while indulging their inner cowboys.