Kitchen tour heats up
Tickets are on sale now for the 12th annual Kitchens On Fire tour benefiting The Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder. The event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 11-12, is a departure from years past. In addition to tony residential kitchens, this year’s tour will include high-end urban sale properties, commercial restaurant kitchens used by some of Boulder’s leading chefs and tastings. Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 at the event through The Dairy box office: 303-440-7328 or .
High style meets green living
HGTV is gearing up for this year’s Green Home Giveaway. The grand-prize includes this single-family, cottage- style home near Cape Cod in Plymouth, Mass. that’s valued at about $800,000, along with a 2010 GMC Terrain and $100,000. Through June 4, adults can enter once a day, and take a virtual tour of the home, at . Facebook users can enter by visiting . Then, on June 28, HGTV will air a half-hour special to reveal the winner.
“Trash to Treasure”
Calling itself an “antiques boutique” instead of an antiques store, “A Paris Apartment” is a new shop in Row D of Antique Alley at the Mile High Marketplace, located at I-76 and East 88th Avenue. The boutique’s vig nettes are inspired by the shabby and chic decorating popular in Paris’ quaint old flats. One more reason to drop by today: Between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., students from Emily Griffith Opportunity School’s upholstery program will be transforming cast-off, worn-out furniture into works of art. For more information, call 303-289-4656 or visit .
