Mark your calendars and check your bank accounts because the2024 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway in Colorado Springs is in full swing!
In case you haven’t heard, theSt. Jude Dream Home Giveaway is a raffle ticket contest that takes place annually in major cities across the country. All proceeds raised in each Dream Home Giveaway Contest are used to make sure that the families and patients ofSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital never have to pay for their life-saving treatments.
It’s really that easy - buy a raffle ticket to support the life-saving work done at St. Jude’s AND be entered for a chance to win a brand new home at the same time!
Contest Information
Tickets
Tickets for the event have been for sale since April 17th and are selling out fast, so make sure toget your ticket while you can!
- The grand Dream Home Giveaway is on Wednesday, June 26th.
- The winner will be announced live onKKTV 11 News.
Open House Tours
Open house tours of the home started on June 1st. The open house tours are the perfect opportunity to explore this stunning home, and while you’re there you can also enter your name for a chance to win a $10,000 Furniture Row Shopping Spree!
- The weekend open house tours are from June 1st - June 23rd.
- Times are Saturdays from 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. and Sundays from noon until 5:00p.m.
- The winner of the Furniture Row Shopping Spree will be notified via email on June 26th.
Shop the Home
But, that’s not all - after the Dream Home Giveaway is all said and done, there’s still a chance to take home something for yourself at the Shop the Home event! During Shop the Home, we auction all the new Furniture Row furniture used in the Dream Home at a discount!
- Shop the Home takes place on July 13th from 9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.
About the Dream Home
This year's stunning, brand new Dream Home - proudly constructed and donated byCovington Homes - is located at 10764 Rolling Ranch Drive in Peyton, Colorado. Valued at an impressive $775,000, the home boasts 3,700 sq ft of finished living space, complete with 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, and a comfortable 2-car garage. The home is situated within the heart of Meridian Ranch in the charming Rolling Hills Ranch neighborhood, offering the winner not only a beautiful home but a vibrant and thriving community.
The home features an expanded gourmet kitchen with quartz countertops, making it perfect for entertaining. It also features a covered patio as well as a unique roof garden so you can enjoy Colorado’s beautiful weather. The local community also offers a host of amenities, including access to the Antler Creek Golf Course, Madera’s Grill & Cantina, the Community Rec Center, and 500 acres of parks, trails, and open spaces. Shopping and dining options are also conveniently located in the community, and neighborhood schools can be reached on foot.
The Design of the Dream Home
Furniture Row has been partnering with the St. Jude organization since 2011. Every year our interior designers get the chance to decorate the newly-completed Dream Homes across Colorado with brand new furniture from Furniture Row so that they look their best for their open house tours.
This year, the home was designed by Grace Covington of Covington Homes, and the interior designer staging the home was none other than our own Barb Chandler. We were lucky enough to get to interview both women to understand exactly how this stunning home came together. We'll start with Grace's vision for how the home was built, then, we'll go room-by-room with Barb to see how and why she chose each piece.
Here’s Grace Covington’s vision for the interior of the home:
This Home was inspired by our trip to Miami Beach where we fell in love with this “modern beach” look that we saw in homes and lofts in the city. It’s this blend of warm, earth-toned colors mixed with stark modern blacks and glossy whites for contrast. It’s this kind of modern, urban-beach vibe that’s both laid-back and upscale at the same time.
So, we tried to keep in mind this “Miami modern beach” idea when building the home, and you can really see it in the color combinations we used, from the walls and flooring to the appliances, faucets, and tiling.
The main floor is an open-plan space with different types of light-colored wood used from the flooring and cabinets to the railing of the staircase, all surrounded by white walls for a clean beachy feel. The kitchen area features a brand new line of quartz countertops from Constantino which have both black and gold highlights - a perfect modern addition to this home, and then it also features black stainless steel hardware and appliances which is all really crisp and clean. So that Miami modern beach contrast is all right there from the natural, earthy floors and cabinets to the modern, black-and-white kitchen.
Then, as you continue throughout the home, there’s kind of like a difference of personalities in each of the rooms and floors. So, for example, we have this gorgeous earth toned, textural tiling in the primary bathroom, but then, in the downstairs bathroom, there’s this stunning combination of white, glossy tiles in unique shapes in the downstairs bathroom. Or, we have flashy, chrome hanging pendants in the kitchen and dining area, then, in the primary bedroom, there’s this fun, inviting beaded wood chandelier. It’s a bit of a difference in every room you enter, but it’s all along that modern beach theme.
How We Styled the Home To Match the Modern Beach Theme
In what is quickly becoming a new tradition for the St. Jude Dream Homes in Colorado, our own Furniture Row Barb Chandler also sat down to talk with us to talk about her thought process as walked through the home and selected furniture for each room.
Here’s Barb’s room-by-room walkthrough of the 2024 Dream Home in Colorado Springs:
First of all, I absolutely love the Miami modern beach vibe in this home - it’s a great mix of laid-back, beachy, coastal style mixed with upscale, modern, and even urban influences. It’s a unique look that we are actually seeing become quite popular in homes today.
After seeing the interior of the home, I knew I had to find furniture that blended a laid-back, beach feel with the sleek, modern, upscale aesthetic found in urban Miami. It’s a unique juxtaposition of styles, but I was excited to lean into because, at the end of the day, this style is really all about creating a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere that’s also full of sophisticated touches - and the furniture at Furniture Row is perfect for that!
What Barb Looked For to Find the Perfect Furniture
The home’s “Miami modern beach” look is really a blending of what I callnatural/beach design elements andmodern/urbandesign elements. Design elements can be anything from the furniture’s color palette to the shape and accents found on its frame, arms, and legs.Here’s an overview of what I was looking for when I went shopping:
To get the natural/beach look, I wanted to find items that featured light, neutral colored upholstery to complement the white walls and quartz countertops, but I also needed to find plenty of pieces that showcased exposed wood in as many natural brown colors as I could find (or, as many would match the variety found in the home). To add in personality, I also wanted to bring in eye-catching accents and decor in boho, coastal, and casual styles.
To get the modern/urban look requires darker colors, so I wanted to find a good number of black and gray-colored items to contrast the white found throughout the home, as well as items with glamorous materials like glass and metal. To add in personality, I also wanted to look for pieces with industrial design elements like black metal bars because they work great in modern and urban spaces.
The Finished Dream Home
As soon as you walk in the front door you can see the beachy, coastal, laid-back vibe, mixed with sophisticated modern elements. The white walls and the exquisitely-coastal white tile fireplace instantly give the space a serene, beach-like feeling, especially with all the different types and textures of light-colored wood in the flooring, cabinets, and stairwell. Then you see the black stainless steel in the kitchen which is paired with chrome light fixtures and those stunning quartz countertops with gold highlights - it’s just really chic and also really inviting.
I usually start each room by finding the larger, foundational pieces first. In the living room, I found an absolutely perfect sofa and chair that are so new they aren’t even on our website yet: the Delray Sofa and the Delray Chair. These are starting to roll out to our stores in the coming days, and you can get a first look at the Dream Home!
I love, love, love the fabric on the Delrays and their exposed wood bases. The fabric is very textural with this gorgeous light, blue-gray color, and the exposed wood offers this light sandy finish - these elements combined with the sloping track arms give the Delrays a laid-back coastal look that works beautifully with the interior of the home.
Once I had the seating in place, I wanted to make sure to bring in a moody, modern element. The Parker Coffee Table and the Parker End Table (Coming soon to Furniture Row!) stood out to me because they have these stone gray tops that are very durable, plus they rest on minimalist-approved black iron bases. I should also say that round occasional tables like the Parkers are great for modern living rooms that are more narrow in design because they really make it easy to move around!
Dining Room + Kitchen Island
In the dining room and kitchen area, I wanted to get the table in chairs set before I did anything else.
At first glance theSolano 5 Pc. Dining Set might appear like a standard rustic dining set, but the chairs are upholstered with a creamy white fabric and their slatted backrests extend past their seats, making them both sophisticated and intriguing - plus the whole set is finished in a light taupe color with gray and brown undertones, perfect for the home’s natural/beach color palette.
The large kitchen island counter space next to the dining area is also designed for eating, which means we have two dining spaces quite close to each other. To navigate this, I thought it could be a cool idea to double down on the contrast theme found in the home, so I brought inMerrill Creek Bar Stools which are almost the opposite of theSolano Dining Chairs. They are tall with horizontal ladder backrests in a dark, almost black finish which instantly makes them feel more modern.
Primary Bedroom
I really love the light fixtures throughout the home, but the one in the primary bedroom is a little different because it’s made from little boho wooden beads. It gives this space more of a natural feeling than the other rooms on the main floor, especially when combined with the earth-toned tiles in the primary bathroom - it just felt particularly relaxed and organic, so I definitely wanted to lean into that by using less of the dark, modern color palette and more natural and boho-inspired accents.
The foundational items in the primary bedroom come from the brand new Traverse City Collection. TheTraverse City Panel Bed might be my favorite piece and the whole home. It's got the perfect finish to match the rest of the home, and I really love the natural look of the woven leather headboard - great for adding more natural texture to complement the beaded chandelier above. The color of the headboard is also great for a touch of modern appeal, and because it complements the brown-around-black tiling in the primary bathroom!
Once I placed the bed, theTraverse City Dresser, theTraverse City Chest, and twoTraverse City Nightstands in the room, I thought it could use some more contemporary elements. The rug in the room is called the Channel Faux Fur Rug (Coming Soon to Furniture Row!), and it’s made of this irresistible Mondo fabric with these wide channels, so it blends contemporary and laid-back aesthetics in just the way I wanted. After the rug, pulled in theNouvelle Chair and theNouvelle Ottoman into the room because their clean-lined frames and stiletto feet give the space a chic mid-century feel, which, as you’ll see soon, was a fun way to nod to the design in the upstairs of the home.
The Office
In the office, I started with theSedona Writing Desk and twoSedona Bookcases. These pieces are rustic in their design, so they are fairly laid-back and natural-looking, but they also have a darker finish for that moody modern/urban color palette. I placed these foundational items on top of thePavati Machine Washable Rug which also has a natural look with a black-and-white pattern. Then, because we had large rustic foundational pieces that were also dark, I wanted to add more modern elements. To accomplish this, I found theEmerson Office Chair, which has a really modern shiny look, and I paired it with theGiada II Swivel Chair.
To finish the room, I decorated with accents from both contemporary and traditional styles, and then I used the Antares Shelf Floor Lamp (Coming Soon to Furniture Row!) for that final, functional rural touch.
Upstairs
When it came to the upstairs, I wanted to do something that was a little different to the main floor while still staying true to the overall theme of the home. The urban look and the contemporary look both love mid-century modern furniture at the moment, so I had the idea to give the upstairs a touch of mid-century flair.
To lay-in some strong mid-century foundations to the upstairs living room, I started with theTivoli Sofa and twoTivoli Chairs.
I really love the Tivolis because they have these tall track arms combined with flared, tapered wooden feet to achieve that dapper mid-century silhouette, plus they’re upholstered in genuine Italian leather so they are just a really great value…and really great looking!
To keep things relaxed, I added the Kent Coffee Table and Kent End Table (Coming Soon to Furniture Row!) - both of which blend natural wooden tones with urban angled metal bases. Next, I wanted the room to function as an entertainment space, so I needed a TV stand. I ended up using theKingston TV Stand because it’s kind of a bridge between the Tivolis and the Kents - it’s simple with wooden tones and textures, but it showcases this darker gray finish with contemporary metal pull handles.
I actually finished the room with thePure Arch Rug - a white-colored, channeled rug that I thought was really smart because it ties into the plush Mondo rug in the primary bedroom!
One of the coolest features of the 2024 Dream Home in Colorado Springs is its upstairs patio! The upstairs patio is a relatively compact space so I wanted to find some outdoor seating that was compact, but that could also meet the unique style of this year’s home. TheSan Bruno 4 Pc. Outdoor Patio Set turned out to work wonderfully. The sofa and coffee table were the ideal size for the upstairs patio area and have this low, mid-century style - and then, I could also use the two chairs from the set to round out the back yard patio space!
We planned for the upstairs bedroom to be a “Boys Room”, but I actually decorated it with an adult-sized collection. TheLaVita Bedroom Collection has the perfect design elements for the home. The bed in this group comes in king and queen sizes, but it also comes in full and twin sizes too. The LaVitas showcase a different type of hardwood in a light colored finish - another tie in to all natural, sun-faded wood tones throughout the rest of the home - and they sit atop modern sled style legs. And, the bed’s curvy cut-out headboard has just enough whimsey to work in a kids room.
For a touch of personality, I added in theWhiskey River Pocket Desk and theBreakfast 22" Swivel Bar Stool to the nook beneath the window, both of which have a really fun industrial look. And, I also threw in theCeline Accent Chairbecause its texture and curvy, compact size offer a nice contemporary contrast to the natural tones and industrial materials of the previous pieces.
Basem*nt
The basem*nt in this home is large, cozy, and it even has its own kitchen! It also has neutral-colored carpeted floors, which made the space lean heavily into the white color palette before adding the furniture. So I wanted to find darker foundational pieces to instill the modern color palette, but I also wanted to have fun and be casual in this great big room that just looks like it will be great for family memories.
Basem*nt Living Room
To start the basem*nt living room off, I first brought in the deliciously comfortableLuscious 5 Pc. Sectional and twoLuscious Swivel Chairs. The Luscious Sectional is a stylish new sectional with incredibly deep seats and cushions you place at an angle, so it really encourages you to relax because as soon as you're sitting down you could also just be laying down!
The Luscious is also great because it’s modular, so it can be configured to any space - we used it to fill out the corner of the room, but we could have put it together to make a big pit-style sectional, or we could have broken it apart to make little seating groups because you have, armless pieces, corner pieces, and it also has a matching ottoman. For a lot of families, that flexibility is huge.Plus,I ordered the pepper colored upholstery which was perfect for the modern/urban color palette.
After I had the seating down, I looked at the space and felt the dark modern element was solid, but I wanted a bit more rustic beach. So, for the occasional pieces, I used the beautifulTheodore 5 Pc. Home Theater Wall, and I decorated withTheodore End Tables.
When it came to the small kitchen and dining nook in the basem*nt, I thought it would be fun to do a playful nod to the upstairs dining spaces - but in reverse! Upstairs, we had a rustic set in the dining area paired with modern Merrill Creek Bar Stools along the kitchen counter. So, down here, I tried to do almost the opposite.
I opted for other pieces from the Merrill Creek Group - theMerrill Creek 3 Pc. Round Dining Room Set - to make a compact, modern dining space, then I placed four white Windsor bar stools along the kitchen counter as a rustic counter point! The bar stools I used here were ourColors II Bar Stools, which I thought was perfect because they have this traditional Windsor design, but a white finish that makes them feel coastal.
I finished this space with theBlackhawk Chest because it combines a rustic design with a bold, black-and-white palette - almost like it was made for this home.
In the basem*nt guest room, I started with theFrederick Panel Bed because it helps bring the natural, sun-faded wood tones from upstairs to the basem*nt. The Frederick also has this square paneled headboard that reminded me of the Traverse City bed in the primary bedroom, so this and the other pieces in the Frederick bedroom collection, like theFrederick Dresser and theFrederick Nightstand, rounded out the room nicely.
While we were echoing the primary bedroom, I thought it would be cool to add some more boho flare down here, so I found the funky Maya Pillow Accent Chair (Coming soon to Furniture Row!) and a few other boho-inspired accents to complete the look.
We used the final bedroom in the basem*nt as our planned “Girls Room”. For this small space, I opted for more of a traditional feminine look, but with both warm and cool beach colors. I started with theStoney Creek Panel Bed, theStoney Creek Dresser, and theStoney Creek Nightstand in gray, as well as theCalisa Rug in gray to instill a decidedly neutral base.Then, I finished the room with both coral-colored accents and aqua accents for a kid-ready beach look. A great finish to a home I absolutely LOVED designing!
Final Thoughts
We hope you enjoyed learning more about the unforgettable style of the St Jude Dream Home in Colorado Springs! Purchase your tickets now so you don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to potentially be the proud owner of this incredible home! We hope you’ll join us in supporting the invaluable research carried out by St. Jude Children's Hospital, and we hope to see you at the upcoming open house tours!
