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Luxury residential community hidden in a lush pine forest on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains.

10/29/2026

Built into the hillside, not on top of it.

Our newest approved design concept for Lot 76 at 3 N Milner Road follows the land's slope. You arrive from above, where the garage roof sits just below street level and the house seems to sink into the hillside. A mostly glass entry volume holds the front door, a feature staircase and a chandelier.

Upstairs, the living, dining, kitchen and sunroom are raised to take in the mountain and city views. Downstairs, the bedrooms and office sit among the trees. Light wood siding wraps the upper floor, and heavier board-form concrete anchors the lower level in the landscape. A rammed-earth wall runs through both floors, separating the living spaces from the service rooms.

Outside, a winding path drops from the sunroom past the primary suite deck to a clearing with a sauna, hot tub and fire-side seating. The site’s grove of pines is kept intact.

📍 Lot 76 | 0.60 acres | 3 bed / 3 bath | 4,590 finished SF
Homesite: $700,000

Design by Kindle and Make.

To learn more or schedule a tour, text Celeste Ballerino at 720-507-7871 or tap the link in bio.

10/28/2026

Style Spotlight: Prairie 🌾

Strong horizontal roof lines, terraced massing, and broad overhangs. That’s the Prairie style, one of the six architectural styles in the Canyon Pines Design Guidelines.

This home shows it well. Long, low rooflines stack along the hillside, deep eaves shade walls of glass, and stacked-stone chimneys anchor the composition. The terraces step down to a slope of native plantings, so the line between house and landscape nearly disappears.

The style rests on a close indoor–outdoor connection and simple, natural materials. On a Canyon Pines homesite, picture ponderosa pines, granite outcroppings, and views to the Front Range.

Modern, Prairie, Cabin, Homestead, Ranch, or Vernacular: which would you build? 👇

📷 Inspiration: Estudio Valdés Arquitectos

10/23/2026

A mountain home in Canyon Pines doesn't ask you to choose between wilderness and everything else.

Your custom residence sits within 150+ acres of protected canyon and pine forest. Boulder is 20 minutes away, downtown Denver 35, and 230+ nonstop destinations, with daily flights from LA, the Bay Area, Dallas, Houston, and Austin, await you just 45 minutes away at DIA. Ski season is just up Highway 72. Every homesite has fiber, so working from the mountains is all part of the plan.

If you’re mapping out next year from Austin, Dallas, Houston, LA or the Bay Area, now is the time to choose your piece of the canyon and break ground in spring 2027.

Tap the link in bio to get started.

10/21/2026

The views only get better as the seasons turn. ❄️

10/19/2026

Style Spotlight: Homestead 🏡

The details of this Quaker Long House stay true to the old tradition: a long, low massing, rhythmic rows of divided-light windows, a steep cedar-shake roof, and three chimneys. Everything is dressed in near-black clapboard. At dusk, the windows glow amber, the garage doors wash in warm light, and a curved dry-stone wall leads you up the gravel drive. An L-shaped covered breezeway stretches along the façade, so the house and garage read as a single, unbroken composition.

It’s centuries-old form, built for how people live now.

10/17/2026

Your retreat awaits.

Golden grass, blue skies, and 150+ acres of open space to wander. Fall at Canyon Pines. 🍂 Link in bio to book a tour.

10/16/2026

At 24 N Moffat Road, the house settles among the ponderosa pines like part of the ridge. Its low, layered rooflines echo the land, with stacked-stone chimneys rising through the planes. A curving drive winds past native granite boulders to the entry, and beyond the roofline the view runs from Coal Creek Canyon’s forested slopes all the way to the Denver skyline on the horizon.

Mountain modern that sits quietly in the landscape.

Architecture: Tucker Johnson Architects

10/08/2026

Second homes are for more than just summer.

For a long time, the second home followed a predictable pattern: open it up in June, close it down after Labor Day. That model is fading because of how people now choose to live.

Work has come untethered. A home with fast connectivity, a quiet room with a canyon view, and a trail out the back door changes the work-from-home equation for the better. At Canyon Pines, the commute to deep work is a walk down the hall, and the reset afterward is a walk into 150+ acres of preserved open space.

Winter is the draw, not the off-season. Canyon Pines sits along CO-72, with Eldora's slopes up the canyon and the I-70 resorts within reach for a full ski day. Yet Boulder's Pearl Street is 20 minutes away, and Denver International Airport is less than an hour. Few places let you choose between first chair and a city dinner on the same day.

Whole-body wellness is factored in, not added on. Trails for exploring and meditating in the pines, a glass-walled sauna facing the forest, homes oriented for passive solar warmth and long views. These aren't just seasonal amenities but year-round care for body and mind.

Architecture here is built for every season. Canyon Pines' design guidelines favor resilient, high-quality materials that weather beautifully, steep roof forms suited to mountain snow, and sustainable practices that keep homes comfortable year-round. A house designed this way doesn't need to be shut down for winter.

The Front Range foothills are turning gold. In a few weeks, snow will dust the pines. For buyers weighing a primary residence or a second home, the real question is which season they'd want to miss.

You can have them all at https://canyonpines.pulse.ly/lm99mdyqyz.

10/06/2026

In the wooded foothills of Canyon Pines, the Cabin style feels perhaps most at home: a mountain retreat with warm, natural materials and contemporary details. Here are the five elements that define it.

1. Roofs that answer the terrain. Steep gable or shed roofs, pitched to follow the ridgeline rather than compete with it. One clear hierarchy, one consistent pitch.

2. A vertical reach. Cabin homes rise like the pines around them: tall gables, stacked stone chimneys, and glass that draws the eye upward.

3. Simple forms, gathered together. Compact modules clustered across the site, repeated with intention, so the home settles into the landscape instead of sprawling over it.

4. Glass that frames the view. Every opening is placed on purpose. Expansive windows where the canyon deserves them, quieter walls where it doesn't.

5. Materials that weather beautifully. Reclaimed wood, native stone, corten steel, and board-formed concrete, all in a warm palette meant to age alongside the land.

Every home at Canyon Pines is custom, and the Cabin style is one of many designed to inspire and excite you during the process. Which element speaks to you?

Reference imagery: Olson Kundig, Country Garden House · Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects , Canyon House · Walton Architecture, Courtyard House.

10/03/2026

Tucked into the pines at the base of Coal Creek Canyon, 4 N Sumner Road unfolds down its hillside as a series of gabled forms and private courtyards, joined by a glass corridor where light, forest, and architecture take turns.

Inspired by Colorado's 1800s mining structures and finished in Douglas fir timber, warm wood, and corrugated metal, this mountain-modern concept home design is approved by the Canyon Pines Design Review Board and offers 4,650 SF with 3 bedrooms and 4.5 baths, with room to grow to 5 bedrooms and a courtyard pool on 0.63 wooded acres.

Now is the time to choose your piece of Colorado's rarest opportunity.

Offered at $4,020,000. Private tours with Celeste Ballerino.

Architecture by Follow Architecture. Link in bio.

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