About Us
RUMOR offers full service interior design + re-design
Now affiliated with ZING, the zaney local art, lighting and furniture store located in downtown Steamboat Springs, RUMOR has it!
Bruce Caplowe & Valerie Stafford have teamed up to offer the most cutting edge design services available. The addition of RUMOR seemed like a natural progession as we constantly try to find new ways to serve our customers and to ultimately provide the complete home design experience.
We have contemporary furniture lines, modern accessories and our inventory is always changing. All of our furniture is customizable and we work in complete packages too! We will create a full detail design plan for any home, office, hotel or restaurant.
The appeal is modern, sleek, elegant and contemporary with clean lines and high style. Why have a Colorado mountain retreat that looks like all the others? Mountain
meets modern in our design eyes! Stop by for a visit.
In the News
May 2010 issue of Steamboat Magazine:
Building the Perfect Home Spa
Feel the coolness of the clay walls, smell the aromatic soaps, gaze into the quiet flames of the fireplace, hear the trickle of the waterfall, taste the crisp, white wine: Visiting the new spa in
the rural Routt County home of Jack and Mary McClurg awakens the senses.
When the McClurgs first bought their home, most of it was already an elegantly appointed, inviting country manor. But the unfinished basement offered intriguing possibilities.
“It was actually Jack who came up with the idea of a spa and we immediately knew that’s what we wanted to do with the space,” Mary says. “From there it became our goal to try to incorporate
design elements from wonderful hotel spas we’ve visited. We wanted to re-create a serene,
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warm atmosphere while still keeping the space light and airy.”
To maintain a sense of airiness in a 1,500-square-foot area with natural light from only one wall, Valerie Stafford and Bruce Caplowe of Rumor Design + Redesign chose soft, creamy colors for the
marble floors, American clay walls, upholstered furniture, flowing drapes and stone accents. They employed glass walls and interior doors to circulate the light and installed French doors leading
out into the aspen groves that fall gently away from the garden-level spa.
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Near the entrance, a water feature built into a stacked-stone wall sends three trickling streams through V-shaped chutes and into a pool. Behind the artistry is a
well-thought-out mechanical structure, designed for ease of maintenance and reliability. The same practicality went into designing the dry sauna and steam shower, which are as functional as they
are inviting. “Being in a ski town, we knew we would use them frequently to relax after long days in the Colorado cold,” Mary says. Separating the wet bar from the carpeted
seating area is a contemporary, ethanol fueled, seethrough fireplace. Built on a stacked-stone hearth, this environmentally friendly heating option requires no ventilation and emits no harmful
substances. The heating unit itself is set on a bed of crystals, adding brightness to the flame.
Besides the spa amenities and lounge area, the former basement also houses a laundry room and work-out station. “We wanted to incorporate a treadmill into the design without making the space feel
like a gym,” Mary says. “The designers really listened to our wishes and did a magnificent job
In any remodeling project, usability may be the ultimate test, and by that standard the McClurgs' spa is a resounding success. 'We truly enjoy the space the most when we turn on the water
feature, the fireplace and the spa music and just relax with friends in the cozy lounge area. The combination of all the elements - beautiful wood, marble, silk, water and fire - makes this a
perfect getaway right in our own home."
Located at:
345 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
970.879.2524
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