We’ve had our eye on design in Colorado for a long while now, and it’s been amazing to watch its evolution: the caliber of design only continues to become more impressive, the range of style more diverse, and the homes more beautiful. So we were excited to discover a new book that offers a snapshot of some of the state’s best examples in luxury home design. Check out Perspectives on Design Colorado, hot off the presses in September from Panache Partners. These 192 pages, chock-full of beautiful images of some of Colorado’s most spectacular spaces, will add plenty of interest to your coffee-table collection. (You’ll even find some of your favorite pros from the pages of Mountain Living inside the book.) Click herePosted via email from Mountain Living magazine for more info.

In May of 2008, when Liza Lentini moved to a home on a secluded Pennsylvania mountain, inspiration struck.“By October of that year I had created an entire line of jewelry that reflected the romance of my surroundings,” she says. “The first piece I made was a two-strand beaded necklace, strung with bright-orange carnelian, deep-green jade, cherry quartz, and a large, metal leaf pendant. I’d spent that fall enamored by the remarkable trees that surrounded my house.  This necklace definitely reminds one of the vibrancy of the season, and has become a best-seller.”

These days, Lentini is creating a wide range of jewelry designs, incorporating 14-karat gold, sterling silver and precious gemstones, and techniques from beading to wire wrapping to casting in precious metals.Pictured here are a statement necklace and two pieces from the La Forestina collection: the Antler Wrap Ring and Garden Bur Pendant. Lentini’s antler ring is modeled after an antler she found in her driveway one snowy day. “I kept it as a symbol of good luck, and I think of the ring as good luck, too,” she says.

To learn more about Liza Lentini and to browse all of her creations, click here: www.liza-jewelry.com

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