Flour Mill Gets Loft-y Make-Over After Decades of Disrepair

At first glance, this Denver loft is no different from any vast studio that the hipster and the artist types love to grab and call their own these days. However, the exposed brick walls, the concrete columns and rafters, along with the pipes webbing the ceiling, clash with some fine modern furniture and the shiny parqueted floor underfoot. As we see the contrast extend to the decoration scheme – ranging from ornate vintage carpets and furniture pieces to sleek trendy chair sets and minimalist arrangements – one question pops into our mind. For what reason would the old and the new be spliced together under the same roof and why does a tree stump fit perfectly within a decor that also features a low-hanging chandelier, a statue and an eclectic collection of pictures on the walls?

The loft is, as you might’ve guessed, unique, its juxtaposing layers of interior design hinting at an earlier purpose this space must have served – one that decidedly defies guesswork. Indeed, the two-bedroom Flour Mill Loft hails from the 1920s and owes its quirky name to the Pride of the Rockies Flour Mill, an actual mill in its heyday that was left to slide into rack and ruin up until 1998. At this later date, the building was renovated and split into 17 lofts, one of which you can see featured here.

The results of the extensive restoration work that this ex-flour mill has undergone are evident, even if, in some places, they vanish under strategically omitted patches, holdovers from its former state. For your consideration: this loft is in the market for an open-minded owner who should be ready to shell out no less than $973,000 for the honor of inhabiting a piece of Denver’s history, a collector’s item as it were.

(Source: Freshome.com)