Budget Breakdown: A Couple Roll Up Their Sleeves to Revamp a Colorado A-Frame for $164K
Photo by David Lauer
When interior designer Amy Pigliacampo first picked up the keys to this cabin in a remote enclave of Alma, Colorado, she knew that referring to its neck of the woods as a "neighborhood" would be a stretch. "To be honest, we saw more moose than humans," she jokes.
But Amy was still intrigued by the property, particularly because she and her husband, Corey Szopinski—who also works as her namesake firm’s general contractor—were looking for a place where their two young kids could roam.
"The house is located at 11,000 feet on Mount Bross," she says. "The area around it is known as South Park, which is where the show South Park is set. It’s charming and remote, and it requires a 4x4 to access it in the winter."
