Denver interior designer lists home in Bow Mar for $4M

After Andrea Schumacher bought her 6,00-square-foot home in Bow Mar for $1.3 million in 2014, she turned it into a showcase for her designs.

Now, she is selling her five-bedroom, five-bath home on the 5400 block of Sunset Drive for $4 million.

Schumacher, who operates interior design showrooms in Denver and Santa Barbara and splits her time between the two states, purchased the house on Dahlia Street on March 1 for $3.9 million, according to property records. The 5,396-square-foot midcentury modern includes seven bedrooms and six baths.

The Bow Mar home, built in 1959, which Schumacher extensively remodeled, features bespoke details throughout, from Calcutta marble countertops and Grasscloth walls to a butler’s pantry with wine and beverage refrigerators and an instant hot water faucet. Schumacher also replaced most of the lighting and flooring, and added a gym with a rubber floor and a surround sound theater in the finished basement.

The outdoor space includes a pool, hot tub and an outdoor living room surrounded by manicured gardens with mature trees.

Schumacher, the author of “Vibrant Interiors: Living Large at Home,” a coffee table book showcasing her designs, said a new owner might want to strip the home down and simplify.

However, listing agent Ryan Carter with 8z argued Schumacher’s design is a selling point for the home.

“The richness and sophistication of the design are an asset, a value-add for the next buyer,” he said.

“Her immense interior design talent is all over this property, and the next buyer will have the advantage of getting that as well as the property.”