DURANGO, Colo. – Durango Holiday Home, a new full-service luxury holiday design studio, is now open and accepting clients throughout the Durango area and Southwest Colorado. Founded by designer Lorrie Boone, the studio offers something that has not previously existed in this market: a dedicated, completely turnkey interior holiday design service for private homeowners. Lorrie handles everything from initial concept to professional installation and end-of-season takedown. Clients never have to lift a finger.
For vacation homeowners whose time in Durango is limited, and for full-time residents whose holidays are already full enough, Durango Holiday Home exists to solve a problem most people quietly accept as inevitable: that the holidays will always feel rushed, the decorating is never quite what you envisioned, and the season is half over before the house feels truly ready. Durango Holiday Home takes that entirely off the table.
“The holidays should feel beautiful and calm,” says Boone. “Not like something you’re still trying to finish. My goal is simple: whenever you arrive — the first week of December or Christmas Eve — your home should already feel like the holidays. Warm. Welcoming. Completely ready. So you can walk in, set down your bags, and just be present with the people you care about.”
A Colorado Love Story, Fifty Years in the Making
Lorrie’s connection to Colorado did not begin when she moved here. It began at Christmas, 1971 when her family made their first ski trip to Snowmass on the recommendation of neighbors. She was a child then, but the memory of those Colorado holidays never left her. The beauty of the mountains. The nearby elegance of Aspen in winter. The rituals her family created to make Christmas feel like Christmas, even when they were far from home.
That philosophy has shaped everything she has done as a designer in the decades since: the feeling of the holidays matters as much as the look of them.
In June 2023, she and her husband purchased their dream property in a gated community just outside Durango. Thirty-five acres of Colorado landscape, with sweeping views of the San Juan Mountains. Their custom-built, 3,500-square-foot mountain home was completed in 2006. It is generous in scale and deeply personal in character. It is exactly the kind of home Lorrie has dreamt of designing for — and the kind where the holidays deserve to feel extraordinary.
“I treat every installation as if it were my own home,” she says. “The care I bring to a client’s space is the same care I bring to mine. It’s simply how I work.”
Twelve Years of Experience, Now Serving Southwest Colorado
Before founding Durango Holiday Home, Lorrie spent more than twelve years creating custom holiday environments for private residences and country clubs in metropolitan Detroit under the name Elegant Entryways. Her reputation was built on a rare combination: artistic vision, meticulous execution, and the kind of personal reliability that keeps clients returning year after year.
Her most prominent commercial client was the Birmingham Country Club, one of the Detroit area’s most storied private clubs. She served as exclusive holiday designer there for multiple consecutive seasons. Jill Sabiston retired after more than 33 years as Controller at the Birmingham Country Club. Her assessment:
“Lorrie was always skilled at delivering results that looked far beyond what the numbers might suggest. The decorations themselves, the overall layout and design, and the attention to detail are just spectacular. She is a joy to work with and has a creativity that shines through in each and every one of her designs.” — Jill Sabiston, Former Controller, Birmingham Country Club (33 years)
Private residential clients describe a similarly transformative experience:
“My husband and I have been clients of Lorrie’s for many years. We live in a historic home and appreciate that she takes the time to understand what we like and how each design will work within our home’s architecture and décor. Everything she creates is exceptionally well made using beautiful materials that have lasted for years.” — Laurie & Tom H., Homeowner Clients
A Market Gap — and the Studio Built to Fill It
While seasonal outdoor lighting services exist in the Durango area, no dedicated interior luxury holiday design studio has established itself in the market. The gap is real. Homeowners who want a beautifully designed, whole-home holiday experience — without the stress, the time, or the effort of doing it themselves — have had nowhere to turn.
Durango Holiday Home was created specifically to fill that space. The studio serves private homeowners, vacation property owners, and select organizations throughout Durango and Southwest Colorado, offering fully custom designs that are conceived, built, and installed by Lorrie personally. Every piece is designed for the specific home it will live in. For larger installations, Lorrie is supported by a skilled team. Nothing is generic. Nothing is off-the-shelf.
The studio has already found recognition in the community. Denise Timmsen, owner of Christmas In Durango, has carried Lorrie’s work since 2023: “I first came across Lorrie’s work and was struck by the quality and originality of her designs. The craftsmanship, the creativity, the attention to detail — there’s nothing quite like it in Durango.”
What the Service Includes
Every Durango Holiday Home engagement begins with a personal consultation. Lorrie sits down with clients to understand the home, the family, and what the holidays mean to the people who gather there. From that conversation she develops a complete design: a cohesive vision that moves through the home naturally, room by room, inside and out.
Professional installation and end-of-season takedown are both included. Optional storage is also available for clients who prefer to keep their custom pieces from season to season. Clients receive a written service agreement, clear scheduling, and the assurance that their home and furnishings will be treated with complete care throughout the process. Durango Holiday Home is fully licensed and insured.
For vacation homeowners especially, the service is designed to be entirely effortless: the home is ready when they arrive, and returned to its original condition when the season ends. There is nothing to manage, nothing to store, and nothing left to do except enjoy it.
“For every season, both inside and out, I enjoy one-of-a-kind masterpieces that bring comfort and joy to me and my home. Compliments are many, even from strangers walking by.” — Sylvia D., Homeowner Client
About Durango Holiday Home
Durango Holiday Home is a luxury seasonal décor studio founded by designer Lorrie Boone, serving private homeowners, vacation property owners, and select organizations throughout Durango and Southwest Colorado. Lorrie brings more than 12 years of experience to every project, built under the name Elegant Entryways in metropolitan Detroit. Her approach combines artistic vision, meticulous execution, and deeply personal service. Durango Holiday Home is licensed and insured.
Contact: Lorrie Boone | 970-844-4850 | info@durangoholidayhome.com | www.durangoholidayhome.com
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Company Name: Durango Holiday Home
Contact Person: Lorrie Boone
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Phone: 970-844-4850
City: Durango
State: Colorado
Country: United States
Website: https://durangoholidayhome.com