Fox Hill is a community that believes in roots. Set in the rolling country near Franktown, south of Parker, it grew up around a 1912 homestead, with acreage lots, Front Range views, and a farm-to-table spirit captured in its motto, where traditions grow. It is exactly the right place for this home, built by Reed Custom Homes and designed by Rentfrow Design for a family that lives close to the land. They own a walnut farm, and that single fact shaped one of the most remarkable things QAV has ever made.
The Essentials, Done Beautifully
QAV started with the systems every fine home deserves. Security and surveillance for peace of mind. Lighting control and motorized shades to manage the Colorado sun and the mood of every room. Wi-Fi that reaches every corner of the house and the land around it. A dedicated music listening room for the family audiophile. And a Samsung Frame television, dressed in a custom frame, that shows art until the moment you want a screen. Beautiful, reliable, and quietly in the background. But this home asked for something more.
Matched to Their Own Walnut
The family used walnut harvested from their own farm to finish the wood trim throughout the house. So when it came time for QAV's Leon Edge media frames, the pieces that turn a television into a framed work of art, there was only one right answer. They had to match. There was a catch: the farm's walnut had not been kiln dried, so it could not be worked directly. So QAV took walnut of its own and finished and stained it by hand until it was an exact match for the wood grown on the family's land. The homeowner is a master carpenter. When he held a piece of his own walnut in one hand and QAV's sample in the other, he simply stared, amazed that the two were indistinguishable. That is the standard QAV holds itself to, right down to the grain.
A Dinner Bell, Written in Light
The second surprise is pure heart. The husband spends happy hours in his workshop on the property, lost in his work. His wife wanted a gentle way to tell him dinner was ready. So QAV built a dinner bell out of light. Inside the main house is a keypad with a single button, engraved simply, Dinner Bell. She presses it, and across the property the workshop lights flash. No phone, no calling across the yard, just a small, thoughtful signal that supper is on the table. It is technology at its most human.
This is what QAV loves most, taking a family's life, and even the wood from their own trees, and weaving technology through it so gently that it feels like it was always there. Beautiful systems, a flawless match, and a dinner bell made of light.
You will never see the work. You will only feel the home.
