Meet Our Team

  • Interior design has been an integral part of Sarah’s life for over 30 years. She applies her passion for color, functionality and client satisfaction to every project. Sarah loves sophisticated color palettes and high functioning, beautiful spaces. Her mission is always to create environments that are as unique as each client and tailored to their specific needs.

    Sarah graduated with honors from The Ohio State University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design and a Minor in Fine Art.  Her degree focus within the Industrial Design program was Interior Design, though classes in both graphic and product design were also required.  In 2002, she passed the rigorous NCIDQ exam and earned her professional interior design license. 

    For the first 12 years of her career, she worked as a Lead Designer for two large architectural firms in Seattle (NBBJ and CallisonRTKL), specializing in healthcare and retail design.  During that time, one of her projects was published in Interior Design Magazine and another won the Modern Healthcare Design Award. Projects ranged from small clinics to new 200,000 sf nursing towers and surgery centers.  Retail clients included Victoria’s Secret, J. Crew, Esprit, Cutter and Buck and Mr. Rags.

    Sarah took a 10-year break from corporate design to concentrate on raising her four children and focus on her artwork.  She sold fused glass and paintings at galleries and art shows in Colorado and around the country. Sarah returned to interior design on the residential side. She has owned her own design business, Blackbird Kitchen and Bath, in Evergreen, Colorado for the last 7 years.  

    Sarah is a proven leader in providing imaginative, inspired and creative solutions. She has expertise in all phases of design projects, in both the residential and commercial fields. She also has an ability to cultivate lasting relationships, while achieving high satisfaction with clients.

    Sarah is a glass artist, painter, photographer, skier, biker, and triathlete who is always up for any adventure.  She also loves to travel.  Her experiences in 40 different countries bring inspiration and perspective to all of her designs.

  • Michelle Hutnick has spent nearly two decades transforming homes through thoughtful interior architecture and design. Specializing in residential remodels, whole home renovations, and custom homes, she has an innate ability to walk into a space, see beyond what is there, and envision what it could become.

    For Michelle, functionality always comes first. She loves solving the puzzle of a home, whether that means reconfiguring rooms, improving flow, eliminating wasted space, or finding an unexpected solution to a challenging layout. Her technical understanding of space planning, cabinetry, construction drawings, and architectural detailing, paired with a creative eye, allows her to consider a home as a whole and create spaces that work as beautifully as they look.

    After nearly a decade in healthcare, Michelle followed a different path and earned her degree in Interior Architecture and Design from The Art Institute of Colorado in 2009. Since then, she has designed countless kitchens and bathrooms, extensive whole home renovations, and custom homes. What continues to inspire her is that no two homes and no two clients are alike. She believes a home should reflect the people who live in it, not the designer who designed it, and understanding each client's aesthetic, priorities, and lifestyle is at the heart of her process.

    Michelle believes design should also be fun. She values the relationships she develops with her clients and loves the collaboration and problem solving that come with bringing a project to life. Being part of Blackbird allows her to work alongside a talented group of women who share her passion for thoughtful design, beautiful cabinetry, and creating exceptional spaces.

    Outside of design, travel is one of Michelle's greatest passions. She loves experiencing new places, cultures, architecture, food, and ways of life, particularly destinations that take her a little farther off the beaten path. She shares life with Rainier, or Rain, her spirited Whippet Malinois mix and sidekick who might be riding shotgun to a jobsite or keeping tabs on the neighborhood. Michelle also loves hiking, driving with the top down, dancing, music, gardening, her ever growing collection of plants, and time with friends and family, especially her identical twin sister, Stephanie. Whether she is exploring somewhere new or enjoying life closer to home, Michelle is happiest when there is a little adventure, creativity, and fun involved.

  • Erin has designed over one hundred rooms along the Front Range and is always eager for the next project.  She excels at collaborating with clients to reimagine and repurpose their space into something they’ll love even more. 

    Designing that great space takes more planning than most people can fathom.  Good News - Erin is a detail-oriented person.  Her process always begins with function.  She strives to have your space make sense for the way YOU use it.  Then, you get to play with form.  How do you want it to feel or what mood do you want to reflect?  For years to come, Erin wants you to walk into your new space and smile.

    As long as she can remember, Erin has been drawn to studying floor plans and solving problems.  Hands-on experience with laying foundation and brick, installing drywall and flooring gave her an early understanding of construction processes.  Designing her own Golden house remodel led her to this career, which combines her engineering mind with creative expression.  And now, as a Certified Kitchen & Bath Designer (CKBD), Erin specializes in the design, planning and execution of residential kitchens and bathrooms.

    Outside of her career, she and her husband love exploring favorite Colorado spots (Ridgway, Snowmass, the Blue River) and soaking in more of the West (Jackson, Cody, and Mendocino).  That is, after visiting their three daughters’ families (4 grandchildren!) in Denver, South Carolina and Arizona.