If you go What: Tours of Loveland Design House, a home displaying the work of local interior designers who were shooting for a “Colorado comfort chic” style. The event is a fundraiser for the Loveland Housing Authority’s services for formerly homeless veterans. When: Noon to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, April 21-May 14. Where: 4483 Chaplin Creek Court in the Lakes at Centerra development in east Loveland. Cost: $25 for tours; $35 for tours and seminars; available at the door and at lovelanddesignhouse.org. More info: lovelanddesignhouse.org.

LOVELAND — The members of this year’s Leadership Loveland class wanted to create an event of lasting significance, so they put together a fundraiser for veterans that will continue making a difference in years to come.

The Loveland Housing Authority, which recently built an apartment complex in east Loveland that includes 10 units for formerly homeless military veterans, proposed to the leadership class that it help create a Loveland Design House fundraiser.

The money raised from ticket sales to tour the specially decorated home over the next month will go toward the purchase of a $40,000 van to transport the veterans living at The Edge housing development.

The class liked the idea, according to member Kayla Roofe.

“We do have a lot of veterans and people in our class whose kids are in the military, so it kind of hit home,” she said. “It will not be just for this year but will continue.”

Leadership Loveland, a program of the Loveland Chamber of Commerce, is designed to develop emerging leaders from all areas of the community.

Jeff Feneis, director of development for the Housing Authority, said the design project involved a long list of donors, including Denver-based Wonderland Homes, which built the house and made it available for the event.

Professional interior designers from Northern Colorado donated their time and materials to create a “Colorado comfort chic” feel in the home at 4483 Chaplin Creek Court in the Lakes at Centerra development.

Each one took a different area of the 3,300-square-foot, three-bedroom house.

During a preview event Wednesday evening, designer Lori James of Windsor-based Interior Design Concepts talked about her work in the living room, dining room and kitchen.

The area has a modern feel, with Dovetail Gray wall paint in the living room, white painted woodwork, high-tech light switches and a large “glitter glam” canvas artwork over the fireplace.

“It was a lot of fun, and it was for a really good cause,” James said. “You get to do what you want to do, and not for a client’s taste.”

Anna Miller, an interior designer and home stager who owns Miller Home Interiors, said she was going for the popular “modern farmhouse” look in the master bedroom and bath.

“For the master bedroom, I tried to make it more comfortable, less modern,” she said.

She put a large black-and-white photograph of two horses on the bedroom wall and a rustic-looking chandelier overhead. In the bathroom, she replaced the mirrors, installed a Roman shade on the window over the tub and painted the walls a faint gray named Grayish.

Visitors on Wednesday commented on the chandelier and other touches, which all are for sale.

“The real significance of this is it raises money for services,” the Housing Authority’s Feneis said.

“The expectation is that we would pick up what they’ve created,” he said of Leadership Loveland’s work to put together the fundraiser.

The home is open for tours from noon to 4 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from April 21 through May 14.

Tickets cost $25 and are available at the door and online at lovelanddesignhouse.org.

The event also will feature seminars on energy efficiency, pest control and kitchen and bath remodeling. Admission to the home and the seminars costs $35.

In the finished basement of the house, Studio Vino has set up a boutique that also will benefit the project, and Artspace has a mini gallery with local artists’ work.

Craig Young: 970-635-3634, cyoung@reporter-herald.com, www.twitter.com/CraigYoungRH.