Kimberly Welsh

In 3 words: The right fit. What you need to know: Kimberly Welsh knows a thing or two about making sure her clients find the perfect fit. She spent 14 years in high-end luxury retail and was part of the opening teams for many of Aspen’s flagship stores including Chanel, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Prada. Her experience in high-end fashion and intimate knowledge of the luxury aesthetic provided her with a foundation for design as she moved on to pursue her dream of building custom homes and doing her own interior design. “I built my own home and then built several other spec homes in the valley. In 2007 I realized I needed to get my real estate license, and that turned into working in real estate for the last nine years,” she says. “I also love interior design, which gets incorporated into staging homes to maximize their value.”

Kimberly is not only passionate about the homes she designs, builds, and sells for her own account, but is equally passionate about the homes she finds and lists for her clients. Originally from Minnesota, Kimberly moved to the valley in 1994 after graduating from college and living in Europe for four years, but her family ties to Aspen go back a lot farther than that. “My family has been coming here since 1957, so I’d visited a lot as a little girl, and it had a huge impact on me.” Kimberly followed in the footsteps of her Uncle Magne Nostdahl, who settled in Aspen from Bergen, Norway, along with Stein Erickson and several other Norwegians.