Hometours
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Photo by Spacecrafting
Once Upon a Time
After years of trying on houses that were too new or too big, this family of four created a storybook cottage that is just right. Read more
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Photos by Chad Holder
This (Old) New House
Layers of bright color create the perfect backdrop for family life while preserving—and even enhancing— the architectural beauty of an early 20th-century Prairie-style home. Read more
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Photos by Spacecrafting
Tailor Made
Classic forms finished with dressmaker-like details give this newly built condo its timeless appeal. Read more
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Photos by Kim Cornelison
Modern Americana
A newly built home in Lake Elmo blends rustic qualities with a sense of refined restraint. It also has a few unexpected turns, including a “rainbow room,” requested by the couple’s 6-year-old, that Mom and Dad could live with, too. Read more
West by Midwest
Reclaimed wood, stone, and wrought iron join forces to create a lake home with rugged good looks that make it seem like it could have been plucked from an episode of the TV drama Yellowstone. Read more
A Canvas for Living
Reimagining a formal home’s floorplan and architectural features creates a comfortably elegant foundation for art and all the activity of a former professional hockey player’s young family. Read more
Chef's Kiss
A Minnetonka home gets a major kitchen upgrade worthy of its food-loving owners. Read more
An Autumn Outdoors
A St. Paul designer creates an outdoor hideaway that doubles as entertaining space to span the seasons. Read more
Better Together
St. Paul architect Kyle Huberty designed a co-working studio that serves four artists, two babies, and an Australian cattle dog. His next act: revolutionizing the commune. Read more
A Picture Perfect Cabin
When a Twin Cities photographer stepped into a designer-renovated colorful-cool northern Minnesota cabin, it was love at first shot. Read more
Poetry in Motion
A St. Paul poet’s garden blooms in new ways with an ever-evolving color palette and shape that have naturally shifted over the past four decades. Read more
Photographs by Spacecrafting
Georgia Is on This Home's Mind
A fresh take on a beloved southern style inspires an idyllic secondary-home escape for a Twin Cities couple. Read more
Photographs by LandMark Photography
Sunny-Side Up
Sweeping views of nature light up airy rooms in this modern European-style home near Lake Minnetonka. Read more
Make It Personal
Inspired by her former East Coast character-rich house, blogger Marian Parsons turns up the charm in the builder-basic home she and her family moved to in Minnesota. Her new book, Feels Like Home, gives us a look inside. Read more
Storied Style
A maximalist design-loving homeowner gets personal with layers of meaningful collections. Read more
A Den of Foxes
Heather and Brad Fox feather their new family nest with lively design and a playful spirit. Read more
Cultivating Beauty
Minneapolis writer Rhonda Fleming Hayes, author of the book Pollinator Friendly Garden, invites us on a tour of her garden rooms—inside and out. Read more
Falling in Love Again
After more than two decades in their house, designer Martha Dayton and her husband, Tom Nelson, were ready to move for a change in scenery—but they found what they wanted where they were all along. Read more
Calm and Collected
A young family’s traditional Mac-Groveland colonial gets a kitchen and entryway refresh that better fits their lifestyle while preserving the home’s original spirit. Read more
Hometour: Nicole Crowder
Now that she’s landed back in Minnesota, after more than a decade working in D.C., designer Nicole Crowder makes her mark in a 785-square-foot Uptown apartment that’s alive with prints, patterns, and personality. Read more
The Upside of Downtime
When told to stay home during lockdown, two restaurant owners got to work. Read more
Photographs by Spacecrafting
That '70s House
Boogie Nights meets Austin Powers inside an Orono lake home that gets the party started with an attitude that says “Yeah, baby!” Read more
