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Sustainable Flooring For Life
Find out why wood might be the most sustainable flooring option for you. Climate benefits of wood flooring actually outweighs the drawbacks.
Five Minnesota Ceramicists You Need to Know
Have you ever wondered about the faces behind your favorite mug or set of plates? Here, we peek at five ceramicists dipping in and out of the kiln to make beautiful, functional pieces in...
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Three Tips to Planning Your Outdoor Oasis
With warmer temperatures in Minnesota, we’re all embracing more time spent outdoors with our family and friends. Creating a true outdoor oasis becomes a common goal this time of year and can completely transform a property.
Organic Oasis
By Mary Jane SmetankaPhotos by Tracy WalshJohn Whitman is an eclectic man with a garden as unusual as himself.
He’s a Minnesotan whose passion for gardening began more than 60 years ago when his mother...
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Kitchen Innovation for More Than Just the Chef
This couple used their existing structure to create the optimal layout for cooking and entertaining in their 1950’s Edina home
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Aulik Design Build Blurs the Line Between Building & Nature
Boasting wide views of Lake Minnetonka, this contemporary home was designed with the great outdoors in mind. Not content with merely capitalizing on warm Minnesota summers, the client challenged Aulik Design Build with creating...
Intentional Style
Photos by Wing Ta"I just think guys can do better,” says biology professor and sartorial influencer Paul Buttenhoff. “Less pleats, fewer Crocs.” The current program director for St. Catherine University’s liberal arts and sciences...
California Character, By Way of Minnesota
Photos by Jim KrugerLiving in northern California certainly has its appeal, especially to snow- and ice-bound Northerners weathering yet another long, tough winter. But don’t think the San Francisco area and its environs are...
Life in Color 2019
2019 JuryJeff Bengtson, owner, Isles Studio
Bria Hammel, principal, Bria Hammel Interiors
Bethany Wrede Peterson, principal, Atelier Wrede
Anna Bjorlin, senior editor, Midwest Home
Mandy Finders, senior art director, Midwest HomeColors, like features, follow the...
Sales + Events: June 3-9 features Chalkfest’s 2019 chalk competition at Arbor Lakes
This weekend, you may see someone ride a sea turtle swimming above the pavement, walk atop an assortment of massive chocolates lining the road, or do yoga on the tongue of a Tyrannosaurus Rex...
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A Private “Eyeland”
Redstone Architectural Homes creates a homestead in harmony with nature at the White Oaks Savanna
Chinoiserie Made Modern
Photos by Josh Grubbs
Styled by Mickie ClarkVintage butterfly wallpaper, $50, Retro Wanderlust // Perfect View Poppy fabric, $38 per yard, The Fabric Co. // Vintage red oriental wallpaper, $39, Patrick Street, Etsy // Catalina...
Holiday Cocktail Recipes to Celebrate the Season
By Mary SubialkaThere will be plenty of times in the next month when you’ll need cocktails. Throughout the season there are get-togethers with friends, family, coworkers, book club—you name it—and different cocktail recipes in...
Minnesota Makers: Nathalie Carrigan of Wool + Timber
Nathalie Carrigan is one of those makers who loves the process as much as the finished product. As a trained photographer and letterpress designer, she made her first wall tapestry only three years ago,...
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Responsible Investing Requires Action
Capitalism is not evil, it is human behavior. And human behavior can change, at the individual level, the government level, and the corporate level
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How to Choose What Natural Stone to Use When Building Retaining Walls
Celebrating 50 years in business, Yardscapes has decades of design and installation experience—along with countless years of field experience. Let's talk about the importance and types of natural stone retaining walls that we install!
Arboretum’s Third Annual Spring Flower Show Branches Out
“Spirit of place and natural settings are such a trend in horticulture around the world right now,” says Alan Branhagen, the director of operations at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, “and if the Northwoods...
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Cloud Forest House
Reflecting the homeowners’ memories of their travels to Ecuador, the Cloud Forest House bridges indoor and outdoor environments, balancing beauty within the surrounding landscape.
Kate & Tony Becker’s Northern-Inspired Home
Kate and Tony Becker have a lot of energy—creative and otherwise. But they have to, considering they own and operate three businesses. There’s Kate Becker Photography; Northerly Photo Campers, a fleet of five vintage...
New West Elm Location to Open in North Loop
By Maggie Selner & Katelyn BloomquistWest Elm, a worldwide home furnishings retailer, will bring its modern and sustainable furniture and home goods to Minneapolis’ North Loop district late February. Its second Minnesota location will...