Reinvent Your Home with Discounted Luxury Home Goods from ASID MN’s Sample Sale

Looking to revamp your living room, find fun accent pieces for your kitchen, or add some flair to your home office? You might want to try your luck at the American Society of Interior...

Staycation Innovation With Blue Pencil Collective

Photos providedA timely article from the Coldwell Banker blog on making “home the only place you want to be” recently caught our attention. “If your own backyard is likely to be your leisure-time destination...

ASID & Midwest Home Present Life in Color Competition Winners

Midwest Home and the American Society of Interior Designers Minnesota choose six of the best, brightest, and most vibrant designs

2022 Ideas to Steal: Wall Coverings, Color & Paint

Naturally NeutralAlthough black is back for good, color palettes are also growing increasingly more brown—flaunting stunning shades that trend from taupe and tan to chocolate and cream. If pops of punctuated color aren’t your...
Tea towels and coasters at Fox Run

The Goods: Fox Run

Photos courtesy Heidi DernerThe journey of Fox Run’s new brick-and-mortar flagship store in Arbor Lakes may be somewhat prototypical of a Minnesota maker and ambassador, but it has a few bells and whistles to...

Transcending Design: The 2022 ASID-MN Interior Design Awards

When it comes to good interior design, creating spaces that simply meet clients’ needs and achieve project goals isn’t enough. The greatest designers have the ability to infuse a space with their client’s personality,...

Interior Define Opens Brick-and-Mortar Shop in Galleria Edina

Photos provided Interior Define, a leading customizable furniture brand both online and through select studios across the U.S., now has a brick-and-mortar studio in the Galleria in Edina. In addition to offering thousands of upholstery...
A portrait of Heather Strommen in her home.

Inside Heather Strommen’s Home

Heather Strommen started a blog four years ago to document the restoration of her 1937 Colonial home on Lake Minnetonka for friends and family. That project morphed into the Instagram account @sweetshadylane, where she posts...

Coastal Charm Abounds Within This Excelsior Lake Home

Photos by Spacecrafting“We always knew this is where we wanted to build a house,” says one of the homeowners of this East Coast-style abode situated on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. “It just took...

Pantone’s Pick for 2019 Color of the Year: Living Coral

The annual trend-watching rite known as “Color of the Year” finished up this month with Pantone’s announcement of its 2019 pick, Living Coral. Characterizing the bright pinkish color as “vibrant yet mellow…lively yet nurturing,”...

Get the Look: Valentine’s Day

Photo by Janelle Olson || Styling by Jocelyn KrackeRound faux fur pillow, $30, pink and gold knob, $28/pair, glass knob, $20/pair, Anthropologie Heart stone dish, $23, Bachman’s Astor Velvet fabric in “Pink Grapefruit,”...
A collection of plants in vases and pots.

Forcing Spring (Bulbs)

Force your way into spring with these flowers

Mint Interior Design’s Lakeside Cottage Embraces the Nature of Water

Photos by SpacecraftingWater sparked the update of this Lake Minnetonka cottage—and not just the water along the shore. Alas, extensive water damage had necessitated repairs and new windows, which organically blossomed into a thorough...

The Collective: Tokheim Stoneware

Photos provide by Tokheim StonewareFrom practical to collectible, Tokheim Stoneware’s Scandinavian folk art pottery has been adding a touch of handmade history to homes since 1973. Husband-and-wife duo Gene and Lucy Tokheim met in...

Anna Christian’s Style Exudes Scandi Sophistication

Photos by Wing Ho“I like to say I’ve been an artist since I could hold a crayon,” Anna Christian says. So, after an 11-year career in nursing, she took the jump to be at...

Ideas to Steal: Cabinetry & Millwork

Top to Bottom  Add visual interest to your space with two-toned cabinetry, incorporating two colors or woods that complement and coordinate between uppers and lowers. Fusion Designed pulled off the aesthetic with ease in this...

This Nisswa Cabin Brings a Rustic Refinement to Upper Gull Lake

Photos by SpacecraftingFor four days straight, a thick layer of cardboard concealed the windows of Mary and Bob Dimke’s new cabin. During that time, Tays & Co. CEO and chief designer Laura Tays had...
Minnesota cocktail glasses

Stock The Bar, Local Style

The local craft spirits market is flourishing and a bottle of their best makes a fun gift, especially when paired with MN themed glassware.

A Dormer Guest Suite Gets a Vintage, Scottish Makeover

Photos by Alyssa Lee, courtesy Fox InteriorsIn the Mac-Groveland neighborhood of St. Paul was a dormer bedroom (slid in during a 1955-era addition to the 1922 home) with some real issues. A sloped ceiling...
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Carver Junk Company and the DIY Succulent Planter Bar

This year's DIY Succulent Planter Bar is your opportunity to express your succulent style.

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