Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre has been writing about architecture and design for local and national publications throughout her career as an arts journalist. Her love of home as a place of sanctuary, inspiration, and community is profound, whether she’s teaching Pilates out of her home studio in Saint Paul or welcoming guests to her family house in Sedona.
Modernism Week in Palm Springs: An Annual Bucket-List Item for Modernistas
Opportunities to explore midcentury architecture—houses in particular—abound, from Modern Phoenix Week (go here for a recap of the 2017 event ) to SarasotaMod, to...
Building a Sustainable Home Shows Homeowners How to Fulfill the Green Dream
In 2006, Melissa Rappaport Schifman and her husband Jim Schifman began building a new home near Cedar Lake. Designed by David Salmela, the contemporary...
The Solar Egg Invites Reflection at the American Swedish Institute
Images courtesy American Swedish Institute Behold, the egg has landed. Or been laid. And cracked to reveal the wonders inside. Oh, it’s so hard to...
“Engineered for Domestic Bliss” Brings Us Back-to-the-Future Chrome and Bakelite Housewares
Images courtesy Minneapolis Institute of Art Next time you’re wandering around downtown Minneapolis, whether on the bustling city streets or skyways, an exhibition in the...
Q+A: Katie Haun Schuring
Since moving to Minneapolis with her family in 2010, Katie Haun Schuring has been enlivening the process of historic bridge rehabilitation as a project...
Marie Kondo’s Netflix Series, “Tidying Up,” Sheds a Gentle Light on Intentional Living and...
To see Marie Kondo, the tidying-up sprite with a mission and a method, bound into mess after mess with exuberance is a bit shocking....
ROAM Hosts Event Celebrating Neal Peterson’s Urban Photo Collages
Images courtesy Neal Peterson Roaming is an activity Neal Peterson embraces wholeheartedly. Possessed of many passions—Buddhist and Hindu art, photography, maps, graphic design, and, of...
Trend-Spotting in 2019: Color at Play
Images courtesy LiLu Interiors Everyone’s abuzz about Pantone’s pick for 2019 Color of the Year. Living Coral was the choice: a rich, vibrant, yet breezy...
Creations in Clay: Two Ceramics Exhibitions Celebrate Creative Innovation
Images of Ruth Crane pottery courtesy of Goldstein Museum of Design This month, two ceramics exhibitions open in the Twin Cities that, with tremendous depth...
Trend-Spotting in 2019: 6 Kitchen Trends to Enliven Your Space
Images courtesy Shelter Architecture Is there any other room in the house in which we spend more time? We’re talking about the kitchen, of course....
Tiny Cabins in the Woods: Endeavor is Booked, But Firefly Beckons
Endeavor’s first cabin, located in Silver Bay, is a millennial modernist’s dream: A sleek rustic retreat that combines contemporary amenities with a camping-out feel....
Three Bathroom Trend Alerts for 2019
Images courtesy David Heide Design Studio The spa-like experience. The tub and shower (i.e., a water space) behind a glass partition. Statement art on the...