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.
Art in the Home
Curated by Lisa Peck of Lilu Interiors, Art in the Home runs from February 16 through April 13 at the Bloomington Center for the Arts.
Q&A: Alchemy Architects’ Geoffrey Warner on Boxes, Barns, and Learning from Clients
The whimsical architect sits down with Midwest Home.
Mia’s New Exhibition “Power and Beauty in China’s Last Dynasty” Displays Furnishings, Textiles, and...
If you’ve had the good fortune to experience the immersive exhibition environments created by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York,...
“Fragrances of Spring” at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum: A Plethora of Plants with an...
Yum! Just take a quick look at what the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum has in store for its Spring Flower Show and your taste buds...
Charmed by the Char: Is Shou Sugi Ban Getting Hot?
When an industrious young couple approached Jody McGuire (Midwest Home’s 2017 Emerging Talent) about designing a new project that would accommodate all of their...
“bold boho,” Circa and Omforme’s Third Exhibition, Focuses on Restyling by Pairing Abstract Art...
Carter Averbeck, the artist, media darling, and owner of the fabulous furnishings shop Omforme Design—and Circa Gallery in Minneapolis talks why the future of furniture is restyling.
The Other BOWL in Town: ASI Ushers in 2018 with “The Handmade,” a Series...
The artisan, artistic and aesthetic aspects of craft receive their full due in 2018 as the American Swedish Institute focuses on “The Handmade” in...
Architects Leave for Puerto Rico to Help With Rebuilding Island Destroyed by Hurricane Maria
Architects John Dwyer and Laura Cayere-King left this week for Puerto Rico.John Dwyer just took off for Puerto Rico, packing four 70-pound bags of...
Three Holiday House Tours Inspire Historic Reveries
Three iconic Twin Cities homes, managed to retain their historic grandeur, open their doors during the holiday season to visitors seeking respite from their...
Move Over, Marie Kondo. Swedish Death Cleaning is the New Decluttering Craze
The alarm really sounded when, in February, Richard Eisenberg published an article on Next Avenue titled “Sorry, Nobody Wants Your Parents’ Stuff.” For years,...
“Dirty Laundry” Series at the U Delivers the Dirt on Design
One of the liveliest annual events in the Twin Cities design world is “Dirty Laundry.” Presented by the College of Design at the University...
Sisyphus: The Kinetic Table That Plays Paths to Wonderment
During an art opening held at a local architecture firm, guests from 5 to 85 sat transfixed around several circular, black steel tables inside...
Talk by Kristin Anderson, Architecture Professor, Highlights Ordinary Homes of the ’50s and ’60s
The passion for all things midcentury continues. In fact, Kristin Anderson, professor of art and architecture at Augsburg College, developed a continuing education class...
Alchemy Architects Celebrates 25 Years of Innovating Small Structures for Life, Work, and Play
Would it be safe to say that Geoff Warner, founder of Alchemy Architects in St. Paul, owes a lot of one client in particular?...
Peterssen Keller Architects Transforms Office Walls Into Gallery for Local Artists
Bennett Bossert has loved residential architecture since, when he was 10, he drew plans for the renovation of his grandparents’ home on Galpin Lake...
Docomomo US/MN Tour Day 2017: Seven Fantastic Modern Homes by Iconic Midcentury and Modern...
It’s not on the scale of Palm Springs Modernism Week, or even Modern Phoenix Week—the home tours that ardent fans of midcentury modern architecture...
New Exhibition on Housing in the Netherlands Proposes Solutions to High-Density, Multi-Family Residential Dilemmas
As the seasons change this week, a new exhibition opens at the University of Minnesota that examines ways in which Dutch housing complexes are...
Preserving the Soul of a Lakeside Retreat
Third-generation owners preserve the soul of a beloved summer house, reinventing it for the future.
Designer Petra Blaisse Discusses the Transformation of the Wurtele Upper Garden at the Walker...
Dutch designer Petra Blaisse began her career as a curator (in applied arts at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam), became a freelance exhibition designer (earning...
Ramsey Hill House Tour 2017: “Treasures of Ramsey Hill”
Ramsey Hill in St. Paul, an area bounded by Summit Avenue, Dale Street, I-94, and a line running north from the Cathedral of Saint Paul, is...
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