Laurie Junker
Laurie Junker writes about home design, real estate, and trends and has been contributing to Midwest Home since 2015. She lives in Minneapolis where she's still trying to figure out how to style her bookshelves.
Contemporary Homes MN Builds A Dallas-Inspired Stunner in Excelsior
Photos by SpacecraftingWhen Scott and Ellen Krohn moved back to Minnesota from Dallas last year, they wanted a special home for their family of...
Alexandra Gray Bennett’s Historic Home Has A Handcrafted Touch
Photos by Wing TaYou’d never know Alexandra Gray Bennett hasn’t gotten more than three or four hours of uninterrupted sleep a night for the...
Hartman Homes’ Founder Builds His Riverfront Dream Home
Photos by SpacecraftingAs impressive as the Hartman family’s new Somerset home is, it almost plays second fiddle to its setting—a scenic 6-acre peninsula with...
An Edina Home Finds the Perfect Fix
Photos by SpacecraftingJosie Fix’s new home in Edina was almost perfect. Located in a beautiful neighborhood close to both her and her husband’s jobs...
Renae Keller Went from Barbie Dream House to Her Own
Photos by Wing TaInterior designer Renae Keller says the best present she ever received was a Barbie Dreamhouse when she was six years old....
A Simply Scandinavian Kitchen
Photos by Julie ArnoldThe renovation of SweetWater cottage began with a desire to connect—to the wooded setting along Lake Superior, to the history of...
Ini Iyamba Defines the Modern Man
Photos by Wing TaThe vice president of merchandising for CircleRock, a local men’s apparel company that just merged with Faribault Woolen Mill Co., likes...
The Fox Approach
Photos by Wing TaBrad Fox says he met his wife Heather at a concert on New Year’s Eve, then quickly admits it was actually...
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...
HGTV’s 2019 Urban Oasis Embraces a Scandinavian-Farmhouse Feel
Photos courtesy of HGTVThe modest 1920’s Foursquare near Minnehaha Falls was typical of hundreds of homes across the city of Minneapolis—it featured two and...
Wit & Delight’s Kate Arends Talks Mental Health and Home Renovations
Photos by Wing TaKate Arends is many things. She’s an entrepreneur, designer, podcaster, and mom, but at the heart of it all, she’s a...
A Minneapolis Remodel Honors the Historic Character of a 1904 Lake Home
Photos by Jessica StoeFor Laura and Matt Murphy, their house on a leafy street in the East Isles neighborhood of Minneapolis had a lot...