More homeowners are planning for aging-in-place options. Amy Haugen sits at the work desk in her newly remodeled kitchen, gazing outside at the...
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Chasing Boathouse Dreams on Lake Minnetonka
Casco Point home is reimagined with Lake Minnetonka serving as its focal point. A few years ago, Atrion and Lisa Faiola decided to take the plunge...
Cooks Bay Home Revels in Lakeside View
Mound’s Alexis Walsko followed her dreams—right to Lake Minnetonka. They say timing is everything. Is a home sitting on the market for more than 200...
Building Suite Relationships with an In-Law Suite
Wayzata homeowners make special additions. Inspiration for personalizing a home can run deeper than its interior décor elements or curb-appeal...
The Guest House
Restored Victorian home puts out a new welcome mat. Nine women are transforming the face of travel in Excelsior with the help of one historic...
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[Re]Create Home
Hit refresh for this season’s punch list. Spring fills many of us with the desire to shed heavy home décor and brighten up our spaces with goodness...
Renovation Recipe
Kitchen’s remodeling project has the right ingredients. As the heart of the home, kitchens often take on an even more important role as the lifeline...
More Enchanted Evenings
Couple reimagines its island dream home. Forty-five years is plenty of time to put down roots. Deep within a family. Deep within a community. In...
Brick by Brick
Paint expert provides tips for homeowners. At this stage of the pandemic, a fair amount of homeowners have given the interiors of their homes a...
Prime Property
Mid-century home receives a modern-day touch up. When the Richard S. Davis house—commissioned by the eponymous curator cum director of the...
Handmade Home
"I’m an artist at heart." Many of us found ourselves spending more time at home and missing travel in 2020. While planes and trains may not have...
Boyer Building Takes Outdated Minnetonka Home from Drab to Fab
Redesign makes Minnetonka homeowners’ dreams a reality. Like owners’ lives, homes evolve—accommodating changing lifestyles and evolutions in home...
How Lake Minnetonka’s Best Builder is Keeping Up with Sustainable Home Trends
As the popularity of sustainable building materials and ecofriendly homes rises, the team at John Kraemer & Sons rises to meet it. In recent...
‘I’ve Been Building Since I Was 6’: How Local Businessman Steve Kuhl Built His Dream
Steve Kuhl is a local entrepreneur with multiple successful businesses to his name. And it all started with a phone call to the wrong number. “Many...
See How This Couple Reimagined Their Wayzata’s Landing Condo
A turn-key condo at Wayzata’s Landing gives one couple a spot to land near the lake. There’s a lot to be said for The Landing Residences. The 30...
Remodel Takes Minnetonka Home from Outdated to Outstanding
Minnetonka home remodel goes from '90s style to modern chic. Creative teamwork transformed Hindy and Scott Tankenoff’s Minnetonka home from 1990s...
Local Homeowners See the Sunny Side of Solar Energy
Solar cuts local homeowners’ energy costs. On a winter day earlier this year, the mercury dropped below zero and a bitter north wind froze cringing...
A Look Inside a Perfect Lake Home
The Kenney family wanted the perfect lake home—and after a few false starts, they got what they were looking for. “We don’t want very nice … we want...
The History of 980 Shady Lane
Lake Minnetonka house’s history is filled with families, guests and bon vivants. The story of 980 Shady Lane unfolds through black-and-white...
