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St. Paul Adirondack Ski Chair

I live in a family of skiers –snow and water both-so when I passed this adorable Adirondack chair in a St. Paul front yard I had to snap a picture.  With a little ingenuity, a décor really can tastefully and inexpensively reflect who lives there!  Check out other ideas with leftover/outdated ski equipment.  And just […]

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The Gift of the Crane

  We’ve been working on a really fun project, turning what once served as a walk-in closet into something completely different:  a kind-of retreat space for our client to relax in, but also to spread out craft projects, catch up on reading or work that is brought home, and be surrounded by personal treasures that […]

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Creating a Light Filled Interior

We all love rooms filled with light.  Certainly we also have our days when we crave the coziness of a dark paneled library, a good book and a glass of red wine, but maybe that’s why homes need balance.  I was inspired today by a photo in the Minneapolis Star and Tribune of a remodel […]

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What a Little Trimwork Can Do!

We recently completed a project in St. Paul…  we would call it a “face-lift”.  It was a master bedroom update in a big, old, grand house on Summit Avenue.  The master bedroom surely had been updated several times in its 100-year plus history, but not lately.  The room had a large bay with a window […]

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Wicker vs. Rattan

  It’s a hot summer day – finally and I’m thinking of porches and lemonade!  This got me thinking about the difference between Wicker, Cane and Rattan.  I did a little digging and here is what I learned: Wicker: Wicker is the type of weaving we often see on porch furniture, usually woven with cane, […]

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Color Schemes, Color Wheel

Using the Color Wheel I had a great color consultation this week with clients that have recently moved into a new home.  As the boxes begin to disappear and the existing walls and carpets emerge again, it’s time to make the space their own.  Our conversation centered on how the rooms should feel and how […]

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Kitchen and Bath Remodel Projects using Cambria

Many of our clients ask us about, and we often recommend, Cambria countertops for their kitchen and bath projects.  Why do we like it?  Lots of reasons!  First of all, though, what is it?  Cambria is not a natural stone, but it is made from natural stone.  In a nutshell, it’s approximately 93% pure quartz combined […]

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Art and Too Much Art

Design Milk is a blog we follow that focuses on a modern vibe in furnishings, art and architecture.    They had a post this week that I just loved.  You can check it out at www.design-milk.com/blow-me-by-sebastian-errazuriz/.  The quote that caught my attention was said by Sebastian Errazuriz, the artist.  He says “We are becoming aesthetically obese.”  […]

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The Color Purple

I’m having a very exciting afternoon – I received the latest edition of Sherwin-Williams’ publication, Stir.  It’s a magazine all about color…  trends, new products, organic farming.  Yeah, there’s a great article about heirloom vegetables.  They’re very colorful!  Did you know that early carrots were purple and that you can get blue tomatoes?  Who knew. Anyway, there is […]

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