Interior designer team working with fabric sample, color palette for home renovation project. Architect choosing material for building design. Collaboration on modern decor ideas

What Keeps You Inspired? 4 Designers Share Their Brain Busters

Interior design is a dynamic, highly creative business, which is part of its allure. But just as other creative professions, even the most prolific...
The great room’s birch bookshelves provide plenty of room to display the couple’s collection of knickknacks and family heirlooms.

Modern Scandinavian Design Meets Country Sophistication in a Refined Farmhouse

  Photography: Paige Kendall After years of living on their bustling hobby farm in Delano, a local retired couple realized their aging farmhouse was no longer...
An outdated Minnesota kitchen is transformed, displaying beauty and maximum storage in a compact footprint

Small Footprint, Big Impact: An Outdated Kitchen’s Stunning Transformation

Dreaming of a new kitchen, but not sure you have the space to make it a reality? Square footage doesn’t need to be a...
Bria Hammel stands with her new Pottery Barn Kids collection

Bria Hammel Interiors Launches Pottery Barn Kids Collection

Bria Hammel Interiors, a full-service design studio based in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Charleston, South Carolina, recently launched a new collection with Pottery Barn...
Industrial elements add intrigue to this primary bedroom

5 Primary Suites That Elevate Everyday Living

Your primary bedroom and bathroom are arguably some of the most important spaces in your house—they are where you get ready for your day,...
Add wool goods for warmth from Faribault Mill—like the Honor Throw, featuring a woven geometric pattern by Minneapolis’ celebrated contemporary artist, Dyani White Hawk.

Summer 2026 Product Picks: Prairie Contemporary

Products that embrace earthy palettes and warm minimalism can instantly make a room feel like home. These furnishings take prairie style and give it...
Ashok 49 Chandelier, designed by Sean Lavin and available from Visual Comfort & Co.

Designer Product Pick: Ashok 49 Chandelier

The Tastemaker: Based in Nisswa, Minnesota, Katie Kottke, owner and principal of Katie Kottke Interiors, is known for using natural materials, refined details, and...

A Guide to the Twin Cities Ceramics Scene

When shopping for home decor or kitchenware, one category to consider is ceramics—a versatile product made from natural material that can be crafted and...
The reimagined first floor includes an open-concept kitchen

A 100-Year-Old Home Remodel Restores Its Charm

When Twin Cities-based Oho Interiors embarked on the refresh of a century-old home just one block from Lake Minnetonka and Excelsior Bay, the goal...
Amador Rocking Chair by MasayaCo

Summer 2026 Product Picks: Sustainability Stars

Sustainable design presents a symbiotic relationship between homeowner and nature—it both supports environmental conservation by prioritizing recycled and reclaimed materials, and also elevates home...
Lowball glass from Dante Germain's River Rock Series.

Summer 2026 Product Picks: Bring the Outdoors In

The summer months are fleeting in the Midwest, and we make the most of time outside during this beloved season, whether it's lounging in...
This Tudor Revival dining room features the same wallpaper pattern that originally adorned the space

5 Creative Wallpaper Applications That Make a Statement

While a coat of paint can certainly transform a room, wallpaper and wallcoverings can do even more, especially for those willing to step outside...
The Revival House showroom in Plymouth showcases kitchen and bath cabinetry, interior design, furnishings, and decor.

Revival House Opens New Showroom in Plymouth

On June 24, Revival House, formerly known as Mingle, opened a new 4,000-square-foot curated home and lifestyle showroom in Plymouth that specializes in kitchen...
The day bed in the bay window is a pinnacle of the design and a key family gathering spot, says Penfield. It’s spacious enough for the family to sit together, cozily. While seated, they can feel immersed in nature, and the cabin’s interior fades into the landscape.

A Soulful Grand Marais Cabin

Photography Spacecrafting/Rob Grosse   Before embarking on her interior design plans for a cabin in Grand Marais, Lucy Penfield, founder and principal of Lucy Interiors, walked...
Custom-designed metal shelves blend color, depth, and functionality.

Inside a Custom Home Design and Build Firm’s Office Remodel

  Photos by Spacecrafting Interior spaces leave lasting impressions, and few people understand this better than design professionals. So when Minneapolis-based custom home design and build...
Awash in textures, the sunroom is a casual-yet-elegant spot near the kitchen, perfect for chatting, reading, or watching a football game.

Forever Home: Lake Minnetonka Retreat Rebuilt as a Full-Time Residence

Photography by Spacecrafting/Rob Grosse   Nearly two decades ago, a south-Metro-based family knew they would need access to a lake for moments of refuge for the...
Schumacher wallpaper, a custom velvet headboard, and colorful nightstand make this guest suite stand out.

A Charming Guest Suite Leans into Color

Guests are welcomed with comfort, privacy, and convenience when entering this colorful and inviting upper-level guest suite within a farmhouse in Waunakee, Wisconsin. The...
The spacious living room features floor-to-ceiling triple-pane windows, while a striking Calacatta Viola Ultra Marble fireplace surround creates an inviting focal point. Affectionately referred to as Wesley, Brooks’ Diplodocus tibia bone needed its own spot, and now stands in the corner with a serene pond backdrop.

Sophisticated Luxury and Whimsy Blend in This Meaningful Home

Photography by Round Three Photography || Architecture by Unfold Architecture || Build & Interior Design by Sustainable Design + Build   A home is more than...
Lidia Valdivia sits in her newly remodeled living room, where raised the previously sunken space and added terracotta floors, and skylights and wood beams to the ceiling, creating an open, inviting atmosphere. Neutral Roman Clay walls allow artwork—some from her travels and home in Nicaragua, some created by her partner—to shine.

Lidia Valdivia Transforms Homes into Colorful Places of Refuge

Photography by Chelsie Lopez Lidia Valdivia always had a mind for entrepreneurship but didn’t discover her latent love for construction and interior design until she...
Natural light pours into the great room of this modern Minnesota lake home, complete with stunning lake views and sculptural lighting.

This Modern Minnesota Lake Home Is a Luxurious Sanctuary

The transformation of a cottage-style residence into a 4,860-square-foot modern Minnesota lake home is a showstopper that is seamlessly integrated with its natural environment. The...

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