Eyenga Bokamba Mixes Media to Create Colorful Canvases
Photos by David Ellis
Eyenga Bokamba, a visual artist and designer, modestly insists, “I have an art career because people reach out to me, so...
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...
Tangled Within the Thread: Multimedia Art by Brandi Kole
Photos by Dina Kantor
As a youngster growing up in Bloomington, Minnesota, multimedia artist Brandi Kole spent her after-school hours watching her grandmother sew. Kole’s...
Cozying Up to Winter: Q&A with Founders of Hygge & West
Photos courtesy of Hygge & West
Those Norwegians. They endure the longest, snowiest, coldest winters and yet—as research done by Kari Leibowritz, a PhD student...
The Collective: Scent and Psyche
Photos provided
Confessed candle addict, Christie Wells began hand-pouring candles with scents she loved in 2020, and by January of 2021, Scent & Psyche was...
Minnesota Makers: Deep Cut
Photos courtesy Deep Cut
A great idea and business often starts in the family. Take two brothers, Rich and Clark, and their wood-working cousin, Rob,...
Amy Matthews’ Modern Barnhouse is First Midwestern Idea House
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The long-time, trusted home-improvement brand and media company “This Old House” is currently building its first Idea House in the Midwest. After eight...
Room & Board Founder John Gabbert Inducted into American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame
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The American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame Foundation Inc. is an industry organization founded in 1988 meant to preserve the history of the...
Designing With Purpose
Photos by David Ellis
Patricia Mutebi discovered her passion for technical drawing during her A-levels (similar to high school) in Kampala, Uganda, where she was...
Bright Futures in Interior Design
Photos courtesy of Sydney Marie Branz
Today, accredited colleges and universities across the country and beyond are investing time to train the next generation of...
A Peek Inside Erin Francois’s Remodeled 1930s Tudor Duplex
Photos by Wing Ta
At the tender age of seven, Erin Francois would bunker down in her basement, throwing hot glue and dried flowers onto...
Personality Profile: Kira Vanderlan of Zestful Design
What began as a simple side hustle has evolved to be an award-winning interior design, decluttering, and home staging firm in Maple Grove, Minnesota....
Q&A with Travis Gienger
Elemental Engineer
As a former competitive skier and semi-pro fisherman, Travis Gienger’s passion for the outdoors is evident in his career. After spending nearly 20...
Home Essentials Handmade with Heart
Written by Sheila Regan
Photos by Woodspirit Handcraft
Jarrod Dahl and Jazmin Hicks-Dahl of Woodspirit Handcraft do things the slow way, and that suits them just...
Photographer Cynthia Yang Takes Passion for Home Décor to Social Media
Photos courtesy of Cynthia Yang
The ongoing pandemic affects each of us, along with our productivity and creativity, in different ways. For Minneapolis-based photographer Cynthia...
Italian-Style Meatballs
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Crave cozy dishes simmering in heavy pots that make the whole house smell like home during fall? This go-to meatball recipe combines beef,...
Liquidpink Interiors’ Shed-Turned-Studio
Photos by Spacecrafting
Architecture by SALA Architects
Build by City Homes
When Stephanie Lalley, owner of Liquidpink Interiors, realized her samples were sprawled across every table in...
Eden Prairie Topiary Designer Competes in High-Stakes TV Competition
Photos courtesy of discovery+
Will she make the cut or get clipped? That’s the question for contestant Meghan Petricka as she competes against six other...
Marian Parsons’ New Book Guides Readers to Create the Home of Their Dreams
Photos and styling by Marian Parsons
Marian Parsons, aka Miss Mustard Seed, has written books before—as well as created fine art, refinished furniture, crafted a...
Entrepreneur Erin Zosel’s Stylish Instincts
Photos by Dina Kantor
Erin Zosel is a multihyphenate who may just be getting started. Case in point: Six years ago, she opened her first...
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