The Collective: Plush Pumpkin
Photos provided
Since 2002, Monya Kampa has been stitching up a couture pumpkin patch in Saint Paul. What started with a velvet swatch and a...
Minnesota Maker | Solid Manufacturing Co.
Portrait by Mariah Brink, product shots provided
Dan and Alex Cordell launched Solid Manufacturing in 2012 knowing that quality handmade products could be manufactured in...
How Curators Bring Artistic Value to Commercial Design Projects
Not all curators work for museums. Tricia Heuring, for one, is interested in all the other places that art lives. While she’s known locally...
Margit Schmitt Paints Floral Memories
Photos by Caroline Yang
While Margit Schmitt’s mother is originally from the Twin Cities, the family moved to the arts town of Ojai, California, when...
‘STILL: The Art of Noticing’ Delivers Over a Decade of Daily Discoveries
Amid the chaos of life, we rarely take the time to slow down, stop, and be still, which Minnesota-based Mary Jo Hoffman has long...
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...
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....
Catch the Balloon Bug With Balloon Installations by Minne Merriments
Photos by Natalie Snyder Photography
Ellie Dhar was a new mom with a 7-month-old baby when she first caught the balloon bug. She had just...
Custom Craftsmanship
Photos by David Ellis
At a young age, master woodcarver Erik Wyckoff “fell in love with beautiful, personalized interiors,” he recalls. “Whether it was a...
Danelle Marie Calligraphy at Your Service
Photos courtesy of Danelle Marie Calligraphy
Danelle Erickson of Danelle Marie Calligraphy has mastered the majesty of making words look magical with her custom calligraphy...
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,...
Project Spotlight: Big-City Living
Photos by Jeffrey Gray Brandsted
Mike Rataczak, a Minnesota native and principal of Mike Rataczak Studios, relocated back to the Twin Cities area after a...
The Collective: Cait Courneya
Photos by Rachel Leigh Photo
Cait is driven by the integration of art and life. After a decade in the luxury fashion industry, she returned...
Patti Wagner Dishes on Making a Home Meaningful
Photos by Wing Ta
Patti and Brian Wagner’s kitchen, once an attached garage, is famous. The two bedrooms the couple remodeled together are nice, but...
Joanna Craw Finds The Balance of Form & Function Through Pottery
Photos by David Ellis
Joanna Craw grew up fascinated with art but had no idea where it could take her. Now, looking at the detailed...
Making Moves: Minnesota Designers Recognized on The Expert Top 40
For the second consecutive year, two Minnesota design companies have secured spots on The Expert’s coveted Top 40 list. This annual “best of” roundup...
Wit & Delight’s Kate Arends Talks Mental Health and Home Renovations
Photos by Wing Ta
Kate Arends is many things. She’s an entrepreneur, designer, podcaster, and mom, but at the heart of it all, she’s a...
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...
Harriet Bart: Reckoning Resonates Within NewStudio Gallery
Interior designers love to delve into the power of objects; their provenance and materiality, power to transform a space, and ability to invoke memory....
Q+A: Custom Wreaths with Style the Seasons’ Latawnie Nigon
Photos by Philip Hernandez || Interview by Emily Heegaard
Creativity flows through the blood of Minnesota native Latawnie Nigon—a stay-at-home mom who doubles as the...
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