Hallway - modern hallway idea in Minneapolis

THE SETUP Client Background: Our clients, a couple who have transitioned into the empty nest phase, have cherished their home for over three decades without undergoing any significant renovations. With a newfound desire to adapt their living space to better suit their current lifestyle, they’ve embarked on a journey to reimagine their kitchen — the heart of their home. Their aspiration is to cultivate a serene, neutral-toned sanctuary on the first floor that seamlessly merges with their family room, ensuring a harmonious and inviting environment. Design Inspiration: The renovation is inspired by the couple’s penchant for soft, calming neutrals, using their cherished family room and the kitchen’s existing tile flooring as the cornerstone for the color scheme. This approach aims to foster a sense of warmth and tranquility throughout. Design Objectives: Harmonize the kitchen with the family room by adopting a soothing, neutral color scheme, ensuring a seamless flow across the first floor. Enhance kitchen functionality with thoughtfully designed cabinetry, providing a designated place for every item and maximizing storage efficiency. Cultivate an inviting and comfortable atmosphere that reflects the homeowners’ desire for a calm and relaxing space. Design Challenges: The homeowners wish to retain the existing kitchen tile flooring and integrate it into a refreshed, modern design. Accommodating a dining area spacious enough for family visits without compromising the kitchen’s open feel or functional layout. Despite liking the current placement of plumbing and appliances, the homeowners aspire for a more open floor plan to facilitate better movement and interaction. The need to amplify natural light in the kitchen, especially around the sink area, where existing lighting is insufficient. Preserving the half-wall between the kitchen and family room, a feature the homeowners want to keep, while ensuring it complements the new design. THE RENEWED SPACE Design Solutions: By choosing a neutral color palette that complements the existing tile, the design unifies the kitchen with the adjacent spaces. The tile’s grout was cleaned and restored, enhancing the floor’s appearance and integrating it seamlessly with the new kitchen aesthetic. The inclusion of a larger island with seating for two, alongside maintaining a substantial dining table, was achieved by optimizing the spatial layout. This allowed for a sociable yet functional kitchen, accommodating large family gatherings without feeling crowded. Minor adjustments to the kitchen’s layout maintained the preferred locations for plumbing and appliances while introducing an ‘open’ design concept. Strategic modifications, such as angling the pantry wall, improved the flow and accessibility within the space. Replacing the garden window with a broader, standard window significantly increased natural light, transforming the sink area into a bright, welcoming space with enhanced views of the outdoors. The decision to keep the half-wall was ingeniously leveraged to define the dining area while maintaining an open connection to the family room. This feature not only serves as a visual separator but also ties the two spaces together through the shared color scheme and design elements. The homeowners are thrilled with their newly remodeled kitchen, which has become a hub of warmth and hospitality. Hosting a wedding shower and a birthday party, they have shared their renewed space with friends and family, who have been equally enamored. This remodel has not only met their functional and aesthetic desires but has also enriched their home with a fresh sense of serenity and joy. The upstairs part of the home is shaping up nicely. Here’s their newly remodeled primary bathroom.

Pompeii Kitchen and Baths
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Custom designed moldings were applied and painted to create depth and character to this master bedroom. The large tray ceiling was finished with a silver glaze to add light to the room. A stacked stone fireplace wall and sleek mantle were added to enhance the sitting area in the bedroom, along with dramatic lighting.

Julian Hodges - Featured Project of the Month by Truitt & White This month featured project brings you beautifully crafted gates and entryways from local craftsman Julian Hodges. For over 35 years, Mr. Hodges has been designing and crafting custom wooden gates in Berkeley and the greater Bay Area. His projects mainly feature old growth, vertical grained redwood or western red cedar which is air or kiln dried. The gates are fully mortised and tenoned (male / female joints) and a very powerful epoxy is used to glue the parts together. Wherever a floating panel rides in a dado, drainage is provided in the form of several holes that are out of sight that allow any rain water to be ushered out at the bottom of the gate enabling the gate to dry itself rather than staying damp which otherwise could lead to long term decomposition of the wood. Adding to the unique feel of each gate, Julian creates his own custom hardware from heavy gauge steel, which also provides a pleasing solid sound as it operates. All gates are then finished in a penetrating oil seal which optimizes the longevity and good appearance of the gates. For more information on Julian Hodges' work, visit www.julianhodges.com.

What a dramatic statement the herringbone accent wall makes in this stairwell.

Bathroom mirrors are often not the first thing that comes to mind during remodels, but they are a vital component to the space. After all, you use them every day — either to put on makeup, brush your teeth, shave, or give your look a final check before heading out the door. Bathroom vanity mirrors come in a wide range of styles, sizes and shapes, which ensures there's one for your budget and preference. At agmHomeStore, we specialize in shipping high-end bathroom products. As a result, you can order with confidence that your bathroom vanity mirror will be delivered to your home on time and in one piece. Every item that ships is packaged in such a way that ensures it is delivered to your home the way it was shipped out. Browse our large selection of European bathroom vanity mirror collections right here.

Oversized and underused was how our Client described their old furniture for this space. We were brought in to come up with a furniture plan and accessorizing details that would make the space livable and loveable again!

Premonition by Jon Allen - JAC 195 The Jon Allen Collection is an exclusive, hand-selected group of my most personal work to date. Each piece is hand-painted on aluminum. My art itself and my chosen medium, aluminum, are blissfully married. You may not think of the word organic when you hear the word metal, but this is some of my most organic art and that’s simply because metal allows my work to achieve true sentience. Aluminum’s naturally reflective nature enables each color, shape, and stroke to reach its full potential. A new aspect of the painting will reveal itself to you as it basks in the light that surrounds, evades, or envelops it in that moment. When you see the piece from different angles, you will appreciate how vibrant, dynamic, and environmentally influenced these pieces are. What you may see and feel by morning is not what you’ll see or feel by dusk and in many ways, and as such I feel these pieces capture the ever-ebbing and complex nature of human emotion and perception. Some of these pieces are truly abstract while others are modern takes on traditional landscapes, marine life, and portraits. I hope you enjoy them a fraction of how much I enjoyed creating them. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Number of Pieces: 1 Dimensions: 48" x 24" x 2" off the wall Care & Cleaning: Clean with a soft cloth and plain soap & water Other Features: Hardware is pre-installed for simple hanging and art will “float” 2” off the wall

A close up shot of the tone on tone texture with a hint of pearl in the background.

GROIN VAULT CROSS WITH CROWN MOLDING, LED LIGHTS IN THE CROWN MOLDING AND VENIETIAN PLASTER
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Detail of our custom craftsman-style paneling. 100% wood.
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3 hole 8" inch widespread faucet and Mirror included Certification: CE Material: Marble Warranty: More than 1 years After-sale Service: Online technical support Width: 23-25 in Project Solution Capability: graphic design Application: Hotel Design Style: Modern Model Number: BELLA-1200 Style: Modern Type: Vanity Combo Installation Type: Floor Mounted, Floor Mounted Carcase Material: Plywood, Plywood Door Material: Plywood, Plywood Door Panel Surface Treatment: Lacquer, Lacquer Include Basin: Yes, Yes Include Faucet: NO Shape: rectangle Product Type: Floor Stand Bathroom Cabinet Door Finish: Melamine Board Available Size: 1000,1200,1600mm Structure Material: plywood Hardware: DTC Countertop Material: Artificial STONE Mirror: LED MIRROR INCLUDED Color Option: BLUE Drainer: P Trap INCLUDED

| DETAILS + INTERSECTIONS | Baltic Birch sliding doors, wall panels and closet doors now installed. The serendipity of the meeting of materials to align over 20' spans its pretty awesome to see the ½" gable align on its inside edge with the floor boards. The intersection of surface planes meeting. Kudos to the team @caisleydevelopments @bisongoods for the final push. #GGID_Bayshore #condoliving #interiordesign #design #renovations #materialstory #CoalHarbor #Vancouver #dwellhomes #houzz #teamwork #home #details #flush #white #balticbirch #construction #gaileguevara