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House Tour 2004

From east to west, downtown lofts to suburban ramblers, how and where we live is as distinctive as we are.

September 2004

I’m not sure if someone has done a study on why we choose to live in the homes we do, in the locations we choose. Who is drawn to a riverfront loft, and why? What makes someone leave the city and purchase an old farm? How does a couple’s lifestyle change when they downsize from the ’burbs and head to a high-rise? We didn’t think we were the ones to conduct such a study—but we knew we were just the ones to show you some great houses. We flipped through our Rol-a-dexes and gathered an interesting assortment of Twin Citians who were willing to open their homes for our first-ever Home Tour. We love the variety we found and the stories were heard. We hope you do too. 

Margot Siegel

Colorful Life

The mid-century Kenwood house Margot Siegel built forty-six years ago is bursting at the seams.

Decorating Sense

Decorating Sense

When it came time to put a face to our Home Tour, we turned immediately to our hometown home diva Joan Steffend.

Joe and Patsy Duffy

High Design

When Joe Duffy’s award-winning design firm spun off from Fallon Worldwide six months ago, it didn’t take Joe long to relocate his office to Minneapolis’s downtown riverfront district.

In Good Hands

In Good Hands

Ralph Burnet may have made his name in real estate, but the Lake Minnetonka home he and his wife, Peggy, share never made it on the market.

Robb Whittlef

Modern Man

For homes expert Robb Whittlef, Minneapolis isn’t flyover country—it’s his base while shuttling between coasts.

Tony Scornavacco and Mike Garrett

Precious Gem

When you talk to people who live in an old home, the conversation often shifts to the philosophy that a house has a life, a history, a future that is greater than we are.

Pat Miles

Prime Time

In the years we’ve known the divine Ms. M, she’s lived in an historic home near Lake Harriet and an expansive mid-century rambler a blink from Cedar Lake. But now . . .

Bill and Gerri Summerville

Rural Renaissance

We joined Bill and Gerri Summerville at their Lake Elmo property on June 21. Summer solstice at the Summervilles’—how appropriate.

Wally and Shannon Szczerbiak

Wally's World

Life in Wally and Shannon Szczerbiak’s household is rarely quiet, thanks to a pair of greyhounds, a feline fluff ball, and the couple’s eighteen-month-old daughter.


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