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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.
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The
mid-century Kenwood house Margot Siegel built forty-six years ago is bursting at
the seams.
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When
it came time to put a face to our Home Tour, we turned immediately to our
hometown home diva Joan Steffend.
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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.
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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.
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For
homes expert Robb Whittlef, Minneapolis isn’t flyover country—it’s his base
while shuttling between coasts.
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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.
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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 . . .
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We
joined Bill and Gerri Summerville at their Lake Elmo property on June 21. Summer
solstice at the Summervilles’—how appropriate.
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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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