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Home Tours 2008 | Slideshow
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Downtown Minneapolis
Intriguing furnishings such as a silk velvet sofa, a faux fur throw, and a handcarved twelve-arm candelabra table lamp mix with dramatic effect in Keyvan Talebi’s penthouse condo at the Carlyle.
Photo by Karen Melvin
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Downtown Minneapolis
The circular foyer is the first spot where Talebi greets guests when he and girlfriend Laura Schara are entertaining. Stunning mother of pearl tiles—which came in sheets so that they could be installed like wall covering—wrap the space.
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Downtown Minneapolis
Plantings by Tangletown Gardens and comfy oversized furniture by Cast Classics soften the hard concrete-and-steel edges of the thirty-seventh-level terrace. Garden stools serve as side tables and extra seating for parties.
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Downtown Minneapolis
The family room just off the kitchen is what Keyvan Talebi calls “a relaxing chillout space.” It boasts one of the condo’s gas fireplaces (the other is in the master suite) as well as easy access to a terrace with a dining table and grill.
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Downtown Minneapolis
A Murano crystal chandelier and a pair of Dutch wire floor lamps with silk shades illuminate the dining room. A black harlequin pattern painted over the walls’ base color adds sophisticated detail.
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Mill District
A pair of sleek yet simple range hoods provides ventilation for the five-burner gas cooktop. Arches in the brick wall and window beyond date to the space’s early years as a mill.
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Mill District
The couple’s library near the entry and office area boasts 200 linear feet of bookshelves. Hopkins came up with the efficient design using Superstrut steel and apple plywood.
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Mill District
The house-within-a-house structure, inspired by mill cribs and made of rough-sawn lumber, defines spaces within the loft and ensures comfortable room scale.
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Mill District
Architect Geoffrey Warner came up with the idea for tables with wheels set into a track. The design enables Hopkins and Baumann to easily move the tables for dining and conference purposes; it also hearkens back to mill days.
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Mill District
Newer concrete walls give the master bedroom a modern look. The living area sits just beyond the room’s wide swinging door.
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Wayzata
Colorful russell+hazel binders join other office supplies in the dining room’s china cabinet, which is put to practical use for the Plantan family. The large-format notebooks featuring numerals are part of an upcoming product line.
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Wayzata
The living room’s unconventional furniture arrangement creates comfortable conversation areas and allows the Plantans to display favorite books. It also accommodates the room’s function as a passageway.
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Lake Calhoun
The entry turns into a gallerylike hall that showcases favorite works of art, including several from Russia.
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Lake Calhoun
Cabinets made of straight-grain fir outfit Alexander’s office, where he’s hosted webcasts and national TV interviews related to his books. “He has about the best spot in the condo,” Peterssen says, noting that the narrow space boasts an especially close-up view of the Minneapolis skyline.
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Lake Calhoun
Alexander and Peterssen first spotted the dining room’s Brand van Egmond nickel-plated steel light fixture at a store in Amsterdam. It plays off the hammered-nickel base of the Julian Chichester table.
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Lake Calhoun
Knoll Imago (fabric cast in resin) panels, used without frames, give the kitchen cabinets a clean, contemporary look. Glass tile on the backsplash “picks up on the shimmery quality of the lake,” Peterssen says.
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Lake Calhoun
A copper-and-glass cube connects the condo’s spiral stair to the rooftop terrace. Furniture made of teak and steel is heavy enough to withstand wind gusts.
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Linden Hills
Upper cabinets with glass fronts and backs are installed over windows, making the most of storage and sunlight. Glass and china from Utne’s parents and grandparents fill the shelves, as does pottery made by her sons. “Not much matches,” Utne laughs.
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Linden Hills
The breakfast bay “is where everyone ends up hanging out,” says Nina Rothschild Utne. The table and chairs were among several items that came with the house when she and Eric purchased it twenty-three years ago.
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Linden Hills
The recently reupholstered window seat provides a sunny spot to stretch out. The sofa in the foreground belonged to Utne’s grandmother. The tall sailboat in the corner was a gift froma friend and former co-worker given to her shortly after taking over at Utne Reader.
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Linden Hills
Ottomans covered with rug fragments flank the living room’s wood-burning stove. The three floral prints are by local artist Joan Solomon. Books and art objects, gifts from friends and family, come from around the world.
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Linden Hills
Utne’s bedroom includes a bedcover made by a Tibetan friend and a framed piece embroidered by a Hmong woman whose family the Utnes sponsored. “It’s of two mermaid women sitting and facing each other, and to me, it’s about the quality and the potential of feminine friendship,” Utne says.
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Dellwood
Horizontal bands of copper clad the home’s family room/kitchen addition. Its shape and scale depart from the low-slung structure of the original home. “We wanted the addition to make sense aesthetically, to be compatible without imitating midcentury-modern style,” Humphrey says.
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Dellwood
The family room addition features two walls of windows (including several from the Allianz Building) overlooking the patio and wetlands beyond. Humphrey found the vintage chartreuse chairs in the classifieds and purchased the coffee table at an auction. The new black leather sofa is from Gabberts.
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Dellwood
Humphrey added ebonized walnut bookcases and a forest brown marble-clad fireplace to the living room. “The marble was overstock from a marble company that didn’t want to carry sheet material anymore, so I got it inexpensively,” she says.
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Lake Minnetonka
The most dramatic elevation, technically the back of the home, faces lush gardens and the lake. Stone urns punctuate the backyard landscape installed three years ago by Gray Gardens of Excelsior.
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Lake Minnetonka
Magnificent thirty-two-inch-wide pillars define the dramatic veranda. “You can’t even buy pillars that big anymore,” Jorgenson says. Stamped concrete that looks like stone provides a safe, handsome alternative to the slippery, crumbling slate floor it replaced.
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Lake Minnetonka
Jorgenson designed the parlor’s built-in bookcases and plaster millwork and mantel. “They look 100 years old, but they’re all new,” he says. The wood-burning fireplace is one of three in the home; four others were converted to gas.
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Lake Minnetonka
A sweeping stairway built in Wisconsin greets guests. The open, oblong design is new; it replaced a narrow, square staircase and awkwardly placed second-level bedroom, creating airier hallways upstairs and down.
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Lake Minnetonka
Russian art purchased through dealer Ray Johnson, founder of The Museum of Russian Art, fills the living room. The piano is from Germany. “My grandson plays like a professional pianist, so there’s music in the house when he’s here,” Jorgenson says.
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