A bit of the country in the city…creating ‘your place’

Whatever home you buy, it's never really 'yours' until you put a piece of yourself into it. We were invited to dinner recently by a young couple I helped buy a home a few years ago. I had not been at their home since they moved in and it was so much fun to see how they had creatively made the interior space their own.

Garage1 What I found even more intriguing, however, was how their back yard reflects them and their lifestyle. I remembered how they love the arts and also had a bit of the country in them…had dreams of having an organic farm…and bought a charming home in the Bancroft neighborhood of south Minneapolis so they could bike to work, walk to restaurants and become part of a local community.

They obviously love their community and their home…and have brought a bit of the country and their commitment to the arts and sustainable living into their back yard…complete with a garage that is an artist's canvas, a dog, gardens including fresh herbs…plus beautiful chickens and a chicken coop!

It feels so rooted not only in the earth but also in local and global communities. As we gathered at the splendid table under a canopy of greenery with the dog and chickens running around in the back yard it felt like we were in the south of France…or maybe Nicaragua…

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Wherever it felt like, we were firmly rooted in south Minneapolis…in a setting that was created to clearly reflect the sense of place of the people who live there…exactly as it should be.

Sharlene Hensrud, RE/MAX Results - EmailMinneapolis Realtor

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