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Mid-Century Modern Home Tour… and how to create your own if you are buying

I love mid-century modern home design, so when a new client asked to take a tour of some mid-century homes for sale last weekend I leapt for joy… and we...
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King’s Fair… precursor to the Minnesota State Fair

At a recent closing on a home in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis the buyer noted that the legal description was the ‘Fairground Addition’… which prompted a lively discussion where...
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The Original Housewarming Party was, literally, a housewarming.

The term "housewarming" is descended literally from the act of warming a new house, in the days before central heating. Each guest would bring firewood, and build fires in all...
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The Grandest Home on one of the Grandest Streets in the U.S.

St. Paul’s Summit Avenue has been named one of the 10 grandest streets in the United States… lined with impressive historic mansions including the Minnesota Governor’s residence. None is more...
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A Red Door

Red front doors are not only popular now for creating curb appeal, they are steeped in history and meaning throughout the ages. It can symbolize many different things, but red...
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Connecting: Birdsong Soup to Convention Grill in Edina’s Morningside Neighborhood

This is the first in a series of periodic posts walking neighborhoods, Connecting: Point A to Point B… with Point B often being a neighborhood place to eat! We belong...
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Largest Matisse collection ever in Minneapolis

  The current Matisse Exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is just one example of the Twin Cities'  thriving arts community, and a good example it is. The Cone...
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Minnetonka Meanderings

After lamenting the shortage of affordable one-level townhomes and condos lately I find I will have one of each listing this week in Minnetonka. As I was spending time in...
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