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Two Dream Remodeled Homes in the Spring 2008 Parade of Homes Remodelers ShowcaseSM
3/27/2008
During each of the Parade of HomesSM tours, the public has an opportunity to help low-income families achieve the dream of owning their own home when they visit the Builders Outreach Foundation Dream Homes. This year, that includes two very special Dream Remodeled Homes featured during the Spring 2008 Parade of?Homes Remodelers?ShowcaseSM.
All visitors to these two fabulous Dream Remodeled Homes are asked to make a tax-deductible $5.00 donation at the door. All proceeds will be used by the Builders Outreach Foundation, the charitable arm of the Builders Association of the Twin Cities, to help continue their work building homes for families that otherwise couldn’t afford one, mostly in the Frogtown area of St. Paul, and this year, in the remodeling of the home of an wounded Iraqi War veteran in Operation Dream Makeover. All other remodeling projects are open for viewing at no cost.
Dream Remodeled Home #25
Builders?Outreach?Foundation
with Builder Partners Flynn Construction and New Spaces
10377?Rich Valley Blvd., Inver Grove Heights
Whole House
A Newly Remodeled Home to Say Thank You
The Builders?Outreach Foundation’s remodeler partners, Flynn Construction and New Spaces, with a whole lot of help from dozens and dozens of volunteers has transformed this 60’s era walkout rambler from a hodgepodge of spaces that sort-of worked for this injured Marine and his family into a home that will serve his needs now and long into the future.
The renovated home begins with an entirely new front facade. The original flat-roofed garage and tiny front windows seemed to close off the outside world. Now the home feels welcoming and cheerful, with a new gabled roof on garage and on the new front porch, plus Prostone Ledgestone accents and stone-white Marvin Integrity clad windows to lend pizzazz.
Inside, the floorplan has been modified just a bit to open up the main level with great spaces for relaxing and entertaining, enhancing Kyle’s private quarters, and improving his brother, Matt’s bedroom with an mini-office and a private bath. Downstairs the mish-mash of rooms has been re-defined as a caregiver’s suite (currently that’s Kyle’s dad, Tim), laundry, and a rec room.
Many of the finishes and selections were thoughtfully chosen to accommodate Kyle’s need for one-handed access and easy cleanup. The flooring throughout the main level is Shaw Green Edge engineered hardwood, both Green (50 percent less newly forested wood) and a great surface for Kyle to navigate. A new Heat &?Glo direct-vent fireplace is angled into the living room, with a new TV above and Holiday cherry bookcase cabinets on either side, and will be viewable from the kitchen island and the dining room cum billiard room. The kitchen’s island serves as dining and work space. The dishwasher is raised for Kyle’s convenience, the refrigerator includes ice maker and bottom mount freezer, and the induction cooktop will never get hot. Pull-down upper cabinet shelving and mostly drawers primarily for storage will all make Kyle’s life much easier. The Cambria® countertops in Welshpool Black plus a porcelain slate backsplash with metallic colored glass tile insets lend a dramatic yet masculine flair.
Kyle’s bedroom has been rearranged for his convenience and his new bath boasts a grand shower. Kyle doesn’t want a lot of help, but if at some time he requires it, this shower is ready to go. Now he’s got both stand up shower heads and a hand-held shower for use on the built-in seat. Corian® surfaces from Innovative Surfaces are lovely to look at and even easier to clean at vanity and sink plus a unique surprise at shower wall.
Downstairs, another direct-vent gas fireplace by Majestic from Automatic Garage Door and Fireplace replaces the inefficient wood-burner and sets off the rec room. This space can be closed off as a private living room for the caregiver. The caregiver’s suite also encompasses a nicely sized bedroom, sitting room, and a fabulous private bath.
There’s much more to see, and your $5.00 donation at the door will help the Builders Outreach Foundation continue doing projects like Operation Dream Makeover.
Dream Remodeled Home #44
S.J. Anderson?Company, Inc.
3328 West 55th Street, Edina
Whole House
Charmed ~ From Make Believe to Dreams Come True
Prepare to be swept away by this romantic home. From diminutive details to overall ambiance, this home tells the story of “happily ever after.” The home's simple and straightforward design allows well planned embellishments to delight, but never overwhelm. The graceful combination of gables, board and batten, dormers, stucco, roof bracketing and cedar shingles, plus a whimsical eyebrow window create what you’ll agree is truly a dream remodel.
Builder Scott Anderson, of S. J. Anderson Co., Inc. and designer John Blumentritt of Resitecture have been fortunate to work in this Edina neighborhood before. Knowing the community was integral to their design process, and it shows. The home feels like it could have been in place since the neighborhood's first 1950s homes originated this idyllic suburb. The original rambler was quite typical yet set on a gorgeous piece of land, what Anderson just knew was a diamond in the rough. Purchasing the parcel was a natural, and provided him with the perfect canvas to create this dream home.
The marvelous neo-vintage exterior is just the beginning. The foyer receives you graciously, with welcoming, warm tones at the finely crafted hardwood staircase and trim work. A formal dining room serves family as well as guests, and showcases a vintage craftsman-style cherry buffet. Its hand-oiled bronze hardware is echoed throughout the home, just one more demonstration of the exceptional attention to detail at every corner. A selection of Marvin window shapes and styles distinguish each space perfectly, while framing the “story-book” surroundings of creek, mature trees and beautifully landscaped grounds.
A tree top “Romeo and Juliette” balcony at the owners’ suite hints at the romance lingering in this home’s nooks and crannies. Here, you’ll survey your kingdom from 40 feet above, creating your own fairy tale set to the music of the babbling brook that runs through your backyard. The magical back yard is a focal point for two other terraces, at second and main level.
Graceful living spaces, nurturing private areas, and classic elements of style ensure every inch of this home is comfortable, functional and gorgeous. Even the look-out basement level offers a large bay of windows to let in ample natural light and more views of the special and very private backyard. And a sanctuary room set above the garage is just one more delight that showcases just what good design can do for a “bonus room.”
You can feel the pulse of the European countryside running through this home's veins. Spacious yet cozy, mature yet all sparkly-new. Like many of the well re-designed homes today, it blends contemporary technology with quaint elegance, and time slowly comes to a standstill at “classic.”
You’ll find much more to love here, so don’t miss this fabulous Dream Remodeled Home, and your $5.00 donation will go entirely to the good works of the Builders Outreach?Foundation.
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