After spending 25 years living in a Victorian home, Peter Zenner longed to live in a contemporary downtown condo with a spectacular view of the river and city. But accommodating his needs required a completely redesigned floor plan. The result is a smart and artful work and living environment as bold as it is refined.
A Queen Anne Victorian was a dream home for the Noel family. But this Kenwood gem, built in 1892, wasn’t exactly the perfect fit for a modern family with three young children. The rooms were tiny. There was little storage. And the word “functionality” wasn’t in the original design vocabulary. The Noels wanted a home that could accommodate a modern lifestyle without undermining the home’s original architectural integrity.
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Before Michael Rosenman and his family moved from New York City to the Twin Cities, they spent five months searching for a home. Rosenman and his family looked at new condominiums and houses, hoping to find the modern amenities they had grown so accustomed to in New York. Yet when they first stepped foot into a Lowry Hill Arts and Crafts home, built in 1907, they were instantly enamored with its old-world charm. The home, however, had one big problem: a 1980s kitchen that was a blemish on the historic beauty of the home.
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