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Most people wouldn’t mention the table full of Legos, Star Wars posters on the wall or all-concrete sports room in the basement when highlighting the design features of their home. Maybe they should. The markings of a good home are that it’s a home—an extension of the family living there.
Que Será founder and design extraordinaire Mary Lauer knows a thing or two about interior decoration. She founded her first shop at the Mall of America in 1994 and draws her inspiring flourishes from Minnesota nuances.

When Dr. Barb Leppke decided to move her veterinary practice to a new, remodeled space, she was focused on the nitty-gritty details of a busy clinic. “We were looking for elbow room,” she remembers. “And good heating and cooling.”

It took Ken and Amy Pucel almost 10 years to get started on their dream home, but it was worth the wait.

With beautiful views of Lake Minnetonka’s picturesque Gray’s Bay, it’s no surprise that homeowners Cynthia Baier and Scott Swenson wanted to highlight the beautiful vistas in their recent home renovation.

Homebuyers Tom and Cheryl Lesser discovered an Excelsior home that is exceptionally suited to their lifestyle and their mid-century modern furniture collection.

After years of tolerating Minnesota’s mosquito-ridden summers, the Bly family decided to make a change. In February 2011 they embarked on a bold home renovation project, converting their upper- and lower-level screen porches into one large, luxurious feature.

People who live near Lake Minnetonka might not realize just how unique a resource it really is. “It has destination boating, offers water recreation and you can be 20 minutes from your downtown office,” says Woody Love, Realtor and sales manager with Coldwell Banker Burnet.

Judy Cyr watched a 1,000-pound slab of granite get hoisted with pulleys into her new screened-in porch. That was followed by two pieces weighing 400 pounds each and a final piece weighing in at 800 pounds.