October 2015
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Just One Thing
In this issue of inspiring updates and renovations, ranging from building and reorganizing closets to entire-home overhauls, the changes are dramatic.
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Bulletin Board— October/November 2015
Well Done Ann Arbor company creates gluten- and grain-free baking mixes When Lizann Anderson became friends with Suzie Miller years ago in Chicago, she recalls spending unhurried days together — which you often get when you have young children who aren’t yet involved in multiple activities. The two pals would often cook up creative projects […]
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Olé, Orange!
POP!: From left: A chair in Dijon, The Real Milk Paint Co., and a Marquis Orange wall, Sherwin-Williams.
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Hot Spot
Come fall, Laurie Bolach, her husband, Mark, and their children — Samantha, 4; Spencer, 13; and Tyler, 9 — extend their summer s’mores tradition right into pumpkin and cornstalk season.
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Do the Shuffle
Todd McClure has a saying about his company, McClure Tables: “If you can dream it in wood, we can make it.” McClure, an Iowa native, began his company (now located in Jenison, near Grand Rapids) in 1991. He focused on creating custom-made, handcrafted butcher block furniture, cutting boards, kitchen islands, and countertops. Seven years ago, the affable McClure ventured into the […]
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Mad About Tea
Alice in Wonderland large tea set, $170, House of Bedrooms Kids, Bloomfield Hills. Mini tea party set, $125, La Belle Provence, Birmingham. MacKenzie-Childs Teatime table, $2,975, La Belle Provence, Birmingham. Maryanne Candy dot hostess apron, $20, Bed Bath & Beyond, Detroit-area stores Hooker Sanctuary spindle side chair, $397, Birmingham Design Studio, Birmingham. […]
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All In The Family (Room)
Colorworks Studio Who: Barbi Krass, design director and principal owner of Colorworks Studio, launched her business more than 30 years ago. Krass, who earned her degree from Boston University, has been honored by numerous publications and has taken home a first-place Detroit Home Design Award for custom furniture. Her work on a downtown Detroit loft was […]
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Well Seasoned
On any given evening in the early fall, you’re likely to find Dominick and Cindy Schiano savoring their dinner outdoors at one of several inviting spots on their expansive property.
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Get Smart
When Ana Vieyra, a busy CFO and mother of an energetic toddler, finally gets to call it a day and head upstairs for the night at her Bloomfield Hills home, she likely has many things on her mind. But Vieyra never has to worry about remembering to turn off the lights downstairs. Or in the […]
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Refreshing a Classic
Ralph and Shelby Szygenda’s Birmingham home leans toward classic traditional, but at each turn there’s a freshness, featuring sparks of current appeal. The sunroom’s rattan sofas, for example, define chic with cushions in animal print…
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Smart & Chic Closets
Organically Souful, Ann Arbor Designer: Krista Nye Schwartz, CLOTH & KIND, design@clothandkind.com, clothandkind.com Getting organized: When designer Krista Nye Schwartz created this master closet, she did it with an accent on texture, soulfulness, and comfort. Schwartz is co-owner of Ann Arbor- and Georgia-based CLOTH & KIND, an interior design firm. This 1905 English cottage-style Ann […]
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Back on the Ranch
Coming full circle, after a career in automotive engineering and life in a small condo, Webster has returned to the living style of his youth: a ranch — although it’s less sprawling than his childhood home.
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Labor of Love
Niki Serras had a mid-century modern ranch-style home on her wish list when she and her husband, Adam Post, went house-hunting a year and a half ago.
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Detroit Home October/November 2015 Digital Edition
Detroit Home – October/November 2015