Celebrating 41 Years

Excelsior Custom Home

  • <p>Though the entire home was built in 2012-2013, our designers made it look like a historic lakeside cottage through traditional design and materials. The exterior on the main level is cedar shakes with a bleaching oil and a semi-transparent stain, and the upper level lap siding is cement board. The front porch breaks up the massing of the front of the home, giving it a more human scale, as well as adding a welcoming curb appeal.</p>
  • <p>The living room is the first room that visitors see when they enter the home. It is anchored by the large fireplace, which exudes an aesthetic of craftsmanship, with its natural materials – stone and wood – and its intricate detailing. The hickory floors, tongue-and-groove ceiling boards, and the network of beams on the ceiling capture the eye. It is open to the sunroom, making it feel like light and airy.</p>
  • <p>The sunroom is true to its name, with three walls of floor-to-ceiling windows. It is open to the kitchen on one side and to the living room on the other, allowing natural light to penetrate deep into the home. The tongue-and-groove boards present on the ceilings throughout the first floor were carried through onto the walls in the sunroom, giving it a particulaly warm and inviting feel.</p>
  • <p>Though the entire home was built in 2012-2013, our designers made it look like a historic lakeside cottage through traditional design and materials. Enameled shiplap boards are present on the ceilings throughout the first floor, as well as on some of the walls, and the floors are hickory, which adds to the old-time aesthetic. The kitchen features custom cabinetry, a traditional subway tile back splash, and plenty of seating and natural light. The owner bought metal stools and had them painted red by a car painter – we think they turned out quite nicely!</p>
  • <p>Though the entire home was built in 2012-2013, our designers made it look like a historic lakeside cottage through traditional design and materials. Enameled tongue-and-groove boards are present on the ceilings throughout the first floor, as well as on some of the walls, and the floors are hickory, which adds to the old-time aesthetic. The kitchen features custom cabinetry, a traditional subway tile back splash, and plenty of seating and natural light.</p>
  • <p>Though the entire home was built in 2012-2013, our designers made it look like a historic lakeside cottage through traditional design and materials. Enameled tongue-and-groove boards are present on the ceilings throughout the first floor, as well as on some of the walls, and the floors are hickory, which adds to the old-time aesthetic. The kitchen features custom cabinetry, a traditional subway tile back splash, and plenty of seating and natural light. Beadboard accents on the island drawers add to the historic feel of the space.</p>
  • <p>This powder room is located just off the mudroom adjacent to the kitchen. Themes from the rest of the first floor are present here as well: beadboard on the walls is reminiscent of accents on the kitchen cabinets, and the same tongue-and-groove boards that adorn the ceilings on the rest of the first floor are here as well.</p>
  • <p>The basement entertainment area centers around a beautiful stone fireplace – the stones of which were handcut on site to fit together. The stones are broken up by a reclaimed wood beam, which adds to the rustic aesthetic. To the left of the fireplace there is a large egress window, making the space feel lighter and less basement-like.</p>
  • <p>The basement wetbar is a great place guests and family members to congregate. The material selections create a warm, high-end but unpretentious feel in this room – the bar and cabinets are clear alder, the floor is hand-scraped acacia, and the backsplash is a quartzite tile.</p>
  • <p>This cupola is one of the most beautiful and unique features of this home. Climbing the stairs to the second floor, one finds not a dark hallway cut off from natural light, but a bright, high ceiling, with sunlight streaming in. It is further lit by two fixtures hanging from a beam, and the enameled tongue-and-groove boards match the ceilings on the main level.</p>
  • <p>This guest bathroom features a unique orange vanity with a honed granite top. Another unique feature is that the mirror hides a window – when one wants privacy, the mirror/window can be closed, and when one wants light, it can be opened. Here it is pictured closed.</p>
  • <p>This guest bathroom features a unique orange vanity with a honed granite top. Another unique feature is that the mirror hides a window – when one wants privacy, the mirror/window can be closed, and when one wants light, it can be opened. Here it is pictured open.</p>
  • <p>The laundry room is located on the upper level of the home so that the owners do not have to carry laundry up and down the stairs like in most homes. Because it is a working space, there were some places here where money could be saved – the countertop is laminate, and the floor is an inexpensive VCT tile.</p>
  • <p>The master bedroom has a high, vaulted ceiling and four windows, making it feel large and light. A door leads out onto a small deck, large enough for two chairs, where the owners can enjoy their morning coffee and a view of the lake.</p>
  • <p>The master bathroom features  dark-stained clear alder custom double-vanity, a whirlpool tub, and a large shower.</p>
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Designed & Built by TreHus.

2013 Homes by Architects Tour Project.

Featured in Fall/Winter 2014 Edition of Spaces Magazine.