Celebrating 37 Years

MN Birth Center – Minneapolis

  • This once grand home had become dilapidated through years of neglect and use as a triplex.  It was eventually abandoned, and by the time TreHus first entered the picture, all of the copper pipes and anything else of any potential value had been torn out by vandals. It is now a beautiful, safe, home-like place for women to give birth, with two birthing suites and an exam room on the first floor, and a waiting area for families on the second floor.  
  • TreHus dismantled the stair system that allowed different tenants to go to different levels, and created a single entry.  The new entry is two stories high, spacious and light, with enameled paneling, and stained glass re-purposed from the original letting in daylight from the second level.
  • A look at the entry and staircase from above.
  • Stained glass windows from around the house were salvaged and reused to let light into the entry.  Three large pendants are suspended at different heights over the tile floor below.
  • The porch was restored.
  • This dining room on the second floor still had beautiful original woodwork, which we saved, repaired and refinished.  It now serves as a waiting area for families of the women who are giving birth.
  • This bathroom is located next to the waiting area on the second level.
  • Here is a look at one of the birthing suites.  There is a bed, a storage cabinet, a bathroom, and a birthing tub.
  • Here is one of the birthing suites from another angle.  Details like the paneled tub surround, ceiling molding and medallion fit with the style of the 1911 home.
  • A look at the second birthing suite, set up similarly to the first, with a bed, bathroom, supply cabinet, and birthing tub.
  • A bathroom in one of the birthing suites.  The bathrooms in both suites are similar.
  • The exam room; just down the hall from the suites.
  • The hallway where all of the work of the birth center takes place, with doors for the exam room and two suites.  The enameled wainscoting adds a light aesthetic to the space and is stylistically appropriate for the home.
  • The new entry leads to a reception area where the first floor living room used to be.
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Designed and Built by TreHus.

Winner of 6 2012-2013 design awards.