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1 week ago | 
muckrack.com | Kelly Kegans
How do you fit a busy family of four, a home office for a thriving design business, multiple living and dining areas, plus tons of storage—all while maintaining a breezy vibe—into a modest 1,400 square feet of space? That was the question facing Allison and Jon Garrison once they closed on their 1959 bungalow in the Pacific Beach area of San Diego.
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2 weeks ago | 
mspmag.com | Kelly Kegans
On a low shelf alongside a row of books in Rachel and Ben Awes’s dining room, a 9-inch-tall R2-d2 sits beside miniature scenes from Sesame Street and Up, all built in legos.
One might assume they were put together by the couple’s now-grown sons. One would be wrong.
These are Rachel and Ben’s projects, but once you get to know this creative couple, it all tracks. Hints of the magic housed inside these wonder walls first appear outside of their Merriam Park house in St. Paul.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Amy Panos |Kelly Kegans
How do you fit a busy family of four, a home office for a thriving design business, multiple living and dining areas both indoors and outside, plus tons of storage—all while maintaining a breezy, beachy vibe—into a modest 1,400 square feet of space? Interior designer Allison Garrison of Allito Spaces and her husband Jon figured out how to do just that. They remodeled their 1959 bungalow in San Diego into an open and airy family home.
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1 month ago | 
countryliving.com | Kelly Kegans
Marble vs. Quartz Countertops: Which is Better?
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1 month ago | 
countryliving.com | Kelly Kegans
Blame it on the penny candy. Or the old hurricane oil lamps. Or the hand-dipped ice cream. Once Susan Hackley and her daughter, Daphne Berger, stepped inside the 160-year-old Brewster Store, a general store in the Massachusetts town of the same name, they were smitten. “That’s what cemented us here,” says Daphne of the emporium famous for its inventory of classic New England nostalgia.
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1 month ago | 
countryliving.com | Kelly Kegans
Stone—whether natural or manmade—is a top choice for kitchen countertops, but with so many options and differing opinions on which countertop material is best, the decision for your own kitchen can be overwhelming. Good news: You don’t have to be a gemologist to make an informed decision about which stone countertop is best for your home! Marble and quartz, two darlings of kitchen countertops, share similarities as time-tested surfaces that add value as an investment to your house.
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2 months ago | 
countryliving.com | Kelly Kegans
For two years, Tara Mangini and Percy Bright, the design duo behind Jersey Ice Cream Co., were living like the proverbial cobbler’s kids who had no shoes. The main living area of their upstate New York country home was furnished with power tools, piles of plaster mix, and stacks of salvaged tile, while just steps away, their “kitchen” consisted of a hot plate and a five-gallon bucket for a sink.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
mspmag.com | Kelly Kegans
Last summer, a crew of Twin Cities creatives road-tripped it to Wisconsin for a few days getting to know one another and finding inspiration from the natural surroundings at Wandawega, a camp in Elkhorn, just south of Milwaukee. Photographer Taylor Hall O’Brien played camp counselor, organizing the trip, which was locally sponsored by The Tile Shop and Hirshfield’s. As the media sponsor, H&D couldn’t help but take a few notes on the Wes Anderson–like lakeside lodge.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
countryliving.com | Kelly Kegans
Applying millwork to walls is a sure-fire way to wake up a sleepy room. Just like the exterior architecture of a house visually expresses a home’s style, amped-up walls of interior spaces also add character cues. Beyond sheet rock that’s painted or wallpapered, decorative paneling in the form of beadboard and wainscoting adds texture and brings another dimension to rooms.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
midwestliving.com | Kelly Kegans
Katie and Jesse Kath (with kids Lyla, Sienna and Charlie) bask in Minnesota’s short but glorious fall. . Photo: Kim Cornelison For the past 10 years, nature has beckoned Jesse and Katie Kath. In fall, their family often makes the drive from Minneapolis up to the North Shore of Lake Superior, just as the leaves are turning and crisp temperatures are settling in. Other times, they’ve flown to Cannon Beach, a favorite coastal town in northern Oregon.
