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Shelter wins two 2024 ASID National FOCUS awards

Shelter has received two ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) National FOCUS Awards for our Luminary Arts Center and River…

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Luminary Arts Center honored with AIA Minneapolis 2024 Merit award

Shelter's work on the renovation of the Luminary Arts Center has been recognized with an AIA Minneapolis Merit Award. AIA…

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Exterior view of the Flower Valley Homestead residence at dusk in the summer, surrounded by fields of soybeans. The interior windows are lit up.

Flower Valley Homestead selected for 2024-2025 Home of the Month program

We're excited to announce that Flower Valley Homestead has been selected as one of twelve projects in the AIA Minnesota…

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Living (and working?) into retirement: downsize or age-in-place?

Downsize or age-in-place? If you’re thinking to yourself, “My retirement may look different than my parents’ did” you’re not alone.…

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A personal commitment led to Millea Living

While Jackie Millea was a young designer, her career path took a profound turn, prompted by an unexpected event: Her…

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Changing in Place

Edina, MN Empty Nest Renovation Midwest Home featured one of our favorite project. Chuck and Vicki Densinger's dream kitchen is…

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Design for All

LOOKING BACK at 12 years' worth of work, we saw that livability has been an important component of Shelter's designs from the…

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A Kitchen for All

The kitchen is probably the most commonly-remodeled area of the home — at least in our experience. We redo ten…

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Zero Threshold Entry

If you can’t get in, you can’t live there… Remodeling a home to elegantly accommodate a flush entry is a…

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