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Category Archives: Home Improvement Tips

Refinish or replace when honey oak cabinets lose sweet appeal?

Honey oak cabinets with cathedral arched doors that were so popular in the 1980s and 1990 are disappearing fast across Minnesota. Some have been replaced with cherry or maple cabinets during major remodeling projects. Others simply retreated behind new coats of taupey gray paint. Bottom line – many people are souring on honey. What’s more, they […]

Express Your Remodeling Vision with Houzz.com

If you plan to remodel your home or build a new one in the next few years, do yourself – and your designer – a favor. Create a free account on www.houzz.com and use it to gather your thoughts. Before you can begin to explain to a designer (or even a spouse) what you want […]

Designer’s fresh perspective unlocks home’s true potentional

We know our homes so well, we might imagine we understand exactly how to make them better. But this familiarity can just as easily limit our vision.  It’s hard to think outside the box when it’s packed with so many memories and habits. Some designers may have their own narrow views as well. For instance, […]

Roseville woman moves up without moving out

Lynn Geadelmann wanted a brighter, more open home that would be better suited to entertaining and integrated with the outdoors. Rather than move from her long-time Roseville neighborhood near her  tennis club, she recruited Murphy Bros. to transform the place with a series of projects that spanned nearly six years. Today, she proclaims with satisfaction, […]

Cherie Poissant on Designing Entertaining Kitchens

With the shift to more indoor activities and planning holiday gatherings, we asked Murphy Bros. designer Cherie Poissant what she considers when designing kitchens for clients who love to entertain. Here’s what she said: FLOOR PLAN It is important to listen to each client’s individual needs and their current challenges when designing their new space.   […]