Historic Restoration Archives - Dovetail MN If you can think it, we can build it. Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:15:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://dovetailmn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-blueMarkFavi-32x32.png Historic Restoration Archives - Dovetail MN 32 32 Linden Hills Addition & Remodel https://dovetailmn.com/portfolio-item/linden-hills-addition-remodel/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 13:54:56 +0000 https://dovetailmn.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=8111 From 1900 until 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold over 70,000 kit houses through their Modern Homes and Honor Bilt catalogs. And this Craftsman Cottage in Linden Hills was one of them: a first home that could be built seemingly overnight for people and families chasing the American Dream. It may be hard to believe now, but companies like Sears helped build American neighborhoods as we know them today. Kit homes were an easy way for members of the middle class to realize their dreams of homeownership.

For the current owners

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]]> Summit Historic Restoration https://dovetailmn.com/portfolio-item/summit-historic-restoration/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:50:20 +0000 https://dovetailrenovation.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=7128 “They call it the Pickle house.” This charming Craftsman and Prairie-inspired Bungalow was constructed in 1913 for Charles Gedney, founder of the Gedney pickle company. It was later owned by the Kowalski family. The current owners are an attorney/part-time rancher, […]

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]]> Mediterranean Whole House Reconstruction https://dovetailmn.com/portfolio-item/mediterranean-whole-house-reconstruction/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:40:15 +0000 http://dovetailrenovation.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=5289 Restored to its 1928 former glory When this Mediterranean Villa-style house burned, the loss to the family was painful and disorientating. Consuming the roof and much of the second floor, the fire was terrible enough. Water damage throughout the rest […]

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]]> Summit Avenue Historic Restoration https://dovetailmn.com/portfolio-item/summit-avenue-historic-restoration/ Sat, 15 Sep 2018 10:23:13 +0000 http://dovetailrenovation.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=6196 A case study of historic restoration done right. Built in 1913 as a single-family residence, this Summit Avenue house was divided into three condos, one per floor, in the 1970s. In the process, original details were destroyed and the floor plan […]

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]]> St.Paul Arts & Crafts https://dovetailmn.com/portfolio-item/st-paul-arts-craft/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 23:37:56 +0000 http://dovetailrenovation.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=5524 A kitchen built to bring past & future together The owners wanted to create a period-appropriate kitchen analogous to the entire house renovation. The kitchen not only needed to be larger, it also needed to afford for future family growth. The […]

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