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Brooke Voss Design and Excel Energy's Energy Efficient Homes out Tour featured in Sunday's Star Tribune!

Showcase Minnesota - Client Article

Brooke Voss Design's work featured on Showcase Minnesota Today!

Xcel's "Energy Efficient Homes on Tour," features a home designed by Brooke Voss:

Showcase Minnesota - Client Article: "Playing '040110_847307_xcel_kare.mov': 320k stream"

The annual ASID Showcase Home Tour is a sure sign of spring. This year features not one but two homes. Double the rooms to tour. Double the designers to meet (including myself). Double the interior design to take in. Brooke Voss Design is partnering will partner with Designs By Martina on the entry of the Edgewater. Come join us, won’t you? Bring your checkbook and your DTRG representative because this condo is for sale along with everything in it.

For more information visit with events page at Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine:

Dates: May 15-June 13
Open: Wednesday-Sunday
Hours: 10am-4pm

Tickets: $20 at the door or purchase online
Tickets: $15 at the following outlets:
+ ASID Office at IMS
+ The Bibelot Shops
+ Galleria Guest Services
+ Kitchen Window
+ D'Amico and Sons
+ Hirshfields
+ Patina Stores
+ California Closets
+ General Store (Hwy 7) + Kenwood Café
+ Bachman's
+ Byerly's
+ Gabberts
+ Lunds
+ Macy's Home Stores
+ Twin Cities Green
+ Rubble Tile
+ Southern Lights

Opening Night Gala
May 14, 2010
VIP Reception: 6-9pm, Lake of the Isles Home $100 (includes Gala ticket)
Gala: 7:30-11pm, Lake Calhoun Home $75
Be the first to view the completed homes and meet the designers-all while enjoying specialty cuisine, drinks and entertainment. Guests include an incredible mix of industry people, retailers, designers, local notables as well as neighbors, friends, charity supporters and Mpls.St.Paul Magazine readers.

Culinary Evenings
Wednesdays and Saturdays
1 seating - Wednesdays, 6-9:30pm
2 seatings - Saturdays, 5-7pm and 7:30-10pm
$80

Guest chefs from local dining hot spots
Includes a designer led tour of the Showcase Homes and an evening of great food and wine! Hosted by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine food editor, Stephanie March. Guest chefs from local dining hot spots will guide a small group of people through an exciting menu in the ASID Showcase Home kitchen while a wine expert will discuss the perfect wine pairings. Check back for the chef line-up!

Designer Led Tours with lunch Tuesdays
$50 Designer Led Tour with Lunch and Showroom Tour, 11am-3pm
$35 Designer Led Tour, 1:30-3pm
This tour gives guests an in-depth explanation of the homes design process and answers questions by an ASID interior designer! An ASID designer will lead guests on a tour and explain the concepts and treatments used in each space. Guests can start the tour with a fabulous lunch at IMS, with a guided IMS Showroom Tour, emceed by Melinda Nelson, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's Home editor.

Girls Night Out
Friday nights
5-10pm
Lake Calhoun Home $80
This new event will host a group of ladies for a night on the town. Guests will tour the beautiful Lake Calhoun Home, while sipping cocktails and enjoying hor d’oeuvres. Guests will also be entertained by a fashion show presented by the Galleria and hosted Melissa Colgan, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s Style editor. After the home tour, guests will continue on to a progressive dinner at neighborhood restaurants.

Blue Zones Day
Saturday, May 22
10am-1pm
Lake of the Isles Isles Home $20
This event highlights Dan Buettner’s Blue Zones book and lifestyle. He ill be present to sign books, and discuss how Power 9 is incorporated into his home. Working with local partners, the event will also offer wine sampling, healthy food and fitness demonstrations, beauty consultations, blood pressure screening and more.
Free with purchase of tour ticket.
$20 to reserve your copy of Blue Zones, autographed by Dan Buettner

Picnic on the Lake
Sunday, June 6
12-2pm
At the Lake of the Isles Home
Another new event this year, attendees will celebrate the joy of living on a Minneapolis lake. After touring the home, guests will be given a sack lunch and invited to a picnic on the lake. Guests will also be treated to live music.
Free with Tour Ticket

A Touch of Grey...

Limed, Weathered, Smoked, French Waxed… Call it what you like, I’ve taken note of a mini trend which has been slowly pushing its way into beautiful interiors. I admit, I’ve fallen for the grey’d out, French oak finish, Hook. Line. Sinker. On a recent buying trip I scored some great product at unheard of prices. This greige wood finish is H.O.T. in the design world.

Toss a colorful, funky floral or contemporary geometric pillow on any of these “bitchy” pieces and call it a day.

Club Chair

French Arm Chair

Lyon Arm

Maison Chair

Cafe Chair

Go on, accessorize in grey, it’s a neutral paired beautifully with everything from chocolate brown to taupe to warm beige…

Budda Head

Horse Head

Seed Pods Stem

Wooden Pigeon

Feast your eyes on these driftwood colored dining beauties…

Leeds Dining Table

Normandy Dining Table

Provence Dining Table

Round Table

Or pair a cool antique like this vintage furniture cart with your treasured Eames lounger…

Vintage Cart

Eames Lounger

To learn more or purchase some grey of your own: brooke@brookevossdesign.com

Best,

One-of-a-kind finds...

Hands down the best way to infuse YOUR personality into your space is with special one-of-a-kind finds. Certainly most would love to peruse Parisian flea markets, scour Eastern market squares and duck into antique shop after shop in Tribeca. Of course most don't have a private jet on standby or travel agent on speed dial for that matter. Nonetheless, these found antiques and artifacts are hidden throughout Minneapolis and you don't need a Frommer's Travel Guide to find them. This month just a few of my local favorites...

Bjorling Grant

Find it here... Tribal chairs!

Interesting artifacts from around the world and local celeb Ian Grant from the Travel Channel's The Relic Hunter (and the Claritin commercial.)

Indigo Minneapolis

Find it here... A colorful suzani!

Ethnic goods galore. Textiles, masks, wares and more.

H&B Gallery

Find it here... Original portraits!

Minneapolis' best consignment antique store. Original art, furniture, dishes and so much more. The inventory always changes, so shop often.

Antiques Riverwalk

Find it here... A glam chandelier!

Fine antiques in a great little shop.

Hunt and Gather

Find it here... French Bergere!

"Find your prize," is their tag line. One person's trash is another's treasure. This piece may need to be reupholstered, but the prices are right at this shop.

Swank

Find it here... Sputnik light fixture!

Retro modern furniture, fashion and all the fixin's from the 50's, 60's and 70's.

Spinario

Find it here... Papa Bear Chair!

Mid Century modern design.

Shop on (locally)!

Best,

Brooke Voss