Rooms To Love: Prairie Style Meets Modern Convenience

Rooms to Love: Prairie Style Meets Modern Convenience




Prairie-style craftsmanship and modern convenience transform the kitchen of a 1915 Minneapolis house.

Homeowners Skip and Michelle Liepke wanted a modern kitchen that fit in with the style of the house. To Skip, that meant "a warm color scheme, some art glass, a lot of woodwork, and a lot of rectilinear design."



"It's not the kind of kitchen you would have found in a house like this, but it reflects how kitchens—rather than living rooms—have become the focal point of the house."
- Joe Metzler,
architect





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Source: "Updating the Past," Traditional Home® magazine, September 1998
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