Standard crystals never had a chance in the dining room of Teena and Bill Dietz's house on the Christmas Lake in Shorewood. “Teen did not want to buy a lamp that was made in mass production and meaningless,” says interior designer Kelly Allen. “She wanted a detailed level of detail, and she chose every crystal that hangs on this lamp.” The piece made by Minneapoli's Lighting Designer Adam Croft illuminates an idea that penetrates the house. “Everything has meaning,” says Allen.
The approach corresponds to teena, a therapist whose domestic healing practice is called deliberate serenity. (Another branch of her work includes consumed therapy with four horses on a farm nearby.) No matter whether she welcomes family, friends or customers, it aimed to create a space that reflected the personality of her family and beamed warmth, joy and care. “I wanted it to be a place where they can rest and not feel rushed or how they ever had to go,” says Teena.
This intention became even more important during the pandemic than the Dietz could not visit a family in Canada, where teen originally came. “I thought,, If we want to spend most of our family time at home, this is the best investment that we could ever make“, She says. The knowledge led to the renovation of the house, in which they had lived for more than 10 years, with the help of everyone, the architectural team of the Eskuche Design Group, and their builder revision.
“There is no place in the entire house that does not fill my soul with joy, peace and comfort.”
–Teena Dietz, homeowner
The creation of her refuge began to remove walls to maximize the view of the Christmas Lake, including a curved wall that had once locked the dining room. This connection to nature is deeply useful for teena and Bill, which remember to have gone through the lake decades ago when they were together.
It is not surprising that nature influenced almost every design decision. “She loves nature and she loves color and Gray does not appear anywhere in the house,” laughs everyone. “Mustard and Teals – they are the colors of teena.” From the kitchen cabinets to the large room sofas, the colors appear in almost every room and express positivity and warmth.
Perhaps the most moving messages are no longer visible – phrases such as “blegers everyone who occurs” and “play like a champion”, written in Sharpie on the bones of the house. “The tree team even admitted to it and wrote its own confirmation words, often in Spanish,” recalls everyone.
Although they are now covered by drywall, color and wallpaper, Teena still feels these messages. “I wanted everyone involved to see themselves and especially seen for the work they contributed,” she says. “Everyone who was part of it came with a really deliberate energy from” We are doing something very special here “.”
Interior architecture: Kelly Allen Design, 612-961-4858, Kellyallen.Design // Architecture: Eskuche Design Group, 18318 Minnetonka Blvd., Wayzata, 612-296-7575, Eskuche.us // Builder: Revision of Stonewood, 153 E. Lake St., Wayzata, 612-462-4000, stonewood.com/revision