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Congratulations to the 2024 Midwest Home Design Award Winners!

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Tays & Co. Design Studios with Marka Architecture

When describing this rustic-modern project, one judge captured the home’s essence in just a few phrases: “Innovative mix of materials. Sophisticated and sultry. Excellent furniture selection. Effortlessly timeless and chic.” With a gym, sauna, four-season porch, boat house, and more, the lakeside retreat offers everything you need to relax and unwind. Another judge shares, “This project is my favorite due to the thoughtfulness of the details and cohesion of the spaces.”

2024 Midwest Home Design Awards Winners

Category

Company

Co-entrant Company
Addition Project (architecture) 1. Kell Architects  
2. Coco Perry Design Hendel Homes
3. Everson Architect Near & Streeter Custom Builders
Apartment / Loft / Condo 1. Welch Forsman Associates  
2. SALA Architects  
2. Kenzo Construction Milton House Design Collective 
Bar 1. edmanhill Interior Design  
2. Julie Tuerk Interior Design  
2. Pillar Homes  
Bath (more than 150 sq. ft.) 1. Sustainable Nine Design + Build Unfold Architecture
2. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
3. Hagstrom Builder  
Bath (up to 150 sq. ft.) 1. Katie Brandt Interiors  
2. Vela Interior Design  
2. construction2style  
Biophilic Design 1. Christina Lynn Interiors Cates Fine Homes
2. Unfold Architecture Sustainable Nine Design + Build
3. Fusion Designed  
Butler’s pantry / Scullery / Back Kitchen 1. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
2. City Homes  
3. Stockwell Homes  
Children’s Room / Play Space 1. Kyle Hunt & Partners Inc. Sharratt Design & Co. 
2. Simple Finesse  
3. O’Hara Interiors Lake Country Builders
Closet 1. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
2. PKA Architecture  
3. MA Peterson Design Build  
Commercial Building Architecture 1. PKA Architecture  
2. Sustainable Nine Design + Build Unfold Architecture
3. 10K Architecture  
Contemporary Architecture (more than 4,000 sq. ft.) 1. PLAAD LLC  
2. TEA2 Architects  
2. Hartman Homes Inc.  
Contemporary Architecture (up to 4,000 sq. ft.) 1. Citydeskstudio  
2. Rehkamp Larson Architects Brooke Voss Design / Dovetail
2. Christopher Strom Architects InUnison Design Inc.
Contemporary Dining Room 1. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
2. O’Hara Interiors Thompson Construction
2. Stockwell Homes  
Contemporary Foyer 1. Unfold Architecture Sustainable Nine Design + Build
2. TEA2 Architects  
3. Chisel Architecture  
Contemporary Interior Design (more than one room) 1. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
2. Chirigos Designs Lucid Builders
3. Simple Finesse  
Contemporary Living Room / Great Room 1. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
2. Chirigos Designs Lucid Builders
3. James McNeal Architecture & Design (JMAD)  
Contemporary Primary Suite 1. SALA Architects  
2. InUnison Design Inc. Christopher Strom Architects
3. Merriment LLC  
Custom Cabinet Installation 1. Milton House Design Collective Kenzo Construction 
2. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
3. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
Custom-Designed Object 1. Christopher Strom Architects  
2. O’Hara Interiors  
2. Chisel Architecture  
Deck / Patio 1. Bismark Builders  
2. TEA2 Architects  
3. Christopher Strom Architects Redstone Builders 
Decorative Glass & Mirror 1. Merriment LLC  
2. GlassArt Design  
2. Julie Tuerk Interior Design  
Exterior use of Color (paint, doors, shutter) 1. Citydeskstudio  
2. PKA Architecture  
3. PAF Architecture LLC Patrick Freet, AIA and Alice Schimunek of PAF Architecture
Exterior use of Stone / Tile / Concrete 1. Christopher Strom Architects Hage Homes
2. Highmark Builders  
2. hw2 design and architecture llc  
Finished Basement 1. Simple Finesse  
2. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
3. TEA2 Architects  
Fireplace 1. Welch Forsman Associates Rehkamp Larson Architects and Martha Dayton Design
2. Kyle Hunt & Partners Inc. Sharratt Design & Co.
3. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
Garage 1. Murphy & Co. Design  
2. Rehkamp Larson Architects Hagstrom Builder 
2. Chirigos Designs KA Design LLC
Historic Renovation / Restoration (50 years or older) 1. Studio Day  
2. Jkath Design Build + Reinvent  
3. Katie Brandt Interiors  
Interior / Exterior Lighting 1. Shelter Architecture  
2. Sustainable Nine Design + Build Unfold Architecture
3. Unfold Architecture Sustainable Nine Design + Build
Interior use of Stone 1. David Heide Design Studio  
2. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
3. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
Interior use of Tile 1. Emily Pueringer Design Studio  
2. Gordon James  
3. Milton House Design Collective Kenzo Construction
Kitchen (201-350 sq. ft.) 1. Haus of Rowe Interiors  
2. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
3. Mark D. Williams Custom Homes Yond Interiors
Kitchen (351-450 sq. ft.) 1. Emily Pueringer Design Studio  
2. James McNeal Architecture & Design (JMAD)  
2. Natasa Jones Interiors  
Kitchen (more than 450 sq. ft.) 1. PLAAD LLC  
2. Rehkamp Larson Architects Hagstrom Builder / Kristin Hoaglund Design 
3. Bismark Builders  
Kitchen (up to 200 sq. ft.) 1. Kenzo Construction Milton House Design Collective 
2. Hendel Homes  
2. Homes by Adriatic Niosi Design
Lakeside Home 1. TEA2 Architects  
2. PLAAD LLC  
3. Marka Architecture Tays & Co. Design Studios
Laundry Room / Mud Room 1. Chirigos Designs Mark D. Williams Custom Homes
2. Designer Lindy Haglund LLC  
2. Craft Design Build  
Library / Study / Home Office 1. Vela Interior Design  
2. Rehkamp Larson Architects Brooke Voss Design / Dovetail
3. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
Lobby 1. Shelter Architecture  
2. 10K Architecture  
3. InUnison Design Inc.  
Millwork 1. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
2. Mark D. Williams Custom Homes Shadowfalls Design
3. Christopher Strom Architects Hage Homes
New Build (completed in 2023 or newer) 1. Hendel Homes Murphy & Co. Design
2. Marka Architecture Tays & Co. Design Studios
3. Swanson Homes Carbon 6 Interiors
Office 1. wb builders  
2. PKA Architecture  
3. 10K Architecture  
Overall Home 1. Welch Forsman Associates Rehkamp Larson Architects and Martha Dayton Deisgn
2. TEA2 Architects  
3. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
Porch / Screen Room / Sunroom 1. Hendel Homes  
2. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
3. Hartman Homes Inc.  
Powder Room 1. Mark D. Williams Custom Homes Yond Interiors
2. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
3. Tays & Co. Design Studios  
Remodel – Large Space (1,001-2,499 sq. ft.) 1. Kristen Veenstra Interiors  
2. Everson Architect Near & Streeter Custom Builders
3. PAF Architecture LLC Patrick Freet, AIA and Alice Schimunek of PAF Architecture
Remodel – Small Space (up to 1,000 sq. ft.) 1. Haus of Rowe Interiors  
2. Emily Pueringer Design Studio  
3. Rehkamp Larson Architects Bronder Construction
Remodel – Whole Home (more than 2,500 sq. ft.) 1. Mark D. Williams Custom Homes Yond Interiors
2. TEA2 Architects  
2. Coco Perry Design Hendel Homes
Residential Landscape Design 1. Mom’s Design Build  
2. Yardscapes Inc.  
3. Custom One Landscaping Custom One Homes
Residential Swimming Pool 1. Michels Homes Talla Skogmo Interior Design
2. TEA2 Architects  
3. Nor-Son Custom Builders  
Restaurants / Bars 1. Cushing Terrell  
2. Habitation Design  
3. GlassArt Design  
Retail Interior Design (boutiques, stores, salons) 1. Habitation Design  
2. APX Construction Group  
3. APX Construction Group  
Specialty Room (gym, pantry, music, craft, billiards, pet area, etc.) 1. Spencer Design Associates Abitare Design
2. Michels Homes Talla Skogmo Interior Design
3. PKA Architecture  
Stair & Railing 1. Vela Interior Design  
2. Christopher Strom Architects Bold Metal Work
2. Craft Design Build  
Sustainable design (net zero, tiny home, electrified, EDUs, infill housing, etc.) 1. Christopher Strom Architects Redstone Builders
2. Christopher Strom Architects Hage Homes
3. City Homes  
Traditional Architecture (more than 4,000 sq. ft.) 1. Hendel Homes Coco Perry Design
2. Rehkamp Larson Architects Hagstrom Builder / Kristin Hoaglund Design 
3. James McNeal Architecture & Design (JMAD)  
Traditional Architecture (up to 4,000 sq. ft.) 1. Rehkamp Larson Architects Advanced Construction and Remodeling
2. Albertsson Hansen Architecture and Interior Design  
3. SALA Architects  
Traditional Dining Room 1. KASA Interior Design  
2. O’Hara Interiors MDS Remodeling
3. Coco Perry Design Hendel Homes
Traditional Foyer 1. Coco Perry Design Hendel Homes
2. O’Hara Interiors  
3. Christina Lynn Interiors Pillar Homes
Traditional Interior Design (more than one room) 1. Studio Day  
2. KASA Interior Design  
3. Christina Lynn Interiors Pillar Homes
Traditional Living Room / Great Room 1. Studio Day  
2. Jim Kuiken Design  
3. James McNeal Architecture & Design (JMAD)  
Traditional Primary Suite 1. O’Hara Interiors Thompson Construction
2. Christina Lynn Interiors Pillar Homes
3. Interior Impressions  
Use of Art, Antiques, or Collection 1. PKA Architecture  
2. Vela Interior Design  
3. Julie Tuerk Interior Design  
Use of Color 1. Mark D. Williams Custom Homes Yond Interiors
2. KASA Interior Design  
3. MA Peterson Design Build  
Vacation Home in Minnesota 1. Tays & Co. Design Studios Marka Architecture
2. Interior Impressions  
2. Hendel Homes  
Vacation Home outside of Minnesota 1. TEA2 Architects  
2. James McNeal Architecture & Design (JMAD)  
3. TEA2 Architects  
Wall Treatment (special paint technique, wall covering, etc.) 1. REVOLUTION DESIGN AND BUILD LLC  
2. Homes by Adriatic Niosi Design
2. Julie Tuerk Interior Design  
Wine Room 1. Michels Homes Talla Skogmo Interior Design
2. PLAAD LLC  
3. Custom One Renovation  

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