LA CRESCENT, Minn. — The peaceful rhythms of the Mississippi River are just one part of the beauty at a La Crescent home artfully created with modern amenities. “When I first opened that door, I think, I had to pick my jaw up off the floor.
It is just incredible,” said Realtor Michelle Kalina. “My head just kept turning everywhere (to see the features). There’s just so much to look at.
” After several spins through the home, she noted some of her favorite aspects: the glass fireplace, European-style bedrooms and automated room darkening shades. She said the home’s exterior design of concrete and COR-TEN steel are set apart features for Minnesota too. The contemporary-style home designed by the Minneapolis-based CityDeskStudio includes six bedrooms and four bathrooms.
With a sunken living room and additional seating area, the Mpls. St. Paul Magazine calls the area the “warehouse wing,” which prominently displays a plywood staircase.
The staircase includes “laser-cut plywood” and “blackened steel railings.” The magazine awarded the staircase project first place for design detail in its 2023 RAVE Awards. “(The homeowners) were inspired to fill the house with architectural and artistic elements to .
.. constantly provoke themselves and then inspire others to be creative, artistic and innovative in everything they do,” Kalina said of the home at 422 Shore Road Acres in La Crescent.
“Everything in the house, there’s just art everywhere you look. And .
