the hood. We have anvils and a forge right in our shop, which allows us to create unique statement pieces that are as memorable as our customers.” Jeff also believes that when building a rustic home with this much wood, you have to “mix it up with the right amount of metal, glass, and stone,” to create dimension, and that’s what they did.
Stone
The natural stone found throughout the exterior and interior is a custom blend, which is sourced from Colorado and Oklahoma, and supplied by Hedberg Home Brick & Stone in Plymouth, Minnesota. Joe Saba, the company’s Masonry Showroom Manager, says it’s a mixture of four quarzitic sandstones: (1) Mission Springs Web Wall (2) Chestnut Hill Castle Rock (3) Black Hills Rustic (4) Willow Brook Blue Castle Rock
“Mari and Bill came in with their interior designer, Sandi, and described that they wanted something rustic, like a lodge, with warm tones, but a pop of some darker stones,” Joe explains. “They also came back later and chose some large flagstones for flooring in the Colorado room, called “Sunset Silver Quartzite.” According to Mike Chambers, Hedberg’s Sales Product Manager, the experienced design consultants in their large showroom create their own combinations of stones from different regions of the country, called the Hedberg Blends. “These homeowners created their own blend, which they used for interior and exterior walls, and all but one of their fireplaces,” he says. “It was also important to them to have dramatic outcropping boulders as hearthstones, which were sourced from a quarry in Oklahoma and custom cut to fit here in Minnesota. We got the boulders shaped and shipped out, and it all fit together perfectly.” 102 Lake & Home Magazine March / April 2024