Mindy Sonneman brings dream homes to life

By Abigail Blonigen

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and as many in the construction industry know, neither is a home.

Mindy Sonneman has been in residential design for 30 years, but has been doodling homes since she was a kid. She grew up in West Duluth and attended Denfeld High School. At Denfeld, she took some drafting classes and really liked them, so a teacher encouraged her to check out architectural technology.

Sonneman studied architectural technology at Duluth Technical College, now Lake Superior College, and got a job right out of school for a builder who