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Backyard Dusk

Before: It was still possible to see the blackboard on the wall between the wainscot and coat rail.

First floor plan.

Front of House at night

Nathan has been playing piano since age six, and he inherited his family’s Baldwin baby grand, which anchors the great room.

The house is oriented north-south, with the broad side of the structure facing east-west. This guarantees not only gorgeous views of the sunset, but also minimizes wind exposure.

The house is hidden from the road and sits on a hilltop clearing that overlooks the rolling farmland of the Mississippi River bluffs in Western Wisconsin. From this vantage point, there is a 270-degree view, with dramatic sunsets over the distant hills.

"The house is so small that the renovation required a lot of attention to get the scale of the details right, light the crown molding,