Clients: Steve and Dana Alpeter.
Design team: Leffert Tigelaar, lead architect, and Bill Nagel, intern, Choice Wood Co., St. Louis Park.
Builder: Nick Smaby, Choice Wood Co.
Landscape Design: Landscape Renovations, Afton.
Interior design: Debra Martinson, DM Interiors, Minnetonka, and Dana Alpeter Interiors.
Size: Existing home, 3,259 square feet (includes 380-square-foot attached garage). Addition, first floor, 472 square feet, and second floor, 440 square feet. New detached garage/pool house, 1,000 square feet.
Cost per square foot: Not available.
STAR TRIBUNE/AIA HOME OF THE MONTH Home of the Month appears the first Saturday of every month. The program is a partnership between the Star Tribune and the Minnesota chapter of the American Institute of Architects. A jury of experts selects the 12 architect-designed houses, which represent a range of price levels, styles and locations.
