DOUBLE-DUTY DWELLING

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Multi-level business studio built in 1994.

This Excelsior home melds an 1880s farmhouse with a 1990s contemporary business studio.

Last update: June 13, 2009 - 1:59 PM

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This Excelsior home melds an 1880s farmhouse with a 1990s contemporary business studio.

The current owner of the farmhouse built a 1,950-square-foot studio for his graphic design business. The minimalist interior has a stainless steel fireplace, galley kitchen, metal staircase and exposed beams. A barn-shaped screened porch connects the studio to the farmhouse, which also shares a modern aesthetic after a 2003 remodeling.

Other features:

• The two-story farmhouse has 2,561 square feet with three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

• The remodeling included removing a wall, reconfiguring the kitchen and bumping out the family room, while retaining some of the farmhouse flavor.

• The spacious gourmet kitchen is geared for cooking and entertaining with a Sub-Zero refrigerator and a Wolf cooktop on a three-level, stainless steel center island.

• The business studio has five workstations on the upper level.

• The business studio can double as a guest house with a Murphy bed, bath and kitchen.

• Gardens are throughout the grounds.

You can have it for . . . $899,000.

LYNN UNDERWOOD

Frank and Jill Roffers of Lakes Sotheby's International Realty have the listing; 952-237-1100.

To have a unique listing considered for a Homegazing feature, please send digital photos and a description to lunderwood@startribune.com.

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