When green meets modern

Professional remodelers Matt Miller and John Mullin combined their interests in green building and modern architecture to construct this new home in St. Paul's Mac-Groveland neighborhood. Its sleek modern design boasts eco-friendly attributes such as bamboo flooring, a solar sheet to help heat the home and a water-saving dual-flush toilet in every bathroom.

The home was built on spec by Miller and Mullin's company, mimu modern, in St. Paul after the remodelers demolished a foreclosed distressed property on the lot and recycled many of its materials.

Other features:

• The 1,944-square-foot, one-story house has three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

• Banks of clerestory windows let in plenty of light.

• Many of the home's custom cabinets were made by Amish craftsmen.

• The main-floor master bedroom features large closets and a private bathroom.

• The finished basement has a family room, bedroom and bathroom.

• Many of the light fixtures are from Ikea.

• Low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) paint was used.

• The home was built with certified sustainably harvested lumber.

• The exterior is composed of long-lasting, low-maintenance fiber cement siding and recycled corrugated steel.

• The house is three blocks from the new Trader Joe's grocery store on Lexington Parkway.

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John Lynden of Lynden Realty has the listing; 651-246-5646.