The Gatehouse
Scroll to viewOnce the site of an early 1900’s camp, this wooded site on Lake Minnetonka was the perfect setting for this humble 860 sf residence steeped in architectural history. With a myriad of reclaimed building materials and architectural antiques to use for the construction, this cottage feels as if it were taken right from the Loire Valley of France. The open plan differentiates it’s “rooms” with the use of ceiling beams, posts, and ceiling changes, with rooms that share spaces while being functionally efficient.
- Contractor: Ziegler Remodeling
- Interior Design: Owner
- Photography: Susan Gilmore Photography
Front façade with stone from 1889 Lake St. Bridge in Minneapolis
Gable detail with winged lion tile inset in stone
Detail of front door & copper rain cups
Kitchen with vintage butcher block table, stainless counters, & wood hinged windows
Breakfast alcove with antique pharmacy rack from France (foreground)
Original concept perspective sketches for Great Hall
Great Hall with oak ceiling beams from 1860's barn in Houston County, MN
Great Hall fireplace with stone from Derby, Iowa
Breadstick herringbone refractory from Italy
Great Hall with flooring from 1880's barn in Osseo, Wisconsin
Detail of timber beam with scarf-joint and mortise & tenon joinery
View of bedroom with wood from 1870 Kentucky tobacco barn & closet doors from France
Exterior sitting terrace made from brick salvaged from streets in Minneapolis
An antique French fireback from 1744 adorns the side wall
Side of house with vintage French orangerie window for rose vines
Detail view of timber-pegged corner window supports
View to woodland pond at the rear of the house