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The tour always offers an eclectic mix of home styles and tastes, from new homes to remodels, there’s something for everyone. This year you can “Expect the Unexpected”- be prepared for a few surprises, making the home tour even more entertaining! That’s all I can say - I don’t want to spoil the surprise!

The event is set for Saturday October 3rd from 12:30 to 4pm. All proceeds go to charity: Tickets are $15.00 and are available at Detroit Paint and Glass, La De Da Décor and Design, the Holmes Theatre ticket offi ce and from any Damien member.

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Marty and Mary Solmon have been married for 30 years, and have owned Solmon Construction for just about as long. So, when the couple started gutting and renovating an older home on a dream double-lot on Lake Melissa about three years ago, they knew exactly what they wanted: clean lines, plenty of wood ac-cents, and a comfortable place for entertaining friends and family. “I’m not about a lot of clutter. I want the house to speak for itself,” Mary said. “What I like best about the house is that people come here and they are at ease, they can relax. My girlfriends say, ‘We don’t have to be careful or not touch anything.’’ After working on it for a year, they moved in November 2008, even though it wasn’t completely finished. Mary said it’s an “arts and crafts style home,” which is inter-

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ABOVE:A stained glass chandelier hangs in the entryway.

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esting, because they did so much of the work themselves, and tried to use materials not only from the house they were reno-vating (like a fireplace), but also reclaimed cedar timbers from Chisholm, boulders from Marty’s family farm near Callaway, and even trees they cleared on the lot (mostly ash, oak and some elm) were milled and used for the hardwood floors, and to line the ceiling, on the main level. The cedar timbers mimic the pine timbers on the exterior corners of the house, but are more curvy — appropriate for a more ornate front entrance. The exterior is otherwise done in a “hearty” wood siding, with cedar shakes in the eaves, and a unique “cottage style” roof, where the shingles wrap around the front, instead of just the top, giving the illusion of a thicker roof. Large slate tile flooring is in the entryway, which features

a stunning stained glass chandelier. A half bathroom is on the way out to a side patio where Mary said they often eat dinner when the weather is nice. It faces directly west over the lake, of-fering perfect sunset views — possibly the reason the Solmons have dubbed their house “Sunset Ridge.” Down the hall past the stairway is an open floor plan to the heart of the home: a dining room in the center, which leads out to a deck, a spacious kitchen to the right (which further leads to the master suite), and the living room with one of the original fireplaces to the left. “It was designed so that you could live on the main floor if you wanted to,” Mary said. The kitchen cabinetry, and all cabinets in the home, is cherry, and the Brazilian granite countertops match those in a few other built-ins on the main level. A sizeable island in the center of the kitchen has a temperature-controlled wine cooler, a walk-in pantry has motion-detector lighting, and since Mary says she loves to cook and entertain, appliances are equipped as such:

LEFT:In the lower-level family room, a ground concrete hearth on the fireplace is built to include woodboxes on both sides.

LOWER LEFT:One of the many landscaped gardens on the Solmon property which uses plenty of rocks and boulders.

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double ovens, a Jenn-Air gas stovetop with grill and griddle as well as warming racks, a “micro-drawer” (a microwave in drawer fashion), and a big window over the sink looking out to the driveway — so she can see when guests arrive. Although the living room’s fireplace is mostly origi-nal, the previous house didn’t have vaulted ceilings like the Solmon’s, so they extended it to the top of their high ceilings, added a new mantle and converted it to gas. They wanted to retain the two fireplaces in the old structure, so when they started building, Mary said they literally lifted the house up and rebuilt the basement be-fore setting the house back down. “We ended up scrapping and building from scratch anyway with one of them,” Mary said. “It cost more to do that, but … hindsight.” In the main floor living area, beams in the ceiling are highlighted by background lighting set into a shelved ridge, giving the room a glow. There are lighting details like this throughout the home. The master suite on the main level is highlighted not only by a picture window out to the lake — “every room has a great view, that was important” — but also has an arched window up near the top of the vaulted ceiling, and another in a dormer on the other side. And, while it might look like a shelf below that dor-mer window, it actually is a walk-in closet without a ceil-ing, to let the natural light from the window seep in. In the master bath, a substantial tub is the center-piece, flanked on each side by his-and-hers vanities with vessel sinks. A shower also doubles as a steam shower. “(The tub) is a necessity for us, not a luxury,” Mary

said. “Marty is outside sometimes in thirty below tem-peratures, so we use this a lot in the winter when we come in from outside.” Up the stairs, done mostly in cherry with pine ban-ister posts, the landing doubles as a small library, with a wall of built-in shelves, and a banister looking over into the entryway below. Through the next hallway is the office and half bathroom where the Solmons operate their construction company. Clients can enter the office directly from a spi-ral staircase outside. Since their office is attached, Mary said their home project also acts as something of a showpiece, where the Solmons can show off what they’re capable of doing. Back into the library, a few more steps up leads to what the Solmons call “the crow’s nest.” It’s likely the highest point in the house, and once again, has giant windows offering a birds-eye view of Lake Melissa.

LEFT:In the master bedroom, what looks like a shelf below the dormer win-dow is actually a ceiling-less walk-in closet designed to let natural light in.

ABOVE:The main floor living room has a floor and ceiling made from the trees cleared on the land, and most of the fireplace is original to the house they gutted.

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Mary said the room was perfect on the Fourth of July because they could see all the fireworks being set off by people on the lake and didn’t have to be outside at the mercy of the mosquitoes. In the basement, which walks out to the backyard, an-other fireplace to the top of the 11-foot ceiling, this time wood-burning, is done in rock, and has a ground concrete hearth that extends over the sides to form two woodboxes. Mary said the lower level is where the family often congregates for movies and foosball, a gaming station that Marty’s had since before the pair was married. Around the corner from the family room is a half-kitchen, with a fridge and microwave, perfect for prepar-ing popcorn before a flick. Down the hall is another half bathroom — but this time, the vanity is actually an old sewing table with a new quartz top and vessel sink. Built-in drawers in the wall make for storage, and Mary recalled how many built-ins exist in the home. “It’s because Marty hates to waste space,” she said. “It’s like a capitol mortal sin.” Down another hall is a bright bedroom specifically built for their 7-year-old granddaughter, Olivia. Painted in pale yellow and lavender, the room fea-tures a small loft above the walk-in closet, with a ladder to climb up. Right now, the room has a small twin bed, but Mary said they’ll likely equip it with a larger bed since Olivia always sleeps in her loft. Another lake-facing bedroom is next to Olivia’s room, and Mary said a friend of hers regularly stays the night — so much so, that the room was labeled as “Steph’s” on the building plan. “Yeah, it’s funny, none of our (three grown) kids have

rooms in this house, but we have one for our granddaugh-ter and for one of my friends,” Mary joked. Another full bath is next to the guest bedrooms. Outside, landscaping abounds — and it’s no surprise, since Mary is part of the Bergen family of gardeners. Large steps from the back patio down to the lake are even lined with vegetables rather than flowers: tomatoes, swiss chard, cucumbers and squash, just to name a few. She said the steps down to the beach used to be a straight staircase down a steep hill. “It had tiny steps, so you really had to pay attention to where you were walking, and after a couple beers …” she joke, “we had to rethink that.” Close to the 300 feet of beachfront is a small boat-house, left from before — they just updated it to match the house. Boulders are copiously used in retaining walls throughout the landscaping, and Mary said it was quite entertaining to watch the landscapers put some of the sizeable ones in. “I literally pulled up a chair and sat and watched them,” she said. “You really have to have an artistic eye for that.” On the front side of the house, up the hill close to County Road 17 and Highway 59, is a clearing of trees where Mary said they’d originally planned to build a guesthouse. They eventually decided against it — for the time be-ing. The lines for geothermal heat and air conditioning are there, just in case they change their minds down the road. For now, though, the spot is perfect for camping, or just to get a fantastic view of nearly the entire lake. Marty put it best: “It’s quite a spot,” he said. “It’s like our own little kingdom.”

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TOP:The game room above the garage is where Susan Lake said the kids spend much of their time with Guitar Hero, Wii, movies and music.

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BOTTOM:A rustic chandelier hangs over the island in the kitchen. In the background, the entertainment center holds books and hides the television.


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ABOVE LEFT:A wraparound driveway leads to the Chivers home.

LEFT INSET:DelRae said she designed the quilt on the king-size bed and used built-in cabinets as a headboard.

RIGHT INSET:The modern master bath features a vintage-style tub, as well as sparkly granite countertops and ceramic tile.

BELOW:In the kitchen, DelRae designed herself a see-through cabinet, in the style of TV cook Rachael Ray, she said.

almost gaudy impulses — I joke that a gypsy threw up on the bed.” Around the corner is a large walk-in closet and a spa-cious master bath, with the laundry facilities built into one of the walls. The tile work in the master bath is unique, too. Black tile on the floor have a sparkly sheen — DelRae said they reminded her of the shimmery seats on Glastron boats — and the accent tiles in the walk-in shower have a bit of a colorful gleam to them as well. “I had to get my glitter in there somewhere,” DelRae joked. Although bits of DelRae’s pizzazz find their way into everything at the main house, the décor in the guest quarters, above the detached garage, is vastly different. Dubbed the “Pittsburgh House,” since Jack is from Pittsburgh, the space has two small bedrooms, a bath-room and a kitchenette. Pittsburgh pride is everywhere: There’s an auto-graphed photo of Pittsburgh Penguins player Sidney Crosby at the most recent Stanley Cup; an afghan with the Pittsburgh skyline stitched-in draped over the couch; and clippings of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette framed and hung along one wall. They’ve also embraced the color scheme that came with the space — including the brown and teal geomet-ric-patterned carpeting. “The style is funky and we know it,” DelRae said with a laugh. “We embrace it.” She said it doesn’t get used often, “but when we

need it, it’s invaluable.” It seems Jack knew a good property when he saw it years ago, and with modern renova-tions, the home stays true to it’s 70s roots while embracing the great outdoors — like the bay where DelRae said they’ve played broomball matches with their neighbors, the Schultzs, or where a group of deer have come to call home. “They’ve got-ten tamer and tamer through the years,” she said. “I think word got out that it’s safe here.”


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TOP:One of Michael Mercil’s main summer projects was to replace his deck with maintenence free decking. The deck features a spot for a future hot tub.

MIDDLE:The Mercil kitchen.

ABOVE: The deck and patio area features a large outdoor gas grill.

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ABOVE:The Mercil living room features four chairs instead of a couch or loveseat for a more conversational feel. The interior was decorated by Kara Schumann of LaDeDa Decor and De-sign in Detroit Lakes.

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LEFT:The Mercil master bedroom.

BELOW:Mercil’s Muskrat Lake home features a basemant theatre complete with projection screen and computer program with over 1,000 movie titles to choose from.

BOTTOM:Michael Mercil’s home on Muskrat Lake. He doesn’t live directly on Muskrat Lake, but shares 50 feet of lakeshore with a neighbor and is walking distance from the lake.


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ABOVE:The exterior of the Bernabucci house is done with brick, and has a substantial front porch.


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off the master suite, French doors from the living space, and another sin-gle door from a small sunroom off the kitchen. The kitchen is all done in the hon-ey-stained oak commonly seen in late-90s homes, including oak treatment on the front of the refrigerator and dish-washer. Ginger colored granite coun-tertops surround. Oak returns on the trim through-out the home, as well as the many built-in bookcases. Wall-to-wall dusty teal carpet-ing is in nearly every room, except the kitchen, which has linoleum. Off the front entrance, the master bedroom is a flower lover’s dream — the wallpaper, drapes and bed linens all match perfectly. Across the foyer from the master suite is a dimly lit study — Gail said it was frequently used by Jeri’s late hus-band, Jack. Upstairs, two bedrooms have fur-niture that looks like it’s been in the family for generations — but Gail spec-ulated that it had been purchased in complete sets by the interior designer the Bernabucci’s hired when they built the house. One bedroom features a low-vault-ed ceiling and an arch-topped window; the full bath has double sinks.

TOP:Brass fixtures adorn the double sinks and large soaking tub in the master bathroom.

LEFT:Although the furniture in the dining room looks generations old, it was actually purchased in a style that looks worn, said the owner’s daughter-in-law.

BELOW:Off the front entrance, the study was used by the late Jack Bernabucci.

BOTTOM LEFT:A beachside view of the home.

A highlight of the upper level is the space commonly referred to in blueprints as a “bonus room.” It’s a comfy little “nook” now, with a small skylight in the low ceiling, a desk, rocking chairs and dolls, an ideal place for grandchildren to play. “My mother-in-law is a very petite woman, so she liked this room. She would work at this desk, catching up on correspondence,” Gail said. Looking over the railing at the landing at the top of the stairs, one can take in nearly the entirety of the main floor — it’s a very open design, and


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TOP:Flowers are not in short supply in the master bedroom. A connected sitting room, which also leads to the back patio, is to the right.

ABOVE:Brass fixtures adorn the double sinks and large soaking tub in the master bathroom.

LEFT:Above the garage, the guesthouse has more of a “lakey feel.”

the high ceilings make it expansive. “It’s really functional,” Gail said of the spaciousness. “When we were here for Christmas, we had 12 people and three dogs, and it still felt pretty open. You don’t feel crowded.” She said she and Paul used to come visit from their home in Horace, N.D., nearly every weekend, often staying in the guest-house over a detached two-stall garage (attached to the house are an additional three stalls). “Now we’ve gotten so busy, this summer we’ve only been here seven or eight times,” she said. The guest space “has more of a lakey feel,” Gail said. It’s like a studio apartment — just enough space for a big bed and a couple couches, with a kitchenette and bathroom. Big picture windows line the lakeside wall, though — per-fect for catching the sunrise over Lake Detroit — the perfect respite on a weekend when the leaves start turning.

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