We're proud to share that Meadowlark Design+Build was recently featured in The Detroit News Homestyle section for a project that was every bit as fun and memorable as it was transformative.
The approximately 1,000-square-foot, three-bedroom ranch came to Meadowlark with significant deferred maintenance and a floor plan that no longer worked well for its homeowner. After seeing the work Meadowlark had completed for a friend, he knew our team could help transform the home from "bland to grand."
Lead Designer Melissa Filter and Designer Amanda Bell worked with the homeowner to rethink how the compact home could function. The team developed three different floor plan options, allowing him to explore possibilities and choose the approach that best fit the way he wanted to live. The final design reorganized and opened up the home, moving the kitchen and eliminating the existing dining area to create a more functional galley kitchen and a smarter use of the available space.
But functionality was only part of the story. The homeowner brought a wonderfully specific-and wonderfully hard-to-categorize-vision to the project. He described the desired look as "sort of a 1950s housewife, Jetsons meets Boho," with a loose midcentury feel inspired in part by images of futuristic homes from the 1950s.
The result is a home that reflects both thoughtful problem-solving and a personality that could only belong to its owner.
We're grateful to The Detroit News and Khristi Zimmeth for the thoughtful and well-written feature, and especially grateful to our homeowner for trusting our team with such a creative and enjoyable project. Collaborations like this are a reminder that great design is not about making every home look the same-it's about helping people create spaces that feel distinctly their own.
Read the full feature in The Detroit News.
Learn more about this project and see additional photos here.