Keppers Design Architecture

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I received the kindest note from a client today. They are planning to implement phase 2 of a project after having enjoyed phase 1 for a n...

Keppers Design is moving Downtown! Our new office at 301 West Superior Street will be an exciting design showcase, with upgraded conferen...

For many, the kitchen is the true center of home life. A place to cook, to congregate, to socialize, to organize. But sometimes this can ...

Check out this link to learn about a Community Education class I'm teaching on March 12 and 19, 2019.

A grand staircase can't be beat for making a statement. It's even better when it's framed by openings from other rooms in the home. In th...

Interested in learning about windows? Check out this excellent introduction to the basics of window design from Domino. Thanks to Erick F...

Design challenges are opportunities, not problems. In this case, the owners wanted to open an existing kitchen island to the adjacent bre...

This home harkens back to an earlier time in Duluth's history, when many of the affluent built homes inspired by the architecture of Medi...

Here's step 2 in this foundation installation. The perimeter walls are up to the level of the basement slab, and the basement slab has be...

Some projects are an exercise in good planning and code compliance rather than aesthetics. Here, we reconfigured part of a church basemen...

Here we see the footings and frost walls of the new home installed to the level of the basement floor. The frost walls are created with I...

It's important to understand your house addition (or new home or office project, for that matter) before it's built. Three-dimensional sk...

For you Building Science nerds out there, here's an animation about the history of home siding materials that was recently published by F...

This sun room/entry porch addition fits seamlessly into the original home and provides a much needed entry vestibule and enclosed porch f...