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MarchApril 2015

Always Local Always Beautiful

At Home WithAnne Ginn

Mid-Century ModernOur Favorite Chairs

Getting Readyfor GreenThings to Do in Your Garden Now

Hidden TreasuresBehind-the-Scenes Magic at Echo Systems

Demolishingthe Cost of Custom

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OmahaHome contents marchapril 2015

departments H7 Editorrsquos Letter

H8 Architectural Styles The Mary Kimball House

H10 DIY Demolishing the Cost of Custom

H12 gardening Getting Ready for Green

H16 Sandyrsquos Makeover For the Birds Magazine Rack

H24 Neighborhood Profile Gifford Park

H38 trending Mid-Century Modern Chairs

H 40 Room Architectural Archeology

H 42 things we like Our Favorite Clocks

H 44 Transformations Cooking Up a Classic

features H18 Hidden Treasures

In the new Echo Systems home store much of the magic is behind the scenes

H30 The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of Weight

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GWEN LEMKE

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All versions of OmahaHome are published bimonthly by Omaha Magazine LTD PO Box 461208 Omaha NE 68046-1208 Telephone (402) 884-2000 fax (402) 884-2001 Subscription rates $1295 for 6 issues (one year) $1995 for 12 issues (two years) No whole or part of the contents herein may be reproduced without prior written permission of Omaha Magazine excepting individually copyrighted articles and photographs Unsolicited manuscripts are accepted however no responsibility will be assumed for such solicita-tions Best of Omaharegtrade is a registered tradename of Omaha Magazine

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OmahaHome from the editor

I CANrsquoT BELIEVE IT IS that time of year again It seems like only yesterday that I was putting the Christmas deco-

rations away Now itrsquos time for that vibrant splashy array of indoor color to be replaced by its outdoor (and much more organic) counter-part as I head out into the garden

Herersquos a jump-start idea for those of you who are ready to daremdashprematurely or oth-

erwisemdashto take matters into your own hands Introduce some color on your porch or into your yardhellipand do it soon Plant such cold-hardy annuals as pansies violas nemesia dusty miller snapdragons or diascia

All are pretty hardy when it comes to withstanding colder weather and even a frost or two Sure therersquos an element of risk here but the brilliantly hued spirit-lifting rewards are worth taking a chance OmahaHome

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The Mary Kimball House A Style All Its Own

OmahaHome architectural stylesstory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

Y OU MAY NOT KNOW of Mary Kimball but if yoursquore an aficio-nado of historic Omaha you

know her son Thomas Kimball very well The architect behind St Cecelia Cathedral the Burlington Station and the famed structures of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition among so many others in Omaha was a major figure in Americarsquos architectural community for several decades before and after the turn of the last century

While Kimball is most known for com-mercial and civic structures he also designed homes for well-to-do Omaha residents Many of those have fallen victim to Omaharsquos oft-blind march of progress A few remain One clearly built with loving attention to detail still towers over St Maryrsquos Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets and is widely

considered Kimballrsquos residential masterpieceIn the successful 1996 application to place

the home on the National Registry of Historic Places the home Kimball built for his mother and sister is broadly categorized as Dutch Colonial Among myriad other details the exterior boasts five parapets on the masonry box structure that help create a dramatic verticalitymdasha hallmark of Kimballrsquos work

Inside the 108-year-old house becomes more of a stylistic mash-up Greek Revival details and clean practical Arts and Crafts features (chosen mainly to foster ease-of-living for Kimballrsquos beloved mother and sister) are accented throughout with mahogany quarter-sawn oak and tiger maple woodwork

Even though the house has long been in disrepair as a multi-unit

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apartment the vast majority of original fea-tures remain The bad news The house is unoccupied and in need of a major renovation

Thankfully respected Omaha sculptor John Labja who purchased the house six years ago has been working to restore the home with great attention to Kimballrsquos origi-nal plan A recent tour of the home suggests that Labjarsquos plan to move into the house in ldquoone or two yearsrdquo may be optimistic but whenever the completion date the results should be stunning

ldquoThis house is a masterpiece built by an amazing man out of love for his

motherrdquo Labja says ldquoIt deserves respect Everything Irsquom doing here is intended to be very sensitive to the house and the visionrdquo

The house is a shamble of small projects in motionmdashrestoration of exterior doors return-ing long-carpeted floors to their original oak stripping out everything in the kitchen or bathrooms that arenrsquot true to the period Labja says he was thrilled to find many miss-ing partsmdashtile hinges original fixturesmdashhidden away forgotten in basement recesses In a year or perhaps a few more the Mary Kimball House should return to being one of Omaharsquos most prized residential structures

ldquoAs I do this work Irsquom trying to let the house tell me what it wantsrdquo Labja says ldquoThe work has to be timeless like the house itself When this is finished I hope wersquove shown it the respect and attention to detail a structure like this deservesrdquo OmahaHome

Demolishing the Cost of Custom

D EMOLITION THREE LAYERS OF wall paper the kind where salmon isnrsquot only the color but

the pattern Dust Hang new mold-resistant drywall Mud Sand Three more layers of mudding and sanding More dust

We wanted to simplify expand and upgrade every inch of our dated single bath-room on the main floor of our MidCentury ranch home And how could I get what I wanted on an artistrsquos budget The answer do it myself

The thing about being the creative director here at Omaha Magazine is that Irsquom always focused on the big picture and all the little

things that make the bigger picture better The simplistic design of my custom vanity was all in the details After the dust settled the real work began

In the initial sketchesmdashnext to dreamy drawings of furniture designsmdashI started the perspective drawings of a less- imposing vanity

The first design priority was to give the impression that the cabinets float in the space Noted raise the bottom Second we needed more walking space between the bathtub and the cabinet Noted make it thinner Now we have the feeling of a wider bathroom But what about the storage Where are Trisha

OmahaHome dbullibullystory by john gawley bull photography by bill sitzmann

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

OmahaHome gardeningstory by jennifer litton

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

flight for this fun project

OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

marchapril bull 2015 H17

Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

OmahaHome feature

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Omaha Home feature

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

marchapril bull 2015 H25

lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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OmahaHome neighborhood profile

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Omaha Home neighborhood profile

lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

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1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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8

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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OmahaHome contents marchapril 2015

departments H7 Editorrsquos Letter

H8 Architectural Styles The Mary Kimball House

H10 DIY Demolishing the Cost of Custom

H12 gardening Getting Ready for Green

H16 Sandyrsquos Makeover For the Birds Magazine Rack

H24 Neighborhood Profile Gifford Park

H38 trending Mid-Century Modern Chairs

H 40 Room Architectural Archeology

H 42 things we like Our Favorite Clocks

H 44 Transformations Cooking Up a Classic

features H18 Hidden Treasures

In the new Echo Systems home store much of the magic is behind the scenes

H30 The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of Weight

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OmahaHome from the editor

I CANrsquoT BELIEVE IT IS that time of year again It seems like only yesterday that I was putting the Christmas deco-

rations away Now itrsquos time for that vibrant splashy array of indoor color to be replaced by its outdoor (and much more organic) counter-part as I head out into the garden

Herersquos a jump-start idea for those of you who are ready to daremdashprematurely or oth-

erwisemdashto take matters into your own hands Introduce some color on your porch or into your yardhellipand do it soon Plant such cold-hardy annuals as pansies violas nemesia dusty miller snapdragons or diascia

All are pretty hardy when it comes to withstanding colder weather and even a frost or two Sure therersquos an element of risk here but the brilliantly hued spirit-lifting rewards are worth taking a chance OmahaHome

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The Mary Kimball House A Style All Its Own

OmahaHome architectural stylesstory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

Y OU MAY NOT KNOW of Mary Kimball but if yoursquore an aficio-nado of historic Omaha you

know her son Thomas Kimball very well The architect behind St Cecelia Cathedral the Burlington Station and the famed structures of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition among so many others in Omaha was a major figure in Americarsquos architectural community for several decades before and after the turn of the last century

While Kimball is most known for com-mercial and civic structures he also designed homes for well-to-do Omaha residents Many of those have fallen victim to Omaharsquos oft-blind march of progress A few remain One clearly built with loving attention to detail still towers over St Maryrsquos Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets and is widely

considered Kimballrsquos residential masterpieceIn the successful 1996 application to place

the home on the National Registry of Historic Places the home Kimball built for his mother and sister is broadly categorized as Dutch Colonial Among myriad other details the exterior boasts five parapets on the masonry box structure that help create a dramatic verticalitymdasha hallmark of Kimballrsquos work

Inside the 108-year-old house becomes more of a stylistic mash-up Greek Revival details and clean practical Arts and Crafts features (chosen mainly to foster ease-of-living for Kimballrsquos beloved mother and sister) are accented throughout with mahogany quarter-sawn oak and tiger maple woodwork

Even though the house has long been in disrepair as a multi-unit

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apartment the vast majority of original fea-tures remain The bad news The house is unoccupied and in need of a major renovation

Thankfully respected Omaha sculptor John Labja who purchased the house six years ago has been working to restore the home with great attention to Kimballrsquos origi-nal plan A recent tour of the home suggests that Labjarsquos plan to move into the house in ldquoone or two yearsrdquo may be optimistic but whenever the completion date the results should be stunning

ldquoThis house is a masterpiece built by an amazing man out of love for his

motherrdquo Labja says ldquoIt deserves respect Everything Irsquom doing here is intended to be very sensitive to the house and the visionrdquo

The house is a shamble of small projects in motionmdashrestoration of exterior doors return-ing long-carpeted floors to their original oak stripping out everything in the kitchen or bathrooms that arenrsquot true to the period Labja says he was thrilled to find many miss-ing partsmdashtile hinges original fixturesmdashhidden away forgotten in basement recesses In a year or perhaps a few more the Mary Kimball House should return to being one of Omaharsquos most prized residential structures

ldquoAs I do this work Irsquom trying to let the house tell me what it wantsrdquo Labja says ldquoThe work has to be timeless like the house itself When this is finished I hope wersquove shown it the respect and attention to detail a structure like this deservesrdquo OmahaHome

Demolishing the Cost of Custom

D EMOLITION THREE LAYERS OF wall paper the kind where salmon isnrsquot only the color but

the pattern Dust Hang new mold-resistant drywall Mud Sand Three more layers of mudding and sanding More dust

We wanted to simplify expand and upgrade every inch of our dated single bath-room on the main floor of our MidCentury ranch home And how could I get what I wanted on an artistrsquos budget The answer do it myself

The thing about being the creative director here at Omaha Magazine is that Irsquom always focused on the big picture and all the little

things that make the bigger picture better The simplistic design of my custom vanity was all in the details After the dust settled the real work began

In the initial sketchesmdashnext to dreamy drawings of furniture designsmdashI started the perspective drawings of a less- imposing vanity

The first design priority was to give the impression that the cabinets float in the space Noted raise the bottom Second we needed more walking space between the bathtub and the cabinet Noted make it thinner Now we have the feeling of a wider bathroom But what about the storage Where are Trisha

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

OmahaHome gardeningstory by jennifer litton

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

flight for this fun project

OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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KAREN JENNINGS

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Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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OmahaHome contents marchapril 2015

departments H7 Editorrsquos Letter

H8 Architectural Styles The Mary Kimball House

H10 DIY Demolishing the Cost of Custom

H12 gardening Getting Ready for Green

H16 Sandyrsquos Makeover For the Birds Magazine Rack

H24 Neighborhood Profile Gifford Park

H38 trending Mid-Century Modern Chairs

H 40 Room Architectural Archeology

H 42 things we like Our Favorite Clocks

H 44 Transformations Cooking Up a Classic

features H18 Hidden Treasures

In the new Echo Systems home store much of the magic is behind the scenes

H30 The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of Weight

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SANDY BESCH-MATSON

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GWEN LEMKE

BRANDING SPECIALIST KYLE FISHER

GEORGE IDELMAN ANGIE HALL

SALES ASSOCIATES JESSICA CULLINANE

DAWN DENNIS ALICIA SMITH HOLLINS

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OmahaHome from the editor

I CANrsquoT BELIEVE IT IS that time of year again It seems like only yesterday that I was putting the Christmas deco-

rations away Now itrsquos time for that vibrant splashy array of indoor color to be replaced by its outdoor (and much more organic) counter-part as I head out into the garden

Herersquos a jump-start idea for those of you who are ready to daremdashprematurely or oth-

erwisemdashto take matters into your own hands Introduce some color on your porch or into your yardhellipand do it soon Plant such cold-hardy annuals as pansies violas nemesia dusty miller snapdragons or diascia

All are pretty hardy when it comes to withstanding colder weather and even a frost or two Sure therersquos an element of risk here but the brilliantly hued spirit-lifting rewards are worth taking a chance OmahaHome

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The Mary Kimball House A Style All Its Own

OmahaHome architectural stylesstory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

Y OU MAY NOT KNOW of Mary Kimball but if yoursquore an aficio-nado of historic Omaha you

know her son Thomas Kimball very well The architect behind St Cecelia Cathedral the Burlington Station and the famed structures of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition among so many others in Omaha was a major figure in Americarsquos architectural community for several decades before and after the turn of the last century

While Kimball is most known for com-mercial and civic structures he also designed homes for well-to-do Omaha residents Many of those have fallen victim to Omaharsquos oft-blind march of progress A few remain One clearly built with loving attention to detail still towers over St Maryrsquos Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets and is widely

considered Kimballrsquos residential masterpieceIn the successful 1996 application to place

the home on the National Registry of Historic Places the home Kimball built for his mother and sister is broadly categorized as Dutch Colonial Among myriad other details the exterior boasts five parapets on the masonry box structure that help create a dramatic verticalitymdasha hallmark of Kimballrsquos work

Inside the 108-year-old house becomes more of a stylistic mash-up Greek Revival details and clean practical Arts and Crafts features (chosen mainly to foster ease-of-living for Kimballrsquos beloved mother and sister) are accented throughout with mahogany quarter-sawn oak and tiger maple woodwork

Even though the house has long been in disrepair as a multi-unit

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apartment the vast majority of original fea-tures remain The bad news The house is unoccupied and in need of a major renovation

Thankfully respected Omaha sculptor John Labja who purchased the house six years ago has been working to restore the home with great attention to Kimballrsquos origi-nal plan A recent tour of the home suggests that Labjarsquos plan to move into the house in ldquoone or two yearsrdquo may be optimistic but whenever the completion date the results should be stunning

ldquoThis house is a masterpiece built by an amazing man out of love for his

motherrdquo Labja says ldquoIt deserves respect Everything Irsquom doing here is intended to be very sensitive to the house and the visionrdquo

The house is a shamble of small projects in motionmdashrestoration of exterior doors return-ing long-carpeted floors to their original oak stripping out everything in the kitchen or bathrooms that arenrsquot true to the period Labja says he was thrilled to find many miss-ing partsmdashtile hinges original fixturesmdashhidden away forgotten in basement recesses In a year or perhaps a few more the Mary Kimball House should return to being one of Omaharsquos most prized residential structures

ldquoAs I do this work Irsquom trying to let the house tell me what it wantsrdquo Labja says ldquoThe work has to be timeless like the house itself When this is finished I hope wersquove shown it the respect and attention to detail a structure like this deservesrdquo OmahaHome

Demolishing the Cost of Custom

D EMOLITION THREE LAYERS OF wall paper the kind where salmon isnrsquot only the color but

the pattern Dust Hang new mold-resistant drywall Mud Sand Three more layers of mudding and sanding More dust

We wanted to simplify expand and upgrade every inch of our dated single bath-room on the main floor of our MidCentury ranch home And how could I get what I wanted on an artistrsquos budget The answer do it myself

The thing about being the creative director here at Omaha Magazine is that Irsquom always focused on the big picture and all the little

things that make the bigger picture better The simplistic design of my custom vanity was all in the details After the dust settled the real work began

In the initial sketchesmdashnext to dreamy drawings of furniture designsmdashI started the perspective drawings of a less- imposing vanity

The first design priority was to give the impression that the cabinets float in the space Noted raise the bottom Second we needed more walking space between the bathtub and the cabinet Noted make it thinner Now we have the feeling of a wider bathroom But what about the storage Where are Trisha

OmahaHome dbullibullystory by john gawley bull photography by bill sitzmann

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

OmahaHome gardeningstory by jennifer litton

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

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OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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Omaha Home neighborhood profile

lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

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1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

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Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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OmahaHome contents marchapril 2015

departments H7 Editorrsquos Letter

H8 Architectural Styles The Mary Kimball House

H10 DIY Demolishing the Cost of Custom

H12 gardening Getting Ready for Green

H16 Sandyrsquos Makeover For the Birds Magazine Rack

H24 Neighborhood Profile Gifford Park

H38 trending Mid-Century Modern Chairs

H 40 Room Architectural Archeology

H 42 things we like Our Favorite Clocks

H 44 Transformations Cooking Up a Classic

features H18 Hidden Treasures

In the new Echo Systems home store much of the magic is behind the scenes

H30 The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of Weight

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SALES ASSOCIATES JESSICA CULLINANE

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OmahaHome from the editor

I CANrsquoT BELIEVE IT IS that time of year again It seems like only yesterday that I was putting the Christmas deco-

rations away Now itrsquos time for that vibrant splashy array of indoor color to be replaced by its outdoor (and much more organic) counter-part as I head out into the garden

Herersquos a jump-start idea for those of you who are ready to daremdashprematurely or oth-

erwisemdashto take matters into your own hands Introduce some color on your porch or into your yardhellipand do it soon Plant such cold-hardy annuals as pansies violas nemesia dusty miller snapdragons or diascia

All are pretty hardy when it comes to withstanding colder weather and even a frost or two Sure therersquos an element of risk here but the brilliantly hued spirit-lifting rewards are worth taking a chance OmahaHome

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The Mary Kimball House A Style All Its Own

OmahaHome architectural stylesstory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

Y OU MAY NOT KNOW of Mary Kimball but if yoursquore an aficio-nado of historic Omaha you

know her son Thomas Kimball very well The architect behind St Cecelia Cathedral the Burlington Station and the famed structures of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition among so many others in Omaha was a major figure in Americarsquos architectural community for several decades before and after the turn of the last century

While Kimball is most known for com-mercial and civic structures he also designed homes for well-to-do Omaha residents Many of those have fallen victim to Omaharsquos oft-blind march of progress A few remain One clearly built with loving attention to detail still towers over St Maryrsquos Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets and is widely

considered Kimballrsquos residential masterpieceIn the successful 1996 application to place

the home on the National Registry of Historic Places the home Kimball built for his mother and sister is broadly categorized as Dutch Colonial Among myriad other details the exterior boasts five parapets on the masonry box structure that help create a dramatic verticalitymdasha hallmark of Kimballrsquos work

Inside the 108-year-old house becomes more of a stylistic mash-up Greek Revival details and clean practical Arts and Crafts features (chosen mainly to foster ease-of-living for Kimballrsquos beloved mother and sister) are accented throughout with mahogany quarter-sawn oak and tiger maple woodwork

Even though the house has long been in disrepair as a multi-unit

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apartment the vast majority of original fea-tures remain The bad news The house is unoccupied and in need of a major renovation

Thankfully respected Omaha sculptor John Labja who purchased the house six years ago has been working to restore the home with great attention to Kimballrsquos origi-nal plan A recent tour of the home suggests that Labjarsquos plan to move into the house in ldquoone or two yearsrdquo may be optimistic but whenever the completion date the results should be stunning

ldquoThis house is a masterpiece built by an amazing man out of love for his

motherrdquo Labja says ldquoIt deserves respect Everything Irsquom doing here is intended to be very sensitive to the house and the visionrdquo

The house is a shamble of small projects in motionmdashrestoration of exterior doors return-ing long-carpeted floors to their original oak stripping out everything in the kitchen or bathrooms that arenrsquot true to the period Labja says he was thrilled to find many miss-ing partsmdashtile hinges original fixturesmdashhidden away forgotten in basement recesses In a year or perhaps a few more the Mary Kimball House should return to being one of Omaharsquos most prized residential structures

ldquoAs I do this work Irsquom trying to let the house tell me what it wantsrdquo Labja says ldquoThe work has to be timeless like the house itself When this is finished I hope wersquove shown it the respect and attention to detail a structure like this deservesrdquo OmahaHome

Demolishing the Cost of Custom

D EMOLITION THREE LAYERS OF wall paper the kind where salmon isnrsquot only the color but

the pattern Dust Hang new mold-resistant drywall Mud Sand Three more layers of mudding and sanding More dust

We wanted to simplify expand and upgrade every inch of our dated single bath-room on the main floor of our MidCentury ranch home And how could I get what I wanted on an artistrsquos budget The answer do it myself

The thing about being the creative director here at Omaha Magazine is that Irsquom always focused on the big picture and all the little

things that make the bigger picture better The simplistic design of my custom vanity was all in the details After the dust settled the real work began

In the initial sketchesmdashnext to dreamy drawings of furniture designsmdashI started the perspective drawings of a less- imposing vanity

The first design priority was to give the impression that the cabinets float in the space Noted raise the bottom Second we needed more walking space between the bathtub and the cabinet Noted make it thinner Now we have the feeling of a wider bathroom But what about the storage Where are Trisha

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

OmahaHome gardeningstory by jennifer litton

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

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of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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OmahaHome contents marchapril 2015

departments H7 Editorrsquos Letter

H8 Architectural Styles The Mary Kimball House

H10 DIY Demolishing the Cost of Custom

H12 gardening Getting Ready for Green

H16 Sandyrsquos Makeover For the Birds Magazine Rack

H24 Neighborhood Profile Gifford Park

H38 trending Mid-Century Modern Chairs

H 40 Room Architectural Archeology

H 42 things we like Our Favorite Clocks

H 44 Transformations Cooking Up a Classic

features H18 Hidden Treasures

In the new Echo Systems home store much of the magic is behind the scenes

H30 The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of Weight

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OmahaHome from the editor

I CANrsquoT BELIEVE IT IS that time of year again It seems like only yesterday that I was putting the Christmas deco-

rations away Now itrsquos time for that vibrant splashy array of indoor color to be replaced by its outdoor (and much more organic) counter-part as I head out into the garden

Herersquos a jump-start idea for those of you who are ready to daremdashprematurely or oth-

erwisemdashto take matters into your own hands Introduce some color on your porch or into your yardhellipand do it soon Plant such cold-hardy annuals as pansies violas nemesia dusty miller snapdragons or diascia

All are pretty hardy when it comes to withstanding colder weather and even a frost or two Sure therersquos an element of risk here but the brilliantly hued spirit-lifting rewards are worth taking a chance OmahaHome

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The Mary Kimball House A Style All Its Own

OmahaHome architectural stylesstory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

Y OU MAY NOT KNOW of Mary Kimball but if yoursquore an aficio-nado of historic Omaha you

know her son Thomas Kimball very well The architect behind St Cecelia Cathedral the Burlington Station and the famed structures of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition among so many others in Omaha was a major figure in Americarsquos architectural community for several decades before and after the turn of the last century

While Kimball is most known for com-mercial and civic structures he also designed homes for well-to-do Omaha residents Many of those have fallen victim to Omaharsquos oft-blind march of progress A few remain One clearly built with loving attention to detail still towers over St Maryrsquos Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets and is widely

considered Kimballrsquos residential masterpieceIn the successful 1996 application to place

the home on the National Registry of Historic Places the home Kimball built for his mother and sister is broadly categorized as Dutch Colonial Among myriad other details the exterior boasts five parapets on the masonry box structure that help create a dramatic verticalitymdasha hallmark of Kimballrsquos work

Inside the 108-year-old house becomes more of a stylistic mash-up Greek Revival details and clean practical Arts and Crafts features (chosen mainly to foster ease-of-living for Kimballrsquos beloved mother and sister) are accented throughout with mahogany quarter-sawn oak and tiger maple woodwork

Even though the house has long been in disrepair as a multi-unit

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apartment the vast majority of original fea-tures remain The bad news The house is unoccupied and in need of a major renovation

Thankfully respected Omaha sculptor John Labja who purchased the house six years ago has been working to restore the home with great attention to Kimballrsquos origi-nal plan A recent tour of the home suggests that Labjarsquos plan to move into the house in ldquoone or two yearsrdquo may be optimistic but whenever the completion date the results should be stunning

ldquoThis house is a masterpiece built by an amazing man out of love for his

motherrdquo Labja says ldquoIt deserves respect Everything Irsquom doing here is intended to be very sensitive to the house and the visionrdquo

The house is a shamble of small projects in motionmdashrestoration of exterior doors return-ing long-carpeted floors to their original oak stripping out everything in the kitchen or bathrooms that arenrsquot true to the period Labja says he was thrilled to find many miss-ing partsmdashtile hinges original fixturesmdashhidden away forgotten in basement recesses In a year or perhaps a few more the Mary Kimball House should return to being one of Omaharsquos most prized residential structures

ldquoAs I do this work Irsquom trying to let the house tell me what it wantsrdquo Labja says ldquoThe work has to be timeless like the house itself When this is finished I hope wersquove shown it the respect and attention to detail a structure like this deservesrdquo OmahaHome

Demolishing the Cost of Custom

D EMOLITION THREE LAYERS OF wall paper the kind where salmon isnrsquot only the color but

the pattern Dust Hang new mold-resistant drywall Mud Sand Three more layers of mudding and sanding More dust

We wanted to simplify expand and upgrade every inch of our dated single bath-room on the main floor of our MidCentury ranch home And how could I get what I wanted on an artistrsquos budget The answer do it myself

The thing about being the creative director here at Omaha Magazine is that Irsquom always focused on the big picture and all the little

things that make the bigger picture better The simplistic design of my custom vanity was all in the details After the dust settled the real work began

In the initial sketchesmdashnext to dreamy drawings of furniture designsmdashI started the perspective drawings of a less- imposing vanity

The first design priority was to give the impression that the cabinets float in the space Noted raise the bottom Second we needed more walking space between the bathtub and the cabinet Noted make it thinner Now we have the feeling of a wider bathroom But what about the storage Where are Trisha

OmahaHome dbullibullystory by john gawley bull photography by bill sitzmann

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

OmahaHome gardeningstory by jennifer litton

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

OmahaHome

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

flight for this fun project

OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

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T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

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1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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OmahaHome from the editor

I CANrsquoT BELIEVE IT IS that time of year again It seems like only yesterday that I was putting the Christmas deco-

rations away Now itrsquos time for that vibrant splashy array of indoor color to be replaced by its outdoor (and much more organic) counter-part as I head out into the garden

Herersquos a jump-start idea for those of you who are ready to daremdashprematurely or oth-

erwisemdashto take matters into your own hands Introduce some color on your porch or into your yardhellipand do it soon Plant such cold-hardy annuals as pansies violas nemesia dusty miller snapdragons or diascia

All are pretty hardy when it comes to withstanding colder weather and even a frost or two Sure therersquos an element of risk here but the brilliantly hued spirit-lifting rewards are worth taking a chance OmahaHome

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The Mary Kimball House A Style All Its Own

OmahaHome architectural stylesstory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

Y OU MAY NOT KNOW of Mary Kimball but if yoursquore an aficio-nado of historic Omaha you

know her son Thomas Kimball very well The architect behind St Cecelia Cathedral the Burlington Station and the famed structures of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition among so many others in Omaha was a major figure in Americarsquos architectural community for several decades before and after the turn of the last century

While Kimball is most known for com-mercial and civic structures he also designed homes for well-to-do Omaha residents Many of those have fallen victim to Omaharsquos oft-blind march of progress A few remain One clearly built with loving attention to detail still towers over St Maryrsquos Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets and is widely

considered Kimballrsquos residential masterpieceIn the successful 1996 application to place

the home on the National Registry of Historic Places the home Kimball built for his mother and sister is broadly categorized as Dutch Colonial Among myriad other details the exterior boasts five parapets on the masonry box structure that help create a dramatic verticalitymdasha hallmark of Kimballrsquos work

Inside the 108-year-old house becomes more of a stylistic mash-up Greek Revival details and clean practical Arts and Crafts features (chosen mainly to foster ease-of-living for Kimballrsquos beloved mother and sister) are accented throughout with mahogany quarter-sawn oak and tiger maple woodwork

Even though the house has long been in disrepair as a multi-unit

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apartment the vast majority of original fea-tures remain The bad news The house is unoccupied and in need of a major renovation

Thankfully respected Omaha sculptor John Labja who purchased the house six years ago has been working to restore the home with great attention to Kimballrsquos origi-nal plan A recent tour of the home suggests that Labjarsquos plan to move into the house in ldquoone or two yearsrdquo may be optimistic but whenever the completion date the results should be stunning

ldquoThis house is a masterpiece built by an amazing man out of love for his

motherrdquo Labja says ldquoIt deserves respect Everything Irsquom doing here is intended to be very sensitive to the house and the visionrdquo

The house is a shamble of small projects in motionmdashrestoration of exterior doors return-ing long-carpeted floors to their original oak stripping out everything in the kitchen or bathrooms that arenrsquot true to the period Labja says he was thrilled to find many miss-ing partsmdashtile hinges original fixturesmdashhidden away forgotten in basement recesses In a year or perhaps a few more the Mary Kimball House should return to being one of Omaharsquos most prized residential structures

ldquoAs I do this work Irsquom trying to let the house tell me what it wantsrdquo Labja says ldquoThe work has to be timeless like the house itself When this is finished I hope wersquove shown it the respect and attention to detail a structure like this deservesrdquo OmahaHome

Demolishing the Cost of Custom

D EMOLITION THREE LAYERS OF wall paper the kind where salmon isnrsquot only the color but

the pattern Dust Hang new mold-resistant drywall Mud Sand Three more layers of mudding and sanding More dust

We wanted to simplify expand and upgrade every inch of our dated single bath-room on the main floor of our MidCentury ranch home And how could I get what I wanted on an artistrsquos budget The answer do it myself

The thing about being the creative director here at Omaha Magazine is that Irsquom always focused on the big picture and all the little

things that make the bigger picture better The simplistic design of my custom vanity was all in the details After the dust settled the real work began

In the initial sketchesmdashnext to dreamy drawings of furniture designsmdashI started the perspective drawings of a less- imposing vanity

The first design priority was to give the impression that the cabinets float in the space Noted raise the bottom Second we needed more walking space between the bathtub and the cabinet Noted make it thinner Now we have the feeling of a wider bathroom But what about the storage Where are Trisha

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

OmahaHome gardeningstory by jennifer litton

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

flight for this fun project

OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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OmahaHome from the editor

I CANrsquoT BELIEVE IT IS that time of year again It seems like only yesterday that I was putting the Christmas deco-

rations away Now itrsquos time for that vibrant splashy array of indoor color to be replaced by its outdoor (and much more organic) counter-part as I head out into the garden

Herersquos a jump-start idea for those of you who are ready to daremdashprematurely or oth-

erwisemdashto take matters into your own hands Introduce some color on your porch or into your yardhellipand do it soon Plant such cold-hardy annuals as pansies violas nemesia dusty miller snapdragons or diascia

All are pretty hardy when it comes to withstanding colder weather and even a frost or two Sure therersquos an element of risk here but the brilliantly hued spirit-lifting rewards are worth taking a chance OmahaHome

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The Mary Kimball House A Style All Its Own

OmahaHome architectural stylesstory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

Y OU MAY NOT KNOW of Mary Kimball but if yoursquore an aficio-nado of historic Omaha you

know her son Thomas Kimball very well The architect behind St Cecelia Cathedral the Burlington Station and the famed structures of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition among so many others in Omaha was a major figure in Americarsquos architectural community for several decades before and after the turn of the last century

While Kimball is most known for com-mercial and civic structures he also designed homes for well-to-do Omaha residents Many of those have fallen victim to Omaharsquos oft-blind march of progress A few remain One clearly built with loving attention to detail still towers over St Maryrsquos Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets and is widely

considered Kimballrsquos residential masterpieceIn the successful 1996 application to place

the home on the National Registry of Historic Places the home Kimball built for his mother and sister is broadly categorized as Dutch Colonial Among myriad other details the exterior boasts five parapets on the masonry box structure that help create a dramatic verticalitymdasha hallmark of Kimballrsquos work

Inside the 108-year-old house becomes more of a stylistic mash-up Greek Revival details and clean practical Arts and Crafts features (chosen mainly to foster ease-of-living for Kimballrsquos beloved mother and sister) are accented throughout with mahogany quarter-sawn oak and tiger maple woodwork

Even though the house has long been in disrepair as a multi-unit

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apartment the vast majority of original fea-tures remain The bad news The house is unoccupied and in need of a major renovation

Thankfully respected Omaha sculptor John Labja who purchased the house six years ago has been working to restore the home with great attention to Kimballrsquos origi-nal plan A recent tour of the home suggests that Labjarsquos plan to move into the house in ldquoone or two yearsrdquo may be optimistic but whenever the completion date the results should be stunning

ldquoThis house is a masterpiece built by an amazing man out of love for his

motherrdquo Labja says ldquoIt deserves respect Everything Irsquom doing here is intended to be very sensitive to the house and the visionrdquo

The house is a shamble of small projects in motionmdashrestoration of exterior doors return-ing long-carpeted floors to their original oak stripping out everything in the kitchen or bathrooms that arenrsquot true to the period Labja says he was thrilled to find many miss-ing partsmdashtile hinges original fixturesmdashhidden away forgotten in basement recesses In a year or perhaps a few more the Mary Kimball House should return to being one of Omaharsquos most prized residential structures

ldquoAs I do this work Irsquom trying to let the house tell me what it wantsrdquo Labja says ldquoThe work has to be timeless like the house itself When this is finished I hope wersquove shown it the respect and attention to detail a structure like this deservesrdquo OmahaHome

Demolishing the Cost of Custom

D EMOLITION THREE LAYERS OF wall paper the kind where salmon isnrsquot only the color but

the pattern Dust Hang new mold-resistant drywall Mud Sand Three more layers of mudding and sanding More dust

We wanted to simplify expand and upgrade every inch of our dated single bath-room on the main floor of our MidCentury ranch home And how could I get what I wanted on an artistrsquos budget The answer do it myself

The thing about being the creative director here at Omaha Magazine is that Irsquom always focused on the big picture and all the little

things that make the bigger picture better The simplistic design of my custom vanity was all in the details After the dust settled the real work began

In the initial sketchesmdashnext to dreamy drawings of furniture designsmdashI started the perspective drawings of a less- imposing vanity

The first design priority was to give the impression that the cabinets float in the space Noted raise the bottom Second we needed more walking space between the bathtub and the cabinet Noted make it thinner Now we have the feeling of a wider bathroom But what about the storage Where are Trisha

OmahaHome dbullibullystory by john gawley bull photography by bill sitzmann

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

OmahaHome gardeningstory by jennifer litton

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

OmahaHome

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

flight for this fun project

OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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The Mary Kimball House A Style All Its Own

OmahaHome architectural stylesstory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

Y OU MAY NOT KNOW of Mary Kimball but if yoursquore an aficio-nado of historic Omaha you

know her son Thomas Kimball very well The architect behind St Cecelia Cathedral the Burlington Station and the famed structures of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition among so many others in Omaha was a major figure in Americarsquos architectural community for several decades before and after the turn of the last century

While Kimball is most known for com-mercial and civic structures he also designed homes for well-to-do Omaha residents Many of those have fallen victim to Omaharsquos oft-blind march of progress A few remain One clearly built with loving attention to detail still towers over St Maryrsquos Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets and is widely

considered Kimballrsquos residential masterpieceIn the successful 1996 application to place

the home on the National Registry of Historic Places the home Kimball built for his mother and sister is broadly categorized as Dutch Colonial Among myriad other details the exterior boasts five parapets on the masonry box structure that help create a dramatic verticalitymdasha hallmark of Kimballrsquos work

Inside the 108-year-old house becomes more of a stylistic mash-up Greek Revival details and clean practical Arts and Crafts features (chosen mainly to foster ease-of-living for Kimballrsquos beloved mother and sister) are accented throughout with mahogany quarter-sawn oak and tiger maple woodwork

Even though the house has long been in disrepair as a multi-unit

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apartment the vast majority of original fea-tures remain The bad news The house is unoccupied and in need of a major renovation

Thankfully respected Omaha sculptor John Labja who purchased the house six years ago has been working to restore the home with great attention to Kimballrsquos origi-nal plan A recent tour of the home suggests that Labjarsquos plan to move into the house in ldquoone or two yearsrdquo may be optimistic but whenever the completion date the results should be stunning

ldquoThis house is a masterpiece built by an amazing man out of love for his

motherrdquo Labja says ldquoIt deserves respect Everything Irsquom doing here is intended to be very sensitive to the house and the visionrdquo

The house is a shamble of small projects in motionmdashrestoration of exterior doors return-ing long-carpeted floors to their original oak stripping out everything in the kitchen or bathrooms that arenrsquot true to the period Labja says he was thrilled to find many miss-ing partsmdashtile hinges original fixturesmdashhidden away forgotten in basement recesses In a year or perhaps a few more the Mary Kimball House should return to being one of Omaharsquos most prized residential structures

ldquoAs I do this work Irsquom trying to let the house tell me what it wantsrdquo Labja says ldquoThe work has to be timeless like the house itself When this is finished I hope wersquove shown it the respect and attention to detail a structure like this deservesrdquo OmahaHome

Demolishing the Cost of Custom

D EMOLITION THREE LAYERS OF wall paper the kind where salmon isnrsquot only the color but

the pattern Dust Hang new mold-resistant drywall Mud Sand Three more layers of mudding and sanding More dust

We wanted to simplify expand and upgrade every inch of our dated single bath-room on the main floor of our MidCentury ranch home And how could I get what I wanted on an artistrsquos budget The answer do it myself

The thing about being the creative director here at Omaha Magazine is that Irsquom always focused on the big picture and all the little

things that make the bigger picture better The simplistic design of my custom vanity was all in the details After the dust settled the real work began

In the initial sketchesmdashnext to dreamy drawings of furniture designsmdashI started the perspective drawings of a less- imposing vanity

The first design priority was to give the impression that the cabinets float in the space Noted raise the bottom Second we needed more walking space between the bathtub and the cabinet Noted make it thinner Now we have the feeling of a wider bathroom But what about the storage Where are Trisha

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

OmahaHome gardeningstory by jennifer litton

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

flight for this fun project

OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Omaha Home feature

Doug Dushan

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

marchapril bull 2015 H25

lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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OmahaHome neighborhood profile

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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8

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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apartment the vast majority of original fea-tures remain The bad news The house is unoccupied and in need of a major renovation

Thankfully respected Omaha sculptor John Labja who purchased the house six years ago has been working to restore the home with great attention to Kimballrsquos origi-nal plan A recent tour of the home suggests that Labjarsquos plan to move into the house in ldquoone or two yearsrdquo may be optimistic but whenever the completion date the results should be stunning

ldquoThis house is a masterpiece built by an amazing man out of love for his

motherrdquo Labja says ldquoIt deserves respect Everything Irsquom doing here is intended to be very sensitive to the house and the visionrdquo

The house is a shamble of small projects in motionmdashrestoration of exterior doors return-ing long-carpeted floors to their original oak stripping out everything in the kitchen or bathrooms that arenrsquot true to the period Labja says he was thrilled to find many miss-ing partsmdashtile hinges original fixturesmdashhidden away forgotten in basement recesses In a year or perhaps a few more the Mary Kimball House should return to being one of Omaharsquos most prized residential structures

ldquoAs I do this work Irsquom trying to let the house tell me what it wantsrdquo Labja says ldquoThe work has to be timeless like the house itself When this is finished I hope wersquove shown it the respect and attention to detail a structure like this deservesrdquo OmahaHome

Demolishing the Cost of Custom

D EMOLITION THREE LAYERS OF wall paper the kind where salmon isnrsquot only the color but

the pattern Dust Hang new mold-resistant drywall Mud Sand Three more layers of mudding and sanding More dust

We wanted to simplify expand and upgrade every inch of our dated single bath-room on the main floor of our MidCentury ranch home And how could I get what I wanted on an artistrsquos budget The answer do it myself

The thing about being the creative director here at Omaha Magazine is that Irsquom always focused on the big picture and all the little

things that make the bigger picture better The simplistic design of my custom vanity was all in the details After the dust settled the real work began

In the initial sketchesmdashnext to dreamy drawings of furniture designsmdashI started the perspective drawings of a less- imposing vanity

The first design priority was to give the impression that the cabinets float in the space Noted raise the bottom Second we needed more walking space between the bathtub and the cabinet Noted make it thinner Now we have the feeling of a wider bathroom But what about the storage Where are Trisha

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

OmahaHome

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

flight for this fun project

OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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OmahaHome neighborhood profile

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Omaha Home neighborhood profile

lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

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The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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Demolishing the Cost of Custom

D EMOLITION THREE LAYERS OF wall paper the kind where salmon isnrsquot only the color but

the pattern Dust Hang new mold-resistant drywall Mud Sand Three more layers of mudding and sanding More dust

We wanted to simplify expand and upgrade every inch of our dated single bath-room on the main floor of our MidCentury ranch home And how could I get what I wanted on an artistrsquos budget The answer do it myself

The thing about being the creative director here at Omaha Magazine is that Irsquom always focused on the big picture and all the little

things that make the bigger picture better The simplistic design of my custom vanity was all in the details After the dust settled the real work began

In the initial sketchesmdashnext to dreamy drawings of furniture designsmdashI started the perspective drawings of a less- imposing vanity

The first design priority was to give the impression that the cabinets float in the space Noted raise the bottom Second we needed more walking space between the bathtub and the cabinet Noted make it thinner Now we have the feeling of a wider bathroom But what about the storage Where are Trisha

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

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OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Omaha Home feature

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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6

8

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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and I going to put all the towels and rubber duckys for baby Michael Take the mass we trimmed off the bottom and front and transfer it to the top Problem solved

What appears to be simple on the out-sidemdashclean lines continuous wood-grain from drawer-to-drawer and less-than-ornate draw pullsmdashis less than simple on the inside No wall is straight When the renderings for the floating vanity attach everything directly to the walls as a foundationmdashthere are several 4-inch long screws throughoutmdashIrsquoll simply quote my uncle Vaughn ldquoA good carpenter isnrsquot one who makes no mistakesmdashits one who knows how to cover them uprdquo

Modern drawers in nearly all new-con-struction homes have beautiful sophisticated quiet no slam automatic closing drawer slides That doesnrsquot work to well when your walls arenrsquot square So neither do the hidden supports between drawers that hold the weight of a granite countertop So we reverted back to the lsquo50s The drawers simply sit on custom pine rails instead of those fancy slides And every drawer is usable with the ones under the sink built in a lsquoUrsquo shape around the plumbing

And about those drawer pulls We ordered them online through a big blue-box-Swedish home store You know the one We measured twice drilled once And drilled again And again The template for the width of the holes in the face of the solid-oak single-piece wood-faced drawers didnrsquot match that of the pull itself Here we are with four holes where only two should bemdashin a piece of wood that was a quarter of the total budget of the vanity So what did we do We got creative We covered up our mistake with a common 5-cent washer the kind yoursquod use with nuts and bolts

You might call us crazy for setting out on this project without any idea how to build cabinets and we probably were But with a little (make that a lot) of thought pencil and papermdashand even more elbow greasemdashTrisha and I more than love our custom vanity the one we built without the cost of custom OmahaHome

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

OmahaHome gardeningstory by jennifer litton

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

OmahaHome

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

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OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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8

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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Your Garden Glory Getting Ready for Green

M OTHER NATURE IS WARMING things up outside which means itrsquos time to dig out those boots and gloves and get to work preparing

your garden and outdoor living spaces for those heady bounti-ful days to come Donrsquot forget the sunscreen OmahaHome

Clean up the Clutter Around the third week of March clean your lawn of any debris like rocks and sticks (or annoying blow-away garbage from your neighbors as is all-too-often the case here in the big O) Prep the beds by removing winter mulch Prune fruit trees shrubs and ornamental trees before buds begin to break Later prune spring flowering shrubs as soon as they finish flowering

Indoor Prep WorkTo kick-start your spring color cut branches of forsythia crabapple and spirea to place in a bucket of cool water inside Leave in a cool area of no more than 60 degrees until buds show color Snip and display in your favorite vase for an instant preseason pick-me-up

Grab some paper cups and your kids or nearest tiny relative and show them the wonder of starting seeds Their eyes will delight in the wonder of the bursting of that first tiny sprout Ideal veggies for home germination include basil broccoli brussel sprouts chives leeks peppers and tomatoes Make your own seed-starting mix with a blend of equal parts perlite vermiculite and peat To neutralize the acidity of the peat add frac14 teaspoon of lime to each gallon of the mix

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

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OmahaHome gardening

Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

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1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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Early Spring PlantingCool season veggies like peas onions potatoes artichokes and some lettuces can be planted now Just make sure not to work the soil when wet Raspberries should also be planted in early spring as soon as the soil is dry and workable

Keep a RecordPick out an adorable journal that expresses your inner gardening diva and keep a record of all of your gardening information Make a list of each item you have planted in the garden and create a schematic to remember where everything is Make sure to include seed companies plant name variety planting date and harvest date Maintain a record of how well each plant does during the growing season If any variety is prone to disease record what was used to treat the problem You will thank yourself next gardening season for keeping these handy records at your fingertips

Survey the SceneCheck conifers and broadleaf evergreens for signs of winter injury To control aphids apply a soil drench treatment of imidacloprid on deciduous and evergreen trees A March application will be effective against insects and will last all year

Spread the Love Garden-Style Share with your friends by dividing perennials before spring growth has begun Who doesnrsquot love the gift of greenery

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

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Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

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INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

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T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Omaha Home feature

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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Revive BulbsSoak any bulb-like plants that are starting to shrivel Put them in water for a short time to allow for plumping Weed out dead blossoms from spring-flowering bulbs Discard any rotted bulbs among your dahlias gladiolas elephant ear caladium tuberous begonias and cannas

Thank you Berry Much Give established strawberry plants a dose of fertilizer before new spring growth starts

Make Your BedsMama told you that if you make your bed yoursquo ll have a great day Transfer that wisdom to your garden by picking out flats of your favorite bedding plants such as begonias geraniums lobelia busy lizzie petunias rudbeckia California poppy antirrhinum and cosmos

Fixer-Upper Check your deck and lawn furniture for needed repairs or re-painting to make sure that your outdoor living space is ready for all of that entertaining you resolve to do this year Search for the perfect outdoor party treats on Pinterest Bring on the guests

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Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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Mid-Spring MulchingApplying mulch now will cut down on your summer weeding time The best mulches are compost and rotted wood chips Buy only what you need A yard of mulch will cover 300 square feet when spread an inch thick

For the BirdsBirds will now start looking for places to nest so set those birdhouses out and keep an eye out for your newest fine-feathered friends to come calling

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OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

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bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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For the Birds Let your imagination take

flight for this fun project

OmahaHome sandys makeoverstory by sandy besch-matson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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A T FIRST GLANCE WHEN encountered on one of my frequent thrifting adventures

this magazine rack was anything but eye-catching As is the case with most of the rehab works shown in the past on this page I had to use a little creativity to imagine this as anything but a worthless piece of trash

WHAT YOUrsquoLL NEEDbull Assortment of acrylic paints

of your choosingbull Sand paperbull Foam paintbrushesbull Stencils (unless you prefer to

freehand the designs)bull Spray gloss sealer

INSTRUCTIONSbull Sanding the nooks and crannies of the

spindled legs to a desired smoothness was probably the hardest and most time-consuming segment of this project

bull I then went with a 50s-era aqua hue to achieve the retro vibe I sought Stencils being the beautiful things that there are allowed me to go further in the design motif than I would have in any freehand effort

bull Fuschia besides being a strong complementary hue is here punctuated by hints of a darker green in rendering the stenciled bird and floral designs

bull As a finishing touch I then accented the finials and other top-most edges of the rack to give it one more element of ldquopoprdquo Donrsquot forget such little additions as they can go a long way in giving any piece a more refined thoughtful theme Top it off with a spray or three of gloss sealer

At the risk of being guilty of a little brag-ging this fun quick and easy project exceeded all of my expectations OmahaHome

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Hidden Treasures In the new Echo

Systems home store

much of the magic is

behind the scenes

T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

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T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

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This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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T HE QUARTER-MILLION-DOL-LAR 8800-WATT STEINWAY amp Sons speaker system is very vis-

ible in the ldquoMan Caverdquo section of the Echo Systems store because well guys still think 7-foot-tall speakers are cool to look at Even the bank of 11 Steinway 800-watt amplifiers (with enough power for an outdoor heavy-metal concert) is visible off to the side of the bar which has two televisions in case as Echorsquos marketing coordinator Doug Dushan says ldquoyou donrsquot want to crane your neckrdquo to look over the $43000 pool table to see the Man Caversquos big screen TV which is maybe 20 feet from the even-bigger-screened TV over by the custom-built shuffle board gt

OmahaHome featurestory by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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lt But the one-percenter excesses of the Cave arenrsquot really what the new Echo Systems store is about says Dushan a longtime home tech expert who also serves as the companyrsquos senior sales consultant Most of this complete luxury-home layout is filled with technology you donrsquot see Think of the new Echo Systems space just north of 120th and L streets (pre-viously occupied by the companyrsquos lighting design store) as a permanent Street of Dreams home mashed up with a 21st-century House of Tomorrow ldquoYoursquore walking through a million-dollar home and thatrsquos obvious You have the beautiful light fixtures you have the high-end art and sculpturerdquo Dushan says ldquoBut wersquore really focused on giving people the best technology in their home with mini-mal visual impact Wersquore about technology but in a house the technology needs to be concealed technologyrdquo

Beyond the Man Cave subtlety begins to rule The spacious kitchen is tasteful luxury but not really awe-inspiring (Full disclosure though the writer is a dude) But then Dushan starts pressing buttons on the barely-visible wall switch One button pours

bright LED light onto the counter areas for food preparation Another button lowers the overhead lighting and raises floor and recess lighting for a dinner ambiance Another push of a button and the lighting shifts to night-time modemdashjust enough light on the floor to get you safely to a midnight snack

Mixed inconspicuously with the recessed lights above are two banks of speakers Hidden behind another wall is a subwoofer big enough for car audio competitions You can preset the myriad lights and speakers to any level and configuration you choose

In the dining roommdashso that therersquos abso-lutely no sign of speakersmdashthe sound equip-ment is installed behind the walls Above the table the ceiling is specially designed to transmit even higher-frequency sounds without visible tweeters

Push one button and the mirror above the fireplace turns into a 65-inch TV If thatrsquos too small a screen you can push another button to lower a 110-inch motorized movie screen Again the projector itself is barely visible on the back wall of the room gt

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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2011-20155 Years in a Row

Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

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1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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lt In the bedroom even an acrylic-on-canvas painting rolls up to expose a television

And then therersquos the real movie room a tri-leveled 17-seat theater that with walls of surround-sound speakers on both sides and a screen nearly the size of secondary theaters in a multiplex makes for an experi-ence ldquowe believe is better than the experi-ence you would get in a commercial theaterrdquo Dushan says

Dushan queued up a scene from Need for Speed (Again the writer is a dude) Remember the scene in which the Koenigsegg Agera R flips across the bridge at 200 mph In this theater it sounds like the supercar is hurtling right past your head

More tasteful films are probably pretty good in here too

Finally you exit the faux-home through a room built to look like a patio Here therersquos a large opaque window that sure is actu-ally a rear-projection screen for watching movies outside

The features both hidden and obvious are too numerous to mention And honestly a bit of envy-fatigue can start to set in after a while

Dushan says hersquos aware that most of us wonrsquot be able to take the store home (He says hersquos hoping he can build just a couple of the amenities into his own place) But he argues even if a customer thinks most of the ameni-ties are crazy or out-of-reach ldquothey might see that one thing that really excites themrdquo

ldquoThis place is a showcase of whatrsquos pos-sible in a homerdquo he says ldquoItrsquos a Street of Dreams home that isnrsquot going anywhererdquo OmahaHome

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

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2011-20155 Years in a Row

Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

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FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

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Gifford Park One Neighbor at a Time

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OmahaHome neighborhood profilestory by david williams bull photography by keith binder

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

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1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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Page 25: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

U NTIL THE RELATIVELY RECENT past a rapid-fire word association game played on the subject of ldquoGifford Parkrdquo would for many elicit the

most meager of responses Sure blurting out ldquoCalifornia Tacosrdquo and ldquoShelterbelt Theatrerdquo would tally points in this exercise but other responses even among the more intrepid of urban adventurers would likely have included variations on the theme of ldquocrack housesrdquo ldquoprostitutionrdquo and ldquobuckets of 9-1-1 callsrdquo gt

marchapril bull 2015 H25

lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

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This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

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1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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lt Like so many Midtown neighbor-hoods now being reclaimed by a pioneer-ing and diverse group of new settlers the once-neglected area is experiencing a dra-matic rebirth The renaissance of Gifford Park longtime homeowner and community leader Chris Foster explains had the most fundamental of beginnings

ldquoThe Gifford Park Neighborhood Association [organized in 1988] was founded on fearrdquo Foster says ldquoIt was really about noth-ing more than survival Our streets werenrsquot safe Some very dedicated people built on and decided to try other things They added simple things like an Easter egg hunt in the park They started a newsletter Today the fabric of the neighborhood is its community spirit We care about this place and a tremendous number of volunteers pull together here in Gifford Parkrdquo

The children of the neighborhood Foster says best represent the focus of the associations efforts

ldquoYoung kids donrsquot see colorrdquo Foster says ldquoThey donrsquot see incomes They just see people as peoplerdquo

Volunteers of the neighborhood association offer a robust tennis program in the park including free lessons with donated equip-ment In the same once-quiet park whose silence was interrupted only by the very occa-sional thump-thump-clang of a pick-up game of hoops kids swarm to the soccer events made possible by the donation of used nets And at the community gardens special sec-tions are reserved for children so that a new generation can plant the seeds of change in the butterfly-strewn space that itself is a big part of the neighborhoodrsquos metamorphosis

The garden was established in 2001 and has become a center of both social and agrar-ian activities for many in Gifford Park The neighborhood is also home to the the Big Muddy a collectively run urban farm whose goods often travel only a couple blocks to be sold at the Gifford Park Farmers Market during growing season Raising chickens is also prevalent in the neighborhood located just north of the Mutual of Omaha campus

ldquoSometimes I think that our chicken popu-lation is approaching that of the people here Foster quips gt

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

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H32 marchapril bull 2015

me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

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1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

marchapril bull 2015 H29

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

H30 marchapril bull 2015

by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

OmahaHome at home with

Scan the page with the

LayAR app to view a

gallery slider from our

shoot of the CO2 Building

marchapril bull 2015 H31

lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

OmahaHome at home with

H32 marchapril bull 2015

me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

To view a gallery of additional images from this feature scan page H30 with the LayAR app For instructions on downloading the LayAR app see page H3

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

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by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

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W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

H30 marchapril bull 2015

by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

OmahaHome at home with

H32 marchapril bull 2015

me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

marchapril bull 2015 H33

Thank Youfor voting us Best of OmahaTM

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

H34 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome at home withCut Home Heating costs Forever

Zone heat with Regency The way to combat rising fuel costs is to zone heat

with a Regency fireplace Product Turning your drafty fireplace into a high efficiency heater will help keep your heating bill way down

Call Now for a FREEIn-home Consultation491-0800 bull 709 N 132nd St

(next to Hy-Vee)

wwwclaxtonfireplacecomM-f 10-6Sat 9-2

From Design to Installation

3709 S 138 Street middot 402-330-7676wwwrainbowartisticglasscom

Rainbow ARTISTIC GLASS

amp DESIGN

that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

marchapril bull 2015 H35

KAREN JENNINGS

Standing Tall For YouJennings Team ndash Top Producing CBSHOME Team ndash 2013

Top Individual Producer for CBSHOME 2009-20124022906296 | karenjenningscbshomecom

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H36 marchapril bull 2015

To Find Out More

CALL4023423491

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YOUR DOOR

lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

To view a gallery of additional images from this feature scan page H30 with the LayAR app For instructions on downloading the LayAR app see page H3

marchapril bull 2015 H37

402-492-8800 bull wwwHeartlandLawnsOmahacom

Omaharsquos Lawn Care Experts

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Voted Best of Omaha 7 Years in a Row

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Specialty Wallcoverings

Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

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5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

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MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

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lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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lt Neighborhood kids also learn and work at the Community Bike Project a nonprofit thats many initiatives aim to provide trans-portation in a fun setting One of its most popular offerings is the Youth Earn-a-Bike program Through the course of six free classes students receive instruction on bike maintenance safety and riding skills At the end of their schooling they take home a bike they fixed up in the process including a lock and helmet all at no charge

ldquoGifford Park is a great neighborhood with an amazing amount of community involve-mentrdquo says Charles Mitchell the shoprsquos man-ager who happens to live right next doorrdquo The people who have lived here a long time are really invested in this place but now younger people and even the kids that we get to work with here in the shop all come together and connect in really authentic waysrdquo

Decoding the impetus behind a neighbor-hoodrsquos rise is often an exercise in assessing the ldquobonesrdquo of a community

Benson for example is hot-hot-hot in large part because of its collection of pre-viously underused structures along Maple Street Itrsquos a place that practically screamed for the new and novel The formula was deceivingly simple Just add an eclectic mix of innovative risk-taking entrepreneurs stir in an uncanny sense for what it is that people seek andhellipvoilainstant and seemingly overnight revival

Gifford Park has few such assets in the way of infrastructure A mere handful of storefront options are available for any aspiring business-launchers at the neighborhoodrsquos small com-mercial epicenter the intersection of 33rd and California streets

So what accounts for the symphony of nail guns and table saws throughout the neighbor-hood that will reach a crescendo once tem-peratures continue to rise Here it is not about dollars invested In Gifford Park neighbors are building stronger communities one household at a time OmahaHome

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

OmahaHome at home with

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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402498877712123 Emmet Street thedesignersomahacom infodesignersomahacom

Showroom Sale March 14-28 Quality Home Furnishings

Design Services | Renovations Furniture Showroom | New Builds Area Rugs | Window Treatments

Specialty Wallcoverings

Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

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1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

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story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

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W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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A NNE GINNrsquoS EPIPHANY CAME when she was ankle-deep in a pile of leaves

ldquoIt came to me while I was rakingrdquo says Ginn ldquoI was filling the last bag of leaves of the season and decided that it would also be the last bag of leaves of my liferdquo

So Anne whose husband Bob had passed away in 2012 sold her Loveland-area home and packed her belongings Well some of them anyway ldquoOne of the things that wasnrsquot negotiable were my art booksrdquo she says ldquoWe had hundreds of bookshellipvoracious readershellipbut I kept only my art booksrdquo gt

The Zen of Downsizing Dropping a Different Kind of ldquoWeightrdquo

Scan the page with the LayAR app to view more phots of Anne Ginns home

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by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

OmahaHome at home with

H32 marchapril bull 2015

me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

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T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

Visit our Showroom for Quality Professional Grade Plumbing Products that stand the test of time from the brands you trust that fit your budget and style

Proudly Introducing DXV Products to Omaha

9737 ldquoIrdquo Street Omaha NE 68127 | 4025922820 | omahawinnelsoncom

Hours Monday-Friday 800am-430pm with Tuesday evening appointments available

June 20 2015 bull 1ndash6pm bull Free Admission Tom Hanafan Riverrsquos Edge Park bull Council Bluffs Iowa

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Thanks for Voting Us Best of Omahatrade

84th and 1st St Downtown Papillion

402-331-9136

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OutdOOrKitchen amp PatiO

121st amp W Center Rd bull Bel Air Plaza 707Omaha bull 402-333-2282

outdoorkitchencomFREE DELIVERY

1

2

3

4

I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

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Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

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offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

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Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

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IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

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Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

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COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

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A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

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Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

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Scan the page with the

LayAR app to view a

gallery slider from our

shoot of the CO2 Building

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lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

OmahaHome at home with

H32 marchapril bull 2015

me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

marchapril bull 2015 H33

Thank Youfor voting us Best of OmahaTM

Molly Maid of

Central Omaha amp Council Bluffs

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each franchise independently owned and operated

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

H34 marchapril bull 2015

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with a Regency fireplace Product Turning your drafty fireplace into a high efficiency heater will help keep your heating bill way down

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From Design to Installation

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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KAREN JENNINGS

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

To view a gallery of additional images from this feature scan page H30 with the LayAR app For instructions on downloading the LayAR app see page H3

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Thank You Omahafor 25 Years

Voted Best of Omaha 7 Years in a Row

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Design Services | Renovations Furniture Showroom | New Builds Area Rugs | Window Treatments

Specialty Wallcoverings

Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

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4

I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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OmahaHome transformations

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MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 32: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

lt Itrsquos no surprise that Ginn who now lives at Riverfront Place could not part with the source of such creative inspiration Ginn was a co-owner of the now-closed String of Purls knitting shop She is of course an accom-plished knitter but she is also an artist in her own right and is perhaps best known for her wildly imaginative pattern designs for sweat-ers scarves and accessories

Another grouping that would make the move with Ginn was her marble collection The much-travelled Ginn who also scours the globe in search of the most spectacular of scuba spots amassed the collection one country at a time

ldquoThey are just little works of art in glassrdquo Ginn says ldquoBesides being things of great beauty they are storytellers Each one reminds

OmahaHome at home with

H32 marchapril bull 2015

me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

marchapril bull 2015 H33

Thank Youfor voting us Best of OmahaTM

Molly Maid of

Central Omaha amp Council Bluffs

402932MAID (6243)cathytichymollymaidcom

each franchise independently owned and operated

REASONABLE LAWN CAREldquoQuality is ALWAYS Importantrdquo

402-331-2846wwwreasonablelawncarecom

ITrsquoS TIME FOR OUR

BEST DEAL OF THE YEAR

LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLECALL FOR DETAILS

geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

H34 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome at home withCut Home Heating costs Forever

Zone heat with Regency The way to combat rising fuel costs is to zone heat

with a Regency fireplace Product Turning your drafty fireplace into a high efficiency heater will help keep your heating bill way down

Call Now for a FREEIn-home Consultation491-0800 bull 709 N 132nd St

(next to Hy-Vee)

wwwclaxtonfireplacecomM-f 10-6Sat 9-2

From Design to Installation

3709 S 138 Street middot 402-330-7676wwwrainbowartisticglasscom

Rainbow ARTISTIC GLASS

amp DESIGN

that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

marchapril bull 2015 H35

KAREN JENNINGS

Standing Tall For YouJennings Team ndash Top Producing CBSHOME Team ndash 2013

Top Individual Producer for CBSHOME 2009-20124022906296 | karenjenningscbshomecom

Omaha Home at home with

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

To view a gallery of additional images from this feature scan page H30 with the LayAR app For instructions on downloading the LayAR app see page H3

marchapril bull 2015 H37

402-492-8800 bull wwwHeartlandLawnsOmahacom

Omaharsquos Lawn Care Experts

Thank You Omahafor 25 Years

Voted Best of Omaha 7 Years in a Row

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HoursMonday-Friday 9am-6pm

Saturday 10am-2pm

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Showroom Sale March 14-28 Quality Home Furnishings

Design Services | Renovations Furniture Showroom | New Builds Area Rugs | Window Treatments

Specialty Wallcoverings

Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

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me of where Irsquove been They are almost like little sacred objects all with a meaning and story of their ownrdquo

Joining the construction of Galluprsquos head-quarters and the National Parks Regional Headquarters Riverfront Place was the resi-dential keystone of the cityrsquos first major NoDo riverfront development The Phase 1 tower where Anne rents her space from the unitrsquos owners was completed in 2007 along with an adjoining block of 57 townhomes Phase 2 completed in 2011 added a second tower and an additional 50 townhomes

Ginnrsquos end-cap condo offers floor-to-ceiling exposure to the East South and West The three-fold orientation she says offers almost perfect symmetry Ginn begins her day in the glow of a cobalt-blue sunrise on one side of gt

marchapril bull 2015 H33

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

H34 marchapril bull 2015

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Call Now for a FREEIn-home Consultation491-0800 bull 709 N 132nd St

(next to Hy-Vee)

wwwclaxtonfireplacecomM-f 10-6Sat 9-2

From Design to Installation

3709 S 138 Street middot 402-330-7676wwwrainbowartisticglasscom

Rainbow ARTISTIC GLASS

amp DESIGN

that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

marchapril bull 2015 H35

KAREN JENNINGS

Standing Tall For YouJennings Team ndash Top Producing CBSHOME Team ndash 2013

Top Individual Producer for CBSHOME 2009-20124022906296 | karenjenningscbshomecom

Omaha Home at home with

H36 marchapril bull 2015

To Find Out More

CALL4023423491

or go online fashioncleanerscom

Let Fashion Cleaners help keep you WARM with

FREE dry cleaning

service right to

YOUR DOOR

lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

To view a gallery of additional images from this feature scan page H30 with the LayAR app For instructions on downloading the LayAR app see page H3

marchapril bull 2015 H37

402-492-8800 bull wwwHeartlandLawnsOmahacom

Omaharsquos Lawn Care Experts

Thank You Omahafor 25 Years

Voted Best of Omaha 7 Years in a Row

GOT CHAIRS

HoursMonday-Friday 9am-6pm

Saturday 10am-2pm

402498877712123 Emmet Street thedesignersomahacom infodesignersomahacom

Showroom Sale March 14-28 Quality Home Furnishings

Design Services | Renovations Furniture Showroom | New Builds Area Rugs | Window Treatments

Specialty Wallcoverings

Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

Visit our Showroom for Quality Professional Grade Plumbing Products that stand the test of time from the brands you trust that fit your budget and style

Proudly Introducing DXV Products to Omaha

9737 ldquoIrdquo Street Omaha NE 68127 | 4025922820 | omahawinnelsoncom

Hours Monday-Friday 800am-430pm with Tuesday evening appointments available

June 20 2015 bull 1ndash6pm bull Free Admission Tom Hanafan Riverrsquos Edge Park bull Council Bluffs Iowa

friedfoodfestcom

Thanks for Voting Us Best of Omahatrade

84th and 1st St Downtown Papillion

402-331-9136

Live OutdoorsLive Outdoors

Pa t i o F u r n i t u r e bull G r i l l s amp G r i l l Pa r t s bull F i r e P i t s bull B a r s bull o u t d o o r K i t c h e n s

OutdOOrKitchen amp PatiO

121st amp W Center Rd bull Bel Air Plaza 707Omaha bull 402-333-2282

outdoorkitchencomFREE DELIVERY

1

2

3

4

I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

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402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

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Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

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amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

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Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

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NER

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IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

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WIN

NER

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CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

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2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

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doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

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COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

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Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

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geese Itrsquos also the perfect vantage point for taking in the breathtaking fireworks that light up the night sky during the holidays the NCAA College World Series and other special events On the day of the interview perfectly round orbs of ice swirled as they elbowed their way downstream in the river below It was an ethereal otherworldly sight one not unlike a work of abstract art that had come to life The mesmerizing ice dance mir-rored images of the undulating slow motion ballet performed by the jellyfish at Omaharsquos Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

ldquoI worried that this [Riverfront Place] would be too remoterdquo says Ginn of the site

lt her condo and after the shortest of com-mutes ends the day basking in the flame-red sunsets on the opposite side

Riverfront Place boasts some of the most dramatic sightlines of any downtown living space Looming below is the towering Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge whose base is grounded by a plaza featuring a popular get-your-feet-wet water feature

By June the plaza will also have a remov-able stage and will increasingly become the home of evening concerts in the shadow of ldquoThe Bobrdquo Omaharsquos signature structure

Her 9th floor perch happens to place her at eye-level with flocks of soaring Canada

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that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

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KAREN JENNINGS

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

To view a gallery of additional images from this feature scan page H30 with the LayAR app For instructions on downloading the LayAR app see page H3

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Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

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1

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4

I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 35: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

that isnrsquot exactly downtown and isnrsquot exactly at the core NoDo ldquoBut it turned out to be just the opposite Irsquom not in the middle of anything but Irsquom sort of in the middle of everything Just lookrdquo she says with a sweep of a hand in gesturing to the river bridge TD Ameritrade Park Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha and the cityrsquos skyline

Ginnrsquos move to condo living was something of an experiment for her Now she says shersquos considering buying a condo at Riverfront once her lease expires

ldquoThis has become the perfect place merdquo she says ldquoAdd to that all the amenities [indoor parking concierge service health clubs gt

marchapril bull 2015 H35

KAREN JENNINGS

Standing Tall For YouJennings Team ndash Top Producing CBSHOME Team ndash 2013

Top Individual Producer for CBSHOME 2009-20124022906296 | karenjenningscbshomecom

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

To view a gallery of additional images from this feature scan page H30 with the LayAR app For instructions on downloading the LayAR app see page H3

marchapril bull 2015 H37

402-492-8800 bull wwwHeartlandLawnsOmahacom

Omaharsquos Lawn Care Experts

Thank You Omahafor 25 Years

Voted Best of Omaha 7 Years in a Row

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Showroom Sale March 14-28 Quality Home Furnishings

Design Services | Renovations Furniture Showroom | New Builds Area Rugs | Window Treatments

Specialty Wallcoverings

Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

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Hours Monday-Friday 800am-430pm with Tuesday evening appointments available

June 20 2015 bull 1ndash6pm bull Free Admission Tom Hanafan Riverrsquos Edge Park bull Council Bluffs Iowa

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1

2

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

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lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

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lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

To view a gallery of additional images from this feature scan page H30 with the LayAR app For instructions on downloading the LayAR app see page H3

marchapril bull 2015 H37

402-492-8800 bull wwwHeartlandLawnsOmahacom

Omaharsquos Lawn Care Experts

Thank You Omahafor 25 Years

Voted Best of Omaha 7 Years in a Row

GOT CHAIRS

HoursMonday-Friday 9am-6pm

Saturday 10am-2pm

402498877712123 Emmet Street thedesignersomahacom infodesignersomahacom

Showroom Sale March 14-28 Quality Home Furnishings

Design Services | Renovations Furniture Showroom | New Builds Area Rugs | Window Treatments

Specialty Wallcoverings

Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

Visit our Showroom for Quality Professional Grade Plumbing Products that stand the test of time from the brands you trust that fit your budget and style

Proudly Introducing DXV Products to Omaha

9737 ldquoIrdquo Street Omaha NE 68127 | 4025922820 | omahawinnelsoncom

Hours Monday-Friday 800am-430pm with Tuesday evening appointments available

June 20 2015 bull 1ndash6pm bull Free Admission Tom Hanafan Riverrsquos Edge Park bull Council Bluffs Iowa

friedfoodfestcom

Thanks for Voting Us Best of Omahatrade

84th and 1st St Downtown Papillion

402-331-9136

Live OutdoorsLive Outdoors

Pa t i o F u r n i t u r e bull G r i l l s amp G r i l l Pa r t s bull F i r e P i t s bull B a r s bull o u t d o o r K i t c h e n s

OutdOOrKitchen amp PatiO

121st amp W Center Rd bull Bel Air Plaza 707Omaha bull 402-333-2282

outdoorkitchencomFREE DELIVERY

1

2

3

4

I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 37: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

lt access to miles of hiking trails on both sides of the river and more] and I am just really enjoying life hererdquo

Ginn is an avid disciple of Bikram yoga who teaches at Creighton University during the summer She is also a spiritual direc-tor one who has taken a decidedly Zen-like approach to downsizing

ldquoThingsmdashphysical things belongings stuffmdashrequire care and maintenancerdquo she explains ldquoThere is a weight to them both physical and mental that occupies and dis-tracts the mind The kind of weightiness I now seek is in other more meaningful aspects of my liferdquo OmahaHome

To view a gallery of additional images from this feature scan page H30 with the LayAR app For instructions on downloading the LayAR app see page H3

marchapril bull 2015 H37

402-492-8800 bull wwwHeartlandLawnsOmahacom

Omaharsquos Lawn Care Experts

Thank You Omahafor 25 Years

Voted Best of Omaha 7 Years in a Row

GOT CHAIRS

HoursMonday-Friday 9am-6pm

Saturday 10am-2pm

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Showroom Sale March 14-28 Quality Home Furnishings

Design Services | Renovations Furniture Showroom | New Builds Area Rugs | Window Treatments

Specialty Wallcoverings

Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

Visit our Showroom for Quality Professional Grade Plumbing Products that stand the test of time from the brands you trust that fit your budget and style

Proudly Introducing DXV Products to Omaha

9737 ldquoIrdquo Street Omaha NE 68127 | 4025922820 | omahawinnelsoncom

Hours Monday-Friday 800am-430pm with Tuesday evening appointments available

June 20 2015 bull 1ndash6pm bull Free Admission Tom Hanafan Riverrsquos Edge Park bull Council Bluffs Iowa

friedfoodfestcom

Thanks for Voting Us Best of Omahatrade

84th and 1st St Downtown Papillion

402-331-9136

Live OutdoorsLive Outdoors

Pa t i o F u r n i t u r e bull G r i l l s amp G r i l l Pa r t s bull F i r e P i t s bull B a r s bull o u t d o o r K i t c h e n s

OutdOOrKitchen amp PatiO

121st amp W Center Rd bull Bel Air Plaza 707Omaha bull 402-333-2282

outdoorkitchencomFREE DELIVERY

1

2

3

4

I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 38: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

Sitting in Style Mid-Century Modern chairs

couch beauty in simplicity

T HE FORM CAN GET a bad rap nowadays thanks to its ubiquitous abuse by the schlockiest of manufacturers That $19 chair with the plastic frame and cheap metal legs at the big-box store is probably a rip-off of a design marvel from the mid-20th

century Just go with the old adage Imitation is the sincerest form of flatteryAll the imitations actually support the basic design principals of the movement which were

to create minimalist comfortable forms that the common man could afford But only the best reproductions of today meet the final two criteria The furniture should be elegant in its simplicity and also it should be built to last

Following are some of those finer takes on Mid-Century masterpieces we found at Allens Home OmahaHome

Probably the most widely known of the Mid-Modern designers is Charles Eames He designed the Organic Chair with Eero Saarinen for the Museum of Modern Art organic design competition The Organic Chair won first prize in the 1941 event

The Papa Bear Chair is arguably the most enduring form from the famed designer Hans Wegner Like most of these chairs prices can range from a few hundred dollars for pieces inspired by the masters to several thousand for originals

The molded plywood chair with cowhide upholstery designed by Charles Eames in 1949 is a Mid-Century design classic Eames spent many years experimenting with new processes for optimizing how three-dimensionally molded plywood could fit the contours of the body

OmahaHomeOmahaHome trending

H38 marchapril bull 2015

by robert nelson bull photography by bill sitzmann bull chairs provided by allens home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

Visit our Showroom for Quality Professional Grade Plumbing Products that stand the test of time from the brands you trust that fit your budget and style

Proudly Introducing DXV Products to Omaha

9737 ldquoIrdquo Street Omaha NE 68127 | 4025922820 | omahawinnelsoncom

Hours Monday-Friday 800am-430pm with Tuesday evening appointments available

June 20 2015 bull 1ndash6pm bull Free Admission Tom Hanafan Riverrsquos Edge Park bull Council Bluffs Iowa

friedfoodfestcom

Thanks for Voting Us Best of Omahatrade

84th and 1st St Downtown Papillion

402-331-9136

Live OutdoorsLive Outdoors

Pa t i o F u r n i t u r e bull G r i l l s amp G r i l l Pa r t s bull F i r e P i t s bull B a r s bull o u t d o o r K i t c h e n s

OutdOOrKitchen amp PatiO

121st amp W Center Rd bull Bel Air Plaza 707Omaha bull 402-333-2282

outdoorkitchencomFREE DELIVERY

1

2

3

4

I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 39: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

This armless Major Chair in leather and chrome from Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams has a sleek metal base and grid-tufted cushions With generous proportions and a comfortably angled back this piece is an updated version of the Barcelona chair

The Danes love teakwood and here is one of the most popular Danish-styled Mid-Century chair designs The thin but supportive back is a hallmark of many Danish chairs

This Buttercup Rocker is a version of the molded wood designs popular in that era This chair with its flowing lines in sturdy wood shows why the designers of the time had such an appreciation for plywood

This design was inspired by the armchairs of Eero Saarinen who brought his experience as a sculptor and architect into furniture design

The Orange Slice Chair (yes this is a gray one) was designed in 1960 by Pierre Paulin who summed up the design this way A chair should be more than simply functional It should be friendly fun and colorful

This recliner is inspired by the works of Milo Baughman recognized as one of the originators of the California Modern movement Baughman summed up the form-follows-function mission of Mid-Century Modern design this way ldquoFurniture that is too obviously designed is very interestingrdquo he said ldquobut too often belongs only in museumsrdquo

marchapril bull 2015 H39

marchapril bull 2015 H39

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

Visit our Showroom for Quality Professional Grade Plumbing Products that stand the test of time from the brands you trust that fit your budget and style

Proudly Introducing DXV Products to Omaha

9737 ldquoIrdquo Street Omaha NE 68127 | 4025922820 | omahawinnelsoncom

Hours Monday-Friday 800am-430pm with Tuesday evening appointments available

June 20 2015 bull 1ndash6pm bull Free Admission Tom Hanafan Riverrsquos Edge Park bull Council Bluffs Iowa

friedfoodfestcom

Thanks for Voting Us Best of Omahatrade

84th and 1st St Downtown Papillion

402-331-9136

Live OutdoorsLive Outdoors

Pa t i o F u r n i t u r e bull G r i l l s amp G r i l l Pa r t s bull F i r e P i t s bull B a r s bull o u t d o o r K i t c h e n s

OutdOOrKitchen amp PatiO

121st amp W Center Rd bull Bel Air Plaza 707Omaha bull 402-333-2282

outdoorkitchencomFREE DELIVERY

1

2

3

4

I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 40: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

W HEN IT COMES TO gaining knowledge about a homersquos heritage the pro-

cess of addition may sometimes come by way of subtraction

Some years ago we decided that the wallpa-per in our homersquos tiny upstairs powder room had to go When we bought the 1946 house in the same year that The Big Chill was released the colorful wall covering in this space was a still oh-so-smart Marimekko-style pattern After looking at it for more than a couple decades we (that would more accurately be as in my wife Julie) decided that any hint of ldquosmartrdquo had long since evaporated

Removing the wallpaper became an exer-cise in revealing the history of our home and the people who once lived there

The first occupants of our home were Jewish just like so many of the original inhabitants up and down the block situated only a short walk from the then Beth Israel Synagogue The name on the deed was a tell-tale sign but the mezuzah guarding the front door (Hebrew verses from the Torah printed on a parchment housed in a decorative case) left no room for doubt as to the faith previ-ously practiced in our home

Architectural Archeology

Layers of Wallpaper

Layers of History

OmahaHome roomstory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H40 marchapril bull 2015

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

Visit our Showroom for Quality Professional Grade Plumbing Products that stand the test of time from the brands you trust that fit your budget and style

Proudly Introducing DXV Products to Omaha

9737 ldquoIrdquo Street Omaha NE 68127 | 4025922820 | omahawinnelsoncom

Hours Monday-Friday 800am-430pm with Tuesday evening appointments available

June 20 2015 bull 1ndash6pm bull Free Admission Tom Hanafan Riverrsquos Edge Park bull Council Bluffs Iowa

friedfoodfestcom

Thanks for Voting Us Best of Omahatrade

84th and 1st St Downtown Papillion

402-331-9136

Live OutdoorsLive Outdoors

Pa t i o F u r n i t u r e bull G r i l l s amp G r i l l Pa r t s bull F i r e P i t s bull B a r s bull o u t d o o r K i t c h e n s

OutdOOrKitchen amp PatiO

121st amp W Center Rd bull Bel Air Plaza 707Omaha bull 402-333-2282

outdoorkitchencomFREE DELIVERY

1

2

3

4

I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

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4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

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402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

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Page 41: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

The excavation effort exposed a collection of old-time decals the kind that had to be moistened for application The sticky little relics on a field of classic 50s paint (I call the hue Pink Cadillac) told us quite a lot about the familyrsquos children and the arc of their formative years

I now know for example that they attended Central High School before at least one went on to Bradley University whose culturally insensitive Indian caricature mascot shown here was not surprisingly ditched years ago And did the Bradley-bound member of the household later pledge as another decal sug-gests to Sigma Delta Tau sorority

Vestiges of the familyrsquos faith live on in three of the images Both the MoVFTY (which I have since learned stands for Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth) and the Conestoga wagon decals refer to Brsquonai Brsquorith-sponsored youth groups And the ldquoMother Chapterrdquo Star of David insignia points to Aleph Zadik Aleph a boysrsquo fraternity founded in Omaha in 1923 This one was the toughest to research I was very close it turned out in guessing that the letters made up the moniker of a frat or sorority but my online searching turned up zilch It took a chat with Alan Potash of the Jewish Federation of Omaha to get me thinking Hebrew instead of Greek to unlock this puzzle

And as for the sole nogginrsquo-scratcher the Blackhawk decal No clue

Funny thing is the accompanying photo-graph is not an archival view This is how the powder room looks to this very day several years after our discovery Against Juliersquos gentle objections I just canrsquot bring myself to destroy these hieroglyphic echoes of the past

That after all would be like erasing history OmahaHome

Does your home have an interesting story or an oddball room Maybe a bomb shelter or a once-hidden space Please tell me about it at davidomahamagazinecom using the subject line of Room

marchapril bull 2015 H41

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I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 42: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

1

2

3

4

I T HAS BEEN SAID that time waits for no man and we being of precious little patience couldnrsquot wait to introduce you to some of our favorite time-

pieces Check out this decidedly eclectic mix available from area merchants OmahaHome

1 Mid-Century Classic George Nelsonrsquos industrial designs put him at the vanguard of American Modernism His famous Ball Clock a timeless starburst pattern available in multiple colors is just one of the reasons wersquo ll forgive Nelson for also being behind another groundbreaking designmdashthe Dilbert-esque office cubicle Gadgeteer bull $335

2 Prairie Power Gustave Stickley was the preeminent proponent of the American Craftsman movement Barbara Streisand once paid $363000 for a Stickley sideboard (and that was in 1988 dollars) but you can appreciate the clean lines of this solid oak Prairie Style gem without breaking the bank Allens Home bull $280

3 Kitsch Klassic The Kit-Cat Clock was introduced at the height of the Great Depression in 1932 a time when people had little to smile about With its trademark wagging tail oscillating eyes and Cheshire grin this kitsch klassic offered some much-needed levityhellipand still delivers an infectious smile over 80 years later hayneedlecom bull $4999

4 The Art of Time Salvador Dalirsquos trippy The Persistence of Memory presented a mind-bending landscape dotted with a trio of melting clocks Inspired by the surrealistrsquos take on the illusory nature of time this artsy clock is formed in a way that allows it to wilt away on itrsquos perch along any shelf edge The Afternoon bull $1995

OmahaHome things we likestory by david williams bull photography by bill sitzmann

H42 marchapril bull 2015

TickhellipTickhellipTickhellip Our Favorite Clocks

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 43: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

5

6

8

7

5 Gee Wally Thatrsquos Swell Isnrsquot this the same clock that hung in June Cleaverrsquos kitchen back when TV offered a robust selection of three (Three) channels in glorious black-and-white during the ldquoI Like Ikerdquo era of Leave It to Beaver This fun piece from Kikkerland will add oomph to any playful kitchen retro or otherwise City Limits bull $1399

6 Minimal Magic Created by Gideon Dagan for the Museum of Modern Art Collection this minimalist design features a gravity-defying mechanism A red ball effortlessly orbits the clockrsquos circumference seemingly under its own power in this mesmerizing example of magnetic magic The Afternoon bull $65

7 Pretty in Pink She may be known mostly for her vibrant oh-so-chic handbags and other accessories but take a look at this smart little bauble from Kate Spade Perfect for a night table or dresser an enamel surround in Spadersquos signature pink accents the nickel-plated housing of this Lenox clock Borsheims bull $50

8 Bavarian Beauty A cottage industry army of pieceworkers scattered across Bohemia contribute the intricately hand-carved individual elements that come together in this amazing example of German craftsmanship A kinetically bombastic performance awaits each and every hour on the hour Chimes amp Times bull $595

marchapril bull 2015 H43

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 44: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

MEET THE DESIGNERBecki Wiechman ASID LEEDAP Partner Interior Design Group

Transformations is a regular feature of Omaha Home that spotlights a recent project by a local ASID interior designer The copy and photos are provided by the designer Homeownersrsquo names may be withheld for privacy

H44 marchapril bull 2015

story by becki wiechman bull photography by amoura productions

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 45: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

marchapril bull 2015 H45

W HILE WORKING WITH THE Sattar family on the design of their new-con-

struction home in Linden Estates built by Tom Meginnis of Quest Construction it was evident that this home would be designed around the kitchen It was essential to com-bine their gourmet-cooking lifestyle with a generous entertaining space all while main-taining aesthetic decisions in the kitchen that cohesively complemented the surrounding living and entertaining areas of the homersquos main living space gt

Cooking Up a Classic tasteful textures

marchapril bull 2015 H45

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 46: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

lt A double island allows for abundant food preparation staging and serving space The Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances provide gourmet kitchen elements that are as hand-some as they are utilitarian The simple slab-front cabinets have no visible hardware and are instead manipulated by motorized hinges for ease of opening Waterfall gran-ite edges set the front island apart from the prep island The kitchen opens to both the informal dining area and the hearth room where the graining patterns of the fireplace wall provide a unique aesthetic backdrop not to mention functional hidden cabinets gt

Opulent is the only way to describe the dining room silverleafparsons table two oversized crystal chandeliers mother-of-pearl wallcoveringand large damask side panels with crystal drapery hardware

H46 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

MAIDSbull Weekly Biweekly Monthlybull Special One Time Cleanings

amp MOREbull Steam Cleaning Carpetsbull Upholstery bull Tile amp Groutbull Wood Floor Rejuvenatorbull ldquoHouse For Salerdquo Cleaning Specialist

Same day and weekend availability See additional discounts and pricing info at

maidsandmorecom 572-6243

Stephanie amp Jim LovelyWe started Maids amp More here locally to

offer you a professional affordable service from people you can trust

ldquoOmaharsquos Complete House Cleaning Resourcerdquo

THANK YOUfor your Best of Omahatrade votes for

Best Home Cleaning Service 7 Years in a Row

WIN

NER

rsquoS C

IRCLE bull 2010 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

WIN

NER

rsquoS CIRCLE bull 2011 bull WIN

NERrsquoS

CIR

CLE

Best Home Cleaning Service

Maids amp More

2009

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 47: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

marchapril bull 2015 H47

402-575-0102bigbirgeplumbingcom

Locally Owned amp Operated

4028893986a2ocontractingcom

RoofingGuttersDecks

M14114 U S DOT 732686

Omaha bull 402-291-2490wwwjimsmovinginccom

ldquoWE PAD THE FURNITURE NOT THE PRICErdquo

Quality MovingProfessionals

Serving theMetro Area For Over 45 Years

Free EstimatesCompetitive Rates

InsuredLicensed

bull Household amp Office Movingbull Assisted Livingbull Pianosbull Gun Safesbull Packing Servicebull Moving In Iowa amp Nebraska

Thanks for voting us Best of Omaha 10 years in a row

BEST OF OMAHAtrade

BEST OF B2Btrade

BEST DOCTORSreg IN AMERICABEST LAWYERS IN AMERICAreg

PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORSTOPDENTISTtrade

GET THE BEST OF THE BEST

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

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lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

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A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

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402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

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3 Years in a Row

Page 48: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

lt The bar area between the kitchen and dining room allows for a separate serving space allowing guests to feel right at home throughout this dramatic space while the homeowners prepare and serve The formal dining room includes a silver-leaf Parsons table highlighted by two oversized crystal chandeliers The accent wall is finished in a mother-of-pearl wall covering and large damask side panels with crystal drapery hard-ware finish the striking space gt

H48 marchapril bull 2015

OmahaHome transformations

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 49: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

marchapril bull 2015 H49

4027336440 bull omahadoorcom

Connect with us fthx

ITrsquoS YOUR HOME PROTECT IT

8 YEARS IN A ROW

siding

doors

windows

garage doors

EXPERT TREE CAREldquoThere Is A Differencerdquo

bull Systemic Spraying amp Fertilizingbull Removalsbull Land Cleaningbull Pruningbull Systemic Injectionbull Bracingbull Arborist Supplies amp Toolsbull Certified Arborists on StaffServing 10 states with Mauget tree injection products

COMMERCIAL amp RESIDENTIAL

EnfieldrsquosTREE SERVICE

4022893248wwwenfieldstreecom

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 50: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

lt The living room features a wenge veneer and leather-paneled fireplace as its focal point Four crystal chandeliers set within the cof-fered ceiling draw attention to the airy height of the space The curved walls of the study are punctuated by faux-finished trim and grass-cloth wall covering Providing additional layers of texture and color are the studyrsquos fireplace which is surrounded by crema marfil marble tiles

The master bath includes a luxurious steam shower with multiple showerheads and a free-standing copper tub Glass tile mosaics emphasize the floor and shower walls the crystal chandelier and crystal cabinet knobs add ornamental elements to the room The two-story master closet not only offers more than clothes storage but accessories are highlighted in a boutique-style setting using mirrored and glass fronts with backlighting A secondary washerdryer unit along with a steam valet are tucked behind cabinet doors

This Quest Construction build was one of the eight featured homes in Build Omaharsquos Home Inspiration Tour 2014 OmahaHome

The wengeveneered and leather panels make this fireplace the focal point of the living room Four crystal chandeliers set within the coffered ceiling accent the great height of the space

Omaha Home transformations

H50 marchapril bull 2015

Posh PeacockConsignment Gallery

Furniture amp Home Decor

4029339666 - poshpeacocknet

Bel Air Plaza 704 12100 W Center Rd

A Treasure Troveof Delightful amp Valuable Things

Thank you Omaha for voting us Best Garage Doors

Since 1963

4023318920 middot wwwnormsdoorcom

Better Doors at Better Prices

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 51: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

Itrsquos everything you want in your home ndash from its fresh architectural style and detailing to the simplicity of its lifestyle-driven functionality and a classic timelessness that feels as perfect for your life today as it will in the years to come Itrsquos also why Curt Hofer amp Associates is the arearsquos most inspired

executed ndash let Curt Hofer amp Associates create and build your new custom home

FRESH SIMPLISTIC CLASSICIt begins with an idea Please contact Curt Hofer amp Associates at 4027580440 For an appointment visit curthofercom or see our Ideabook at houzzcomcurthofer

2332 Bob Boozer Drive | Omaha NE 68130 | Phone 4027580440 | wwwcurthofercom

For additional information 4022555750 4 wwwjasperstonedevelopmentcom

mdashmdash A Curt Hofer Company mdashmdash

180th amp Military RoadBennington

220th amp Schram RoadGretna 4 Miles North of I-680

on US 75

As Expansive As All OutdoorsAs intimate as a private retreat As close to ideal as your imagination can take you As close to civilization as you want to be yet as far away from ordinary as you can get Welcome to Jasper Stone Development Premier Acreage Lots

Your Dream Begins Call Today

Just off Blair High Road (Hwy 133) on County Rd 37

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row

Page 52: March/April 2015 Omaha Home

402-493-1350PellaOmahacom

Visit your local Pella ShowroomOMAHA 9845 S 142ND ST

A Better Window and Door Replacement Experience We Promise

3 Years in a Row