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We build cabins! This one is in Annandale MN on Pleasant lake.

Posted in Uncategorized on September 4th, 2012

This cabin, or as the owner’s kids call it “the fancy house” is located in Annandale MN, on Pleasant lake.  A great design by Ben Nelson of NRDI, Interior design by Rebecca Vant Hull of Stonewood.

A reunion of our interior designers.

Posted in Uncategorized on August 8th, 2012

Ethel and Mona recently met at the home of one of our past clients. They collaborated on this wonderful project in orono, on west arm bay.

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We’re on the cutting edge, using BuildTools online management system.

Posted in Uncategorized on July 25th, 2012

Stonewood utilizes a cutting edge, online management system to track all of our project related information, selections, schedule, budgets, etc… We’re on the cutting edge, and it leads to better managed projects and happier clients. Check out the video: http://bit.ly/P0oAYr or www.BuildTools.com

Minneapolis Luxury Home Tour – 2102 – Stonewood

Posted in Uncategorized on June 14th, 2012

Check out the photography of our 2012 entry into the luxury home tour.  It’s stunning!  Come visit us this weekend and next!  June 15-17, and 22-24.

6500 sq. ft. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms – Rustic elegance with spectacular lake views.

For sale at $2.549m

http://spacecrafting.com/n2gm

Minneapolis among cities where home prices are on the rise!

Posted in Uncategorized on June 1st, 2012

7 cities where home prices are on the rise

Case-Shiller Home Price Index shows some improvements in first quarter of 2012

By Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor
May 30, 2012
7 cities, home price increases, Case-Shiller Home Price Index, annual, Phoenix

Home prices have gone up the most in Phoenix over the last year, according to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, rising 6.1 percent.

The latest release of the quarterly Case-Shiller Home Price Index reveals that seven of the 20 metropolitan areas surveyed saw higher home prices than in the first quarter of 2011, offering hope for sustained recovery in these markets.

The seven cities with the greatest annual increase in home prices are:

1. Phoenix (6.1 percent)
2. Minneapolis (3.3 percent)
3. Miami (2.5 percent)
4. Detroit (2.3 percent)
5. Denver (2.6 percent)
6. Dallas (1.5 percent)
7. Charlotte, N.C. (0.4 percent)

In addition, all of these cities except Charlotte and Minneapolis also saw prices increase on a month-to-month basis.

On the whole, home prices fell 1.9 percent year-over-year from the first quarter of 2011. The 20-City Composite Index fell 2.6 percent while the 10-City Composite dropped 2.8 percent.

To read the rest of the report, click here.

Original Article:  http://www.housingzone.com/industry-data-research/7-cities-where-home-prices-are-rise