Project Profile
Lakeside Story
- City
- Project Type
- Phase
- Apple Valley
- New Construction
- Construction
Update #5
Anchor Team Member
- Katy Dale, Senior Architect
- August 11, 2026
We are now onto the second phase in design, Schematic Design. Where Programming was the exploration of your design vision, Schematic Design is translating the vision to paper. Our architecture and design team create the initial drafts of your layout and floor plan. What rooms go where, how do we optimize natural lighting…
We are now onto the second phase in design, Schematic Design. Where Programming was the exploration of your design vision, Schematic Design is translating the vision to paper. Our architecture and design team….
Update #4
Anchor Team Members
- Katy Dale, Senior Architect / Kali Bray, Interior Designer
- July 14, 2026
- Katy Dale, Senior Architect
- Kali Bray, Interior Designer
- July 14, 2026
We made it! The official start of the home design. Designs occurs through 3 distinct steps: Programming, Schematic Design, and Design Development. Each step builds on the previous, further clarifying the design vision until we arrive at the final deliverable, Construction Plans.
We made it! The official start of the home design. Designs occurs through 3 distinct steps: Programming, Schematic Design, and Design Development. Each step builds on the previous, further clarifying the design vision until we arrive at the final deliverable, Construction Plans.
Update #3
Anchor Team Members
- Barak Steenlage, Co-Owner / Katy Dale, Senior Architect
- July 7, 2026
- Barak Steenlage, Co-Owner
- Katy Dale, Senior Architect
- July 7, 2026
Finding the perfect lot can feel like the “chicken or the egg” problem. Your lot influences the home design options and your desired home design influences the lot options. To avoid running in circles, we think of finding the correct lot in 6 steps…
Finding the perfect lot can feel like the “chicken or the egg” problem. Your lot influences the home design options and your desired home design influences the lot options. To avoid running in circles, we think of finding the correct lot in 6 steps…
Update #2
Anchor Team Members
- Barak Steenlage, Co-Owner / Leah Ramon, Operations & Marketing
- July 7, 2026
- Barak Steenlage, Co-Owner
- Leah Ramon, Operations & Marketing
- July 7, 2026
We have been building homes for over 20 years and in that time, clients have found us in all sorts of ways: referrals, realtors, internet searches, … We first met this client at our Midcentury Japandi home on the 2025 MSP Home Tour (one of our team’s all time favorite projects!). We didn’t know it at the time, but the couple had come to…
We have been building homes for over 20 years and in that time, clients have found us in all sorts of ways: referrals, realtors, internet searches, … We first met this client at our Midcentury Japandi home on the 2025 MSP Home Tour…
Every home and every homeowner is different. This is one of our favorite parts about designing and building homes. Even though it would make our jobs a lot easier, no two homes are the same. Our life experiences, favorite vacation destinations, previous home experience (good and bad), everything shapes what we like and don’t like…
Every home and every homeowner is different. This is one of our favorite parts about designing and building homes. Even though it would make our jobs a lot easier, no two homes are the same. Our life experiences…