Over The Top
Lake Minnetonka , MN
Completed 2023
Read about Over The Top in Martha Stewart’s blog!
“This project completely changed how we spent the summer. We are out there all day long. We eat almost all meals outside: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. We read out there. We will sit out late at night with the screens down and enjoy the 360-degree sounds of the night. What we’ve accomplished is an outdoor area that is every bit as outdoors as it ever was, but it is so much more comfortable. We find that family and friends just want to hang out in this space and my wife and I do as well. We live out there.”
-David Wessner
Designed by Mom's Design Build
Behind the Design
Design Notes
The Ask
A Lake Minnetonka family wanted their outdoors back — not a room that replaced it, but a space every bit as outdoors as it ever was, only comfortable enough to live in.
After
Now they eat almost every meal out there — breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They read out there. They sit out late with the screens down and the 360-degree sounds of the night. In their own words: “We live out there.”
The Brief
- —An outdoor space comfortable enough for all-day living
- —Screens for late nights without losing the night sounds
- —Room where family and friends actually want to hang out
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Screens down, night on
Drop-down screens keep the space open to the sounds of a Lake Minnetonka night while making late evenings comfortable — outdoors preserved, discomfort removed.
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Three meals a day
The space was built for living, not visiting — the homeowners now take nearly every meal outside, from breakfast through late dinner.
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