When most homeowners think about protecting their home, they focus on the roof, windows, or foundation. But one of the biggest threats to any home starts with something much less obvious: where the rain goes after it falls. At Mom’s Design Build, we believe great landscape architecture does more than create beautiful outdoor spaces; it […]
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Read Article Jim Sweeney founded Mom’s Design Build 34 years ago with a focus on landscape design. Today, it remains one of few local boutique design/build firms that not only offers but excels at seamlessly blending the lines between indoor and outdoor living through landscape architecture, interior design, remodeling and residential fine gardening.” Artful Living
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In the past year, Mom’s Design Build earned 16 industry awards, and just last week, we added two brand-new honors, prestigious National Remodeler of the Year Awards from the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), recognizing excellence in residential design and remodeling. After first competing at the state and regional levels, we were honored
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First impressions matter—and in the world of home design, curb appeal is king. Whether you’re looking to increase your home’s value, prep for resale, or simply love the idea of coming home to something beautiful, giving your front yard some intentional love does wonders! We sat down with Landscape Designer Britt Udenberg of Mom’s Design Build
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Featuring Landscape Designer Owen Sweeney of Mom’s Design Build In Minnesota, where snowbanks can tower like fences and summers demand every minute of patio time, landscaping isn’t just about curb appeal—it’s about creating a functional, beautiful, and enduring outdoor environment that works with our challenging climate, not against it. That’s where a professional landscape designer
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When one of our clients approached us with a unique request—to design a landscape so timeless that no one could guess the year it was installed—we knew we had a challenge worth sinking our teeth into. A truly timeless landscape design doesn’t chase trends or scream a particular decade; instead, it remains elegant, functional, and
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The fence is the simplest way to divide boundaries and to create privacy in your yard. The difficulty with fences, however, is that many municipalities only allow for the construction of fences that are 6 feet in height. This limits to the amount of privacy that can be achieved with just a fence. If you would like to have anything taller, there are a few simple ways in which privacy can be achieved. The best such way being, with plants!
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From a reclaimed pallet filled with herbs to a 15-story building covered in over 10,000 plants, living walls are becoming more and more popular—and for good reason. Whether indoors or out, they offer much more than just beauty. Living walls improve air quality and increase overall well-being, but can also absorb sound and help insulate your home.
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Long before it became a scourge upon middle class Americans wanting to masquerade as lords and princes upon their suburban estates, the dandelion was prized for its usefulness making medicine, wine, and food. In these dreary days of March, even the most fervent dandelion hater looks forward to the emergence of this adversary.
