Linda Aldredge, the owner and creative director of Lulu Organics, has grown up and lived all over the country. For the past two years, she has called the top floor of a sprawling Victorian in Minneapolis her home. When her friends bought the 4600 square-foot, six car garage space, she thought, “Wow! They really overbought!”. But then Linda says, almost immediately she found herself without a home shyly asking them if she could take over the upstairs in-law space. Between the 1600 square-foot apartment and three garages available to her, she had to the challenge of taking a very large open space and dividing it up to be functional for work, and comfortable for her and her stepdaughter Gitzie, who she shares the space with. She loves the idea of a minimal home, but it just doesn’t work for her.
Linda says her decorating goals were fairly modest. She loves a space to look eclectic and bohemian, but being the nomadic soul that she is, she always prioritizes comfort and function. She’s adapted the space to work for her many crafting interests, and fills it with furniture and collected objects that have been in her family for generations, from photos to textiles to even a seam ripper – everything has special meaning for her. Features like the peaked roofs lend a magical vibe to the space that Linda loves, but most of all she loves that she is able to spread her wings in such a huge space that allows her to pursue her passions. –Shannon
Photography by Josh Grubbs and Styling by Toby Rae
via Design*Sponge http://ift.tt/1fd50gx From Shannon Grant
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