Julie Snow Architects didn't just remodel this frequently expanded New England-style cottage in Minnesota but reinvented it as an open home for an active modern family.

Two years ago, this open modern home was just a cottage -- really. It was an accumulation of bits and pieces added over the years with a vine-entwined colonnade to mark the front entry. Located in a first-ring suburb outside Minneapolis, it was built in the 1940s and had one intimate room after another filled with floral prints.

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