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A wine cellar any oenophile would adore page 22

Indulge holiday guests with little luxuries page 4

AT HOME WITH HISTORY Updated south-of-Grand colonial offers a peak into Des Moines’ past

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4 Spoil your out-of-town holiday visitors with elegant and useful touches in the guest bed and bath.

FURNITURE

10 A beautiful bench adds practicality and style to any room.

FEATURED HOME

12 Cynthia and Bob Lidgett’s southof-Grand colonial is rich with history, including visits from U.S. presidents past.

WINE RETREAT ABOVE: A storage area inside the home of featured designer Patrick Van Nice. Read his story on page 28.

Photo by Andrea Melendez ON THE COVER: The stately library inside the home of Cynthia and Bob Lidgett. (Page 12) Photo by Paul Gates

22 How one couple turned a tiny basement nook into an elegant cellar to hold their impressive wine collection.

DISTINCTIVE DESIGNER 28 Patrick Van Nice went from designer to carpenter to financial advisor to designer.

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Stationary and pens hidden in a guest drawer are perfect for letting your guests jot down quick directions and notes. Keep classic novels for down time for guests on snowy or rainy days.

Gem pens, $3, Pouch note cards, $9.95, and Brooch notepad, $6.95, all from Pier One; classic novels, $20, from Sisters.

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It’s getting to be holiday season, which means hosting friends and family for long weekends. Make your out-oftown guests fondly remember the stay by spoiling them with comforts and treats in your guest bedroom and bath.

by Megan Thompson • photos by Andrea Melendez

Cozy comfort

Add a pop of bright color and comfort to a guest room with down-filled toss pillows, and a chunky red throw. Colorful leaf pillow, $19.96, teal flounce pillow, $23.97, and chunky red throw, $47.96, all from Pier One.

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Cheers

For celebratory guests, or visitors with love for specialty wines, surprise them with a couple of different local flavors and a convenient, humorous carafe to keep for time spent in room. Babushka carafe, $22, Kitchen Collage. Covered Bridges wine, $13 each.

For the kiddos

Memorable moments

Give visitors a special, memorable item of their time spent in Des Moines with a personalized plaque made from Sticks, sharing messages ranging from celebratory to love. Personalized 7-by-7 plaques, $100, from Sticks.

For those traveling with little ones, ready the home with items to keep tiny hands busy, like coloring books, board books and finger puppets. Coloring books, $8.99, board books, $9.95, finger puppets, $5 from Eden. Westie pup, $8.90, from Sister’s.

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Just for men

Prep the guest bath for men with a specialty wood shaving kit and travel-sized Kiehl’s products. Acca Kappa wood shave set, $225, Keihl’s travel-sized products, $7-$10, from Eden.

Early morning

Prep bedside tables and nightstands with fine, fresh loose teas, a cheerful bright mug and easy snacks and sweets. Your guests will appreciate the easy access to sweet treats in the early morning (or late night). Curve Teaware mug, $20, Ancient Happiness tea $5.00/ounce, English breakfast tea $2.25/ ounce and dried apricots $3.50, all from Gong Fu Tea. Fran’s chocolate smoked salt and gray salt caramels, $14.99, from Kitchen Collage. Oval platter, $90 from Stick’s.

Relax and unwind

Stock the bathroom with sponges, brushes and sweet-smelling fine bath salts for guests to use. And let them illuminate the bedroom and bathroom with luxury scents from France. Diptyque candles, $28, and Relax Bath salts $14.00, from Eden. Natural sponge, $2.50, Pedicure stone brush, $2.50, from Pier One.

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Welcome furry friends with a cozy dog blanket and specialty treats. Keep an extra stash of food and doggy bags tucked in a drawer. Good Dog dog treats, $6.99 antler bone, $13.99, and Bessie and Barney dog blanket, $37.99, from Jett and Monkey.

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Prep the guest bath with smell-good soaps and crisp new linens in bright fuchsia and lavender to keep hands happy. Keep an extra set of adorable toothbrushes and toothpaste for travelers that may have forgotten.

Blu Maquis hand wash and lotion, $25 each, Patchouli hand soap, $14, Marvis ginger mint toothpaste, $6, jasmine mint toothpaste $6, gingham, black and white and circles toothbrush, $6 each, all from Eden.

Fuchsia and lavender hand towels, $15.99, from Kitchen Collage.

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On the bench

A beautiful bench pulls its weight, whether you’re using it for looks, for shoe donning or as a side table

by Jennifer Miller • photos by James d. fidler

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Stickley’s compact Limbert bench tucks into tight spaces and can serve as a sturdy footstool or stepstool. $661, Artis.

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South-of-Grand homeowner first fell in love with her storied colonial as a little girl

History, & Her Story

by CRAIG SUMMERS BLACK • photos by PAUL GATES

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Cynthia and Bob Lidgett (near right) had help with a major renovation nearly 10 years ago. Carpets were pulled back to reveal hardwood floors and in the living room, walls were covered with padded fabric.

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Teddy Roosevelt referred to this grand Georgian Colonial as ‘a charming country cottage.

F

ollow me, if you will, in Teddy Roosevelt’s footsteps. Yes, T.R., was here.

Step into the side entrance of Cynthia and Bob Lidgett’s imposing South-of-Grand colonial, and you are immediately confronted with a photo of the original Rough Rider standing in front of that very same door.

“If you look,” Bob says, “those porch lights are still the same.”

There’s also a photo of Roosevelt standing on top of a desk on the backyard lawn speaking at a Boy Scout Jamboree. America’s 26th president spoke about staying at the home, later calling it “a charming country cottage,” Cynthia says. “We’re pretty sure President Taft stayed here too. It was such a political house.”

That’s because the house was built in 1912 for Henry C. Wallace, editor of the influential Wallaces’ Farmer magazine, Secretary of Agriculture under two presidents, and father of former Vice President Henry A. Wallace.

“He called it May’s Wood because his wife was named May,” Cynthia says. “It CONTINUED >>

The cranberry mantel lamps (right) are from the previous homeowner. “I loved the lamps and asked if we could buy them,” Cynthia says. “He said they were already spoken for. Bob had bought them.” The third-floor window (below, middle), which is visible from the front exterior, and the cornerstone (below, right).

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The three-story switchback staircase is covered with murals whose character and color become less formal as one ascends the stairs. The first floor is predominantly green, rising to tan tones, then peach.

originally had 21 acres.”

“Now it’s down to 1.2,” Bob says.

The second owner was E.T. Meredith, founder of such magazines as Successful Farmer and Better Homes and Gardens – first called Fruit, Garden and Home. Meredith also became Secretary of Agriculture and was once considered a Democratic candidate for president.

“Then,” Bob says, “it was owned by a long line of publishers.”

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Yes, even Gardner Cowles, the founder of Look magazine and once the owner of The Des Moines Register and Tribune once lived there.

The Lidgetts moved into the home in early 1998, but Cynthia, a lifelong Des Moines resident, had admired the house ever since she was a little girl.

“My mother and I were at a tea party at the Loziers’ down the street, and it stuck with me ever since,” she says. “I thought it was handsome. And it’s turned out to be a great family house. We’ve raised three daughters here.”

Before the house celebrates its centennial birthday, it will be host to a wedding early next year. The Lidgetts’ middle daughter, Kate, always wanted a winter wedding and always wanted to get married at the home, Cynthia says.

“We’re going to move all the furniture out to have 150 guests. It will be pretty tight,” she says. “In Bob’s office, we’ll have a band. She’ll get married in front of this fireplace (in the living room). And there will be candlelight and roses. Red roses.”

The nearly 10,000-square-foot home has received

a considerable sprucing up that now makes it wedding-worthy. But when the Lidgetts moved in, questionable carpeting covered the rich oak floors.

“There was red shag carpet in the library,” Bob says. “There was carpet all over. The central hall had linoleum tile – black and white. It had been there a long time.”

Says Cynthia, “Kids would call it the house with the marble hall.”

The kitchen was the subject of the most intense renovation, as several walls and halls were removed to focus space, create a pantry ( ) and ease traffic. In the end, the Lidgetts found evidence that the designers placed the stove where it originally had been before a ’50s-era remuddling.

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The house reclaimed its heritage in 2002 when the Lidgetts agreed to have it be the showhouse for a fundraiser for the Des Moines Symphony. Nine Meredith magazines honchoed the overhaul as the company celebrated its 100th anniversary.

The family spent 4½ months living at the Hotel Fort Des Moines while the home was remodeled. While much of the design work didn’t involve heavy lifting, the kitchen got a major reboot. A rabbit warren of doors, closets, walls and switchbacks was removed to ease traffic and focus workspace. A pantry was created.

“They really blew out the walls,” Cynthia says.

The dining room (far left) is filled with family pieces.

The Asian cabinet is from Cynthia’s parents; the table and chairs, from Bob’s.

The library (above and near left) is Cynthia’s favorite room in the house, and it also serves as her office. First edition books from a previous owner still line the shelves.

“It was gutted,” Bob says. “They took it down to the brick.”

Cynthia: “They had to undo a ’50s remodel.”

Bob: “There were dropped ceilings. They had taken out large windows and put in small ones.”

“And it was carpeted. Yellow, orange and lime green.”

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“Man, it was ugly.”

“But it was in Architectural Digest.”

Go figure.

This house is the Lidgetts’ third colonial south of Grand.

“Colonial seems to be our thing,” Cynthia says.

“We like the floor plans, the way they work. We’re very traditional.”

“It’s comfortable. It’s warm,” Bob says. “I like the flow of the house. But I didn’t used to until they remodeled the kitchen.”

While Bob and Cynthia work together, specializing in long-term care insurance, each has a separate office on far opposite ends of the house. There are other subtle distinctions.

“We’re both 60,” Bob says.

“No,” Cynthia counters, “you’re 61.”

“Oh, yeah,” Bob says. “But you’ll be 61 soon.”

Cynthia: “Not before this article is published.”

The library fire screen (above and left) features the theatrical masks of comedy and tragedy. “The room is wonderful in the winter,” Cynthia says. “That fireplace gets used on a daily basis.” The Fortuny chandelier is silk; the ceiling (below) is woven grass cloth.

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wine cellar

A wine

retreat A love of wine plus a space in need of a revamp equals an elegant cellar for a Waukee couple

Facing wine racks offer storage for the couple’s several hundred-bottle collection.

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By Kelly Roberson • Photos by Rodney White

W

hen Rick and Jennifer Glowacki bought their Waukee house two years ago, the little basement nook under the stoop was a great spot for a treadmill and a TV — and not much else.

The couple began putting their own design and decorating stamp on the rest of the home, giving it a Tuscan-like feel with lots of wood and stone. Then they turned their attention to the basement, and its little room, which had a much more interesting future than as a tiny workout space. About the same time the couple bought the house, they found themselves with a burgeoning interest in wine. Rick’s parents are longtime wine lovers, and the Glowackis took a vacation to Napa Valley three years ago. “Wine is

something we both enjoy,” says Rick.

So when the two began thinking about updating the basement, the couple realized they finally had enough wine they wanted to preserve properly. It was a happy collision that led to an elegant wine cellar.

The Glowackis worked with Construction Professionals, a custom home and remodeling company based in Dexter, to create a room with the right climate for wine, as well as a space that fit neatly in with the rest of the house.

Storing wine is a delicate balancing act of both humidity and constant temperature (about 5558 degrees). To achieve this, Construction Professionals superinsulated both the ceiling and the walls to create a barrier, and installed a small cooling unit, which

Top left: Lit from above, wine glasses sparkle.

Top right: The wood ceiling grate, which offers air intake/ flow, was stained to match the rest of the woodwork.

Above: The wine cellar holds several thousand bottles Below: Rope lights, used here within the rack storage, are a great way to accent the bottles in a cellar.

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Above: The room is a nice mix of wood and stone.

Wood racks keep air circulating around the bottles.

Below: In place of a table, the couple included a little niche for a wine barrel; here, they can open and pour.

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feeds from a grate in the ceiling.

Marilyn Struecker, co-owner of Construction Professionals.

Much in the room serves both a structural and design purpose. For example, framing provided the basis for wine racks, which in turn led to columns. The Glowackis were also able to integrate stone, to repeat a design detail from the rest of the basement. The floor, too, is topped with a thin, almost veneer-like stone.

Wood would prove to be the second complementary material, giving the small space both intimacy and warmth. In order to accommodate the mounting of and feed for the cooling unit, the ceiling had to be built down, so Construction Professionals covered it with a richly stained lap siding in nutty alder, and a wood grate, similar to trim in the rest of the basement. Wood repeats on the stained cabinets and walls, accenting a small stretch of concrete countertop (stained to match the stone) as well as an adjacent wall space with a tile

An exterior door, inset with a lovely vine-like pattern, provides a secure division between the rest of the basement and the wine cellar. “They really wanted a lot of different textures,� says

medallion.

Wine is obviously the main focal point, with facing racks and bulk storage that can hold about 600 bottles.

From behind the bottles, rope lights add a bit of accent.

Although there isn’t enough space in the wine cellar to sit down and enjoy a glass, the Glowackis included a wine barrel, brought back from their Napa trip, as a spot to open a bottle. And just steps away in the revamped basement is a bar with a built-in kegerator.

At first glance, that tiny little nook didn’t offer a lot of potential, but the Glowackis and Construction Professionals transformed the ugly duckling into a usable, beautiful companion to how the couple lives and what they love. “They really got a lot of storage out of a notvery-large space,” Struecker says. “It really complements the other spaces in the basement.”

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Before you start eyeing your own basement room for a wine cellar revamp, take a look at your wine habits, suggests Tom Henry, owner of The Wine Experience at Jordan Creek Town Center.

“Most people don’t age wine for years and years,” Henry says. “It’s like weeks and months. Ninety-five percent of people are perfectly happy to have wine they drink in a year or two, or even five.”

If you have a few bottles around at any one time, all you need for them to maintain their quality is a cool, dark, quiet spot to protect them from the three conditions that increase the short-term aging of wine: light, heat and vibration. “On top of the fridge is not it,” Henry says.

One DIY option is circular terra-cotta cylinders, stacked to hold bottles. The material helps to keep the bottles cooler. A small refrigerator is a good option for shortterm storage. Some wine refrigerators come equipped with dual zones to store white at 45 degrees and reds at 55 to 60 degrees, so the bottles are serve-ready. But if you have a single zone fridge, don’t worry, says Henry.

“For storage, the optimal for all wine is 55 degrees,” says Henry. “Serving temperature is different.”

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distinctive distinctive designer designer

A soft touch Designer Patrick Van Nice likes the softer side of creating an interior homescape for his clients.

by PATT JOHNSON • photos by Andrea Melendez

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es Moines designer Patrick Van Nice, 51, has gone full circle in his career path. The Waterloo native graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a degree in biology and an art minor. Early on, he worked as a designer at furniture stores — including Ethan Allen — and as a carpenter. Eleven years ago he switched careers and became a financial advisor. Then last year, Van Nice returned to his first love and opened Patrick Van Nice Interiors in West Des Moines. (pvninteriors.com) He lives in a four-story row house in the Sherman Hill neighborhood with his wife and twin son and daughter.

Describe your design style.

Designer Patrick Van Nice uses splashes of color in strategic places in his Sherman Hill row house that he shares with his wife and twin son and daughter. Behind him is a bright tablescape from artist Philomene Bennett of Kansas City. “We love her work and the colorfulness of it,” Van Nice says.

Soft contemporary. Modern furniture and architecture can be hard, cold and uncomfortable. I like clean lines, simplicity and softness.

Your go-to design source?

Sounds cliché, but everywhere can be my inspiration. It’s all about being able to see the world around you clearly and being open to inspiration. On the Internet, my go-to source for ideas is houzz.com.

Favorite design trend?

It’s more of a way of life than a trend, and that is sustainability in home furnishings. I have trained recently on how to work with my clients to offer them more eco-friendly products for their homes.

Paint or wallpaper?

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Three white cabinets from IKEA serve as storage for Van Nice and his family and help break up a long wall in the room. The brightly colored floral print and black and red storage boxes work as accents in the room.

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One afternoon a week I get in the car and go find new places just to keep up with what my clients are seeing on their own.

In Iowa my favorite furniture store is Dwell Home Furnishings in Coralville. Favorite Oriental rug gallery is Heirlooms Fine

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Oriental Rugs in Clive. I just discovered two great places for vintage at Rescued Junk by Old Crow Antiques in Earlham and Found Things on Grand Avenue in the East Village.

Biggest design pet peeve?

The copious use of oak woodwork and oak kitchen cabinetry. Oak floors are beautiful and have been for hundreds of years. You can put an Oriental rug on an oak floor. However, I get a tired and

dreary feeling when I’m in a home with oak everywhere.

What’s your secret weapon when designing a space?

Getting rid of clutter. With less going on in a room, you appreciate what is still there even more.

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