Dream Homes 2010 by Globe Gazette

The Sherry Victoria home • Clear Lake

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Sherry Victoria’s home has an unobstructed view of Clear Lake. The house, at 2510 North Shore Drive, has been expanded and remodeled by various owners.

North Shore homeowner trades ocean view for lake Sherry Victoria’s house features open floor plan; offers easy entertaining and guest options By KRISTIN BUEHNER

2007 from San Diego County, Calif., found a CLEAR LAKE house she loved that herry Victoria once required little remodeling. lived in southern Cali“The previous owners fornia in a house over- had it set up for a family,” looking the Pacific Ocean. said Victoria, a retired She traded her California business owner. lifestyle for a home in North The house, at 2510 Iowa that has an unobNorth Shore Drive, has structed view of Clear Lake. been expanded and Victoria, who moved to remodeled by various Clear Lake in November owners. Victoria guesses it kristin.buehner@globegazette.com

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Victoria shares the house with her cat, Boris. They welcome friends visiting from other parts of the country. was built in the 1970s. white, although the walls Wood flooring is used in of the master bedroom are most of the house. Walls in blue-gray and taupe. many of the rooms are offWoodwork throughout

is painted white. “I liked the openness of it,” Victoria said of the onestory house. “I could see me and my vision of what I would want to do in here.” There are three full baths and three bedrooms, one of which she uses as an office/exercise room. The room includes a daybed so it can function as a guest room when necessary. The house also includes a “huge” amount of storage space, Victoria said. The extra bedrooms come in handy because Victoria, who shares the house with her cat, Boris, has friends who visit from other parts of the country.

“It’s a very easy house to entertain in and have guests in,” she said. The biggest remodeling change she made was in creating a master bedroom suite out of two smaller bedrooms. She added a master bathroom with tiles recalling Southwestern colors of desert sand and grays. The bathroom also features a large white-framed mirror, “wading pool” sink and heated tile floor. The design work and construction of the bathroom was by Meints Construction of Clear Lake. The tile work was by See VICTORIA, Page H3

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Built-in bookcases, three closets and an island fireplace are features of the master bedroom. The fireplace provides a back-up heat source in bad weather. The master bedroom was created by combining two smaller rooms and adding a master bathroom.

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The L-shaped living room features a sitting area on one side and a breakfast eating area on the other.

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A bar counter between the kitchen and living room enables guests to chat with the cook. The kitchen includes three large skylights. VICTORIA, from Page H2 Built-in bookcases, three closets and an island fireplace are Master Floors/Carpet One of features of her master bedroom. Clear Lake, which also laid the “It probably produces a little carpeting in the master bedroom.

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The family room, with brick fireplace, is now used as a TV room. The room was added on the west side of the house by a previous owner.

more heat than I need in there,” she said of the fireplace. “It also provides you with a back-up heat source in bad weather.”

A chaise lounge near the fireA screened porch off the bedplace has a view of the lake. Over- room enables Boris to have head lighting is from an inverted “some semblance of being outstained-glass chandelier. See VICTORIA, Page H4

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The kitchen has plenty of counter space and plenty of light from large windows.

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A master bathroom has tiles recalling Southwestern colors of desert sand and grays.

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A one-of-a-kind Spanish cantina table and chairs were created and signed by Santa Fe, N.M., artist Holly Haas. The brightly painted cowhide breakfast table and barrel chairs are in the breakfast nook end of the living room.

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Lighted china cabinets in the large dining area were built by Clear Lake cabinet maker Ethan Bredlow. VICTORIA, from Page H3 doors,” Victoria said. Furnished with rattan furniture, this is Victoria’s favorite reading spot in the summer. The mission-style glass door to the porch includes a built-in black-out shade. A similar shade is built into the window facing the lake. A divided foyer greets the visitor to the home. On one side is a hallway that leads to the bedroom wing, while the other leads into the L-shaped living room. A family room addition, entered from the living room, was added on the west side of the house by a previous owner. The addition also includes a large room off the family room that Victoria uses as a dining room. The family room, with brick fireplace, is Victoria’s TV room. The dining room features a decorative, handpainted screen and inverted pendant chandeliers. It opens onto a back wrap-around deck. Lighted china cabinets in the dining room were built by Clear Lake cabinet maker Ethan Bredlow. He also designed and built the vanity and cabinetry in the master bathroom. The deck can also be entered through the kitchen, which also opens off the living room and has a great view of the lake. A bar counter between the kitchen and living room enables guests to chat with Victoria while she cooks. The kitchen includes three large skylights. Ceilings in both the kitchen and dining room are vaulted.

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“This house is light and bright,” Victoria said. Her love of original art and Southwestern decor is evident everywhere, starting with a brightly painted cowhide breakfast table and barrel chairs in the living room. The one-of-a-kind

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Spanish cantina table and chairs were created and signed by Santa Fe, N.M., artist Holly Haas. A large coffee table in the living room is an authentic Japanese dining table, designed for eight people to sit around on floor cushions. Every now

and then Victoria and her guests enjoy using it in just that way. A deck on the front of the house is topped with a white pergola, added by a previous owner. “This, to me, is just a comfortable house,” Victoria said. “It’s what I like.”

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Retired diplomat’s home is a map of her service Hava Hegenbarth’s childhood dream house now provides an elegant showcase for her years of travel around Africa and other continents By KRISTIN BUEHNER kristin.buehner@globegazette.com

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ava Hegenbarth’s older Mason City home first impressed her as a young girl. “My brother and I were hired to cut the lawn for the woman who lived there,” she recalled. “I always admired the house and thought I’d like to own it someday.” Built in 1928, the elegant brick home at 503 Eighth St. S.E. was one of four brick houses built on her block by William Henkel, German immigrant, journeyman bricklayer and stonemason who founded Henkel Construction Co. in Mason City. His daughter, Leona, was living in the house when Hegenbarth knew it as a girl. In 2005, Hegenbarth, who had been living out of the country, learned the house was for sale. She arranged to purchase it over the Internet. “I bought it without ever having been inside,” she said. A diplomat with the U.S. Foreign Service for 21 years primarily serving in Africa, Hegenbarth was in Mauritius at the time. She returned to Mason City after retiring from the Foreign Service in 2006. “I liked the arched entryway, the eyebrow window over the living room and the fact that it’s brick,” she said. A bay window in the

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Brown leather matching sofas in the living room are topped with mud-cloth pillows, throws from Mali and decorative pillows from Ethiopia. A zebra hide lays over the back of one sofa. End tables in the living room are hand-carved Zanzibar chests. dining room fills the room with light. The kitchen includes a breakfast nook looking out on the back yard. Woodwork is quartersawed oak. Wood crown molding is used under the ceilings of the living and

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Carved animals — sable antelope, gorillas, guinea fowl, rhinoceros, elephant and hippopotamus — are displayed on shelves and tables (pictured above and in the photo at top). Mission-style lamps were chosen for the living room.

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Hava Hegenbarth poses with her German shepherd Baxter, a gift as a puppy before she left Africa.

dining rooms. Oak floors were original to the house, although some were carpeted by the previous owner. The front door has a stained-glass window. A sign on the outside of the door, given to her by friends from Tanzania, said “This home is a Zanzibar House.” Under it is inscribed “Welcome” in Swahili. An original light fixture hangs in the front entry. See HEGENBARTH, Page H6

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Carved African art and crafts fill Hegenbarth’s home, memories from more than two decades of service in Africa. HEGENBARTH, from Page H5 Having lived in more than 50 countries of Africa, in addition to Australia, Israel, Scotland and Turkey, Hegenbarth came home with loads of original art, hand-crafted furniture and artifacts with which she has decorated the house. Her own detailed paintings of African wildlife are also displayed throughout. “It’s Mission meets Africa, and I think it works,” she said. Her remodeling changes have largely included repainting and landscaping, repainting and drywalling. Curtains in the main rooms were replaced with blinds for a cleaner, more open look. The living room, dining

room and guest bedroom reflect her taste for all things African. Brown leather matching sofas in the living room are topped with mud-cloth pillows, throws from Mali and decorative pillows from Ethiopia. A zebra hide lays over the back of one sofa. End tables in the living room are hand-carved Zanzibar chests. Ashanti stools from Ghana are displayed. Area rugs are from Kashmir, purchased in Africa. Artwork includes wooden masks from West Africa and an intricately detailed life-size wooden bust of a Bushman from Botswana. “That’s exactly the way the Bush people look,” she BRYON HOULGRAVE/The Globe Gazette See HEGENBARTH, Page H7 Hegenbarth’s paintings of African wildlife adorn the walls and provide a backdrop to her collection.

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The blue-and white Zanzibar bedroom includes mosquito netting above the bed to complete the effect. The bedding is also African-inspired.

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The kitchen includes a breakfast nook looking out on the back yard. Woodwork is quarter-sawed oak. HEGENBARTH, from Page H6 said, her hand touching the rippled hairstyle. Carved animals — sable antelope, gorillas, guinea fowl, rhinoceros, elephant and hippopotamus — are displayed on shelves and tables. A tall giraffe peeks out from behind a potted floor plant. Other touches include a brass model of a tuareg, a nomadic tribesman of the Sahara, riding a camel; wooden camel bell; wooden hair picks; and beaded Ethiopian headdress. Mission-style lamps were chosen for the living room, with plenty of green floor plants throughout the house. Hegenbarth also added an electric fireplace with carved wooden mantle and fire surround that looks like it came with the house. A large flat bowl filled with ostrich eggs takes center stage on the dining room table. It is set off by black animal horns, one from a kudo and the other from a gemsbok, both a type of large antelope. A Masai necklace hangs over a wooden door of the dining room. Dining room side tables display an ebony giraffe from Kenya and stripwoven Kente cloth from Ghana. Framed miniature painted wooden masks from Zaire hang on the wall. A tooled camel leather chest in the dining room is one of the furnishings Hegenbarth brought back from Africa. Rustic Mission side table, hutch, curio cabinet and sideboard with marble inlay and a Tiffany lamp are used to furnish the room. The lighted curio cabinet displays Hegenbarth’s collections of African sea shells, birds nests and ndebele dolls from South Africa. Carved Ethiopian religious icons of wood and bone, a King Solomon figure carved of soapstone and woven baskets from Botswana are also displayed. Her hutch stores batik cloth napkins with a guinea fowl design. The large kitchen is furnished with oak cupboards and stone-look ceramic tile floor. Hegenbarth calls her blue and white-painted guest room the Zanzibar Room. It includes carved wooden furniture from Zanzibar, including the bureau with mirror, nightstand, Zanzibar chest and bed, over which Hegenbarth has arranged mosquito netting for added effect. The bedding is also African-inspired. Other special touches include a Moroccan wall mirror, an Indian cloisonne planter, a carved tortoise from Seychelles and a painting of a dodo — a large extinct bird native to Mauritius — on the wall. The main floor also includes Hegenbarth’s room in which she keeps a separate bed for her beloved German shepherd, Baxter, given to her as a puppy before she departed from Africa. An

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The main floor includes Hegenbarth’s room in which she keeps a separate bed for Baxter. An aboriginal painting is displayed on the wall.

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A carved giraffe peaks out from behind greenery in the living room. aboriginal painting is displayed on the wall. The upstairs includes one large guest bedroom, and for nieces and nephews a playroom that Hegenbarth created out of a storage closet. She painted the ceiling sky blue with clouds. A red barn and outbuildings farm toy set was handmade by Hegenbarth and took first place at the fair. Hegenbarth added floral carpet runners on the bare wooden staircase. The basement houses what Hegenbarth terms her studio room — the place where she creates her art work. A daybed, TV and a bed for Baxter are included so they can sleep in after late nights. The lower level also includes a large bathroom with walk-in shower. The clay tile walls have been painted white. Framed art posters line the walls of the bathroom

and other lower-level rooms — a laundry room and storage room. Mission-style light fixtures are used around the outside of the house. Resin lions-head birdhouses are displayed on the fence. “This is a typical Foreign Service person’s house,” Hegenbarth said of her internationally inspired home. “I loved Africa.”

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Wide, 16-foot white oak wood planks were custom-ordered for the floor. The living room fireplace was rebuilt using stone to replace previous formal white marble.

Houston meets the Netherlands in Lake house Schick family home shows influences from time spent in other parts of the country and the world By KRISTIN BUEHNER kristin.buehner@globegazette.com

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d Schick’s newly remodeled house on Clear Lake’s north shore has a long family history. Located at 1305 North Shore Drive, the house is on a lot purchased by Schick’s grandparents, Bill and Viola Nichols, in 1929. Schick’s house was built in 1966 by his parents, Ed and Bonnie Schick. “It was out of the family for 15 years,” said Schick, a retired senior executive. He served as president of BFI Europe, an environmental services company, and later as chief financial officer of Browning-Ferris Industries in Houston. He purchased the house in 2002. Plaques on a fence post and near the front door reflect strong family ties. One plaque is dedicated to the memory of his grandparents, another to his parents and the other to his wife, Maria. In his grandparents’ day there were two cottages on the site. The Nichols used one as a summer home. Father of sons Eddie, Robbie and Tommy, Schick moved back to Clear Lake with them after Maria’s death. “I became a full-time

father,” he said. The remodeling process began in February and was completed June 1. Dean Snyder Construction Co. of Clear Lake was the contractor. “I started out to do just the kitchen and living room and went from there,” Schick said. The house and grounds incorporate design ideas from his experiences liv-

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The lower level of the home is carpeted and houses the family room. The room includes a 120-year-old pool table obtained from a saloon in South Dakota, a lighted saltwater aquarium and large-screen TV. A laundry room leading to the garage features deep navy front-loading washer and dryer. The laundry room also houses the hose used in the home’s central vacuum system. BRYON HOULGRAVE/The Globe Gazette

SCHICK, from Page H8 ened up the space and provided full views of the lake throughout. His appreciation of clean lines is evidenced by the use of seamless countertops and lack of hardware on kitchen cabinets and drawers. A sauna in the lower level is an idea gleaned from homes in the Netherlands. Schick’s brick driveway was modeled after the brick driveways and walkways he saw in Europe. The driveway is made even more special with an original multi-color sailboat design that reflects his family’s love of sailing. Reflecting a trend he saw in Houston, Schick added a wrought-iron fence with Prairie-inspired design and brick posts to delineate the perimeter of the front yard. On the lake side, Schick planted a lawn to create a more residential look and built a curved brick patio and spa, with a pergola over the spa. Fountains that run continuously in the warmer months of the year were placed around the house. Indoors, white columns and overhead arch were added for interest at the front entry. The arch mirrors designs in the glass of the front double-door. The horizontal garage door is unpainted white oak with a circular design

pattern that is also repeated in the front door glass. Designed by Schick’s girlfriend, Valerie Lafrenz, the beveledglass door includes fluted glass, water glass, glacier glass and baroque glass. “You can see out, but you can’t see in,” Schick said. Valerie also designed the tray ceiling in the living room-kitchen areas. Wide, 16-foot white oak wood planks were custom-ordered for the rest of the floor. A custom stain was applied. The living room fireplace was rebuilt using stone to replace the formal white marble. The fireplace was also opened up to serve a casual sitting area off the kitchen as well. Schick’s love of nature is demonstrated throughout this carefully crafted dwelling. Earth-tone colors throughout the house were inspired by the original slate floor in the entry. A gently curving island counter in the kitchen is of Madagascar ebony. For the surface, Schick chose a seamless engineered stone. The island is underlighted with low-voltage LED lights for dramatic effect. The island is a floating design with a deeply recessed toe-kick. “All of the lighting in the house is ‘smart light-

ing,’ meaning each switch sends a wireless signal to a computer,” Schick said. “This enables scene lighting to be coordinated and managed with your preferences for scenes, times and so forth. Automatic lighting controls turn lights on and off with dusk and dawn settings.” Custom hanging light fixtures were installed over the island. For the kitchen countertops, Schick chose granite. The kitchen backsplash is made of 10inch iridescent glass tiles. Kitchen cabinets are bamboo. To eliminate hardware from kitchen cabinets and drawers, the drawers were designed to open with electric kick-outs, while cabinets open by means of a spring-release. An unusual gooseneck faucet on the sink operates by tapping it. Other touches in the kitchen are custom-made grass cloth Roman shades on the windows; a kitchen window seat with view of the lake, and a TV and entertainment center concealed in a kitchen cupboard. In the living room, Schick displays some of the original artwork he collects. Gallery lighting is used to showcase the art. The boys’ bedrooms are located on a hallway off See SCHICK, Page H13

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The living room has space for large plants including even indoor trees. By KRISTIN BUEHNER kristin.buehner@globegazette.com

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hen a Sheffield real estate agent showed them a church as a potential home, Doug and Jessica Foreshoe just laughed. “But then as we looked around at houses, we were continually comparing them to the church,” said Jessica, a metallurgical engineer and consultant with Eaton Corp. in Belmond. A year later, the couple went back to the former Zion Methodist Church at 220 Borst St. for a serious look. The building most recently served as the location for Our Daily Bread restaurant and prior to that as a youth center — Potter’s Playhouse. Although it failed to meet two of Jessica’s specifications — it was on a corner lot and it didn’t have a garage — they were hooked. “I love the open space,” Jessica said. “I love the natural lighting. I think we looked at it as an opportunity to do what we wanted.” “The raw canvas of the building itself was good,” said Doug, an architect with Bergland & Cram in Mason City. “It’s got real good bones.” The couple thought Sheffield would be a great place to raise their daughters, Lillian, 3, and Genevieve, who was born Nov. 29. They purchased the building in 2002. Built in 1889 as Zion Evangelical Church, the wood frame building was in good shape and required little serious remodeling. The exterior had been painted yellow as a restaurant and had an appealing camel color on the walls of the massive main room — formerly the nave of the church — which they use as a living room. The room also includ-

ed white-painted wainscoting, shiny pine wood floors and an 18-foot vaulted ceiling. Three separate stairways lead to the lower

level from the main floor. The house has 2,000 square feet on the main floor and 2,000 square feet on the lower level, See FORESHOE, Page H11

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Once a church social hall, the lower level now houses a family room, office and exercise area with the addition of a few walls, carpeting, painting and drywalling.

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The huge living room includes a corner that has been set aside for a dining area. Seating includes church pews.

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A sunken master bathroom off the master bedroom includes decorative Italian tile on the walls and floor, which is heated. FORESHOE, from Page H10 said Doug. It has a clay tile foundation from the former Sheffield brick and tile plant. Heat is from two furnaces — one for the main floor and one for the lower level. The Foreshoes’ new house came with a piano. The couple has also added three wooden church pews, which they use for seating and display purposes in the 25-by-40foot living room. The room also features several flourishing floor plants and two trees — a rubber tree and a fica. “We inherit things because we have the space,” said Jessica. “Who has the space to let trees grow in their house?” Jessica located pretty beaded sage-colored curtains in a Penney’s catalog that fit perfectly the five double-hung, 30-inchby-8-foot windows and patio door of the living room. Ceiling fans and hanging lights in the living room came with the building. The one thing the Foreshoes did immediately was to install a shower in one of the two restrooms on the ground level floor, where a women’s and men’s restroom were once located. The other restroom was remodeled to include a vanity. The Foreshoes replaced some of the doors in the house with solid walnut, oak and cherry wood doors. They also replaced windows in the kitchen and in the lower-level family room. The do-it-yourselfers created a large carpeted master bedroom in the area that formerly housed the church altar and built a walk-in closet for the bedroom. The bedroom can be accessed by stairs at either end of the room. They created a sunken master bathroom off the bedroom in an area that

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served as a prep/office ty,” Jessica said.“We gutarea for the church. ted it back to the studs.” BRYON HOULGRAVE/The Globe Gazette To access the bathOnce a church social room, Doug created a hall, the lower level now An office area was another of the changes after the 2008 floods forced a reconstruction of door in a wall of the bedSee FORESHOE, Page H12 the basement level. room and built steps. He also removed a wall in the bathroom area to make room for a shower and 6foot whirlpool tub. Decorative Italian tile is used on the walls and floor, which is heated. Entry to the house is through the kitchen, a room that also served as a prep area/office space in Let us help you make all your the church. In the narthex, the dreams become reality! Foreshoes have displayed a photo of the original church and a long tool once used to open the tall church windows. A ladder to the bell tower is also concealed in the narthex. A parking lot at the front of the church has been planted with grass. The Foreshoes have also added a double deck & Trust Company off the living room. A storage shed is located MEMBER FDIC www.mbtbank.com under the deck. After the basement was Clear Lake Lake Mills flooded, in June 2008, the Nancy Moklestad Cheryl Kurtzleben Jenny Tim Esbeck 357-6161 592-0041 Foreshoes started a major Asst. Vice President Kramersmeier Community President Vice President & Sr. remodeling of that spaCrystal Lake Residential Real Asst. Vice President Clear Lake Forest City Crystal Lake cious area. “We looked at Estate Lender Lake Mills Forest City 585-5363 565-3231 the flood as an opportuni-

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The building has been a restaurant and a youth center since last used as a church. The Foreshoes continue to work on the home, including redoing the basement after it was flooded. FORESHOE, from Page H11 houses a family room, office and exercise area with the addition of a few walls, carpeting, painting and drywalling. Dimmable compact florescent cam lights were installed. Stone-look vinyl flooring in an earth-tone leaf pattern was installed in walkways of the lower level. A laundry room is located where the original church kitchen was. Jessica

can open windows from this area to look into the family room. Doug has also built a separate wood-working room at the other end of the room. The Foreshoes plan to add a guest bedroom in a vacant room off the family room. Not many houses contain the features that this one does. There is a drinking fountain outside the bathrooms on the lower level; cabinets

taken from the chemistry lab of an old high school building; a restaurant-size stainless steel sink in the Foreshoe’s kitchen and a double-sink in a small room off the children’s bedroom that served as a prep area for the restaurant. (The Foreshoes use it as a baby changing station.) “I like the funness of it,” Doug said of the home. “It’s got quirky things in it.” “The longer we’re here, the more we love it,” said Jessica. ✦

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Doug and Jessica Foreshoe think the former Sheffield church is the perfect place to raise their family, which now includes Lillian, 3, and Genevieve, who was born Nov. 29.

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The master bedroom and bathroom are located on the lower level.

SCHICK, from Page H9 the kitchen. Each room includes a flat-screen TV. Tommy’s is decorated in a black and gold Iowa Hawkeye motif. Robbie’s room is navy and taupe and includes a leather easy chair. Eddie’s room is accented with reds and has striped walls. The bathroom, done in shades of brown and white, features granite counter top, white marble sink and French toilet which are squared off instead of rounded. The toilet has a dual flush to conserve water. Honey onyx tile is used on the walls. An easy-care travertine natural stone was chosen for the floor. Under-lighting is used under the floating counter in the bathroom. A laundry room leading to the garage is also located in this section of the house and features deep navy front-loading washer and dryer. The laundry room also houses the hose used in the home’s central vacuum system. The kitchen vacuum operates on a toe-kick system. A half-bath off the laundry room has a floating cabinet with under-light-

ing, granite counter top, honey onyx wall tiles and travertine tile floor. Schick’s office, located off the laundry room, houses a motion-detector security system. “The camera system allows me to view the home over the Internet when out of town,” he said. The lower level of the home is carpeted and houses the family room. The room includes a 120year-old pool table obtained from a saloon in South Dakota, a lighted saltwater aquarium and large-screen TV. Other features are a wet bar and brick fireplace. A weight room off the family room includes fitness equipment, a view of the lake and a Wall of Fame with photos of the boys. The wooden sauna is off the weight room. A large bathroom near the sauna has a walk-in shower. The master bedroom and bathroom are also located on the lower level. The bedroom includes portraits of the boys and of Schick and Lafrenz by Sandra Quintus of Clear Lake. Gallery lights are used to showcase the portraits. See SCHICK, Page H14

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A gently curving island in the kitchen is of Madagascar ebony. For the surface Schick chose a seamless engineered stone. The island is under-lighted with low-voltage LED lights. SCHICK, from Page H13 Other features of this room are a four-poster bed, overstuffed chairand-a-half and mirrored closet doors. Schick also added a walk-in closet. “It’s the kind of house you can live in,” he said. “We wanted to be able to live in the whole house.”

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