Building legacies
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Photography: Spectacular Escape and Modern Art House: Mike Gullon of Phoenix Photographic Modern Dream Home: Kat Alves Photography
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For Glennwood Custom Builders of Petoskey, Michigan, the design and build of generational properties is a passionate endeavor. From initial conception, site selection, and collaborative coordination, to fabricating custom cabinetry, implementing architectural vision, and final landscaping, the skilled team at Glennwood Custom Builders works to deliver an experience where the process is personal and the final product and property captures the vision of their clients. “Design is as design does and what it does is create an emotion. It is like looking at a piece of art: if it makes you happy or it makes you feel comfortable or it makes you feel excited, that is what design is. For our clients, that is where it begins. What is the feeling I want to have when I design this home? What am I trying to achieve?” said Michael Branan, president at Glennwood Custom Builders. “It is so personal and it circles back to why going to work every day is so fun. You are really involved in the emotion people are having about the experience they are creating knowing it can last generations. That is the intent: to pass it down for generations to come,” Branan added. It is that element—the excitement and investment clients have in creating generational homes—that Jeff Collins, chief executive officer, founder, and owner of Glennwood Custom Builders, also finds inspiring. “It is so rewarding and satisfying to see the end result, but also to help somebody develop and build something they have been dreaming about for a very long time. They have been saving money, trying to work out their schedules, and their careers to finally do this project and are so excited when they finally engage in that process,” Collins said. “You really get to know people in that process, because it is so personal.”
THE CUSTOM BUILD
