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FEATURES

18 — Demystifying Facials

28 — City Cartography

What’s the science behind them, and which is right for you?

A Minnesota former local is making waves with her hand-painted artwork.

20 — Above and Beyond New luxury apartment complex redefines modern living.

32 — Longhorn and Leather

22 — Celebrating Big

Interior Impressions creates a modern, ranch-inspired space in a Lake Elmo home.

Personalized yard signs deliver joy and connect neighbors.

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48 — Pop the Cork on Crémant Let’s lift a glass to spring entertainment and celebrations.

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unday, March 20 marks the first day of spring, and that means a seasonal refresh is on deck—wardrobes, pantries, décor and more will be on my “to-do” list. But there’s another thing that I plan to rejuvenate this spring: my skin!

Like many others, my skin is prone to dryness and dullness in the winter months, and with spring just around the corner, I plan to add monthly facials to my already-extensive skincare routine. Woodbury’s newest facial bar, Face Foundrié, opens this month and specializes in approachable skincare. It offers an array of facial services, curated skincare products and more. “… It’s truly ‘everyone with a face,’” says Face Foundrié’s Cheyanne Thurston. Although you’ll find me booking a hydrafacial, writer Madeline Kopiecki dives into two other services, including the Cryo Queen and facial cupping services. Read the full story on page 18.

This issue of Woodbury Magazine is our annual homes issue, and we’re looking at a Western-inspired home in Lake Elmo. Interior Impressions founder and principal designer Amy Leferink coined the home to be “Longhorn and Leather” themed, completing the décor with rustic and woodsy textures, leather chairs, a fun, birch-inspired wallpaper and—of course!—a beautiful, longhorn art print.

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We wrap up this spring issue with a bubbly sip of crémant wine. Writers Staci Perry Mergenthal and Dan Amundson pop the cork on this sparkling wine and share an aspirational spring sip—perfect for a Sunday brunch or a celebratory “cheers!” Take it all in on page 48.

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The book is told by four animal spirit guides, who lead the audience in mindful breathing to achieve a deep sense of calm and more peaceful night’s sleep.

Canning has traveled to 56 countries to take part in various yoga, self-care and breathwork teachings and has learned from distinguished leaders all around the world.

She was at a yoga retreat in December 2013 when inspiration for the Bellies to the Sky struck.

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“I thought, there’s got to be a way to blend the coaching of breathwork with animal guides and relaxation. I raced back to my condo and started writing,” Canning says.

Breathwork can help children remain calm, sharpen attention and focus, reduce stress and more. This nighttime read shares powerful teachings accompanied by dreamy illustrations. Canning says, “Life can be stressful, but breathwork is the biggest tool at our disposal to slow down and relax.”

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Cider: Magners could be the most popular and easiest to find.

Cocktails: I have two signature St. Patrick’s Day cocktails. » Johnny Jump Up: Pour a shot of Irish whiskey over a glass with ice; fill it with Irish cider. » The Melon Ball: Add a shot of melon Schnapps, a shot of Haskell’s vodka and orange juice to a shaker. Mix, and pour over a tall glass with ice.

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I’m returning to work this month after a weeklong staycation, and I’ve spent a ton of time inside recently. From deep cleaning my washing machine and organizing closets/drawers to snuggling by the fire, I certainly made the most of my time off.

I also engaged in a fair amount of culinary therapy—which differs from my day-to-day job in that I’m cooking solely for myself. It’s such a rarity that I’m not “working” when I’m in the kitchen, that at first it felt almost unnatural. But after paging through some forgotten cooking magazines (which I then recycled, of course!) and flipping through old vacation pictures, I started plugging into my own appetite and cravings. I rediscovered flavors and foods I haven’t enjoyed in years, as well as new tastes I might not have tried while “on the clock.”

One day, while cleaning out my spice cabinet, I came across more than a few bottles of lesser-used but once-treasured seasonings. I’ve always loved spicy food, (by which I mean food with lots of spice, not peppery-hot dishes). Turmeric, cloves, cumin, coriander, cardamom, sumac and fennel were each purchased for a reason before being buried far back on my shelves. So, I set about to use them up. What came about was some of the most satisfying and healing food I’ve made and enjoyed in quite a long time—Lebanese-style chicken

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Discover a nonfiction bird book that unexpectedly reads like a birder’s own illustrated nature journal. In this book, Matt Sewell documents over 45 unique owls ranging from the African Wood Owl to the Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl. Each owl receives its own onepage description, which includes items such as an owl’s song, call, common name, coloring, size, scientific name, feather placement, eye color and nesting habits, along with Sewell’s personal reflections.

Accompanying each owl description is a one-page image completed using watercolor paints.

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Bird enthusiasts and those interested in ornithology will appreciate the the categories are divided by areas on Earth where owls inhabit—woodlands, tropics, wilderness and desert.

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BEAUTY

Demystifying Facials What's the science behind them, and which is right for you?

A NEW FACIAL BAR opened its doors in Woodbury this spring. We sat down with Cheyanne Thurston from Face Foundrié to hear what to expect from this Twin Cities-based beauty spot.

“Our owner and founder Michelle Henry had just had her third kid and was struggling with her skin,” Thurston

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says, when explaining the initial spark of inspiration for Face Foundrié. “She felt really failed by the industry; there wasn’t anything affordable. There wasn’t anything that she could book within the same week let alone the same day.”

If she was having trouble locating a facial bar with accessibility and the affordability

she was looking for, Henry figured others were facing the same problem. In 2019, Face Foundrié opened its first location at the Edina Galleria, and more locations have been springing up across the Metro since.

Now, franchisees owners Todd and Sherri Kanzenbach are excited to bring this concept to Woodbury.

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“With this concept, it’s truly [for] ‘everyone with a face,’” Thurston says.

This means that, aside from a broad swath of ages, Face Foundrié has become a stepping stone for men, who are increasingly interested in skincare.

Curious about what this new facial bar has to offer? We asked Thurston to break down some of the most popular services on its menu.

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“The Cryo Queen is actually our newest facial. It uses cryo technology or ‘cold therapy,’ and it is extremely cold air that’s blown onto the face,” Thurston says. The shocking effect on the skin boosts circulation and collagen production.

“It targets both that anti-aging effect but also acne concerns because it’s truly almost freezing the pores closed, so that can help with congestion that you’re facing as well. It is a good service for just about anyone,” she says.

Hydrafacial

“It’s a patented fusion technology,” Thurston says. “It’s simultaneously infusing things into the skin while extracting things out. This is actually a three-step [facial], so it goes through the cleanse, the exfoliation, which is a chemical peel, and then an infusion of these delicious serums that your skin is going to be obsessed with.”

“This is our most expensive facial but for good reason; it leaves you with the most incredible glow. It also comes with this canister that shows you everything that has come out of your skin, and our estheticians are trained on diagnosing from there. This is phenomenal for every month, but we do recommend it at least twice a year to reset your skin,” she says.

Facial Cupping

“This is a fun one,” Thurston says. “It’s just using the cups you traditionally see used on the body, but it’s not going to leave those big bruises. It’s a lighter, controlled suction. It’s lifting the fascia from the fat or the bone that you have on your body and plumping it. It boosts circulation, and it also helps with any drainage.”

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• Baby rooms are the perfect environment for little ones to discover their physical abilities as they learn to roll over, crawl, pull up and eventually walk. We focus on your babies’ growth and development by creating strong bonds and learning through play.

• Screened-in porch designed specifically for getting infants and crawlers outside to enjoy new sights, sounds and fresh air.

• Over-sized rooms include full sized cribs for each child, gross motor equipment and large windows for maximum amounts of natural light.

• Procare Connect parent app allows for notifications of diapering, naps, meals and daily photos of your child to be sent directly to your mobile device.

Waddler/Toddler • Our all-inclusive approach to care includes diapers, baby wipes and wholesome meals and snacks freshly prepared by our on-site chef.

• Sign Language, Spanish, Character Education, LANA & Music enrichment classes included in tuition.

• Individual attention and caring teachers encourage hands-on exploration and social interaction in a safe and engaging environment.

• Our Waddlers & Toddlers progress naturally because they’re constantly encouraged to be creative and curious, to learn and to have fun learning.

• Procare Connect parent app allows for notifications of diapering/potty, naps, meals, curriculum and daily photos of your child to be sent directly to your mobile device.

Preschool/Kindergarten Readiness • Our all-inclusice approach to care includes STEAM, yoga, Spanish, LANA nutrition and music enrichment programs; as well as wholesome meals and snacks freshly prepared by our on-site chef.

• Character development, community outreach and off site field trips round out our academic curriculum.

• Proprietary curriculum designed to nurture the whole child provides a strong academic introduction to literacy, science, math and social sciences while combining social, emotional and physical aspects of developemnt.

• Procare Connect parent app allows for notifications of naps, meals, curriculum, enrichment programs and daily photos of your child to be sent directly to your mobile device.

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Above and Beyond New luxury apartment complex redefines modern living.

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residents is the new two-building complex, Beyond Apartments by Core Living. Opening the east building last September and the west building last December, the complex features 255 units ranging from studio spaces up to three bedroom-three bath units.

Beyond fuses a boutique aesthetic with the bustle of suburban conveniences to create a comfortable modern lifestyle.

Located in the heart of Woodbury, this complex has access to a variety of local shops, restaurants and major highways.

“We are still close to the hustle and bustle of Woodbury … but we are also in a quiet little niche,” says property manager Allison Fischer. “It is a little oasis.”

As a luxury apartment, Beyond features over 14 different floor plans and a myriad of amenities. But what defines luxury, and how does it work to appeal to specific individuals? A luxury apartment refers to a living space where tenants have access to an above-average level of comfort, quality and convenience.

Typically consisting of a variety of amenities, this form of living has now become a standard for renters in the community, says Core Living marketing manager Heather Ouellette. Though the rental market is ever changing, the one thing that remains constant is this desire for individuals to have access to different options in their living spaces.

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“You can get the basics of what you need to live at a lower price point, but you don’t get that same level of features within the apartment itself,” Ouellette says about conventional apartments as opposed to luxury spaces. “You are not going to have a greater range of amenities built to cater to a variety of different resident needs … but the mix of amenities definitely goes up as you look at different luxury apartments.”

In the age of COVID-19 and especially during quarantine, people discovered what they like and dislike in their own living quarters. Creating more thoughtful spaces with flexibility in mind, homeowners have turned to multipurpose arrangements. “With the pandemic, we saw that people needed more space to work from home. They want opportunities to socialize in various spaces and different sized groups,” Ouellette says.

Understanding the need for a worklife balance, Beyond turned to creating a variety of spaces outside of each unit that catered to these needs. Equipped with a few different communal spaces, these areas offer a variety of seating options to fit most preferences. The most unique being the private phone booths that allow individuals to have their own closed off space to quietly study or work without any distraction.

“It is shared, but you can make it yours for an hour or a day,” Ouellette says.

Encouraging the use of their range in facilities—a 24-hour fitness center and studio, pool, patio spaces and golf simulator to name a few—the complex is conveniently equipped to readily suit most needs.

“The home really is the entirety of the community,” Ouellette says. “Your dedicated private living space might be a bit smaller to fit your budget, but you still have access to all of those spaces to do other activities … It is Core Living and connecting you to the community.”

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Celebrating Big

Personalized yard signs deliver joy and connect neighbors.

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Maureen Isbell moved home from Dallas, she brought the notion that everything’s bigger in Texas to the lawns of Minnesota nice.

Delivering larger-than-life yard greetings to eastern Twin Cities Metro areas and Wisconsin, Isbell and her husband, Dwayne, opened a Sign Gypsies franchise, a Texas-based company with more than 800 locations, in August 2019.

“Sign Gypsies was huge in our Texas neighborhood,” Isbell says. “I watched it bring our community together—we knew when the neighbors at the corner retired or when the cul-de-sac couple’s daugh-

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ter was accepted to the University at Arlington. We sent care packages to the couple who brought home a new baby.”

Isbell set out to bring that sense of community to Woodbury. In her first two years in Minnesota, Sign Gypsies placed celebration signs in more than 1,300 yards. With a flat fee and an inventory of more than 600 special interest and hobby graphics, individual letters and numbers, just about anything is possible to surprise a loved one with a personalized message.

Businesses and organizations have found the customizable signs helpful in calling attention to special activities, like hiring events, supply drives, thanking bus driv-

ers, teachers and healthcare workers, and welcoming students back to school.

“We don’t have a standard number for any of our signs,” Isbell says. “If you request it, we have it and your yard fits it, you’ll get it,” she says, enabling Minnesotans to come up with clever slogans like “Halfway to 80,” “Happy Birthday Jenny 867-5309,” “Send RIP” (Yellowstone fans know) and “No-Mo Chemo.” Even a dog named Sandwich got a customized birthday surprise.

Early education principal Christine DeBoer ordered a first day of school sign for students at New Life Academy. “The families and students loved having the

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sign,” DeBoer says. “They were able to take first day of school pictures by it and capture it all right by the school.” She also used Sign Gypsies to surprise a friend’s daughter on her 18th birthday and has referred friends to the service. “They communicate so well, ask what you are specifically looking for, send pictures of the signs when they get them up and take them down on time,” she says.

It’s truly a family business as their sons Tony, Jesse and AJ make deliveries with the couple while daughter Meadow helps at home with their three younger children.

Holidays and celebrations like birthdays, retirements, baby announcements and graduations can spawn friendly neighborhood competition, too. Isbell says after customer John ordered a sign for his wife Lisa’s 50th birthday, Lisa reciprocated later for John’s 50th birthday. John ordered a romantic sign for their 25th wedding anniversary.

“He loved it, and his neighbor is angry because he said he raised the bar now for what the wives are expecting in the neighborhood,” Isbell says.

Special moments like these remind Isbell why she brought Sign Gypsies to her childhood neighborhood. “Different things you learn about your neighborhood, to build that connection and community without necessarily knowing everyone, that’s my favorite part about this,” she says. “Plus, what better honor than to be part of some of people’s biggest milestones?”

There are heartwarming moments.

“A woman called us because she spends Saturdays with her mother at the retirement home, and she would always bring her fresh flowers,” Isbell says. “Of course, she couldn’t because of COVID, so she wanted a sign installed that said, ‘Six Saturdays Missed’ and ‘Love You, Mom’ with flower graphics that faced her mother’s window. She emailed us after the pickup and told us her mother sat at her retirement window and stared at that sign and was showing it off to all of her friends at the home ... [The customer] even joked with us and said, ‘I think my mother liked the sign better than having me there on that Saturday.’”

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“I’ve always been really politically aware, and I always wanted to know what was going on,” Anneteke says. She first joined YIG after hearing students discuss the program in eighth grade. “At first, I didn’t like it. Then I went to the con-

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ference and said I would stick with it …

[Now] YIG is my favorite activity.”

Unlike Anneteke, Wesley was initially uninterested in the program. However, three weeks after moving from Georgia to Woodbury, Wesley’s mother noticed a pamphlet for YIG at the Woodbury YMCA. “She asked if I wanted to join, and I said, ‘No’ … She said, ‘Well, you’re going to anyways!’” he says. “I got sent to the first meeting, learned about the program and still wasn’t sold.” Then, similarly to Anneteke, Wesley discovered his passion for the program following its yearly conference.

The four-day conference includes students from all over Minnesota to roleplay state government. Students between grades eight and 10 are at a hotel simulating the creation of new bills and policies; students in grades 11 and 12 meet at the Minnesota State Capitol to work on upper legislation while fostering an environment to debate politics.

“I can put it in no better words than to say it’s a great place to learn,” Wesley says. “The learning process that we receive from YIG is something you can’t replicate elsewhere, [and] the Minnesota YIG is one of the best in the country.”

Wesley has previously served the program in a few roles; Anneteke is currently serving her first role with the program.

Though Wesley and Anneteke chose not to run as a team at first, the pair found themselves running together after both one another’s teammates had dropped out of the YIG election.

Anneteke says, “I knew we would make a great team, and that it would be exciting to be a part of this leadership … We’ve made good connections, and we’ve seen

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new, diverse faces in this role.”

Wesley agrees. “I’m happy to have Anneteke along with me because there’s no better person to facilitate that growth in the youth,” he says. “Seeing the way Anneteke works and speaks … It’s beautiful ...”

Wesley and Anneteke fostered youth growth this past January at the YIG conference. With a $500 program cost and the need for professional attire, some students are unable to join due to finances. To help students in need, Wesley and Anneteke raised funds. “I want students to know that we’re happy to have you and help you learn, and there’s a stipend to help you get clothing and a meal,” Wesley says. The pair also ran a clothing drive, which included business casual and professional attire for students to select.

“It [was] a free pop-up shop for any student ... to walk in and come out with anything they may need, free of charge,” he says.

Outside of YIG, Wesley is a club leader and business owner. He started the Automotive Club at Woodbury High School, owns two businesses and is working full time on expanding his network.

Cars, reading, exploring the diverse landscape of Minnesota, paintball and advocating are more of Wesley’s passions.

Anneteke is a proud activist, having assisted in organizing a statewide school walkout protesting police brutality. She’s also a part of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, America’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, where she works with St. Paul schools in creating support systems for students of color.

“In all of my roles, I’ve been the first person who looked like me or had experiences like me, and as more people see faces like mine, I hope they’ll have the courage to step out ...” Anneteke says.

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A Minnesota native is making waves with her hand-painted artwork.

Trading in cold Minnesota winters for sunny California is many Midwesterners’ dream. Aleisha Nelson made that dream come true nine years ago when she moved from Shoreview, Minnesota, to Santa Clara, California, to pursue a degree in computer science. Now, Nelson lives in San Francisco, where she’s taken on another dream: art.

“While growing up in Minnesota, I did all the winter sports like figure skating but also played soccer,” Nelson says, noting the many times she traveled to and from Woodbury for competitions.

But during her time in high school at CretinDerham Hall High School, she desired to move out of state for college. “One of my first choices was Boston College, but Santa Clara had palm trees and was super sunny,” she says. “Everyone was in a good mood, and I immediately thought, ‘I have to go there.’” So, she pursued four years of warmth at Santa Clara University with the idea of moving back to Minnesota post-graduation.

Although Nelson graduated with a degree in computer science and now works as a software engineer for Walmart, she says she’s always had a creative side. Growing up, she created DIY birthday cards for friends and family and recalls buying books with blank pages to illustrate and

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write stories. At Cretin-Derham Hall, she enrolled in a drawing class, where she drew a giraffe using charcoal. “Even to this day, I’m like, ‘How did I draw that?’ … It was my first taste of, ‘I could be good at this, and people are recognizing it,’” she says.

In college, she joined the newspaper team, working on layouts, and opened an Etsy shop, selling painted sorority letters. “People all across the U.S. started buying them, and that was my second taste of, ‘Wow, I could do something I really enjoy doing and make money from it, too,’” she says. After the National Panhellenic Conference, a support organization for sororities, asked Nelson to stop selling the letters, she wasn’t sure where she’d go next.

“I was getting ready to study abroad in South Africa [with family]—I love traveling with my family—and I was curious about San Francisco because it’s the big city an hour away from Santa Clara,” she says. So, she drew a map of the city, and her friends started asking her about “the map on the wall;” eventually, she began creating maps for friends, family members and sorority sisters.

“I applied to a craft fair in San Francisco …

When I got in, I realized I didn’t have enough maps or products, but I did it and thought it was so much fun to see other people do what I love doing,” she says. After using her technology skills to create a more robust website, and “officially” starting Art by Aleisha, she began going to more craft fairs around the country.

In 2019, she visited Los Angeles, New York City and Austin, Texas, which helped her grow her customer base and social media. That year,

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Vanity Fair magazine featured her hand-painted neighborhood maps on its gifting “It List” in three issues. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, she was certain her sales would drop because craft fairs weren’t happening; instead, she noticed a shift to online shopping, and her website sales grew.

Now, Nelson is thriving on social media.

At the time of writing, she has 33,000 followers on TikTok and another 14,500 on Instagram.

“It allowed me more time to make prints, since I wasn’t traveling, and I was sitting in my room at home,” she says. Her shop has expanded from offering custom maps to include prints, travel totes, film prints and more. “The hand-painted maps are the colorful ones, and I started drawing maps on my iPad with black and white line illustrations, [and] those are the online prints,” she says. “As an artist, it’s fun to be experimenting with new things … I really love to travel, and I love how that plays into the maps that I make.”

Nelson’s custom hand-painted maps are more than just matter-of-fact maps; instead, each piece of art includes special locations, illustra-

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tions, personalization and more.

“The thing that is most inspiring … It’s always been the stories that people come to me with why they want to create a map,” she says. “I’ve had people come to me and say it’s their parents’ 25th wedding anniversary, and the map will include places where their children are born, where their family business started, where they met and got married. It’s so cool to finish it and hear stories about opening them … People start crying and get really emotional.”

Although many artists use big cities as inspiration, Nelson says she can make a map of any location, no matter the size. “From the beginning, I said I can make a map of anywhere, even if you’re from the most rural place,” she says.

Although cartography is the star of the show, Nelson says she’s been breaking into a new kind of art: murals. In April 2020, a Cretin-Derham classmate reached out to see if she knew anyone interested in mural work; although she had no prior experience, she signed herself up for the job. “All of a sudden, I was under a contract to

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paint a mural [that is] three stories off the ground and huge,” she says. “It took seven days, and it’s a really cool location because, when you’re driving from Woodbury to St. Paul, you can see it from the highway.”

The Lowertown mural was her first, but certainly not her last. That company hired her for a second time to paint a life-size, three panel art installation for an apartment complex in the Minnehaha neighborhood. She’s also done murals in people’s homes around the country and is now working on another life-size art installation for a coffee shop in Northfield, Minnesota.

“It’s so fun to be working on new things, and I had so much fun painting the first mural … I would love to do more in the future,” she says. Art by Aleisha started in Nelson’s college dorm room, lived in her San Francisco bedroom for several years and is now moving into an art studio in San Francisco.

As the art business grows, so does her enjoyment of owning her own company.

“I would love to run my own business and have that be my only thing,” she says.

“Having the computer science skillset has been very cool and helpful in random little ways … Up until now, I’ve had both [computer science and art], but it is my dream to one day be running my own business full time.”

Nelson says Art by Aleisha is growing rapidly, and it’s no wonder considering how beautiful her murals and handpainted maps are. “It’s cool how meaningful [the maps] can be or how emotional it makes people,” she says. “I’m just so grateful, and it makes me want to keep making them.”

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the upper floor into a modern woodland retreat, lead Christa to call on Leferink again years later for a basement refresh.

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a space where we would feel comfortable having our friends,” Christa says. “So not just kids toys and everything else, but more of a space where we can watch movies or spend time with friends.”

From the outset, the design for the basement hinged around a central request; Christa’s husband wanted to incorporate a cow or longhorn into the design for a lodgelike feel. “[Christa] kind of laughed and said, ‘We don’t have to do that,’” Leferink says.

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“Our clients live in their homes, we don’t live in their homes, and their homes should reflect who they are as a person and a family and how they live. Our approach is always focused on what their likes are and what their lifestyle is.”

After convincing Christa this Western lodge look could be done in an elevated style, Leferink’s team got to work pulling different design elements together.

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Even small decorative pieces can create a cumulative character in a space. Christa notes the sense of warmth in such pieces can bestow on a room, “[Leferink] has such a unique talent in finding the right accessories to put on shelving and on your tables just to make the space feel lived in and comfortable but not overcrowded,” Christa says.

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the basement, one of the clear showstoppers is the artwork. “In the basement, we wanted an animal print of some kind,” Christa says.

“And so we worked together to find something that wasn’t too western but still fit the aesthetic of what we were going for.”

Interior Impression’s collaborative approach doesn’t mean Leferink is shy to introduce some of her own ideas into the mix. “I feel like literally every project that we’ve been doing in the past couple of years we’ve used wallpaper somewhere,” she says. Although some clients cringe at the mention, Leferink notes that wallpaper

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Pop the Cork on Crémant Let’s lift a glass to spring entertaining and celebrations.

BY STACI PERRY MERGENTHAL AND DAN AMUNDSON

P OP P I N G T HE COR K on a bottle of bub-

bly can fill a room with celebratory spirits.

As we move into brunch season and springtime celebrations, let’s take a closer look at a Champagne’s lesser-known cousin.

With the same richness and body of Champagne, crémant (pronounced kruhmaant) brings the same life and effervescence as its counterpart—at a fraction of the price. We spoke with Mike Scharff of Haskell’s The Wine People to learn more about this sparkling sensation.

This is where secondary fermentation occurs inside the bottle instead of a vat or tank. This is said to give the sparkling wine more texture and nuance that we have come to expect from both Champagne or crémant. This creamy mouth texture is how crémant got its name, which literally translates to "creamy.”

WHERE IS CRÉMANT MADE?

Crémant in the most basic of explanations is sparkling French or, more uncommonly, Luxembourg, wine that is produced outside of the Champagne region. These wines are similarly made and of similar quality but at a much more affordable price than we typically find with Champagnes.

Crémant is produced throughout France in eight designated regions: Alsace, Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Die, Jura, Limoux, Loire and Savoie. The most commonly found regions here on our shelves would be Alsace, Bourgogne or Loire. Little discussed is the one crémant found outside of France in the area of Luxembourg’s Moselle district. Crémant de Luxembourg is also made méthode traditionnelle like France's counterparts and is considered true crémant.

WHAT’S THE PRODUCTION PROCESS?

DOES CRÉMANT RUN SWEET OR DRY?

WHAT IS CRÉMANT?

The production process term that is shared with Champagne is méthode traditionnelle.

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most Champagne offerings. However, like Champagne, the crémant can vary in sweetness with extra brut (very dry—super uncommon), brut (dry), to a demi sec (slightly sweet or "off-dry").

HOW DOES CRÉMANT DIFFER FROM CHAMPAGNE?

We can certainly get into details like atmospheric pressures and dosage requirements, but what truly sets crémant apart from Champagne is the use of more regionally found grape varietals in addition to chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, which we commonly see in Champagne. We're talking grapes that many have never even heard of like auxerrois, clairette, mauzac or savagnin, for example. It is because of the wide range of grape varietals that we have these distinct and defined regions throughout France, which can vary from producer to producer.

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nose, is a minimum of nine months for crémant, while 12 [months] for Champagne.

HOW DOES CRÉMANT COMPARE TO PROSECCO?

The methode traditionnelle process is also what separates itself from the Italian sparkling wine prosecco as its secondary fermentation is vatted not bottled. Prosecco also uses the glera grape almost exclusively.

DOES CRÉMANT HAVE THE ABILITY TO AGE?

Champagne is renowned for its ability to age gracefully, while most crémants tend to drink better younger.

WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE FOR CRÉMANT?

Crémant’s optimal chilled temperature for consumption is generally agreed to be between 47 to 50 degrees F. Two to three hours in the refrigerator will usually do the trick.

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Crémant, like so many other sparkling wines, is such a versatile food wine. Almost anything fruity, oily, fatty or salty is a wonderful compliment. We’re talking meats, fish and other goodies from the sea, salads and fried foods.

Fruity or sweet desserts paired with a demisec crémant are also a good choice. This is a testament that sparkling wines like crémant are not and should not be exclusively enjoyed on celebratory occasions but any occasion that good wine is called for.

cated and is becoming increasingly aware of this sparkling gem. Crémant has been asked for by name more and more in our stores each day. Pricing starts mid-teens and up.

A FEW OF YOUR FAVORITE CRÉMANTS?

I have several crémants on the shelves, but a couple of my absolute favorites are crémant de Bourgogne from Louis Bouillot. Bouillot comes in brut blanc or brut rosé. This has a bit more pinot noir in the mix.

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