Mill City Design + Build

08/29/2025

MSP cabin masters

08/11/2025

07/11/2025

Finished basement concept video by Mariusz Kicilinski

04/05/2025

Just finished this kitchen for some fantastic clients! Beautiful slim shaker cabinets and custom stove exhaust.

11/18/2024

Disconnect your garden hose from the spigot, Winter is coming.

11/14/2024

The natural stone is really looking great on this bump out with electric fireplace and flatscreen tv. Great basement remodel for another awesome customer!

03/28/2024

I know the photo isn't amazing, but this is one of my favorite little things we've done. Homeowners wanted an exercise room in the basement, but the ceilings were about 4" too short for their favorite machine. Easy. We just drywalled one bay between the joists, so that the ceiling is 8" higher, in the 13 1/2" gap between the joists (joists are typically 16" apart on center, so 14 1/2" in between, and narrowed down with 1/2" drywall on each side. The rest of the ceiling is denser 5/8" drywall which does a ton to minimize sound transmission). Works perfect, as long as they don't want to move that machine anywhere else!

Another little detail, you'll see an access panel in the bottom left corner, that gives access to the water meter. When we frame basement walls, most walls are 2x4 walls built about 1/2-1" from the foundation. Often we build the front wall out a little further, maybe another 2-4" so that the water meter is flush with the drywall, and accessible behind a small, discreet panel, often painted the same color as the wall. Even if you lose some floor area by bumping the wall out, it makes the room much more useable when you don't have a box for the meter, or have the wall jog in and out to accomondate it.

02/15/2024

Brand new bathroom and basement remodel in another 100 year old South Minneapolis home!

- Lifeproof LVP floors flow through the rooms, including the bathroom
- Craftsman style doors and trim to match upstairs
- Finished wood beams
- Ceiling heights tend to be too low for sconces above the mirror so we tend to have one on each side of the mirror
- New oak staircase to upstairs

More photos to come...

12/15/2023

I first saw a video for this product about 5 years ago, and I'm excited to potentially install one this year! After working with the engineer to try to design a balcony on a third floor master suite, it feels like this is the best solution, at less than a third of the cost of a dormer, and it eliminates some risky areas for potential leaks with the flat roof outdoor porch space that we were considering earlier. If only we didn't have bugs in Minnesota.