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Recent Central Iowa builds

Great rooms, kitchens and the finish details that take an extra week and last thirty years. Click any photo to open it full size.

Vaulted great room with gable windows, a stone fireplace and a wagon-wheel chandelier, looking out over the water — Vaulted great room, acreage buildSix windows stacked into the gable so the whole wall is view. Quarried stone fireplace, exposed beam across the vault, built-ins and floating shelves either side.

Kitchen with shiplap hood, timber band, black patterned tile backsplash, pot filler and a long quartz island — KitchenShiplap hood banded in timber, patterned tile to the ceiling, pot filler over the range.

Walk-in pantry with solid timber shelves wrapping three walls above olive cabinetry and quartz counters — Walk-in pantrySolid shelves on three walls, counter space, and a door.

Kitchen island looking across an open great room to a stone fireplace and windows over a snowy Iowa field — Island to fireplace to fieldOne unbroken sightline across roughly 40 feet of house, set out at framing.

Kitchen with black lower cabinets, white oak uppers, marble-look quartz and a pot filler — Black and white oakFloating shelves, honed black island, pot filler over the range.

Black geometric millwork accent wall above a stairwell with floating walnut shelves and an oak handrail — Millwork accent wallCut and fit on site over the stair opening. Every joint had to land somewhere deliberate.

Stone fireplace with a rough-sawn timber mantel flanked by stained built-in cabinets and floating shelves — Stone fireplaceCoursed stone, a solid rough-sawn mantel, cabinetry squared to both sides.

Primary bath with a glass steam shower, rain head, body sprays, backlit mirror and black floating vanity — Steam showerRain head, body sprays, backlit mirror, hex floor.

Kitchen with a black waterfall quartz island, mixed black and stained cabinetry and cage pendants — Waterfall islandBlack quartz returned to the floor on both ends.

Built-in hutch with glass-front upper cabinets, quartz counter and nine deep drawers — Built-in hutchBuilt into the wall, not pushed against it — nine drawers and glass uppers.

Home gym with a stained slat feature wall, black walls, floating shelves and a wall-mounted trainer — Home gymSlat wall, blacked-out finish, wired and floored for the use from the start.

Walk-in tile shower with white subway tile, black hexagon side walls, two rain heads, body sprays and recessed niches — Double tile showerTwo heads and body sprays, black hex against white subway, niches laid out on the grout line rather than wherever they landed.

Vaulted kitchen and dining with a black waterfall island, cage pendants, barn door and custom mudroom lockers beyond — Vaulted kitchen and diningCeiling carried to the ridge, island in black quartz, and custom mudroom lockers through the barn door — built, not bought.

Furnished living room with a linear herringbone fireplace, leather chairs, sectional and sliding doors to a patio — Lived inThe same herringbone fireplace a year on, furnished, in a house that belongs to the family who hired us.

Open kitchen and dining with maple cabinetry, a quartz island, globe pendants and windows onto open ground — Kitchen open to diningMaple cabinetry, quartz island, and windows put where the view is. Not every custom home is black and white oak — this is warmer, and it was the right call for these owners.

Great room with a white shiplap linear fireplace, solid oak mantel, staircase with iron balusters and a kitchen island — Great room and stairLinear fireplace in white shiplap under a solid oak mantel, with the stair open to the room instead of walled off from it.

Laundry with a solid timber folding counter over the washer and dryer, a matching shelf above and hex floor tile — LaundryA solid timber folding counter running the full length above the machines.

Aerial view of a custom acreage home with walkout lower level, prow window wall and covered deck in Central Iowa — The same house from aboveSet into grade so the lower level opens straight to the yard. Photographed the week it was finished, in an Iowa December.

Maple kitchen with a quartz island, brushed gold faucet, ribbed glass globe pendants and stainless appliances — Island and pendantsRibbed glass globes, brushed gold, quartz with a soft vein.

Primary bathroom with a stained wood slat feature wall, freestanding tub and glass shower — Slat wall bathStained vertical slats, blacked-out surround, one window doing all the work.

Finished lower-level home theater with projection screen, in-wall speakers, sconces and patterned carpet — Theater roomWired, insulated and treated during the original build.

White vertical shiplap fireplace surround with a thick solid oak mantel beside an iron baluster staircase — Shiplap and oakA thick solid mantel does more for a room than any amount of applied trim.

Primary bathroom with dual walnut vanities, black quartz tops, gold fixtures and a freestanding tub under a window — Primary bathDual walnut vanities on black quartz, a freestanding tub under the only window in the room, and the field beyond it.

Custom stained mudroom lockers with a bench, cubbies, iron hooks and open shelving — Mudroom lockersBench, cubbies, hooks and a full-height shelf tower, built on site.

Guest bathroom with a floating double vanity, integrated basins, black mirrors and Edison bar lighting — Guest bathFloating double vanity, integrated basins, black subway tile in the shower behind.

Stair landing with oak handrails, iron balusters and a black accent wall around stacked windows — Stair landingOak rail, iron balusters, black accent wall framing three stacked windows.

Completed modern farmhouse custom home with vertical wood siding, white brick and black windows in Central Iowa — Modern farmhouse elevationVertical wood siding against white brick, black windows, and a single gable carrying the front.

Wide view of a custom kitchen with a shiplap hood, patterned tile backsplash, walnut island and a barn door into the pantry — Kitchen, the whole roomShiplap hood banded in white oak, star-pattern tile to the uppers, walnut island, and a barn door into the walk-in pantry.

Polished brass pot filler mounted on a black and gold star-pattern tile backsplash — Pot fillerBrass against black-and-gold star tile, plumbed during rough-in.

Black herringbone tile fireplace with a stained solid timber mantel and white oak cabinetry — Herringbone fireplaceTile to the ceiling, stained timber mantel, white oak either side.

Dining area with three black-framed windows, a linear cage chandelier and white oak flooring — DiningWindows on three sides of the dining space, located at framing.

Shiplap fireplace with a solid timber mantel flanked by black cabinetry, six floating shelves and adjustable sconces — Fireplace wall, built as one pieceShiplap surround, solid timber mantel, black base cabinets, six floating shelves and swing-arm sconces — laid out so every shelf lines up across the room.

Board and batten farmhouse ranch with stone skirt and cedar porch posts, photographed in snow at dusk — Board and batten ranchStone skirt, cedar porch posts, standing seam accent roof. Finished in February, because that is when Iowa builds finish.

Kitchen island in marble-look quartz under three clear glass dome pendants, with a shiplap hood beyond — Island and pendantsTwelve feet of marble-look quartz, three glass domes, and a sightline straight through to the pantry.

Laundry room with a long quartz counter, undermount sink, black window frame and a built-in desk nook — LaundryTwelve feet of folding counter, a real sink, and a desk nook that stops the room being a corridor.

Every photo on this page is a home our crews built and finished. No stock photography, no renderings. Want to see one in person? We can usually arrange a walkthrough of a home in progress.

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