Walking through to the kitchen, many of the Wiens’ favorite features are prominent in this room. Eric says, “You can see most sides of the house from the windows in here. You can see through to the back of the house. It just feels like the heart of the home. Plus, the staircase is one of my favorite features, and it’s really highlighted in this room.” The staircase, which Eric and his dad built, was constructed from white oak wood harvested from the Wiens’ previous house. “We had the trees milled and let them dry for six years, so it was neat to finally be able to use them in this house,” Eric shares.
The quartz countertops and white cabinetry make a fresh backdrop for the navy blue island. Cutting boards and natural wood-topped stools tie in the raw wood element from the staircase, bringing the room together.

The kitchen walks through to a sunny little pocket office and the laundry room. The office area actually opens to the back porch as well, but provides a slightly separate space to work, with a wide open cased doorway distinguishing its identity. Porcelain gray tile anchors this whole space in a luxurious finish.

The door to the laundry room was a specially made piece meant to tie the home’s 1900s style in with the raw wood finishes used throughout the renovation, while also allowing lots of natural sunlight to come through. “I’m really glad we decided to do a lot of the work ourselves, because we were able to incorporate special little details. Callie has such a great eye for design. She laid a special pattern in the tile of the threshold going into the laundry room, and those are details that make a big difference,” Eric says. The wood used to create a small countertop in the laundry room is made from heart pine that used to be studs in this house. Eric made the countertop and a little bench in the pocket office to match.
“I’m really glad we decided to do a lot of the work ourselves, because we were able to incorporate special little details. Callie has such a great eye for design. She laid a special pattern in the tile of the threshold going into the laundry room, and those are details that make a big difference.”
– Eric Wiens