Traditional/Modern Loft in Minneapolis LoftLife Magazine

Traditional/Modern Loft in Minneapolis
LoftLife Magazine

Interior designer Andrew Flesher owns a Minneapolis loft complete with high ceilings, high-gloss concrete floors, large windows, and the occasional concrete column. To decorate this beautiful blank slate, he chose a mix of modern and traditional furnishings: chandeliers plus track lighting, antique artwork alongside contemporary paintings, and Bertoia barstools next to ladderback wooden chairs...

Our favorite part of the apartment might be the white, high-gloss floors that reflect the loft's abundant natural light and make the furnishings seem like they're floating on ice. We recall an article from House Beautiful last year where Andrew recommended Benjamin Moore's Super White 02, so we think that may be the shade he chose for his own home.

For many more pictures and information, make sure to check out the full article from Loft Life Magazine. You can also see more of Andrew's interior design work at Gunkelman Flesher online.

Photos: Gunkelman Flesher via Loft Life

Comments (8)

Uncomfortable white chairs in the top photo, impossible office chair, hatefully cruel dining chairs, and flesh-waffling bar chairs.

It looks gorgeous.

posted by tam-tbag on January 26th 2009 at 1:23pm
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Looks amazing, but I would be eternally headachy from all that high gloss white. Does he wear sunglasses all the time?

posted by ChristopherB on January 26th 2009 at 1:34pm
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This seems so cold. I don't think I would feel comfortable there.

posted by jooly on January 26th 2009 at 1:56pm
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I'm guessing that since this is the designers own home it is a showplace and part of his portfolio....

posted by dn on January 26th 2009 at 2:37pm
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I might (might) understand a house this glossy and cold looking in a warm climate. But in Minneapolis? I love the Twin Cities and would move back in a heartbeat, but just imagine the delight of coming in from an icy sidewalk on a -20 degree day to sit in an uncomfortable chair on an icy looking floor. Ick.

posted by cedargr0 on January 26th 2009 at 3:00pm
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beautiful!

posted by ChrisToronto on January 26th 2009 at 3:39pm
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Stunning! Doesn't seem cold to me at all, but I wonder about the maintenance on those glossy white floors...

posted by KidMoe on January 26th 2009 at 3:44pm
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those chairs in the first pic are making me blush...

swoon.

posted by red.door.read. on January 27th 2009 at 4:57am
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