LOL! Love the photos, especially of the couple in masks. Such a fun home, and obviously fun people. :) Love the flow, clean lines, art, and light fixtures.

What a beautiful home. I really like the simple yet inviting style.

Love the cheese grater light. Conran sell something similar
http://www.conranshop.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=433280&cid=WCLighting&language=en-GB

Love the Muji London set.

beautiful! any idea of the grey paint color in the second bedroom?

Beautiful place for a beautiful couple!!

Nice start! I'm sure that, with time, many more items will arrive to fill out the spaces a little, but in your first house at the beginning of your residency there, you don't need much more than walls, floors and a few cherished items to make you glad. I'd love to see some photos of the same spaces a few years from now.

This is a nice summer-time house, but during the long Milwaukee winters I'd need more rugs, more blankets and much less gray! Don't your feet get cold? The bedrooms make me feel chilly just looking at them!

What a great tour! Super pix, great copy, and lovely to see some modern love from the suburbs.

Nice art, color scheme, and overall minimalistic feel. Based on this I'd like to see more house tours from Elizabeth.

incredible photos, amazing space!

Great, now all I really want is to see Unhappy Hipsters caption that first pic. Haven't even seen the pics and not being snarky, just first thought that came to mind.

I'd live there!

Good tour - not too heavy on the vignettes, plenty of long shots. More like this, please!

Ha! The first picture is a perfect candidate for http://unhappyhipsters.com/

love love love this home!

enjoy shorewood! This place will freak your neighbors out, though.

A nice interpretation of Scandinavian minimalism. The style of the house and your color scheme and design elements really complement each other. I love the recurring orange theme as well as the subtle contrast between the wall and the canvas. Who also could not love the Daft Punky masks. Would love to see pictures of your garden when you get going.

The first photo is very cute :) And yes, it is perfect for Unhappy Hipsters.

This may be the first modern, minimalist house tour that I have really liked. Usually I feel like this style turns out kind of cold and uninviting but not here! The empty space feels like you are respecting / celebrating the structure and materials of the house. The rooms are warm, restful, inviting and fun.

I am one of those friends who would always be telling you your house was too clean :)

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the kitchen remodel... wish there were more photos of the existing kitchen in this tour.

that blank painting reminded me of the documentary, "Herb and Dorothy", which is about a renowned new york couple who collected minimal art. They collected so much art that their small new york apartment was overflowing with paintings, drawings, sculptures, etc to the point where walking through the apartment was a chore. I thought it was truly ironic that a passion for minimalism can lead to clutter. haha

This is a great debut post! The copy is fun and fresh and the photos are beautiful. Having a Milwaukee blogger will open up opportunities for the rest of Wisconsin, I hope!

quite a lovely house. i think it will only get better with time as they get a few more things (e.g., artwork) to round out the space.

Way to represent Wisconsin/Milwaukee! (My home state). I too love the opening photo; hilarious. And very nice work with the coffee and tv tables, they're beautiful! Great post, Elizabeth!

What a fun and inviting home. And seeing the couple wearing the masks reminded me of Breakfast at Tiffanys.

Pretty home.
But...A blank canvas? Really?

Great house tour! I'm really impressed!

Great tour - seems very peaceful - thanks Elizabeth & company!

fun and staged well, but comes across as rather cold.
maybe its the season?
or location?

Well written and photographed--I'd like to see more from this contributor. I really think floor plans should be made a requisite feature of tours. Even a sketched one would be good.

As far as the design, overall very nice. I like the use of orange with grey and would like to see even more added. I think the homeowners did a good job of blending their taste with the architecture.

These photographs are clean, crisp, and fascinating. I love the profile bits too. THUMBS UP on Elizabeth Setterfield!

i thought it was trying to be warm?
seems kind of bare and cold.

Very nice home-very clean. But I do agree with some of the other posts about the all too minimal blank canvas. IMO it would look nice with a single horizontal stripe across it either in orange, gray, blue or even a darker shade of white or glossy white.

Love the masks and the cheese grater too.

Love love love the sparing use of orange. And the only white painting above the couch - I would never go for it except for this very spot. Beautiful interiors (though that one bedroom looked a bit unfinished). Details and the fact that this is a cape cod, no less, make this a happy, inviting home.

Wonderful post, fellow Milwaukean! (And of course, like the others, I love the opening portrait.)

Love the cheese grater. The simplicity and pops of color make it feel just right. I am also a fellow Milwaukean and wanted to ask if there are any stores you both love to frequent that I might not already know of?

First off, I love Milwaukee, and it's great to see a house tour from there. An outside/neighborhood shot would have been nice given the time taken to describe the outside of the home and the contrasts between interior and exterior. Enjoyed the writing much more on a second read through than the first, but the quality of the photos and the rest of the tour more than made up for that. Not sure what it was, but I could tell she was new. I'm sure with more posts she'll solidify her voice, and I'd be great to see more from her.

And I've said this before, but I wish more took the time to add captions to their photo slide shows. It really adds a lot to be able to know what you're looking at (room wise, how it relates to the other rooms/the design philosophy of the owners, or where a particular piece came from)!

I like the orange table and white rooster. I saw a multi-cheese grater fixture at a local store and have been thinking about one ever since - I think if I put in a bar I will have three pendants like that. And it is a cute photo of the couple.

I don't really get the minimalist thing. I would go batty in the all white bedroom - so stark.

The white canvas makes me happy.

Maybe it's just me, but the mask picture reminds me of The Shining. I wanna love the sense of humor, but now it's just creepy. Cute house though.

Im really loving orange and grey right now and I enjoy seeing how others make it work in their home.

I thought it was cool that you made the table and tv stand from scratch- I wanted a $600 Anthropologie table once, but was no way in hell paying that for some basic metal and wood. I called around and found a welder who made me a frame for $40, and bought the wood board at home depot for about $5 dollars! It was a fun project and its cool to know that others are out there doing the same.

I also liked that little wooden figure set- so charming!

love the house and the photographs! really photographed well - imo.

Milwaukee represent! (my hometown)
Love the cheese grater over the sink.
Also no need to seek inspiration from Europe -- this house has a lot more charm than a lot of European apartments (I've seen anyway) A lot of old Milwaukee houses are bungalows and in fact have a lot of charming features (if they haven't been ripped out). There's lots of inspiration right in the neighborhood. :)

Always good to have peek into the homes of artists, this one does not disappoint.
Give the woman a job! She has great taste, she's organized, and she knows how to invest money!!!!

Well this house tour was a little freaky. Not only do I have a similar animal print, but I also have the barcelona chair, the same bathroom faucet, bedroom rug, and had black and white vase until it broke....jeez. Guess I like their style!!

Bye the way, love the grey color in the living room. Could someone clue me in? Paperclip from Benjamin Moore??

This home is actually just like they have it, it is not staged to look like that. On the other hand, it is not cold, but actually quite inviting. Walking up the front sidewalk you would never imagine it to be such a modern treasure hidden in a "Traditional" red brick cape cod facade. They have done a great job making it "their" space. The photographs are beautiful. Good job!!!

Love the hits of orange. Also that arched molding over the kitchen sink is great.

WAY too minimalist for me, though...brrr

But maybe as you live there and add more stuff it won't feel so chilly.

Great job, Elizabeth. Love the copy, love the photos. I agree, however, that an exterior shot would've been nice. I'd like to actually see the contrast between the inside and the outside of this home (only since you specifically mentioned the contrast). Milwaukee is a terrific little city and I look forward to seeing more of it on AT!

Also, I love the well-meaning meddlers who are only trying to help "warm up" the space. This is a gorgeous home (I LOVE the all white bedroom, by the way) as is. It doesn't need more blankets, pillows, furniture, paint on the canvas, etc., etc., etc. Sometimes design advice is great. Other times, not so much. You have to know when to tune out the noise.

Bravo, Michael and Danijela.

Thank you all for your comments. I am glad many of you enjoyed the tour. For me, it was a pleasure to photograph this home; I have spent some wonderful times here, enjoying Michael and Danijela's generous, warm and gracious hospitality ... and their fabulous sense of humor. They are a class act, and opened their door without hesitation and without changing a thing. Thank you, guys!

A couple of responses. I will try to get the paint info for those who asked. The blank canvas? I have to say it's one of my favorite features; I don't know if M&J intended it, but it seems like an invitation to me - I often find myself mentally painting a picture there. As for outside shots, floor plans and captions under photos? I wholeheartedly agree... consider it noted.

~Liz

I love the rooster.

@lafferteezy: I was thinking more along the lines of "Donnie Darko" with the masks....

The masks were a Halloween joke :)

The Shining... indeed lol I hateeeeed that scene growing up, it always creeped me out, hah!

Oh, supposed to comment on the house... woops. I ADORE the orange splashes everywhere, the artwork... this place is amazing :) Wonderful job!

This was a really inspiring house tour for me. I love the paint color in the non-white bedroom. Beautiful and I think I'll look for a similar shade for my guest bedroom. The cheesegrater lampshade made me smile.

Thanks for sharing your home!

Great rooms. Like their style. Amazing how many lame people miss the point of Unhappy Hipsters. Kudos to meggs for getting it.

Unhappy Hipsters just had a post with a blank art canvas, I thought maybe it was the same house!

One of my favorite house tours ever. Looking at the long shots of all the space and clean lines was quite soothing for me. The bursts of orange around the home were just right! I'd love to move into a replica of their home!

Elizabeth did a great job with the photos and writing. Would love to read more from her and would like a Milwaukee-based AT writer, as I live in a Milwaukee suburb and know there is much inspiration to be found here.

On a gloomy day in February, stuck at home in a blizzard, I needed the cute mask picture. Thanks!!

tam-tbag I saw the same post on unhappy hipsters yesterday. 2 different homes, same blank canvas…

Great space and good job on covering this!

The main photo is creepily familiar of the photoshoot I did for my tshirt/etc line late last year:
http://www.whitietighties.com/our_world.html#imgs/gallery/Again6.jpg

Great minds think alike

:)

I love the touches of orange and the fun details (cute tape dispenser). I'm really in love with that orange light fixture, though - where is that from? I'd love to find something similar for my living room.

Why do you folks act surprised that a "modern" home is "warm and inviting"? I grew up hanging out in modern homes that were cozy and related very well to where they were situated. When you accept there's no contradiction, this house becomes notable for how little these folks own. They should be thankful they're in WI, where they can apparently seem edgy and creative because they are "tech-saavy" and "Eurocentric"; iIf they were in the "warehouse convert" they'd just be a cliche.

I have a slight case of OCD...and I so want to center your dining room table!!! WHY is it not centered with the hanging light?

Using "Pottery Barn aesthetic" as a slam in a debut post??... yer OUT!

Eurocentric? Really?

For a brief moment I thought this was a joke, a la Unhappy Hipsters. I'm hoping that the sense of self importance conveyed by the post is coming more from the AT staff....

Patrick, did you really thinking that she was slamming Pottery Barn? Or were you kidding? It's sometimes hard to detect humor on a wall post. But if you were serious, I think you're way off. Isn't it true that the Pottery Barn aesthetic goes well with traditional Cape Cod architecture? And isn't it also true that this modern/minimalist decor is a bit "unexpected" in this setting? Why is it a slam to point that out? (I by the way, loved this house tour. And guess what? I'm a fan of Pottery Barn as well! Can't someone be a fan of both?)

Tip of the hat to arroyo. Very nice.

Nice detailed shots - i like it better than most of the AT House tours i've seen..I always want close ups that are never provided!! These were creative to boot.

saer
http://cravenmaven.wordpress.com

Agree with @arroyo about "Eurocentric". (Europe is mentioned no fewer than 4 times in this post!) It's always one of my peeves about AT, this assumption that everything about Europe is inherently more stylish (and I even live there!) There's lots of inspiration right there in their backyard, and Milwaukee is actually a really cool city. Give the Europhilia a rest.

Very refreshing. Its hard to do modern with that style of house but you pulled it of nicely. Love it!

Where did you buy the rooster?

A very small note: the intro text says "But the creamy Cape Cod, which sits in a Norman Rockwell-esque neighborhood north of Milwaukee, offers any features missing from the condo set."

Shouldn't that be "offers many features"?

I agree with arroyo. Too many AT posts ooze with self-importance.

Where did you purchase the tie poster?

I love this apartment. I've never been to Milwaukee but it is on my list of places to visit!

I just thought I would chime in and respond to some of the comments:
- The tie painting I painted.
- The rooster was some crackle antique painted kitchen accessory that we bought from HomeGoods, then spray painted white.
- The orange lamp was a gift from my mother, from Target.
- We're also looking for the paint swatches that were used for the living room and bedroom. We do know off-hand that it was Behr.

We also appreciate all the kind words! Thank you!

"Not too heavy on the vignettes"....lol...

Yay! Milwaukee is awesome! Great to see it on my favorite site. Gorgeous home. You're right about the modern yet warm and inviting aspect.

it is SO great to see this milwaukee home on at. milwaukee is a very underrated city, and i love when it gets the recognition it deserves!

don't know if you intended it, but i feel like the chicken, cow painting, and cheese grater pendant were nods to wisconsin, and i love that you integrated them into a modern minimalist space in a "hip" way.

as a wisconsinite, you've done me proud! :)

I LOVE the kitchen table and chairs!!! Where can I find it? Please someone help me!

Yay to Milwaukee (although I'm guessing Shorewood, Mequon, or Grafton). The cheese grater is right out of "That 70's Show" also set in Wisconsin.

Lovely home, too spare for my tastes, but a nice tour nonetheless.

I grew up in a Milwaukee North Shore suburb, and this so does not look like the Milwaukee I remember! Though my parents were very into "Danish modern," and that's what I grew up with (and probably spurred my fascination with all things Victorian, dark, curvy and complicated).

I am a long time visitor to AT. But have never commented before. This post pushed me to register.

I'm in my 40's so I think I maybe be a bit older than most. I'd like to share a bit of wisdom with the youthful couple in this post.

"Where YOU go, there YOU are." Be it in a more "Eurocentric" city or someplace you perceive to be less, shall we say "hip", it's you that defines your "space" (literally or figuratively) and not vice versa.

Also there are many others in Milwaukee who have keen design sense so please don't think only "hip" cities corner the market on style. And fyi I am NOT from Milwaukee.

I'm with stephanie1576. NEED that orange dinette!

As for the home? Love it. Love the whimsy, the fun and the colors. I don't find it cold at all.