We of the middle west are living on the prairie. The prairie has a beauty of its own, and we should recognize and accentuate this natural beauty. It is quite level."

Frank Lloyd Wright 1908

Sweeping horizontal lines, wide open floor plans and custom built ins with substantial fireplaces using natural colors and materials are some of the most important elements of The Prairie Style. It is in this distinctive style that Widhalm Custom Homes presents The Prairie Stone, a one of a kind custom home in the beautiful Waterford subdivision.

Like Wright, Widhalm Custom Homes insists that his home appears to grow naturally from its surrounding. Widhalm wants to create homes that are freed from the standard “box” by studying the open plan with rooms that flow and open out to each other.

The exterior of this beautiful homes starts with its hard sweeping lines. The use of hand cut brick shaped slate makes the home seem lower, longer and more attuned to the earth. The external aesthetics also include a low pitched roof , bands of horizontal casement windows, terrace walls and planters that includes a space for indigenous growth, and a unique three foot sloped and beveled overhang that help accentuate the hard horizontal lines.

The wide entry opens up to a huge foyer that leads you in though this wonderful plan. In the entry you will find a solid walnut floor that runs through out the main level and warm mission style oak trim with solid three panel contemporary doors. You will find a large office just off entry that offers a wonderful carpet from Moda that was Designed by Proda, and a great view out of a five lite casement over the entry planter outside that seems to bring the outside in.

Further inside you will discover a wonder hearth area that offers a fantastic view through a green space that overlooks the Waterford lake. Inside this expansive space with 18’ ceilings you will feel the compression of the floating spider beams above. The fire place offers warmth with its natural black flagstone hearth and the use of the same slate outside provides a warm organic element.

The media room is found three steps down in a pitted area that is designed for privacy, but offers a wonderful prairie style look with a band of windows that surround the room just over head. Full surround sound is available and a custom entertainment center would be designed to meet the specific needs of the homeowner.

Elegance best describes the kitchen, dinette and centralized dinning area. The kitchen is loaded with the best of every modern convenience with all quartz countertops, stainless appliances, and a curved glass hood located in the center wall. The mission style cabinets are a warm color and made out of solid oak and there is a lit glass display in the focus area. Other features include a tiered island with a lit soffit above, a full slate back splash that runs to the ceiling, and a unique symmetry that Widhalm Custom Homes is noted for.

In the large centralized dinning room there are floor to ceiling windows that look out over another planter that is part of the terraced patio. You will also find a lit box vault and a unique planter located in the corner again bringing the outside in.

Up the wide staircase to the second level there is a one of a kind layered hand rail that was designed by Widhalm to reflect the true prairie style of this home. Upstairs there are four beds and three baths. The large master bedroom features a ten- foot ceiling, a sitting area and a gorgeous master bathroom spa. This master bathroom features a full waterfall slate back splash, his and hers décor sinks on a floating vanity, a large full tile walk in shower, and a secluded 42” x 72” whirlpool bath. There are also two large walk in closets and a third entry closet in the master bedroom space.

In the other bedrooms you will find box seats, and a jack and jill bath room. The fourth has it own bathroom that could be used as a guest suite.

Pete Widhalm owner of Widhalm Custom Homes, Inc. is involved with the entire project. His services include not only building quality built homes but also providing original designs, drafting your plans, and consulting for your personal interior design.