From Vision To Reality – Red Rock Builders
Craig Wynia’s favorite kinds of clients are people who have a creative vision for their future home, and they trust Craig to bring their ideas to life. As a distinctive custom builder, he excels at transforming dreams into reality.
“In every project we do, there’s an aspect of that project we love and we want to be a part of,” states Craig, the co-owner and builder for Red Rock Builders. “If a client comes to me and they’re struggling to find a builder to accomplish their ideas, I’ll bring that to reality.”
When it comes to the design of a custom home, Craig believes in letting clients take the lead. Red Rock Builders works with a variety of designers in the Sioux Falls/western Iowa region who can assist clients, Craig notes.
“As a custom home builder, we don’t really ever direct the finishes in the house. It’s kind of a neat feature when you work with us. Clients get to choose all their own finishes and design ideas,” Craig shares.
“People can do so much research ahead of time and then bring me their ideas. I can make every dream idea they show me a reality in some way, shape, or form,” Craig adds.
The results are stunning homes such as the one at 1301 S. Greene St., in Rock Rapids, Iowa. It is an utterly personalized reflection of clients’ design ideas and lifestyle.
The five-bedroom, three-bathroom ranch-style home features 3,080 square feet of finished space. The residence was built to maximize the sloped lot it’s on, and that allowed the client to achieve his dream garage. Its 14-foot ceiling accommodates a stacker hoist that can store two cars on top of each other.
“It’s always been a part of the client’s dream to have the ability to have a stacker hoist in the garage to put cars on,” Craig explains. “It allowed us to do an oversize four-stall garage with ceiling heights for the stacker hoist. We were trying to create a house that fit the lot and looked like it belonged on that piece of ground.”
Craig describes the overall style of the house as refined contemporary. It’s modern, yet comfortable, with warm wood tones, neutral colors, and forest green on the kitchen island and laundry room cabinetry. White oak engineered hardwood flooring flows throughout the main level’s black plaster fireplace surround and chunky black stair rails upstairs and down. The metal stair rails and lighting above the downstairs bar were custom-made by Wynia Custom Hand Rails.
Perhaps the boldest design inspiration came from the clients: innovative wood-and-black accent walls Craig created for the entry and the master bedroom.
“We took the idea and ran with it to resemble what the client had seen on Pinterest,” Craig states. “We glued vinyl plank flooring to the walls and painted them the black accent color, and inlaid wood flooring. I wanted to tie it in with the wood in the house. Wood flooring was the best material I could come up with to achieve that.”
Black, white, and wood tones continue through the master bedroom and bathroom. The bathroom particularly delivers pampering, with heated floors and a heated mirror that prevents even the steamiest shower from leaving moisture on it.
The gem of the main floor is a four-seasons outdoor living space, Craig shares. A screened-in porch extends the living room and offers year-round coziness with an outdoor gas fireplace, electric radiant heat, an audio system, and TV.
Downstairs, Craig used innovative rustic-modern design to pay tribute to the clients’ lives.
“In the bar area, we did a tumbled thin brick. The client is a retired firefighter who likes that smoky, burned rustic bar look. We wanted to bring in that vintage bar look, so we brought that in with that vintage brick and dark oak stained tops to blend in and match,” Craig notes.
“Custom lighting over the bar’s 12-foot island is made from pieces of old hay trolleys from swap meets and flea markets,” Craig explains. “The light fixture is a nod to the dairy farm where the client grew up.”
“It’s just a comfortable area with multiple TVs, so when they host a party and watch football, they can have different games on different TVs,” Craig notes.
There’s space nearby for clients to realize another dream. They can bring in Skee-Ball or pinball machines and make a home arcade.
“We pride ourselves on going above and beyond to meet clients’ expectations,” Craig affirms.