Falling in Love and Building a Dream Home
WRITTEN BY GEORGIE PITRON AND RESIDENT MINDI ROSER
“It takes a blended family to build a house”
-Matt Knickrehm, co-owner of Paradigm Construction
Rosers approached us to design and build a home for their newly blended family, we immediately bonded over the process. My contractors are like a blended family, all working together to construct beautiful homes—exactly what the Rosers were trying to achieve as well.”
Steve and Mindi Roser met two years ago at a dinner party in Boise. Both single parents, they embarked on a yearlong courtship and then married in Yosemite National Park on the 4th of July 2020. Their 6 children were the attendants in the small family ceremony during the COVID pandemic. Shortly thereafter, they set out to build a new family home that could best serve their growing family and provide a fresh start for everyone involved.
“We found a beautiful lot in Williamson River Ranch (1858 E Garden Brook Dr. 2021 Parade Home), and we’re blessed to be able to break ground on a new home in October,” commented Steve, who works as an orthopedic surgeon for St. Lukes Medical Center.
“It has been nothing short of a pleasure watching ours build from the ground up and documenting another chapter in our story of new family beginnings.”
“The Paradigm building family has really embraced ours and combined unique talents and artisanship to create for us a beau-tiful place to call home,” said Steve’s wife Mindi. “I will not be able to turn on the lights without picturing the electrical students from College of Idaho who worked as apprentices on our wiring.
Nor will I be able to climb our incredible circular stairs without marveling at the master-craftsmanship of Parley Parkes, David Gosse at Woodlab and the brilliant crew they assembled. And let’s not forget Jorge, whose face was covered with black stain for three days, completing our window trim,” Mindi laughed.
“Sometimes family is a little messy, but there is such beauty once the stains are wiped away.”
The Roser home was featured by Paradigm Construction on the Spring home parade and highlighted a custom floating staircase with an epoxy waterfall center poured at Woodlab in Eagle. It also featured a stone bathtub in a Bali themed master bath and Japanese burnt cedar siding called Shou Sugi Ban. “This house challenged the artistry in all of us,” Matt Knickrehm commented. “Lots of curves, custom features and personality.”
“I’m thankful the first guests in our home were members of the big blended Boise Valley family that surrounds us,” said Steve. “Our house was labeled The Serenity on the parade and I hope it impressed the same sense of peace, creativity, joy and hope that we have received this past year.”
