Inside a Family’s California-Cool Minnesota Lake House

When a fashion designer and their family relocated from sunny California to oft-chilly Minnesota, they sought to infuse their new home with the kind of natural warmth they were accustomed to. That process turned out to be quite an undertaking, as they moved into a century-old country estate along the shore of Lake Lydiard, just outside of the affluent Minneapolis suburb of Wayzata.

Prior to the family’s ownership of the three-acre property, the residence had undergone five…