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Fiberglass or Steel? Choosing the Right Entry Door for Your Iron Range Home or Cabin.

Ask five people which entry door material is best and you’ll get five confident (and different) answers. The truth? Fiberglass and steel are both excellent doors. The question isn’t which one is better. It’s which one is better for YOUR Iron Range home. A back door off a heated garage and a lake-facing cabin door…

Why Cozy Season Is the Best Time to Tackle Your Interior Remodel

There’s a reason Iron Range families start eyeing their kitchens, bathrooms, and flooring the moment the leaves start turning. Cozy season isn’t just for flannel and bonfires in the northland. It’s the smartest window of the year to finally start that Iron Range home interior project you’ve been putting off. You’re already home more. As…

Your Home’s Fall Tune-Up Starts at Pohaki

It’s Cozy Season, Iron Range The days are getting shorter and that first crisp morning has already hit the Range a time or two. Before the snow flies, it’s the perfect time to walk around your home, take stock, and knock out a few projects while the weather still cooperates. From siding to appliances, our…

5 Signs Your Doors Are Costing You Money This Fall

As temperatures drop across the Iron Range, your doors work harder than almost any other part of your home to keep the warmth in and the cold out. If they’re not up to the job, you’ll feel it — and you’ll see it on your energy bill. Here are five signs it might be time…

Why Iron Range Homeowners (and Cabin Owners) Choose Pohaki for Flooring

If you’ve ever assumed one flooring store looks pretty much like the next, you haven’t been to the Pohaki Designs showroom yet. Whether you’re updating a lake cabin that sees sandy feet all summer or remodeling a forever home in Virginia, Eveleth, or anywhere else on the Range, the flooring you choose has to do…

Back-to-School Ready: Why This GE Profile Fridge is Built for Family Life on the Iron Range

The last weeks of summer have a way of sneaking up on Iron Range families. Between back-to-school clothes and shoe shopping, school supply lists, and getting everyone back on a schedule, the one thing that quietly runs the whole household — the refrigerator — often gets overlooked until it can’t keep up anymore. If yours…

Best Way to Improve Your Bath Space Fast

If your bathroom feels dated but you don’t have months — or a full remodel budget — to fix it, you’re not stuck. There’s a faster path, and it starts with the elements that do the most visual and functional work in any bathroom: the bath surround, countertops, and backsplash. Whether you’re updating a home…

Fourth of July Deals on the Appliances Your Home Actually Needs

Make This the Summer Your Home Finally Works the Way You Do. The Fourth of July Sale at Pohaki is a great time to stop putting off the upgrades you’ve been thinking about for some time. That appliance that’s been limping along? Now’s the time. Whether it’s a range that doesn’t heat evenly anymore or…

What to Tackle First: A Summer Renovation Priority Guide for Lake Home Owners

Summer at the lake is supposed to be about fishing at dawn, sitting on the dock, and not thinking about your to-do list. But if you’re a lake home or cabin owner in northern Minnesota, you know the truth: every spring reveals something that seasons’ prior left behind. The question isn’t whether there’s work to…

What Does “Home” Mean to You?

What does “home” mean to you? On the Iron Range, home means something a little different. It means resilience. Hard work. Pride in where you come from — and the people who built it. For generations, the Iron Range has helped build this country with the steel industry serving as the foundation for bridges, skyscrapers,…