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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,…

Your List Isn’t Getting Shorter — but Remodel Season Is

That drafty window isn’t fixing itself. Neither is the door that sticks, the siding that’s been looking rough for several seasons, or the tattered shingles you keep meaning to replace. Remodel season is here on the Iron Range — and if a home or cabin upgrade or remodel project has been on your list, this…

4 Reasons Sentrel Bath Systems Make Sense for Your Northern Minnesota Home or Cabin

If you’ve ever spent a weekend {well, or more time than you should} scrubbing tile grout or dealing with a bath/shower space that just won’t stay clean, you already know — showers can be put to the test. That’s exactly why we brought Sentrel Bath Systems to Pohaki. Here’s why Sentrel Bath Systems are a…

5 Reasons Maytag Appliances Make Sense on the Iron Range

May has always meant fresh starts — thawed ground, open windows, and the satisfying hum of a home running the way it should. This month, we’re celebrating it the Pohaki way: with great deals on the appliances built tough enough for life up here. At Pohaki, May is Maytag Month — our annual celebration of…

Why Diamond Kote Siding is the Standard for Elevated Homes in Northern Minnesota

There’s a difference between building a home in northern Minnesota—and building one that belongs here. Along the shores of Lake Vermilion, in the heart of the Iron Range, nestled in the quaint, quiet luxury of Ely, or tucked into the woods near Side Lake, homeowners across northern Minnesota are choosing materials that deliver more than…