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We worked with Marc on the design of our modern home. He listened well to our requests and then combined them with his vision to produce an outstanding plan for our home. He was very flexible along the way to our suggestions. He utilized a 3D modeling process which was extremely helpful so that we could really visualize our home as it was being designed. This was so much better than just working on a flat blueprint plan. We would recommend Marc without hesitation!

We hired Out/back Design Group, Marc Brummel to design our dream home in Door County WI. Our building site is a historic bluff site with many unique natural and man made challenges. We searched for an architect that would not only care about the history of our site but also had the creativity and energy we would need to meet its many challenges. We knew instantly when we met Marc on site he was the right architect! Marc's passion for the land and design creativity was immediately apparent. Marc worked tirelessly to create a design that transformed every challenge on our site into beautiful design all while paying close attention to our budget. His caring and guiding hand helped us to navigate the bid process and selection of the right builder to build our dream. We couldn't be happier with the results and highly recommend Out/back Design Group, Marc Brummel!!

We used the services of Marc Brummel from Out/Back design group to help with a kitchen redesign. It was very helpful for me to have him come in and take a look at our space. He came up with 6 different design ideas for us. It really validated my thoughts & ideas regarding the design choices we wanted to do. It was very helpful to have his knowledge regarding structure & the possibilities that would work with our house. It was interesting and fun to work with an Architect. Out/Back design also did the renovations that were completed at the Church I belong to & it is beautiful. The changes made were pretty substantial to the parish offices & connection to the school, it is so well done. His design work is worth looking at.

Marc provided us with many design options for our basement. From using the original planned design, to slight plan modifications all the way through a completely unique redesign. We ended up choosing the unique design and we couldn't be happier with the way it turned out!

We consulted Marc regarding a basement renovation while we were visiting relatives in Green Bay. Our project was in Indianapolis so we provided him with photos and dimensions of our unfinished basement. From those data and several meetings, Marc provided valuable design recommendations based on our needs. He provides us with several

My wife and I were reaching the end of our real estate rope. We loved our house. Loved our lot. But longed for an outdoor entertaining space and desperately wanted/needed additional storage space and a workshop. However, our lot and property line didn't allow for an easy solution or addition. We worked with multiple contractors only to be told there was limited ways to approach an addition and would require an exorbitant budget that would take us out of the price range for the neighborhood. We hired Marc based on recommendations from contractors and from seeing a retail remodel that he managed. Within days, he found just the solution we were looking for. He proposed multiple options and explained the benefits and drawbacks to each plan. Best of all, he took into account our personal style, even our furniture and adapted our mid/mod aesthetic to work within the neighborhood's existing architecture. He then worked with us through the painstaking task of applying for expansion variance permits with the city. Our application was so buttoned up, that we actually received a call from the lead city planner thanking us for the detailed submission. We are now just weeks away from receiving the final permit and in the midst of receiving bids.

We have a historic home and needed to replace the old carriage house with one that both was similar to the original and enhanced the existing house and property. Marc was great to work with and understood what we wanted to accomplish with this project. We moved the site up 40 ft., and built a carriage that was 25x40 extending from the original 25x34 ft. It has a deck off the back and a "studio" for me which has morphed into a little home away from home even though it is in the backyard. We retained the original foundation and turned it into an entertainment space. The site is a slope and the old building was built into the side of a hill with three floors. Marc worked to fit the new one into a more usable and closer to the house building. It looks beautiful and like it has always been there. We get many complements on it.. Mark also did us a great favor in the kitchen which we were redoing. We have no long walls, every wall has 2 windows or doors on it. We were trying to get a larger double wall over to fit and not have the fridge not infringe into the walking space between the peninsula and the fridge, he suggested flipping the oven and fridge placement which worked perfectly. No one had ever thought of that, including me, it made an enormous difference in the workability of the room. Marc is also very easy and pleasant to work with and artistic, which we enjoyed. He does beautiful modern designs and it was wonderful to see what he could do with a 130 yr. old house.

Mark was wonderful to work with. He is understanding of financial limitations and yet creative for unique solutions! I really liked how Mark understood space and design without putting constraints on creativity. We loved working with Mark!

The architect produced a set of drawings with some good ideas, such as an elevator shaft and wheel chair accessible rooms. We could not afford to purchase the entire management package, and thus were left with a very expensive set of drawings. I had to make the critical house placement and elevation decisions based on eyeing it. Not the most comfortable position. Overall, I think we could have gotten the same result from a house planner for a fraction of the cost. At times it felt our project, due to its relatively small size, was low on the priority list for the architect as we had lengthy delays in getting simple changes made. This pushed starting until winter, one of the coldest on record. Thus we are still not in our house, over a year since we contracted with Outback.

My wife and I hired Marc to design our dream outdoor living space. We wanted the area to be more then just a deck off the back of the house. We live on a contoured highly wooded three acre lot with a water feature and love to spend time outside during all the seasons that Wisconsin can throw at you. Marc met with us and listened to our needs and wants, took measurements and an inventory of the outdoor elements that needed to be worked around and with. The first designs that Marc shared with us were spot on and our biggest problem at that point was deciding between the two main options. If you want to work with someone that has great vision and thinks outside the box we highly recommend working with Marc.

We had out/back design group do a couple of projects on our late 1980's home. The first was designing an "outback" screen porch. Marc Brummel had ideas about using the topography of our lot in ways that others had not suggested. The result is a very function and cool looking multi-level, free-standing deck/screen house. We love it and spend a lot of our summer evenings there. The other project was to completely resurface our home's exterior. Marc came up with a plan that took advantage of the hillside exposure and enhanced the horizontal lines of our home. Using three distinct bands and detailing the treatments around the windows and under the eaves completely transformed the appearance of our home. The street appeal is fantastic. I love driving up to it.