Wind and Water: Ryan Bartmanovich
Wind and Water Interiors began as Mona Bartmanovich's interior design practice, before growing into the design-build construction firm Ryan now runs under the same name. Ryan and Mona settled on Lake of the Woods in 2011, drawn to a landscape they'd come to love, and to the idea of building a life and a business around it.
Their early projects became a proof of concept. Word travelled along the shoreline, and by 2016 that steady interest had grown into a formal practice, with Wind and Water handling design-build construction and a second venture, Bigfoot Crane, taking care of moving material across water.
Material sourcing shapes what a build can become, and for Wind and Water that runs primarily through Lumber One. Ryan points to consistency as the reason.
“There is a level of consistency that is important. Scheduling and getting materials out is important. Getting consistent quality of the products that come out.” That care matters even more once materials are headed for a barge or an island, where a missed delivery isn’t a quick fix.”
2016: Bigfoot Crane & Interiors
By 2016, that steady mutual interest had accumulated into something structural of its own: a formal business.
“That’s when it really evolved. Started rolling into growing and developing the business,” Ryan explains. “Recommendations of other people, yeah, you gotta try these guys out. I guess we did.”
The Treehouse
On their own property, Ryan and Mona designed a separate structure elevated into the trees, positioned to overlook the lake and set it apart from the rest of the property. It now operates as a listed Airbnb, an example of the same design instinct applied to a space meant for solitude rather than daily use.
Working with Lumber One
Material sourcing shapes what a build can become. For Wind and Water, that sourcing runs primarily through Lumber One.
“They’ve been very good with helping us. I tell them what I need, and they’ve been pretty good at finding what I need. By far the majority of our materials go through Lumber One.”
Thanks to Ryan for showing us around! Check out our interview with him on our Instagram here.
