This year, Concetti participated in the Indian Village Home & Garden Tour, an annual event hosted by the Indian Village Home and Garden Club. Each year, homeowners across the neighborhood open their doors so people from across Metro Detroit can walk through, learn the history behind the homes, and take in some genuinely spectacular architecture and gardens along the way.
We opened Divinely Detroit.
A Project Still Becoming Itself
Divinely Detroit is a Concetti project and the future home of our CEO + Principal Designer, Rachel Nelson. It's a 1912 church in Indian Village being transformed into a single-family home, and right now, it's still very much in progress.
That's exactly why we wanted to bring people in.
Most home tours show you the finished product. Divinely Detroit gave people something different: a real look at construction in motion. Exposed framing next to original arched windows. Vaulted ceilings still being worked around rather than worked into a finished photo. It's not always glamorous, but it's honest, and honest is the whole point of this project.
More Than 500 People Walked Through
Over the course of the weekend, more than 500 people came through the doors. People who love architecture. People who love Detroit. People who had no idea what adaptive reuse even meant until they were standing inside an example of it.
That turnout gave us a real opportunity to do something we care about deeply: educate. We talked through the principles of interior design that go beyond paint and furniture. We talked about what adaptive reuse actually requires, the patience, the respect for what already exists, the willingness to build around history instead of erasing it. And we got to introduce people to some of the incredible brand partners Concetti has been working alongside to bring this project to life.
Why We Do This
Gratitude Attitude is how we give back to the community that supports us, and this tour is a perfect example of what that looks like in practice. Opening Divinely Detroit wasn't about showing off a finished space. It was about giving our neighbors and our city a seat at the table while the work is still happening.
Detroit deserves good design, and we believe people deserve to understand what goes into it, not just see the after photo. Letting 500 people walk through a church mid-transformation is one small way we get to make that real.
