Decorating Ideas for Your Lake Home’s Powder Room

Most likely, your powder room feels ignored. While this small yet essential space may not be the most popular area of your lake home, it has more potential than you know. For professional decorators, this liberating and delightfully noncommittal space is just the place for taking design risks. And because of its inherent smallness, you can remodel or quickly change the look at a reasonable cost. Consider it your creative canvas for experimenting with bold hues, textured wallpapers, a montage of tiles, and statement mirrors, fixtures, and lighting. If your lake home powder room or half-bath needs a makeover, here…

3 Must See Ideas for Lake Themed Decorating

Decorating your lake house can be easy, especially if you are a do-it-yourself type of person. These ideas are extremely easy to replicate. Most hardware stores will have the supplies you need for a really low cost, or you may even have some of the supplies on-hand, already stored in a garage or basement. Either way, you will love these lake themed decorating ideas! Indoor Wall Coat Hanger This is a beautiful themed piece that serves a purpose. You will need boat cleats and a long board or retired wakeboard. Stain the board any color you would like and then…

Quiet Luxury: Top Interior Design Trends 2024

Quiet Luxury dominates the interior design trends in 2024—with or without bold color. This is a fresh new year that empowers personal preference over enforced design rules and the dreaded over-styling of eras past. With organic shapes, biophilic design, and a connection to sunlight and nature still going strong, we are drawn to pieces with style, soul, and timeless appeal. Additionally, there is a focus on eliminating decision fatigue by selecting spectacular statement accents, larger, more impactful art pieces, and visually powerful focal points. Behold the modern kitchen’s dynamic range hoods and eye-popping tiled backsplashes. As lake lovers, we also…

Dignified Downsizing: Tips for Tiny Lake Home Living

There is something incredibly enticing about a cozy little lake getaway with a fantastic view. And since downsizing has truly become a thing, why not explore the benefits of living small and simple while still living large? After all, bigger isn’t necessarily better. Tiny lake homes can offer you many of the same amenities as a largescale home but in a more efficient and compact way. Plus, they may be much more affordable while still offering you a beautiful natural setting and breathtaking views—the main reason most of us love lake living. And the best part is they are often…

Curb Appeal: Small Upgrades Create A Big Impact

First impressions are everything—especially when it comes to our lake homes. Curb appeal is, after all, one of the most critical factors when buying and selling homes. But regardless of whether your house is on the market, we still aspire to generate a welcoming experience for ourselves and our guests. So whatever your taste—modern, transitional, traditional, cozy cottage—the entrance to your home should offer an inviting signature statement from the dwellers within. There are many inexpensive ways to amp up your curb appeal surprisingly quickly and with minimal effort. Small changes can deliver significant impact. In addition, you’ll love the…

Deeply Rooted: Billy Reid Refashions the Family Cabin on Alabama’s Wilson Lake

Photography: Robert Rausch One look inside Billy Reid‘s family cabin, and it becomes apparent that his eye for style extends far beyond his flair for fashion design. Celebrated for his line of modern Southern clothing—with 15 boutiques across the country—Billy’s innate sense of form and function seeps through the entire home, from room to room. Perched above Shoal Creek on Wilson Lake in Northern Alabama, the seven-acre site tucks into a lush canopy of hardwoods just beyond the water’s edge. Billy and his wife, Jeanne, bought the property in 2015. Over the next few years, while working nights and weekends…

2023 Interior Furnishings Trends: Top Picks by Designer Kelly Guinaugh

Text by Kelly Guinaugh, ASID Produced by Jeanne Delathouder Over the past few years, a lot of our clients have been focusing on their second homes. The onset of the pandemic escalated this desire for many people who have since realized that life can change quickly, and having a place for making memories has become a top priority. As a result, the desire to create a getaway for their adult children, grandchildren, and friends has remained top of mind. My Chicago-area design firm, Interior Enhancement Group, has embraced this as we love nothing more than creating lifestyles through our designs that will serve our clients well in…

Sleek Style: Top Kitchen Remodel Trends for 2023

From marble-clad backsplashes to mixed warm woods and streamlined cabinetry, the kitchen is an ever-evolving space. This essential heart-of-the-home fluxes with our changing lifestyles, functionality needs, and storage demands. Plus, a modern kitchen remodel is one of the top home improvement projects that can drastically increase the value of your lake home. So, what’s on trend for 2023? We went to kitchen expert Cristie Schlosser, RID, ASID, owner of Schlosser Design Group, LLC in Dallas, TX, for her top picks. Cristie is a seasoned design expert and the former president of the North Texas Plains Chapter of the National Kitchen &…

Kitchen Evolution: Top Kitchen Trends 2023

The heart of the home continues its evolution in 2023. This year, the top kitchen trends are more thrilling than ever. As lake lovers, our never-ending quest for soothing spaces, natural materials, and nature-inspired hues has reinvented how we think about this favorite gathering space. No longer considered a purely functional place where you prepare meals, the kitchen has transcended into a real living space where people come together, dine, celebrate, and work from home. Plus, our desire to integrate the kitchen with other living spaces has also inspired us to embellish it like other rooms with artwork, collectibles, and…