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Tips for Hosting a New Year’s Eve Party at Your Lake House

Contributing Author: Holly Dunn With the new year comes the promise of hope, growth, and prosperity, it’s exciting to celebrate with your loved ones as the clock ticks toward midnight. Whether you’re looking for a laidback evening or an elegant cocktail hour, we’re here to give you the best tips for hosting your New Year’s Eve party. Featuring the picturesque backdrop of the lake, your celebration is sure to be remembered for years to come!  Setting the Scene When you’re hosting a New Year’s party with a background as stunning as the lake, you want to think classy and chic.…

Camp MINOH: Rustic Lake Home on Lake Michigan

Photography by Matthew Carbone Architecture: Daniel Kaven and Trevor William Lewis, William / Kaven Architecture   Just a few miles north of downtown Charlevoix, this stunning lake home graces the dramatic, windswept shores of Lake Michigan. Nestled among pine and birch trees, the house is positioned to face the intense winter winds that charge across the lake from the Upper Peninsula and Canada. Designed as a vacation home for a multi-generational family, the dwelling is ideally situated for outdoor activities and adventures in the summer, yet feels snug and protected throughout the long—and often harsh—cold winter months. Before the build,…

Top Fall Soup Recipes 2022

Contributing Author: Caitlin Gibson Nothing warms up a cool fall day like a bowl of delicious soup. Easy to make for friends and family, soups are a great way to invite the new season into your lake home. And with ingredients like creamy red peppers and hearty wild rice, these fall soup recipes will bring the beautiful colors of autumn right into your kitchen.  Rich and Roasted Made with flavorful red peppers and swirled with heavy cream, this smooth, rich soup is always a winner for the fall season. Pioneer Woman’s Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Soup is great by itself…

Savory and Sweet: Fall Salad Recipes 2022

Contributing Author: Ivey Randle From savory to sweet, here are our top fall salad recipes for your next lakeside gathering. Nothing captures the fall season like eating a fresh harvest salad with all your favorite seasonal toppings. Salads are versatile, fun to prepare, and enjoyed by everybody. With these delectable fall salad recipes at your disposal, you’ll be ready for autumn gatherings with family and friends. Salty and Sweet Dive into the ultimate cobb salad with these exceptional flavors. This hearty Fall Cobb Salad contains pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries — the perfect blend of sweet and salty.  Salad Ingredients:…

Wabi-Sabi Inspired Cabin on Loon Lake, NH

Photography: Trent Bell, Trent Bell PhotographyArchitecture: Whitten ArchitectsLandscape Architect: Soren deNiord, Soren deNiord Design StudioInterior Design: Heidi Lachapelle, Heidi Lachapelle Interiors On a peaceful waterfront plot, this contemporary cabin nestles between New Hampshire’s Lakes Region and the White Mountains on the scenic shores of Loon Lake. Lined with tall pines and hemlocks, the picturesque lake hosts swimming recreation in the summer and ice fishing shelters in the winter. The homeowners, who have generations of family history in this charming locale, imagined a restful retreat that expressed deep ties to the area while also reflecting their well-traveled sensibilities and the wealth…

Mid-Century Modern Mystique: A Lakeside Cabin in New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region

One of the most appealing aspects of this lakeside cabin nestled within New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region is its 1950s camp-style charm. Originally constructed as a summer cottage, the dwelling was desperate for some long-overdue TLC and a modern update to allow the current owners, who live in New York City, to enjoy all four seasons on the lake. So when they enlisted architect Katie Cassidy Sutherland of kcs ARCHITECTS, their primary goal was to preserve nearly every facet of the original cabin, particularly the rustic ceiling beams, the knotty pine wallboards, and the surrounding mature trees—even those that partially obstructed…

Regional Lake Living: Midwest Styles – From Sleek Prairie to Modern Scandinavian

In our previous segment of Regional Lake Living, we explored the architectural styles of the Pacific Northwest, where romantic floating homes and dreamy cabin retreats reign supreme amidst the area’s majestic mountain landscapes and forested lakeside getaways. Today, we turn our focus to the Midwest as we take a guided tour of some of the most notable architectural styles and how they came to be. So, grab your favorite summer cocktail, and take in a spectacular lakeside sunset as we savor life along the shores of Lake Michigan, the pristine lakes of Minnesota, and all areas in between. Prairie Style…

Dive Into Deep Creek: A Maryland Transitional Lake Home

A couple’s request for a sizable lake home poised along the shores of Deep Creek Lake in Oakland, Maryland, materialized into a dream come true for themselves and their extended family. Designed by Pennsylvania architect Chad Chalmers, a principal at Wildman Chalmers Design in Pittsburgh, this ground-up residential project features a spectacular double-height living area that opens up to a deck overlooking the lake. Considered a traditional home with modern interior detailing, the house boasts seven bedrooms and eight and a half bathrooms. Luxurious amenities include a hot tub, a full gym with a sauna, a golf simulator room, four massive fireplaces, and…

Wakesurfin’ Safari: Montana’s Whitefish Lake Home

Ideally situated near Whitefish Mountain Ski Resort and the area’s abundance of water recreation, this was undoubtedly the sweet spot for Lauren and Brittan Ellingson to build their family lake home. Owners of Notice Custom Boards, a custom wakesurf and snowboard company in Whitefish, Montana, the couple was intent on creating an all-seasons haven where they could connect their family to the great outdoors any time of year. On the storied grounds of an old summer camp, they decided to construct their new retreat when they approached the builders at Mindful Designs and Zach George, a partner and architectural designer…

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