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For the way you live Up North

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10 A Cottage Named Betty Lou No more Plain Jane for this circa 1950’s cottage on Spider Lake.

20 Model of Efficiency A young builder/entrepreneur builds green principles into Modernist cottages—fast.

28 Up North Infinity See what happened when a not-so-ordinary star of the National Hockey League ordered a pool from a not-so-ordinary landscaper.

34 550 Square Feet of Style

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A mechanical engineer applies his efficient mind to designing a home in the Benzie County woods.

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Editor’s Note Small is in.

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Northern Style Cathleen Elkington, interior designer for Edward’s Home Furnishings takes us on a Suttons Bay shopping trip.

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Nano-sized Living The other night my mom considered throwing away the Nano she bought my son for Christmas. It wasn’t because she was angry at him (nope, that grandson-grandmother bond is airtight) it was because she didn’t know what the Nano was.

She’d given me the money and the okay to order him one, and I’m not sure she’d even glanced at it on Christmas morning when he opened it and said, “Thank you Mimi!”

So two months later, when she found it on the couch she thought it might be a gum package, or maybe one of those irritating advertising magnets that never stays on the refrigerator.

Gratefully, she asked before she tossed. When all was explained, she stood a moment looking at it with the musical scenes from her long and rich life playing through her mind—Victrolas, turntables, stereos, the huge classical record collection she and my dad owned—and said: “Wow.” Small is hip, small is efficient and genius. Very often, small is smarter and better than big. I used to have to organize all those records as a child. And let’s talk all those dusty books in the library in my parents’ house; suffice it to say, my mom is loving her Kindle.

And so I present our small home issue: ingenious dwellings as diminutive as 550 square feet. Spaces so cleverly designed that the folks who live or vacation in them have everything they need. Homes with footprints that barely disturb the landscape, leaving more room for Northern Michigan to breathe.

TODD ZAWISTOWSKI

Whether or not you’re ready to Nano-size your life, read on. I think you’ll enjoy a Wow moment or two.

Elizabeth Edwards is managing editor of Northern Home & Cottage. LISSA@TRAVERSEMAGAZINE.COM Northern Home & Cottage

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Style NORTHERN

BY elizabeth edwards photos by todd zawistowski

Cathleen Elkington Styles.

We asked Cathleen Elkington, interior designer for Edward’s Home Furnishings in Suttons Bay, to do what she often does for clients: Begin a room design with a piece from Edward’s and then accessorize from the boutiques and shops around her store. So Cathleen went shopping—looks to us like she found spring.

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1. Cathleen calls the Stressless Dream recliner “The last chair you’ll ever buy.” Constructed to heirloom standards, the chair is custom-fit to your body shape, both in terms of size and padding (Edward’s employees take classes on how to fit chairs to customers). Its timeless style is worth designing a room around. Shown here in spring green leather. Recliners start at $1,1295.

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2. A designer arrangement of purple larkspur, yellow tulips, and craspedia and leucadendron sets a lovely spring palette. $69.95. Forget-Me-Not Florist, Suttons Bay, 231.271.1977, suttonsbayflorist.com.

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3. Carol Bawden weaves these custom artisan rugs on a loom that has been in her family for 140 years. Washable and colorfast, the panels come as long as 25 feet and as wide as 42 inches—but panels can be sewn together for wider rugs. Shown here: 24-by-48 inches. $96. Painted Bird Gallery, Suttons Bay. 231.271.3050, painted-bird.com.

4. Jesse Hickman’s folk art decoys hang out in some fine places: the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, to name just a few. And your living room perhaps? Hickman calls the funky fish shown here “It’s a Bumpy Ride.” $625. Michigan Artists Gallery, Suttons Bay. 231.271.4922, michigan artistsgallery.com.

5. Mixed-media artist Philip Lichtenhan describes the home decor sculptures he creates— high-fired clay eggs in found-wire nests—as metaphors for life. Lovely. $600. Michigan Artists Gallery, Suttons Bay. 231.271.4922, michigan artistsgallery.com.

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6. Traverse City mosaic artists Jane Whiting and Steven Bath of Piece By Piece take broken dishes, china, tiles and glass and put them together again—an ancient art that transforms a design accent into a focal piece. Mirror shown here, $379. Painted Bird Gallery, Suttons Bay. 231.271.3050, painted-bird.com.

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A Cottage Named Betty Lou A husband and wife DIY team charms the uglies from their postwar Spider Lake getaway.

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he was born just after World War II but didn’t come of age until last year. Call her Plain Jane until then. A boxy 550 square feet of drab—with the exception of a redeeming view of tree-ringed Spider Lake and its verdant Public Island.

Homely, though, is in the past since Eric and Samantha Olsen took ownership of the bland little structure tucked into Traverse City’s cottage country. Most folks would have taken the property for its sandy beach and razed the structure. But as Samantha says: “We’re different that way.”

to transform what had been a blah tan exterior. Eric rocked the original roof by covering it with industrial-hip corrugated tin. A Craftsman-style door leftover from a Blue Sky job grounded the home in its bungalow-era nativity. And what to do with the shedlike add-on that housed the bathroom?

Peak the flat roof, cover the sides in cedar shingles and turn a sorry afterthought into a sweet detail.

Different, certainly, if you figure that most cou-

and skills: peeling fiber board and ancient insu-

Further embellishments: a cupola that the cou-

ples don’t have the skills of an HGTV crew between

lation flew, the tiled drop-ceiling came down to

ple picked up at a yard sale, the Craftsman-esque

them. Consider their heritage: Eric’s father was a

reveal a peaked roof, the nasty brown indoor/out-

portico that welcomes at the front door and win-

shop teacher, Samantha’s an engineer; his mother

door carpet gave way to the original pine floor—a

dows trimmed out in little wooden awnings that

was an interior decorator, hers an interior designer.

thorough sanding obliterated old glue marks and

Eric built in a spurt of creativity.

Together they own Blue Sky Building and Design—

rendered the pine boards to their original honey-

The interior dazzles with whitewashed pine

although Samantha is also a teacher. Among the

hue. The cottage needed shoring from underneath,

walls bathed in natural light courtesy of expansive

couple’s favorite pastimes is combing flea markets,

so Eric and crew crawled under while Samantha

windows that look out on Spider Lake and a gen-

resale shops and home improvement stores for

stood in the living room and called out A little

erous skylight that Eric picked up at Odom Re-use

cool deals, then turning them into objet d’home.

higher on the right …

in Traverse City for $200. The kitchen includes a

When the Spider Lake cottage became theirs,

Then the fun began. Samantha chose fresh but

1960’s perfect-condition apartment-sized stove,

the Olsens ripped into it with their signature gusto

vintage-feeling pale blue walls and red window trim

fresh from a Traverse senior center apartment

Opening page: The tiny great room feels expansive with its white walls and flood of natural light. Samantha found the table and chairs at a yard sale for $50 and painted them. The ladder leads to the loft. Below: The master bedroom is outfitted with family antiques—but the pennant collection was buried in the wall.

Another view of the great room—the closed door opens to the bathroom. Opposite: The Olsens replaced the old thick-slatted deck railing with goat fencing from Tractor Supply Company in Traverse City for a better view of the lake.

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The beach shed embellished with Betty Lou–era water skis. Samantha found a small (enough for her tiny bathroom) vanity at Reclectia resale shop in Traverse City, then fashioned the sink out of a bucket. The antique shutter (reflected in the mirror) serves as a door to the utility closet.

Further embellishments: a cupola that the couple picked up at a yard sale, the Craftsmanesque portico that welcomes at the front door and windows trimmed out in little wooden awnings that Eric built in a spurt of creativity.

in the wall. And, if need be, another duo can bed down on the plush red sleeper sofa in the living room.

Last summer was the first the Olsens spent with Betty Lou. Though the family lives on Old Mission Peninsula, only a half-hour drive from Spider Lake, they all but moved into the cottage for the summer. There they hung out on the (almost)— as big-as-the-house deck, and boated

and purchased at B&T Appliances in Traverse

Diminutive as she is, Betty Lou sleeps

Spider Lake in a new pontoon and an aluminum

City. A 1950’s refrigerator that a friend refur-

10. Count two (or more if you’re talking the

boat as old as Betty Lou. All in all, a deservedly

bished chills from its place against the wall—

Olsens’ teenaged daughters, Sierra and Cecily,

sunny payoff for a DIY job well done. As

equipped with a still-purring Frigidaire engine

and their friends) in the loft that Eric fit under

Samantha sums up their labor of love: “Stripping

and T-Bird era graphics that all but say, Whip

the gables. Bunk beds Eric built into a tiny

it, cleaning it and making it fun."

me up a casserole baby. The kitchen cabinets are

bedroom can fit two more (usually son Brenn

Odom’s salvages, refaced with beadboard and

and friend). Add Samantha and Eric in the

Elizabeth Edwards is managing editor of Northern

trimmed in finger polish-red pulls from Ikea.

master bedroom—the room where Samantha

Home & Cottage. lissa@traversemagazine.com.

Meet Betty Lou, Eric’s nickname for the cot-

has framed and hung the complete set of mid-

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uilder Drew Craven calls the small homes he builds "little gems." And certainly his carefully crafted concept homes shine with distinctive qualities. The model home that he built (and rents out) on the outskirts of Traverse City looks as though it popped off the pages of the hip home magazine Dwell, what with its organic Modernist design. The streamlined structure utilizes simple materials like plywood and corrugated metal, and has a slanted roof and plenty of windows to connect the home to its landscape. Look closer and you’ll discover surprising details, like an outdoor shower and sliding barn doors that seal the home's windows and glass entry for privacy and weather protection—while giving a nod to the surrounding rural Northern Michigan buildings.

“Other companies ship kits, but nobody else is doing this,” Craven explains.

Speed translates into construction cost savings. And since the construction meets or exceeds Energy Star and LEED residential criteria, energy bills in the homes are blessedly low.

While all of that sounds conceptually smart, what is it like living in the homes? Adam and Alicia Spinniken, who recently rented the 725-square-foot Traverse City model, use words

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OPENING PAGES AND BELOW: The architecture of a Cottage in a Day is inspired by the simple structure of a lifeguard shack. Executed with classic materials, it evokes the look of Northern Michigan cottages and barns—with a decidedly modern twist. Underneath, modules are sealed with metal to keep cottage critters out.

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that outdoor shower comes in handy during summer houseguest season when everybody needs a quick rinse after the beach.

Natural materials including bamboo flooring and unfinished wood beams combine with loads of natural light to create a relaxed, welcoming living space.

While the 725-square-foot model is Craven’s prototype, clients can expand and customize the space using modules based on a 14-by-14-foot standardized unit. In his office, Craven shows prospective clients various configurations using scale models—a basic living room/bathroom module starts at $54,500. But no matter how large they decide to make a new cottage, owners can be sure that Craven made efficient use of resources—time, money and materials. They’ll be reminded of that each time they pull out their house key dangling from a Cottage-in-a-Day–shaped keychain—a gift from Craven that he punched out of metal leftover from construction waste.

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sible from above in the living area, or from the side by doors with distinctive hinges.

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Opening spread The Rolstons’ infinity pool was designed to visually marry their newly renovated Craftsman-style home to the Lake Michigan shoreline—while maximizing the family’s outdoor experience (note: the outdoor pizza oven in the far right corner). The terrace is Cowboy Coffee quartzite and the raised pool edge is black porcelain tile. This page: Like the pool, the perimeter-edge overflow spa is lined with porcelain tile and lit with an LED light system that offers a palette of light choices. A shallow-water sun shelf wraps around three sides of the spa—perfect for adults to lounge in low beach chairs or, in the Rolstons’ case, for small boys and dogs to splash off excess energy.

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Jersey Devils hockey team. And it’s when Mom, Jennifer, is left with

time he brought Jennifer to visit—fresh from New York City where

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she was living and working—she fell in love with the area. A wedding

and Stone, 6, while Brian focuses on the grueling game schedule.

and three kids later, it was time to renovate the house that Brian had

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built (“It was a bachelor pad—you know, with no closets,” Jennifer

Northern Michigan. “We really need the time together—the downtime,

says with a laugh).

the time to regroup,” Jennifer says.

Brian was raised in Michigan and attended Lake Superior State

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the couple decided to build a pool: “We always had the idea of a pool in the back of our minds,” Jennifer explains. “I grew up with pools. We wanted the kids to swim, but when we got up here in May the lake was cold and it seemed like it was just warming up when we left in August.”

It turned out to be no ordinary pool. The pool that the Rolstons asked Bob Drost, of Drost Landscaping in Petoskey, to build for them is a 52-by-22-foot four-sided infinity (sometimes called negative edge) pool that presents a Zen-like waterscape, a liquid transition from the home’s terrace to the Lake Michigan shoreline. “There is just a beautiful marriage between the house, the outdoor patio, the pool and the shoreline,” says Drost—who also cites how exacting the pool’s engineering had to be to ensure that the water poured evenly over all four sides. “If we were off so much as a ½ an inch we’d have a bare spot on the sides where the water didn’t flow over,” he explains.

Suffice it to say, that everything from the hydraulics (700 gallons of water a minute cycle over the perimeter-edge) to the smart system that allows the Rolstons to begin heating the in-pool spa from their car, even before they reach Traverse City, is perfect. When the Devils’ season ended in June, the Rolstons packed up the family car and drove to Traverse City from New Jersey to see the completed renovation for the first time. “It was just breathtaking—we couldn’t believe it,” Jennifer says. “That feeling carried through the whole summer.”

Elizabeth Edwards is managing editor of Northern Home & Cottage. lissa@traversemagaazine.com.

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550 Stylish Square Feet A cottage deep in the Benzie County woods proves that small is smart.

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Opening page Jim Gibson's tiny house is a cross between a barn and a lighthouse, fitting for its old-orchard site about a mile from Lake Michigan. BELOW: A paneled nook near the entry contains a hobby space, open to the living area yet out of the way.

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remnants of which remain in view from the second-floor living space.

above—Lake Michigan. He’s a hang glider pilot and for decades has

The 550 stylish square feet embrace an island kitchen, flexible living/sleeping

swirled amid the air currents high off the bluffs of Benzie County.

area, two work spaces, enclosed bathroom and, in the attic, a sleeping space with

Originally from Muskegon, Gibson decided to build a simple weekend

skylights. A “silo” outside the main structure encloses a spiral staircase and an

cabin Up North. When he climbed a tree on a forested 5-acre lot in Gilmore

airy, light-drenched office at the top. Some say the house has as much nautical

Township and saw Betsie Bay peeking through the bare branches, he knew

inspiration as agricultural, because the tower looks like a lighthouse with its

he had found the spot for his humble garage-with-loft design.

crown of windows, surrounding deck and marine-cable railing. Either way you

What began in Gibson’s mind as a casual crash pad is now a full-time

see it, the design fits well on this grown-over farmland one mile from the shore.

home he shares with Marzena Fryc and their sweet dog, Kleeya. The barn-

Gibson is a mechanical engineer and approached the project as he would

like structure was inspired by the property’s former function as an orchard,

any product design, although he typically applies his skills to medical devices.

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To save space in the kitchen, Gibson designed and built an island with long overhangs, then "hacked" two Ikea rolling carts by fitting them with induction cooktops. With the addition of a small brick oven (behind island) no range is required. Three reclaimed pendant fixtures from a gas station light the space with industrial style.

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ABOVE: In true studio fashion, the living space is also the sleeping space. Gibson is still working on the bed units, which feature storage drawers that roll from beneath. BELOW: Gibson designed inventive cut-outs for the bathroom vanity, so hardware is not needed and the look is sleek and clean.

“Design is design. The principles are the same,”

electric, and soon Jim hopes to install a residen-

he says.

tial wind turbine to generate most of the energy.

Space-saving features make the tiny house

The aesthetic is as simple as the plan, with

livable and smart. Custom-built beds hide rolling

whitewashed cedar paneling, a natural wood

storage drawers beneath. The kitchen has plenty

ceiling, and many classic mullioned windows,

of counter space due to an inventive cooking

even in the ceiling where attic skylights spill

solution. Two rolling carts, each outfitted with a

light into the living space.

single-burner electric induction cooktop, roll out

Gibson’s favorite feature of the house is his

from the ends of the custom-built island at dinner-

tower office where he can see for miles and mon-

time. Laundry takes up half the usual space with

itor conditions for hang gliding. Even when work

a combination washer-dryer unit by LG that dries

keeps him grounded, the windows envelop him

clothes by extraction and requires no venting.

with light and breezes, and his tiny home feels as

Both spatial and mechanical efficiency were

vast as the sky over the Big Lake.

important, so Gibson outfitted the house with electric in-floor radiant heat under cement

Diane Kolak writes from Lake Ann, where she

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