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12 Welcome to the 7th Annual Northern Home & Cottage Tour
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14 Modern Rustic on Burt Lake
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7 Editor’s Note Oh, What a Tour 8 Northern Style The Theme Is Beachy
22 Direct Flight Home 58 The Mindful House 26 Bay Harbor 2.0 60 Decked Out 32 Walloon Beauty Click on Live Here >Home Ideas
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Mark your calendar for September 15, 2018—it’s the Petoskey Area Home Tour! Whew. So many things have to fall into place to make our great home tours happen—builders’ schedules, homeowners’ schedules, logistics, to name just a few. And above all, the homes have to be worthy of a tour. It takes prayers, luck, serendipity and above all incredibly professional builders and generous home owners to make it happen. When a tour does come together, it is a gorgeous thing. A real-life symphony of setting, stye and ideas. And more than anything else, the beauty is in the fact that our home tours benefit Child & Family Services of Northwest Michigan. Over the past several years our tours have donated $60,000 to this wonderful organization. Okay, so, I don’t want to leave you hanging too long. Let me tell you how, in a cliff-hanger of an ending, our September 15, Petoskey Area Home Tour has shaped up. One word: Amazing. We have 10 homes. Eight are on some of the most gorgeous waterfronts I have ever seen in my 30 years at Traverse Magazine/Northern Home & Cottage. Another is on a golf course. The last one? Well, it’s on its own private airstrip—yepper, airplane hangar is a part of this stunning home. If the sites are incredible, I will let you imagine how great these homes are. You are going to have to hit up this tour to believe it. Get your tickets at MyNorthTickets.com. See ya out there!
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Supply, American Home Technology and Shanty Creek Resorts.
stunning homes that run up Northwest Michigan’s gold coast from
We are so grateful to the homeowners who have so generously
just south of Elk Rapids to Alanson. Tour highlights? A home with
opened their homes for this tour that benefits Child & Family
its own airstrip and hangar; jaw-dropping lakefront settings; Euro,
Services of Northwestern Michigan. Established in the 1930s, this
steampunk, cottage and classic design touches; hidden pantries and
organization provides crucial services to the children and families
other kitchen wonders; cool fireplaces galore; Nanawalls and the
of our region. Over the past several years our tours have raised more
biggest glass door we’ve ever seen and so, so much more.
than $60,000 for Child & Family Services.
This tour is very doable in a day, but it helps to plan your route
To find resources on our 2018 Northern Home & Cottage Tour
ahead of time. You’ll want to visit Twisted Fish gallery along the
homes, please go to MyNorth.com/TourInfo. Tickets (along with
way, where our sponsor, Pleasant Valley Custom Homes, is prepar-
driving directions) are $23 in advance, $26 day of. To purchase
ing a lovely party from noon until 6:00 p.m. The details of that event
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LOCATION 3585 FISHER TRAIL, ALANSON DESIGNER EDGEWATER DESIGN GROUP 231.348.0497 EDGEWATERDESIGNGROUP.COM
modern rustic on burt lake Text by Patty LaNoue Stearns // Photos by Jacqueline Southby
When a downstate couple bought their
the exterior of the carriage house to tie
and looks forward to creating the next
property on Burt Lake several years ago,
the two together,” says Stephanie, who
Thanksgiving dinner. They both adore
they decided immediately that the out-
says there were many moving parts to the
the upstairs master’s balcony in their
dated house on it had to go. But before they
exterior design including. “Lots of covered
4-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath cottage.
tore it down, they built a carriage house
porches, split stone and cedar.”
In fact, this family loves every detail,
with a garage below so they could plan
Inside, with its dark rustic beams and
all of the form and function, all designed
their dream cottage and, eventually, their
dark wood floors, there’s a rich, modern
specifically for them: The mix of materials
retirement home.
farmhouse feel. The linear, two-story struc-
and textures, from the granite counters to
Three years later, their house is ready
ture affords views of Burt Lake from almost
the shiplap walls; the built-in cabinetry; the
for the joys of summer, and the couple,
every room, and to allow even more com-
second-floor laundry room; the four fire-
who have two kids and two dogs, says
muning with the great outdoors, a 16-foot
places, including one in the three-season
the process went smoothly and their
pocket-door wall opens up off the kitchen
room; the two master suites, one on each
5,200-square-foot cottage is everything
to a stone-floored screened-in porch so
floor, the lower “for when we’re too old to
they dreamed of.
this family can enjoy three seasons or more
climb the stairs,” the wife laughs; the side
of the year.
drains in their master shower that builder
“The design went quickly,” says Stephanie Baldwin, whose Edgewater Design firm
“That’s my favorite room,” says the wife.
Greg talked them into so they don’t have
drew up the plans. “They were so easy
“We spend all of our time out there. It
to step on a drain; the handsome transom
to work with because they lived on the
gives you that feeling that you are right
windows, and the surrounding wooded lot
property for a few years and knew exactly
out there.” There’s plenty to see besides the
that the house nestles into perfectly, like it
what they wanted.” For the exterior, the
lake, too: The red fox, the bald eagles, the
has been there forever.
couple hoped to match the carriage house
families of deer that pass by their windows.
“We couldn’t even believe it when it was
that their builder, Greg Lee, initially con-
“We really feel like we’re getting away from
done,” says the wife. “It’s our dream house,
structed. “So when we designed the new
the city,” she says.
but it turned out even better.”
house and attached garage, we added some
Her husband is wild about the profes-
of the detail from the new structure onto
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LOCATION 7935 BAY SKIES COURT HARBOR SPRINGS CONTRACTOR SULLIVAN’S HARBOR SPRINGS AIRPARK 586.945.7453 MGN-AIRPARK.COM
direct flight home Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Andy Hewitt + Joe Wortman
This story begins when Traverse
Petoskey and Harbor Springs. If you had
The Nick Fettig-constructed home that
Magazine/Northern Home & Cottage sales
a home here, you’d be beaching it in the
you will see is a modern Craftsman style
rep and I stepped out of a silver Cirrus
summer and skiing at Boyne Highlands
equipped with well-thought amenities that
SR22GT airplane in front—actually at the
and Nubs Nob in the winter. The lots are
include four bedrooms, five bathrooms,
back door—of Joe Wortman’s home in
wooded with views of Little Traverse Bay.
wide-plank walnut floors, a natural gas
the Sullivan’s Harbor Springs Airpark. Joe
And did we mention that you’d be landing
fireplace, a well-appointed kitchen, flag-
had chartered the flight to pick us up in
your plane at your door?
stone patios and wide-open views of Little
Traverse City and deliver us to Harbor Springs for a tour of the home.
When tourgoers see his model home
Traverse Bay. “Our goal was to create an
(the first of three spec homes Joe plans to
environment which captures the essence
When I say back door, I am being literal.
have finished by 2020), they will be amazed
of flight,” Meaghan says. “The design details
The home sits on a private runway with
at the peacefulness of this mostly wooded
have been selected to enhance the feeling
a private hangar tucked into the side of
park with its view of Little Traverse Bay.
of soaring freely through limitless skies.
the home. Picturing some big, ugly metal-
Both pilots and non-aviators appre-
Traditional materials with visually lighter
lic hangar-kind of thing? Not so fast. This
ciate this setting that is so integral to
tones and an essence of aerial movement
handsome structure was designed to
Joe’s vision—which is actually an exten-
carry the emotion of flight.” To that end,
match the equally handsome home, so it
sion of the vision of Dr. Paul Sullivan who
one of many design standouts in this
fits more seamlessly than most garages.
started Sullivan’s Airpark in the 1990s.
enlightened interior is a table fabricated
An avid pilot and lover of great design,
After Paul’s passing, Joe teamed with Paul’s
from an airplane wing.
Joe is looking to turn Sullivan’s airpark
son, Paul Michael, contractor Nick Fettig
You don’t have to own a plane to be
into the premier fly-in development in the
and designer Meaghan Jacklitch of River
taken with this home. Know that the 1,700-
Midwest. No doubt he has the setting:
West Design, to complete Sullivan’s Harbor
foot hangar can house boats and RVs as
the airpark is located on M119 between
Springs Airpark.
well as planes. Northern Home & Cottage
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bay harbor 2.0 Text by Cara McDonald // Photos by Dave Speckman
The cottage look? That’s one that Kelly
inevitable scratches. Bedrooms got wool
says Kelly. First, they knocked out a wall
Konoske, president of Cottage Company
carpet for comfort (and durability), and
blocking the view. She tapped Signature
Interiors, has down to perfection. But when
Kelly used jute and other natural materials
Kitchens in Petoskey to build custom
a young family with three kids came to
for runners and accessories to add texture.
shaker cabinetry with classic, clean lines,
her with a Bay Harbor remodel, she knew
She pulled hues of blue from the water
then installed a chaine homme patterned
something a little different would be in the
and chose geometric textiles that incor-
tile to the ceiling for a seamless look. The
mix. “Their style was right up my alley, per-
porated those blues, and then threaded
new pantry looks like a built-in, but once
sonally,” Kelly says. “More clean-lined, more
them throughout the home’s bedroom and
it opens there’s a coffee station and small
contemporary, a little eclectic.” But with a
bathrooms. “We chose a lot of texture,
work sink tucked inside.
large family and lots of guests expected,
for interest,” says Kelly, “and even incor-
To accommodate their own hungry crew
they wanted the home’s new iteration to
porated lots of indoor/outdoor fabric so
and abundant guests, the family needed
function for them in a practical way, too.
things would be easy to clean.”
loads of seating. The kitchen banquette is
The home, located on the back side of the
Plenty of neutrals provided a soft update
perfect for piling little kids into the window
Bay Harbor Yacht Club, had plenty of space
to the home, particularly in the master
seat. The dining room is flanked by the
(seven bedrooms!) and stunning views,
bedroom, the one spot where blues took
great room and a special sitting area (just
but the kitchen was dated and closed off,
a back seat. There, the cottage tradition
off the kitchen) that is perfect for morning
and the views weren’t taking center stage.
gets a nod with white horizontal ship lath
coffee. But throw open the doors to the
Plus the whole home, several decades old,
on the walls, and shades of “greige” soften
outside, and another patio dining space
needed a refresh.
the look throughout. The master bath is
waits—overlooking the yacht club and
“Stylish but comfortable, cute but not
sophisticated, with geometric marble tile
harbor—and all those watery shades of
fussy”—that was the family’s remodel
on the floor, a chrome Waterworks tub,
blue. “After all, that’s the point,” says Kelly.
request, in a nutshell, and Kelly took her
quartz counters and big mirrors to bounce
“To get the whole family together, with that
inspiration from there.
the light around and brighten the space.
view front and center.”
Out came the old floors and in went six-
But the real challenge? “The kitchen was
inch white-oak planks in a bleached, sandy
the biggest obstacle to tackle; it just needed
tone—perfect for hiding dirt, sand and
to be more open and more functional,” Northern Home & Cottage
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LOCATION 4708 LAKE GROVE ROAD PETOSKEY DESIGNER JILL BRECHEISEN KITCHENS BY DESIGN 231.347.8400 KITCHENSBYDESIGNPETOSKEY.COM
walloon beauty Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by James Yochum Photography
When Frances and Anthony Jabbour
Kelly Bingham (Capital Floor Covering
top, a luxurious 2.5-inches thick, is fabri-
were dreaming up the home they were
& Interiors). “We wanted to use all local
cated from Zodiaq Quartz—a product that
planning to build on the aquamarine
talent—people who knew each other and
looks like marble but is more durable. In
waters of Walloon Lake, their wish list
knew the area,” Frances says.
an idea that amounts to genius kitchen
contained several key items: an open floor
Matthews, Brecheisen, Phillips and
design, Brecheisen incorporated the built-
plan that could accommodate large fam-
Bingham, who often work closely together
in SubZero refrigerator/freezer unit next
ily-and-friend gatherings (Anthony has
made the process as smooth as possi-
to a mystery walk-in pantry door. Glossy
nine sisters!), a kitchen roomy enough for
ble for the homeowners. “They flew up a
white subway tile and a custom range hood
everyone to gather and cook—including
couple times from Florida and we would
round out this fresh and airy space that is
their awesome-gnocchi-making Italian
have samples perfectly staged at Jana’s
complemented by a stainless apron sink
grandmother, and an overall relaxed beach
showroom to achieve the overall design
and stainless Wolf range—a version that
house feel.
concept,” Brecheisen says.
even sports stainless knobs, versus Wolf’s
The Jabbours are from Canada but have
The upshot is a stunning home that
raised their three children, Emma, Joey and
fits into its Walloon setting and with the
Tourgoers will see similarly well-exe-
Sam in Florida. Anthony was first intro-
family’s lifestyle. From its gray-shingled,
cuted details in the rest of the house, details
duced to Walloon Lake through a friend/
contemporary craftsman exterior, the floor
that include a guest suite that is complete
business associate whose family has had a
plan moves through an airy foyer into a
with a coffee counter to accommodate
Walloon Lake cottage for several genera-
great room with a bull’s-eye stunning view
early-rising guests, luxurious Brecheisen-
tions. “He would visit and come back telling
of Walloon out a bank of glass walls and
designed master bath cabinetry (mirrors
me, ‘I have to show this lake to you, it’s
doors that lead to a deck with a screened-in
on the door panels!) and the Matthews
so beautiful,’” Frances recalls. Eventually,
porch. The dining area adjacent to the great
team’s incredible craftsmanship manifest
Anthony was able to get his family to visit,
room, is marked by a fabulous farm-style
in a variety of paneling from beadboard to
and well, since Walloon Lake’s magnetism
dining table that seats 10 and more when
v-groove to board-and-batten.
is irresistible, the rest is history.
the leaves are added.
After finding their ideal property, the
At 5-by-9 feet, the kitchen island, located
couple assembled a build-and-design team
just steps away from the dining table, is
of Jim Matthews (Matthews Construction),
a cooking/entertaining dream, outfit-
Jill Brecheisen (Kitchens by Design), Jana
ted with seating, a wine refrigerator, a
Phillips (Jana Phillips Interiors, Inc.) and
microwave drawer and storage. The island
signature red knobs.
For anyone who loves lake living and family gatherings (and who doesn’t?!), this home is a must-stop on the tour.
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LOCATION 21 BELVEDERE CLUB CHARLEVOIX CONTRACTOR BIRCHWOOD CONSTRUCTION 231.439.1600 BCCFAMILY.COM
high hopes Text by Cara McDonald // Photos by Dave Speckman
Fortunately for the homeowners, this wasn’t builder Ken Provost’s first rodeo.
families that has been there a while usually
in the place,” Ken says. Instead, custom
scoops it up.”
white tongue-and-groove paneling reigns
Their Belvedere Club cottage was a beauty
The wife had been spending summers
supreme. “It’s white. As white as you can
with 1880s charm in a priceless location; of
at her parents’ Belvedere cottage since she
get,” he says. The interior is the work of
course, it needed work. But before the reno
was a child, so it was important to that her
designer Rhea Crenshaw out of Memphis,
could take one step forward, the crum-
teenage children also get the chance to
who worked to keep a lovingly broken in
bling foundation would need to be dug out
enjoy what she did: lounging on the porch,
cottage feel. “Seeing it all assembled into
and completely redone—only after running
riding bikes, roaming wild with cousins, a
the home, it’s really very cool,” says Ken.
steel columns to stabilize the home, adding
summer filled with sailboats and relatives
4X4s beneath it, Jenga-style, and lifting
and not a screen or a TV in sight.
the the entire 5,000-square-foot two-story home about eight feet in the air.
Ken particularly loves how the kitchen turned out. “For whatever reason, kitchens
The cottage was purchased furnished
are a big deal to me; I love good kitchens.
from its elderly owner, and the family
Probably because I like to eat,” he adds.
The husband and wife duo had called on
opted to keep the wicker porch furniture,
Tearing out the original walls, he was able
Ken, of Birchwood Construction, because
the glider sofa, and the sweet collection
to vastly re-imagine and expand the space
he’d already helped her brother with a near
of owl lamps and knick-knacks the filled
to include a huge island, and gorgeous
identical job on his home, also a cottage in
the cottage to pay homage to its history.
backsplash tile that riffs on the historic
Belvedere.
Because the enclave is on the historic reg-
look from the era of the home.
“It was a huge undertaking,” Ken says,
istry, Ken couldn’t make changes outside
The final result is a mix of old and new,
“but it was worth it. It’s not about square
and had to work within the confines of the
the family’s minimalist sensibilities blend-
footage and amenities; it’s about the history
exterior walls.
ing with a soft, cottagey homage to the way
and the location. These homes rarely come
But inside? That’s another story. The
on the market, because they more or less
floor plan was totally re-imagined and the
get passed down through families, and if
entire home was taken down to the studs
they do come on the market, one of the
and rebuilt. “There’s hardly any dry wall
things have always been around this stretch of Lake Charlevoix.
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LOCATION 11180 EVERGREEN POINT ROAD CHARLEVOIX CONTRACTOR BIRCHWOOD CONSTRUCTION 231.439.1600 BCCFAMILY.COM
let me entertain you Text by Cara McDonald // Photos by Dave Speckman
Most 10-year-old homes aren’t candi-
heat, patio heat, and a “pebble” on the patio,
pool with infinity edge. “The landscap-
dates for a full-blown reno. But sometimes
a huge stone hollowed out for a fireplace.
ing is one of the most amazing parts of
good bones and inspiration can come
To deal with the ele-ments, the homeown-
the project,” says Ken, who credits Drost
together and become something truly
ers added electronic down-screens.
Landscape in Petoskey for integrating
fantastic.
No remodel is complete without
the blue stone stonework throughout to
The new homeowners of this Charlevoix
rethinking the kitchen, but in this case
create an amazing outdoor sanctuary. A
gem found it in great shape, but they love to
the original kitchen remains—however, the
surrounding patio and outdoor kitchen
entertain, and the home was missing a wow
homeowner installed an additional kitchen
allow for all-day hangouts poolside. Just
factor and a certain sense of playfulness.
in the basement just for entertaining.
below the outdoor kitchen, a stonework
So the duo hired Birchwood Construction
Along with the downstairs kitchen came
beach garage, about the size of a single-stall
to sweep through with a complete cottage-
a bunkroom and a full guest suite to let
garage, houses any and all toys for pool,
style-and-then-some re-vamp. Birchwood
visitors feel completely at home.
beach, boating and more.
Construction partner, Ken Provost, headed up the project.
As a former collegiate football player,
Everywhere you turn, there’s a blinged-
the husband added an exercise room on
out custom detail to make the home
First, some exterior work—the roof got
the main floor and insisted on 80-inch TVs
more accessible (like a new elevator) and
a reno, ditching a short and not-too-func-
wherever possible to enjoy games on the
gathering friendly (like around the nine-
tional widow’s walk in favor of an altered
big screen. But those aren’t the only focal
foot custom fireplace). “It’s been such an
roofline and new dormers. The old roof was
points. Four, glass bifold Nanawalls—the
incredibly fun project to be a part of,” says
lifted off wholesale, and a new roof was
largest one spanning 22 feet—let the couple
Ken. “This home is ready for entertaining;
built in the driveway and hoisted back up
and all their guests continue to be drawn to
it’s truly one of a kind.”
with a crane.
the gorgeous lake view.
Inside, Provost turned up the heat—
Outside, the party potential sky-rock-
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LOCATION 3515 NW TORCH LAKE DRIVE KEWADIN CONTRACTOR DRAPER CONSTRUCTION 231.322.3015 AARONDRAPERCONSTRUCTION.COM
torch lake style Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Jason Hulet Photography
Draper Construction and its team of talented employees and subcontractors never
length of each of the interior solid-walnut
the home in black-steel ceiling panels and
doors.
exposed black steel beam rivets.
cease to amaze with their skill, creativity
The great room boasts some truly origi-
With its Symphony brand walnut cabi-
and ingenuity. Those qualities are on full
nal elements including a soaring Fond du
netry, custom-designed by Angela and
display in this Torch Lake showstopper
Lac stone fireplace (built by BBG Masonry)
made in Kitchen Choreography’s own
that blends rustic industrial sensibilities
with two stone insets, one for the flat screen
studio, the kitchen is purposefully blended
with a classic lodge feel.
and another, above it, where a wreathe will
into the rest of the great room so as not to
After being wowed by the home’s stone,
hang. The fireplace mantel is a reclaimed
detract from the lake view outside the big
shingle and clapboard exterior, tourgoers
beam that the homeowners found in an
windows. A Sequoia Brown quartzite island
will be treated to a full-on view of Torch
architectural elements market.
seats five people. A custom range hood
Lake through the floor-to-ceiling glass
The homeowners also found the two
by Ace Welding, as well as a Wolf Range
windows in this home’s great room. And
beams that are used in a hanging light
and SubZero refrigerator round out this
that massive glass door? With his char-
fixture that is the focus of the dining/
compact, efficient kitchen area. A walk-in
acteristic resourcefulness, Draper utilized
kitchen area. The beams are crisscrossed
pantry houses two freezer drawers.
a glass fabricator who is one of three in
together with black steel bars to create
There is so much more in this home—an
North America with kilns large enough to
the effect of a 19th century trestle bridge.
office with a hidden room, a gorgeous onyx
create it.
Antique pulleys and Edison bulbs hang
tile floor, a downstairs game room outfitted
As is his signature, Draper’s use of a mul-
from the “trestles,” creating an artful and
with another fireplace and kitchen ...
tiple woods—cypress beams and ceiling,
historic look. The walnut-slab dining
Inspired landscaping by 365 Outdoor adds
white oak floors, walnut doors and trim—
table that sits beneath the fixture rests
the final touches to this must see home.
sets the rich, welcoming tone of this home.
on antique rivets, playing off this vintage
And as always, custom touches abound
industrial vibe. Go ahead and call it ste-
such as a raised live-edge panel that run the
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pilgrim house reno Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Phoenix Photography
Kamala Huron has the kind of family
designer was paramount for Kamala.
including dark soapstone counters, creamy
legacy most of us dream about: A thousand
“I wanted someone creative and an out-
cabinetry (with antique-nickel pulls) and a
feet of shoreline on north Elk Lake and
of-the-box thinker,” Kamala says. “I also
white-enameled farmhouse sink. Vintage
35 acres of old orchard and woods. Oh,
wanted to be involved in the design—not
lighting, a custom nickel-plated range hood
and there are also 500 feet on East Grand
just hand it over to someone.”
and a walnut floor pull it all together.
Traverse Bay. All of this stunning acreage
When, at the suggestion of her contrac-
Sandra used similar sensibilities in the redo
is a part of Wandawood Resort, one of
tors Dan and Tabby Stilson of Pine-Aire
of the first-floor bathroom, laundry/pantry
a dwindling number of family-operated
Building Co., Kamala met with designer
room, and four-season porch with its farm-
cottage resorts in Northern Michigan.
Sandra Bargiel of Bay Cabinetry and Design
style dining table.
The property has been in Kamala’s
Studio in Traverse City, she knew she’d
Other standouts in this lovely renovation
family since the mid-18th century when
found just the designer she wanted to work
include the home’s original, refurbished
her great-great grandparents farmed it.
with. As tourgoers will see, the collabo-
oak and butternut window-, door- and
Over the century, subsequent generations
ration between the two women and the
wall-molding, as well as refurbished maple
turned the property into Wandawood,
Stilsons was inspired.
floors in much of the downstairs (some
which today is made up of 15 Up North-
In the new design of the once cramped,
salvaged from the kitchen and used in the
style housekeeping units and a two-story,
closed-off kitchen Sandra carefully con-
four-season room). As you walk through,
Northern Michigan-style farmhouse, called
sidered space planning while respecting
take particular note of the antique posts
Pilgrim House, built in 1899.
architecture and function. The team also
that flank the kitchen sink and hold up the
Kamala and her husband, Steve, took
paid close attention to the size and place-
kitchen breakfast peninsula, as well as two
the reins at Wandawood in 2011. Early this
ment of new windows to accentuate the
more half-posts incorporated into a down-
year they began a top-to-bottom renova-
view of the lake. They went on to remove
stairs bathroom. The posts were a part of a
tion of Pilgrim House—where Kamala’s
the fake brick hearth on the great room
wrap-around porch that once graced
mother had lived until 2014—planning to
fireplace, exposing the original concrete
Pilgrim House. Kamala found them in
use it as a rental home for large groups
hearth in all its natural flaws and beauty.
storage. Packed away long ago and waiting,
staying at the resort. The Hurons wanted
Sandra chose blue-gray cabinets in the bar
one can imagine, for an opportunity to
the home to be structurally sound, have
area to balance the complimentary colors
shine again.
its plumbing and electrical updated and
of the brick.
be snug and lovely. But they didn’t want
The old farmhouse kitchen is now a
to lose the historic farmhouse feel of
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LOCATION LOCATION: 4267 MAITLAND ROAD WILLIAMSBURG CONTRACTOR CHAD KOTLARZ LIVWELL HOMES 231.264.9111 LIVWELLHOMES.COM
the mindful house Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Dave Speckman
After medical school, Chad Kotlarz prac-
on the roof’s complicated pattern of peaks
screen. Notice the absence of can lights—
ticed natural medicine for 15 years—and
and gables. The bounty of black-framed
and the magic of LED tape lighting.
then he decided to change his life-course
windows and glass doors are imported
The open kitchen is a cook’s dream with
and follow his passion for building and
from Europe and are not only head-turn-
its massive 13-by-5-foot island, Italian lam-
design. We met Chad last year as he was
ing handsome, they are also triple-glazed
inate cabinetry, under-counter beverage
beginning the project of a lifetime: his
making them extremely energy efficient.
center, AGA stove, built-in refrigerator and
own home on a spectacular bluff on East
All windows are recess mounted, further
freezer that are each 30-inches wide, and an
Grand Traverse Bay (this issue’s cover shot
increasing thermal performance. The entire
industrial-sized sink outfitted with sliding
was taken from Chad’s beach). As tour-
home (including floors) is built of Quad-
cutting and drain boards. The home’s cut-
goers will see, Chad didn’t only want an
Lock insulated concrete forms supported
ting-edge features continue in the master
aesthetically stunning home—he wanted
by a tight rebar grid. The upshot? A rock-
bedroom (walk through shower!), soaring
much more. His home is also a showpiece
solid structure with 14.5-inch-thick walls,
(no supporting posts, courtesy of the Quad-
for energy efficiency, technology and zero
16.5-inch-thick floors and the highest pos-
Deck construction) cantilevered decks and
maintenance. To those ends, Chad did an
sible energy-efficiency rating (R-38 walls
brilliant landscaping that is highlighted by
incredible amount of research and product
with zero thermal-bridging).
a winding stone path to the beach that is
evaluation. As you’ll see, the payoff for
Big-glass views of the water with careful
all of this work is built into every inch of
attention to style and efficiency define
Chad will be on-premises on tour day to
this home.
the interior. Look down and you see that
explain more about this home’s efficiency,
wide enough for a golf cart.
The exterior of this modern farmhouse-
you are walking on (heated) poured-and-
design and smart home features—and to
style home is clad in stacked limestone and
polished concrete floors embedded with
offer information about his new company,
Boral TrueExterior Siding, a sustainable
handpicked stones. Look up at a cathedral
LivWell Homes. From design to construc-
product that has the warm look of wood
ceiling supported by Douglas fir beams fas-
tion, this is a home not to miss.
but is virtually maintenance free. The roof is
tened with handsome exposed bolts. Warm
black, 24-gauge steel standing seam steel—
yourself at a sleek-lined, custom-built gas
and will last a lifetime. Chad hand cut each
fireplace that is fabricated so the glass front
piece of steel to guarantee the perfect fit
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decked out Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Chris Hale
The homeowners, both from metro Detroit, vacationed in Bellaire for years, loving the charming small town with its
his wife walked in and said, “We’ll take it.” “It was so cool. There was just something about the feel of this home,” he says.
and transform a man-cave into a bedroom fit for a princess. Their most striking changes are on the
easy proximity to the skiing and golf at
The three-story home is a treasure—as
exterior where they stained the cedar a
Shanty Creek as well as to Traverse City,
well as a sweet feat of engineering. Set on
rich auburn and trimmed the windows and
Charlevoix and Petoskey. Eventually they
a steep hill and adjacent to both Shanty
pillars in black. The overall effect, comple-
tried purchasing their own place but their
Creek’s Summit ski slope and The Legend
mented by new wire deck railings and
first attempt ended when a deal they
golf course, the main story of the home
the original stacked stone detail at the
thought was done went sour. The episode
cantilevers out over the valley below, while
entrance, accentuate the home’s modern
put a damper on their dreams and they
an upper level offers a view of Lake Bellaire
lines. Working with Barker Creek Nursery,
gave up their property search.
spilled across the horizon. A lower level is
they tamed the verdant landscape, creating
Then one day two years later the husband
built into the hill. The best part? Five decks
intimate relaxing areas. The homeowners
was in his office and he recalls the thought
that reach out into the stunning landscape
were careful to preserve a goldfish pond
popping into his head that he really wanted
from all parts of the home.
that the former owner had constructed
to be in Bellaire. He put the town into a real
Over the course of six years, the
estate search and up came a handsome
homeowners have carefully updated the
home at Shanty Creek Resorts for sale.
home—preserving its original layout, its
Just as the homeowner’s wife did when
Built in 1993, it needed some work—but the
pine kitchen cabinetry, pine-clad ceilings,
she walked in for the first time, tourgoers
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