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features 22 Kitchen with a View 26 I ntroducing the Northern Home & Cottage 2020 Virtual Tour

28 The New Chalet

30 New Urban Cottage

32 Home Sweet Hygge Home

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Up North Cottage Update

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Prairie Style and Green Nouveau Farmhouse Tree House Soft English Accent

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Editor’s Note For Every Challenge, an Opportunity orthern Moods N Bring Autumn Inside

10 C ollections Three-Season Rooms to Stretch Porch Season

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TOMMY GREEN // HYGGE HOME // PAGE 32

What could be more important in your home…?

Knowledge, Quality, Service Free Consultation

For Every Challenge, an Opportunity So, there we were—the staff of Traverse Magazine / Northern Home & Cottage—hunched over our computer screens at a Google Hangout meeting in April. That’s how we have been meeting since we all went remote in March in the new world of COVID-19. This day the question was, what would happen to our beloved annual September/October home tours? Fall seemed so far away back then. Surely this COVID thing would be over … but, what if? And even if it was winding down, would homeowners want crowds of people walking through their house so soon afterward? For that matter, would anyone want to crowd into the houses? So, as streaks of snow fell outside our respective windows that day, we made the decision to cancel the home tours and signed off the meeting resolved to think outside the box (thinking outside the box being something our creative staff is exceptionally good at).

It wasn’t even a week later that our marketing director, Erin Lutke, called another meeting to discuss a virtual tour. It seemed the perfect answer. But, being who we are at MyNorth Media, it couldn’t be just your average Realtor-style pan of the houses. Inspired by HGTV’s Chip and Joanna Gaines and Jonathon and Drew Scott, we hired Greg MacMaster and his Eagle Eye Video Production and Drone Service to make our Northern Home & Cottage 2020 Virtual Home Tour videos. Just as exciting, eight homeowners and their contractors and designers signed on to give our new concept a try. To our absolute delight, most of them were willing to go on camera for us.

The entire production has been exciting, creative and has proved the power of building relationships to get through this COVID thing—even though we all stood six feet away from each other (and wore masks when not on camera!). The result is an intimate tour through eight homes, all beautiful and all distinct from one another.

Find out how to access our Northern Home & Cottage 2020 Virtual Tour on page 26 of this issue. And in the meantime, read my stories on the tour homes. I had as much fun researching and writing them as I always do. I’m sure you are going to love the mix of homes (modern, craftsman, renovations, rustic and more) that we’ve put together for the tour—exactly as we’ve done for 11 consecutive years now …

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Kitchen with a View The story of a historic Walloon Lake home with a cloistered kitchen, and the homeowners and their renovation dream team who rescued it.

Text by Elizabeth Edwards

vintage gem, the house designed around a series

Nance came up with a plan for glassing in the screened-in porch,

of octagonals (think Monticello) had nestled onto

and completely removing that load-bearing wall to open up the

a hill overlooking aquamarine-colored Walloon

kitchen to that expansive Walloon Lake view. The plan, of course,

Lake since 1941. Bedecked in red striped

would need to be executed by Birchwood Construction. But no

awnings, the home had been a landmark on

problem there, says co-owner Ken Provost. “It took some head

the lake for decades when a 16-year-old girl

scratching, but it really wasn’t anything we haven’t faced before. We

boating by with a friend pointed it out and told her friend, “I’m going to live there someday.”

do a lot of remodels that involve transferring weights and loads.”

But by far the most dramatic moment of the complicated reno

Flash-forward some years later, and the girl, now married, was

was when the wall came down to reveal a view of Walloon Lake.

boating with her husband, and he pointed to the house and said:

With its new, wide-open space, the kitchen was an open book,

“That’s always been my favorite house. And it was once owned by

waiting for great design. The homeowners, avid skiers, spend time

one of my dad's good friends who passed away years ago."

each year in the French Alps. Those experiences have given them a

No doubt, the young couple shared a sophisticated eye for

passion for the French lifestyle. “Everything is thought about. There

architecture. As they were to learn, the home had been designed

is always something beautiful to look at, to touch and to taste. A

by Charles Noble, who had made a prestigious name for himself

kitchen is not just about, now we are going to feed you.”

designing Art Deco buildings in Detroit, among them the once grand Lee Plaza Hotel and the still hopping Elwood Grill.

Keeping those sentiments, the homeowner also wanted the room grounded in the airy, cottagey style that Walloon Lake homes

By then, the home had been vacant for a number of years, so the

are known for. Kitchen designer Jill Brecheisen helped translate the

young couple decided to look into purchasing it. It turns out the

homeowner’s vision into the elements of this showpiece (though

family members who had inherited it were hoping to find a buyer

not showy) kitchen.

who would treasure it the way their family had. Done deal.

A stained oak floor with 7.5-inch planks and custom milled tri-

That was 22 years ago. “Everyone thought that we would tear

ple-bead wall paneling painted in Benjamin Moore’s Simply White

it down,” the homeowner says. But, of course, that was out of the

set the stage for the kitchen’s embracing efficiency. The Birchwood

question. “It is a love-affair house,” she adds.

team’s careful craftsmanship, which includes built-in shelves and a

But the kitchen was small and outdated. Worst of all, it had no

coffered ceiling, shines throughout.

lake view as a load-bearing wall cloistered it from the inspirational

Brecheisen designed all of the cabinetry as well as the furniture-

Walloon Lake view found through the family room windows and

quality island base made from knotty alder with an Heirloom

screened-in porch just on the other side. Previous contractors had

Finish. With its 2.5-inch deep marble-like quartz countertop and

told the couple the wall could never be removed because of the

Euro-inspired bar stools backed with a Nordic fabric, the island is a

complicated ceiling system based around those octagonal shapes.

fresh take on Old World style.

Enter the Renovation Dream Team: Gary Nance Design,

“We are all in the kitchen, all the time,” says the homeowner,

Birchwood Construction and Jill Brecheisen of Kitchens by Design.

marveling at the fact that the family had lived for 20 years in the

The couple had grown comfortable working with Birchwood’s tal-

home with the cramped, viewless kitchen. “Now there’s this expanse

ented crew on a number of renovations throughout the home. “They

of Walloon Lake all around you … the light and the views; that’s why

are fantastic to work with,” says the homeowner, noting their skill

we live up here.”

and professionalism.

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The Northern Home and Cottage 2020 Virtual Tour—launching October 30—features contractors, designers and homeowners walking you through eight unique and outstanding homes in Northern Michigan. One by one, they share the thoughts behind each home’s features, point out the details that make each home stand out and reflect upon capturing the dreams of the homeowners.

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Homeowner Marcus Trombetta designed this cottage himself,

cone-shaped gas stove and weathered oak beams from a Michigan

while living in a 275-square-foot apartment in New York City.

barn spanning the cathedral ceiling. The open kitchen is defined

While that may be the inspiration for the home’s streamlined and

by a quartz-topped island with waterfall sides and the range back-

compact efficiency, that’s where the similarity to a Big Apple dwell-

splash made from white subway tiles mounted in a herringbone

ing stops. Set in a grove of trees and just a short walk from the

pattern. The eye candy doesn’t stop there. (Hint: boutique tile in

public Lake Michigan beach in downtown Glen Arbor, the home is

the three bathrooms and nautically inspired two-toned wood floor

a quintessential Up North chalet—with several distinctive twists.

upstairs.)

“I knew I wanted a house that didn’t look like it came from the suburbs where I grew up downstate,” he says.

Bill Ayers of Ayers Contracting built the home. Ayers, Trombetta says, worked through even the trickiest issues (installing the weath-

True to chalet style, the home is a perfect rectangle with a

ered beams with a skytrack!) easily. Beyond that, Trombetta says

facade that “looks like home plate on a baseball diamond,” he says.

Ayers shares his penchant for perfection. "He is absolutely as atten-

Modern-rustic touches that kick up this home’s cool factor include

tive to the details as I am." As Trombetta was only able to be onsite

black-framed windows and front door, cedar shiplap siding and

five times during the entire building process, he was especially

gooseneck barn lights. But it's the unusual choice of dark blue

grateful for Ayers’ clear and consistent communication through

(Anchors Away by Sherwin Williams) for the cedar siding that really

texts, photos and phone calls. But best of all, Ayers finished the

sets this home apart. Originally, Trombetta had envisioned white

project on budget.

siding with black windows—a combination that is trending right

Ayers, in turn, thanks his team of ace subcontractors, including

now. But wanting to make his own unique statement, Trombetta

D & W Mechanical, McMartin Tile & Marble, Kasson Contracting II,

took his color search out of the box and ended up with the blue.

TC Coatings Unlimited and Fortified Coatings, for help that made

While he figured it would be a handsome contrast with the dark

the building process seamless.

windows, what he didn’t count on, he says, is “how striking the dark

Meet Trombetta and Ayers in our Northern Home & Cottage

blue is against the massive hardwoods and pines that surround the

2020 Virtual Tour, as they walk you through this new take on an Up

home.”

North vacation home.

The modern-rustic vibe continues inside with a stunning exposed-aggregate epoxy concrete floor (in-floor heat!), a retro

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new urban cottage OLD-FASHIONED SMALL-TOWN LIVING COMBINES WITH MODERN AMENITIES IN THIS DREAM HOME ON LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY IN HARBOR SPRINGS.

Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Cottage Company

The shady streets of Harbor Springs, lined with Victorian summer

The Mossburgs’ daughter, interior designer Kelly Konoske, outfit-

cottages, look like something out of a storybook. When Rob and Vee

ted the home with her own line of soothing, neutral-toned furniture,

Mossburg headquartered their design-and-build business, Cottage

most upholstered in performance fabric (perfect for a vacation

Company, here more than 20 years ago, they were determined

home’s relaxed living), fun mid-century modern floor lamps and

not to change that, but to develop cottages that are in harmony

two-toned chrome-and-black hardware fixtures.

with it. That philosophy is known as New Urbanism—a term that

The timeless kitchen mixes cottage elements including shiplap

means building and renovating within existing cities and neighbor-

walls and ceiling with a Euro-classic La Cornue Fe Range, a sophis-

hoods to decrease sprawl and to promote old-fashioned, close-knit

ticated marble-like quartz waterfall countertop and transitional

communities.

frameless white cabinetry. A stunning glass-doored hutch, framed

To that end, this white clapboard cottage, with its exposed rafter tails and wide porches, nestles graciously into its neighborhood of

in black, mirrors a black-framed window across the kitchen. “Black doors are big for 2020,” Kelly says.

19th-century Victorian cottages on Bay Street in downtown Harbor

Among the other stellar touches that the Mossburgs will point

Springs. Only the handsome, black-framed windows are a hint that

out in our 2020 Virtual Tour are the master bedroom, with its sooth-

something fresh is going on here. A reno perhaps?

ing color palette and view of Little Traverse Bay; the master bath,

That is precisely the reaction that Rob Mossburg likes to see

where a black-metal-and-glass wall divides the shower and free-

when people view the brand-new home he built on a vacant lot

standing tub area from the vanity area; and the pièce de résistance

at 275 E. Bay Street. Inside, six-inch planked white oak floors and

of this beautiful home—a rooftop deck that looks out over the bay

shiplap walls continue the vintage cottage feel—while providing the

and Harbor Springs’ charming downtown.

backdrop for views of Little Traverse Bay across the street.

Join the Mossburgs as they give you an up-close look at this stunning home on the Northern Home & Cottage 2020 Virtual Tour.

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home sweet hygge home A YOUNG COUPLE FINDS HAPPINESS (AND SOME UNEXPECTED LUXURIES!) IN A KICKED-UP MODERN VERSION OF A KIT HOME.

Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Trap-Studio

Tommy and Lauren Greene had been searching for a home in Traverse City for several months when Sean Karcher hired their

vision. Beyond that, he was honest, trustworthy and reliable. His follow through was great, and we actually came in under budget.”

company, Trap-Studio (Tommy is a photographer and graphic

The finished product could easily grace the pages of Dwell

designer, and Lauren is a branding expert), to do creative work for

Magazine (the international modern homes magazine, has, in fact,

his company, Hygge Supply. Karcher’s Leelanau-based company

done a story on Hygge Supply). Black on the outside—to please

sells modern, minimalist kit homes. Made from SIP panels, they are

Tommy—and white on the inside for Lauren, the home is bathed in

also highly energy efficient. After learning more about the company,

light from Hygge’s signature floor-to-ceiling windows and extra-tall

Lauren says: “We realized this was the direction we wanted to go, so

ceilings. “It’s like living in a big light box, it’s great for photo work,”

we changed our search from a home to property.”

Lauren says.

Not long after, the couple settled on a wooded piece of land off

The floor plan centers around a great room with a streamlined,

Keystone Road just outside of Traverse City. From blueprint to

efficient kitchen. The master suite is on one end of the room, with

lighting, the Hygge process is streamlined, offering clients a list of

two more bedrooms and a bathroom on the other end. The Hygge

pre-selected choices, all of which have a modern, Scandinavian look

package included some unexpected luxuries, such as a polished

and are often made from eco-friendly, recycled materials. “If you

concrete floor, a wood-burning fireplace, a soaking tub in the

want to build a minimalist home but don’t have the time and energy

master bath and even a high-tech door lock that works via your

to focus on it, it’s a great way to go,” says Lauren.

thumbprint.

The Hygge kit comes with all the parts and pieces, but it still

Join the Greenes and Gary Mott as they tour you through this

needs to be built from the ground up. For that job, the Greenes hired

fresh take on building your dream house in our Northern Home and

Gary Mott of G. Mott Builders. “We met with him and immediately

Cottage 2020 Virtual Tour.

clicked,” says Lauren. “We found him to really understand our

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up north cottage update SHIPLAP AS THE NEW BEADBOARD SHINES IN THIS RELAXED BUT SOPHISTICATED RENO OF A 1990S COTTAGE ON THE LEELANAU PENINSULA.

Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Speckman Photography

Andrew and Elaine Oliver were living in Hong Kong when they

That cohesive working relationship shines in the finished renova-

came across a Zillow listing that sounded like it was exactly the

tion—from the new reclaimed chestnut floors, to the cooks’ dream

summer home they’d spent years searching for. The 1990s cottage

kitchen outfitted with a generous quartzite-topped island and new

might have needed some updating, but its bones were good, and

creamy-white cabinetry. The pièce de résistance of this kitchen,

importantly, it was a quarter mile from Andrew’s mother’s house,

however, is what Elaine calls, “my husband’s kitchen,”—a pantry

across from his grandfather’s and near an uncle and cousins.

tucked into the space left after a built-in desk was removed and

Beyond all of that, the lot was very private. The couple bought the

a two-foot space was taken out of a closet in a bedroom on the

home, sight unseen.

opposite wall. The pantry—with its subway tile walls and barn-

After they’d spent some time in the home, they thought—maybe

wood sliding barn door—beautifully houses all manner of cooking

a new wood floor to replace the old laminate floor? And that down-

gadgetry, from coffee-making equipment to Andrew’s sous vide and,

draft from the hood vent over the range was irritating ... “Everything

yes, his canning equipment.

kind of snowballed from there,” Elaine says.

The rest of the home shares the relaxed modern farmhouse vibe,

Besides being avid cooks (among his other culinary talents,

including shiplap that replaces all drywall, a fun use of wallpaper

Andrew cans), the couple also loves collecting art and furniture.

(swallows on the wall-papered ceiling of the laundry room!) and an

So, they were both very invested in how they wanted their home to

upstairs children’s bunk room with six built-in bunks.

look and feel. They took their ideas to contractor Bob Biggs of Biggs

Join Angela Goodall as she reveals more of this smart, stylish

Construction and architect Mark Humitz of Cornwell Architects—

renovation on our Northern Home & Cottage 2020 Virtual Tour.

they, in turn, steered the couple toward adding Angela Goodall of

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Kitchen Choreography to the design-and-build team. It turned out

shiplap walls in the shower!

to be a key piece of advice: “She and her team were amazing,” says Elaine. “Angela gave us technical guidance and we had a fabulous design collaboration.”

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prairie style and green QUESTION: CAN A STUNNING, LIGHT-FILLED HOME ALSO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND SUPER HEALTHY TO LIVE IN? ANSWER: THE DAHLSTROM HOME ON LONG LAKE.

Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Speckman Photography

With its hip roof, overhanging eaves and stone-and-timber exte-

ceiling fans and the cross ventilation from four sliding glass doors

rior, Rick and Kate Dahlstrom’s home looks as though it could have

in the living room and one 12-foot slider that opens up to 6 feet wide

been built near the beginning of the last century, during the Prairie-

in the adjacent dining room.

style movement of architecture. Behind all of that gracious style, however, are some cutting-edge green building techniques.

Of course, all those sliding glass doors mean light pours into the great room, making it anything but the heavy, dark spaces that

A green, health-conscious home was the single most important

traditional Prairie-style homes tend to be. And whether the doors

item on the Dahlstroms’ wish list when they planned the home,

are open or not, you’ll breathe easy in this home with its sustain-

says Kate, who credits Mapleridge Construction with getting the

able and low-VOC products: carpet, hickory flooring, paint, stain

message: “They were very knowledgeable and open to working with

and polyurethane. Rick and Kate are particularly grateful to Elite

what we wanted.”

Custom Painting, who did the painting and staining, because they

Among the green products used in the home is a highly energy-

“bent over backward to use zero- to low-VOC products.”

efficient fully-adhered house wrap (versus the stapled-on type) that

While that might all read a little like broccoli, this home doesn’t

really keeps out ice and water. Layered on top of that is two inches

lack for Hollandaise sauce—so to speak!—it includes a gorgeous

of rigid foam insulation. All that snugness is finished off with a

sunroom, a loft with a balcony overlooking the lake, numerous

combination of spray foam insulation and blown cellulose insula-

live-edged shelves and walls, many made from wood felled from the

tion. “It’s likely double the energy efficiency of an average home,”

property, and a to-die-for wine room.

says Karl Hitchcock, project manager for Mapleridge Construction.

Meet the Dahlstroms and the Mapleridge team as they tour you

While the home has air conditioning, the homeowners only plan

through this beautiful home on our Northern Home & Cottage 2020

to use it in exceptional humidity, relying instead on a number of

Virtual Home Tour.

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nouveau farmhouse A 1990S HOUSE ON OLD MISSION PENINSULA GETS A MAKEOVER THAT BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO A HOME THAT WAS BORN WITH GOOD BONES.

Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Speckman Photography

Sometimes in a renovation project, one thing naturally leads to

a planner,” she says. “And then you realize how invaluable one is.”

another … that was the case when Anne and Tom Peterson hired

And that was exactly what Anne found working with the designer

Paul Maurer General Contracting and interior designer Paige

she hired, Paige Maurer of Paige Lee Interiors. Beyond being a

Maurer to update the master bathroom in the home they had

wealth of knowledge about products, resources and style, “she kept

recently purchased. The couple loved the house, built in 1996, for

everything moving,” says Anne.

its floor plan (main floor master, room for their children and grand-

A month into the project, the Petersons realized that as long as

child to visit…) and its setting in Old Mission Peninsula’s wine and

the home was ripped up, maybe they should tackle updating the

orchard country. But that master bath with its carpet and small

kitchen, too; and if they did the kitchen, then maybe it was time to

shower enclosure? It needed some work.

update the entire great room. Paige and PMGC signed on.

New to the area, Anne began noticing trucks emblazoned with

The end product would make Chip and Joanna Gaines swoon—

the Paul Maurer General Contracting logo parked in front of beauti-

right down to the custom shiplap range hood and fireplace mantel.

ful homes under construction. Though she worried that the job was

The original red oak floors in the kitchen and great room, now

too small and their timeline too tight (they’d purchased the home

stained a pale gray, pull together creamy white cabinetry and a

in June and wanted the bathroom finished before they moved in, in

generous quartz island. And that master bathroom? It makes the

August), she gave them a call. Yep, PMGC could get their job done.

Petersons feel like they are staying in a luxury hotel.

Anne also did something she has never done before: she hired an interior designer to help her with the project. At first, Anne admits,

Join Paige as she points out many more of this home’s beautiful elements on our Northern Home & Cottage 2020 Virtual Tour.

she was reluctant to spend the extra money on a designer. “It’s like if you are getting married and you wonder if it’s really worth it to hire

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tree house WESTERN RED CEDAR, MAPLE AND WHITE PINE BLEND NATURALLY IN THIS NEW HOME TUCKED INTO THE WOODS ON CEDAR LAKE.

Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Speckman Photography

After spending his career as a forestry professor, wood has a

of the light reflected off the lake that pours in through generous

special meaning for Kurt Pregitzer. So, when he and his wife, Maria,

windows, and the clear lacquer seal used on the butter-colored

began envisioning their retirement home, they knew it would

maple floors and creamy white-washed pine ceiling and beams.

include plenty of wood, both as a nod to his career and to blend in with their wooded site on Cedar Lake, just west of Traverse City.

To that end, the Pregitzers chose builder Scott Norris of Scott Norris Construction and his son, designer Caleb Norris, to build

Like so many things about this house, built on property that has been in Maria’s family for 40 years, the white pine has extra-special meaning: It was harvested from a pine plantation that her father planted the year she was born.

and design their home. The father and son have forged their careers

An open kitchen, featuring black granite countertops, maple

creating homes that utilize natural materials and are highly energy

upper cabinets and deep-gray bottom and island cabinets, rounds

efficient—another quality that was important to the Pregitzers.

out the great room. In the master bath, Swedish-blue tiles play on

Clad in western red cedar from Idaho (where Kurt finished his

the home’s simple, Nordic spirit. A walk-out lower level features a

career as Dean of the College of Natural Resources at University

handsome, exposed-aggregate polished concrete floor—the perfect

of Idaho, after teaching at both Michigan State and Michigan

floor covering to lead to the cedar sauna outfitted with a changing

Tech), the finished home feels completely natural set on a knoll

area and walk-in shower.

surrounded by maple, beech and pines. Black window frames and

There is much more to see and hear about in this truly unique

deck railings fashioned from black steel and wire add handsome,

home. Join Scott and Caleb Norris and the homeowners as they

rustic-industrial touches.

walk you through the house on our Northern Home & Cottage 2020

While an abundance of wood sometimes makes interiors feel

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dark, this great room is anything but, thanks to a combination

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a soft english accent THIS BRAND-NEW HOME EMBODIES A COZY EUROPEAN AESTHETIC.

Text by Elizabeth Edwards // Photos by Speckman Photography and Jamie Wilkins

Driving up the winding driveway to this stunning home in

ends in the blue swath of West Grand Traverse Bay. A spot of tea

Leelanau wine country, you're struck by the way it looks as though

here in the afternoon, or a sip of sherry in the evening would be oh,

it's been on this hillside for generations. A stone chimney and a

so lovely.

wrought iron balcony speak of older generations, while bands of red

The master bedroom has the same view and soothing calm that

brick and honey-colored cedar siding feel more contemporary. The

is echoed in the master bath, where a soaker tub with its own leafy

lovely fusion of periods is particularly fitting for the homeowner,

view, “was totally worth blowing the budget for,” Hazel says.

Hazel Brown, who comes from Sheffield, England, but recently

As absolutely soothing and effortless as those views are, Hazel

moved to Northern Michigan with her husband, Regis, by way of

credits builder Jamie Wilkins of Trillium Shore Custom Homes with

Burbank, California—just as the home was finished. “We are so

enhancing them. “He made the foundation just a bit higher to take

excited to be here—we plan to be here year-round,” says Hazel.

in more view,” she says.

And no doubt, the couple will be cozy come winter. Just inside

Indeed, Wilkins’ precise eye and dedication to his craft are found

the front door, the efficient kitchen feels as snug as an English

throughout the home. “We always had a clear vision of the style

cottage with its stained white oak floor, under-mounted farmhouse

and layout of our house, so our biggest challenge was finding the

sink, rustic leathered countertops and classic British AGA dual-fuel

right contractor to bring that to life,” explains Hazel. "Jamie is a very

range. The range backsplash, a tiled replica of Van Gogh's famous

visual, design-driven builder, and we immediately knew he was the

painting, "Poppies" (Hazel’s favorite flower and the name of the

right fit.

black lab who greets you at the door), highlights the kitchen’s Euro

“Jamie recommended a team of collaborators and he stayed close

flavor. That poppy red (or call it the red of an English phone booth?)

to the process from concept to completion, with creative sugges-

is picked up in colored-metal pendant lights above the counter.

tions and solutions at every stage,” Hazel continues. “We were also

The couple wanted a floor plan that was open but also defined, giving the spaces an intimate feeling. The solution is old-world

still living in Los Angeles, so there was a tremendous amount of trust required since we were absent during construction.”

-style brick arches that separate the kitchen from the living and

Meet Jamie Wilkins and Hazel Brown as they tour you through

dining rooms. A fieldstone fireplace in one corner of the room adds

this unique treat-of-a-home on our Northern Home & Cottage 2020

to (literally and figuratively) the room’s warmth. Everything here

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relaxes—and draws you to the room’s focal point: Glass sliding doors that lead to that wrought iron balcony, and its leafy view that

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