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Elements of Surprise

When Michael Abrams invited 32 guests to his birthday party, he didn't tell them they'd be eatlng dinnerelegantly-in a barn.

62 Cabin Fever

A Chicago couple rail In love with a helf-I'og house In Mlchl'ana and turn It Into an open, light-filled space that's perfect for weekends away.

72 The Simple Life In Saugatuck, a designer with a pared-down aesthetic creates a serenely modern take

on a trad:itional Cape Cod-style vacation house.

80 BeauWand the Beacfl

A getaway home by architect Laurence Booth makes a gentle impression in a landscape that's all about dune. lake, snd sky.

ON THE COVER .Photography Nsthan Kirkm(!n Styling Dlsne Ewing Location The weekend home of Deanna and Davicl Stallsmitll, if) Miclliaf)8

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Front + Center Giant crabs, paper lanterns, and other colorful touches

that say summer; eco-smart spots for vacation homes; Swedish style, always in season

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10 Editor's Note 28 Profile

Nel'Jous about buying a painting for over the couch? Art consultant Patti Gilford tells us how to get in touch with our inner connoisseur.

36 Expert Advice Backyard pizza ovens for every taste; plus, tips on greefl-minded lawn cars

40 Outdoor Living

In Kenwood, a swimming pool, hot tob, garden, lawn, and fountains t1t neatly in

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44 Destination

This isn't your grandma's Lake Geneva. We tell you what to see and where to shop for chic home goods.

54 Personal Style

A cottage garden with just the right dose of randomnessand a kol pond

101 Buy Guide 108 last look

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e don't own a second home, but we are lucky enough to have friends who invite us to theirs. We don't always stay overnight; often we've popped over to Michigan or Indiana for a day or for dinner.

Somehow out-of-state excursions-even the short ones-feel more like mini-vacations than evenings out. We're not really on vacation, but it's not business as usual. We've driven long enough to feel we've gotten away, but not so long that we need a day to recover.

It's fun to see what different people's ideas of getaways entail: an A-fran1e on a tiny lake, a cottage in the woods, a glass-walled home with a view of Lake Michigan. Some of my fondest recent summer memories are of floating on a raft, watching the sun set over vineyards, taking an outdoor shower with only the woods to see, spotting a flying squirrel, sitting around a big fire-all at friends' second homes. (If you manage to snag such an invite, we've got a few ideas for gifts for your hosts on page 14.)

Vacation homes are all about sharing and

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tend to be furnished accordingly, with extra bunks and single beds; big farm tables; lots of comfy furniture on decks and porches; and unprecious fabrics that can stand up to sun, wind, water, and sand. In this, our annual second-homes issue, the screened porch on page 61 says, "Sit down and have a glass of wine." The open porch on page 78 says, "Let's rock!" And the photo on pages 80 and 81 makes us long for a room with such a view.

We hope this issue gives you design ideas for your own second home-or at least the pleasure of seeing some welldesigned summery spaces .. Don't forget you can check out great vacation homes in person: Visit ones for sale (see page 18), or take a tour. We spotted the modern log cabin on page 62 while attending last year's Heartland Alliance Celebration of Home & Garden tour in Harbor Country (this year it's June 12;. see page 22,). It was a great day-away, but not too far away, at gorgeous homes. A getaway! Even if we were just visiting.

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During all of June, 1.0. will devote the bulk of its space to the wares of design-world darling Desiqn House Stockho'lm, a Swedish manufacturer known for tapping Scandinavia's hottest contemporary designers (they've got some 60 on their roster already) to turn out home decor and apparel. The event will

be the company's largest-ever Chicago showcase, representing most of the

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floor of the Merchandise Mart. just in time to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the company's founder, French glass artist Rene lalique. Some of his most famous designs, including the Figure and Grapes panels he made to adorn the Orient Express in 1928 (shown at right, $3,800) and the Languedoc vase, inspired by the vegetstio n of the south of Fra nce, introd uced in 1929 (shown below, $7,500) are being reissued in crystal as part of the new Hommage a Rene Lalique collection. Also on display are sconces, chandeliers, a fountain, and the famous Cactus tables-this Is the first showroom in the U.s. to focus on Lalique's custom interior design and architectural elements. Lalique recently acquired the French companies Haviland Limoges (porcelain) and Daum (art glass and sculpture), both of wh ich are represented in the Mart showroom-but Lalique is indisputably the star here.


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10 enin J M's the Word Interior designer Martha Daley has opened a showroom in Hinsdale p g full ofvignetles that exernpllfy her upscale traditional European style. Most pieces at

M Home can be custom ordered from Habersham, Ebanista, Henredon, Drexel Heritage, Kravet 'Fabrics, and Jaipur Rugs, among other sources. Daley also carries accessories, from lighting to rugs and lamps, and the showroom has the on Iy display in the Chicag.o area of Habersham's ornate kitchen cabinetry line (shown at left). 48 S. Washington St., Hinsdale, 630-323-4321, mdeslgninginferiors.com

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THE ST:ORY: This 103-acre spread was home to a herd of Black Angus cattle until 2007, when the Juniper Group bought it. Just

a 15-minute drive from Harbor Country (about an hour and 15 minutes from downtown Chicago), Avant Gardens is diVided into 20 l.4-acre lots, all slated for singlefamily homes, The landscape includes forested ravines, a pond, and stretches of pure prairie. Juniper sells lots and has house plans and architect recommendations available, It is committed to modern design; all blueprints must be approved by its architectural review board, GREEN CREO:

SiXty acres of the cevetopment have been declared an official Wildlife and Forest Presel\le by the Depaliment of Natural Resources; Juniper encourages building, with sustainable materials and maintaining an ongoing eco-trtendly lifestyle; homeowners are required to plant their open space with native veg etatron. PRICES: Lots start at $124,500. The 1,749-square-foot model home, by David Wood'house Architects, includes radiant heat, finished concrete floors, and glass cou ntertops, a nd is listed at $600,000. PERKS,: Wild turkeys, deer,

and fox roam the preserve, while nearby orchards, vineyards, and farms add bucolic ch arm. INFO: avgarde ns.com -BRIDGET H~RMAtj

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THE STORY: Chicago real estate pros Jay and Ann Gallagher bought a home in

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Sustainable butldlnq materials such as recycled rubber and bamboo flooring and cement-board siding; rainwater runoff is siphoned into flowering, rain gardens; homes are built to maximize passive solar gain. PRICES: From $197,000 to $212,000 for a 1,100-square-foot condo 10 $499,000 fOI" a 2,543-square-foot single-family home. Townhouses begin at $297,000 for a 1,600-square-foot unit PERKS: The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore's rolling sand dunes, hiking trails, and indigenous flora

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Gilford has worked with Jessica Lagrange, John Cannon, Perkins + Will, Kathy Taslitz, and other architects and designers to help their clients start and add to art collections. We recently chatted with her about choosing, buying, and living with art, and how it relates to interior design.

Do you approach art as an investment or as something to enjoy?

There is always a potential for the value of a piece to increase, but it is not a solid reason in and of itself for purchasing a piece. Trust your instinct-go for pieces that you have an intellectual or emotional reaction to that is not easily dismissed, We often recommend artists who have a proven track record, museum shows, and gallery representation, but we keep an open mind to discovering new artists"

Experts always advise to buy what you love. What if I don't know what I love? People can't always articulate what they like. They can articulate "Monet" or "Impressionism," but some don't know what that means. People will say, "I really like edgy." But then

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we show them something edgy and they are thrown, It's a lot like interior design, when someone says, "I like contemporary," 'What exactly does that mean?

So how do I start?

Look at a lot of pictures. We have a portfolio with a ton of images. Get a gallery guide and hit the streets, There are openings nearly every Friday evening, There are tons of not-for-profits, too,

I hate to ask "What sort of painting will work with my sofa?" But what sort of painting will work with my sofa?

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ment. They put a lot of thought and consideration into their interior design and they want a work with the right scale, for instance. They want something, depending on their lighting conditions, that they can see. Where it's sited in their house is important. If a work is behind a sofa and it's really detailed, there's a chance you'll miss something in the viewing of it. Well instead site it in a corridor area where you can have a more intimate interaction with it.

How's the market right now?

Gallerists and artists are hurting, so discounting is steep. But the good galleries have held their prices. They have a rhyme and reason for their pricing. The ones that have been arbitrary are discounting.

How can I know if a piece of art is fairly priced?

There are databases such as the one on artnet.com that have statistics and cornpilabans of market prices over the past ten years. These are mostly based on auctions but it's a good way to see what the market is. A lot of artists aren't on there, however, so you might have to search for similar

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artists and genres. We do a lot of Googling to find and research artists.

Do you advise people to mix media, such as drawing, photography, and painting? Mixing media is exciting. However, there's nothing wrong with collecting one medium. It is all a matter of the integrity of the individual works, not necessarily if they "go" together. If they are going to hang in the same vicinity, we would adv-ise that they have a dialogue together,

That sounds a lot like looking at com parables in the real estate market.

It's like any other commodity that's traded-real estate, stocks, gold, And the art market has outperformed the Standard & Poor's index historically,

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Do both! I love small works, I am never unhappy with or without a spot to put them,

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Q: I want a pizza oven for my backyard. What are my options? A: For people who enjoy entertaining, a pizza oven-either wood-burning or gasfired-offers a fun addition to an outdoor kitchen or backyard. Unlike traditional ovens, these babies sometimes reach temperatures as high as 800 degrees and produce a blistered, Neapolitan-style pizza in minutes; they can also be used for calzones, steaks, poultry, and bread.

Most models don't have racks or shelves.

Rather, your pizza cooks right on the oven's piping-hot floor, which is usually made of a high-temperature-resistant composite material or covered with fireproof tile. Outdoor pizza ovens vary a great deal in size, substance, and shape, presenting an enticing array of options.

DIY-ers can jump right in with a buildyour-awn-oven kit. Just ask Gregory Kay,

president of Chicago-based Llghtology and a pizza aficionado. A few years ago, he built a wood-burning oven in the ontdoor kitchen of his Lake View home.

Kay ordered the interior ofthe oven from EarthStone Ovens (Glendale, Calif" earthstoneovens.com) and installed it himself, with help from a few handy pals. The kit, which cost about $3,300, included detailed plans, concrete blocks, and fireproof tiles that Kay used to build an igloo-shaped oven. He encased it in a streamlined frame, finished the project with a stucco facade, and presto! Three days later, he was turning out beautiful pizza pies. "I'm a good mechanical guy and my friends are carpenters," says Kay. "If you're handy, you can handle this project."

Un-handy homeowners, don't despair. A local contracting firm can be brought in to do the dirty work. Jakob Schneider, a con-

1 Garden designer Terrence Terhaar installed a woodburning brick oven

ln a Lincoln Park yard. 2 Not ready to commit to a full-scale masonry project? Consider this gasfired tabletop oven from Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet ($6,495). 3 The Vesuvio ($9,950- $13,000), designed by celebrity chef Mario Batali for Chicago Brick Oven, can be installed in

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Prairie Plus (509 Madison St., Oak Park, 708-848-4128, prairieplus.corn), a cabinet, kitchen, and bath design firm, carries freestanding wood-burning units (starting at $2,500) that are about 43 inches wide and made from a lightweight brick-like material that's east as one solid, oven-shaped form, rather than built from individual bricks. The ovens weigh 350 pounds but are rela-

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More portable options are emerging as the pizza craze gains momentum, Chicago Brick Oven's (chicagobrickoven.com) wood-burning Amici ($4,000), designed by pizza-loving celebrity chef Mario Batali, arrives fully assembled and on wheels, Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet (kalamazoo gourmet.com) recently debuted an even simpler option: a 30-ineh gas-powered outdoor tabletop oven ($6,495), This sleek stainless steel model boasts the same convectional capabilities as a wood-burning oven, 1Wo composite stones radiate heat from above and below, while a gas flame creates the illusion of a full-blown fire, Temperatures climb up to 800 degrees in minutes,

Before you tie on an apron and cue up "That's Amore," consider square footage, Larger wood-burning ovens put out a lot of smoke, An oven's chimney should be located at least 20 feet from neighboring windows, City dwellers with postage stamp-sized yards may have to skip the wood-burning oven and go with gas (or takeout pizza) instead, -BRIDGET HERMAN

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Q: I want a nice lawn but don't want to use a lot

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A: Let's face it: At the end of the day, we all want a green lawn, and we haven't always cared how we got there, The good news is that there are lots of natural ways 10 maintain tun and not harm the environment.

Responsible lawn care starts with natural fertilizers, which cost more than chemical fertilIzers but do not contain harsh ingredients; they're available at hardware stores and nurseries, One of my favorites, Milorganite, is Milwaukee-area sewage sludge turned into pelleis for lawn and garden. lt sounds g:ross but it really works, and doesn't smell, It was once described to me this way by a listener on WGN radio: 'After I apply it, I swear I can hear the grass grow" Another org:anic option is Ringer Lawn Restore, which is made of soybeans, feathers, and bone meal. Of course, a healthy lawn is its own best defense: To control weeds naturally, overseedl

If you need pesticides, natura I and organic options abound, Gar~ic-and-oil spray keeps some bugs away, but for serious issues, Pharm Solutions (pharmsolutionsinccom) offers a line

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This is the year to get rid of your gas mower and transitlon to a cordless electric unit. Cutting your lawn with a gas-powered mower for an hour can create as much pol'lution as drivillg a car a couple of hundred miles, Cordless mowers use no fuel and no oil and do not emit pollution when operating. You charge them like any other cordless tool; they run for about 45 minutes when fully charged, even longer if you buy an additional battery, Options to consider include models by Black and Decker ($479), Neuton, ($469), and WorxECO ($450), If you have a small city lot, consider a manual rotary mower, It's easy to maintain and can replace your weekend gym workout-talk about feelg:ood lawn care,

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Water Music

A clever landscape designer fits a swimming pool, garden, lawn, and fountains on a city lotwithout crowding by Dennis Rodkin

testament to the power of good editing, this backyard in Kenwood is a neat composition oflawn, pool, and L..-_---..I. plantings whose crowning touch -six jets of water arcing gracefully into the pool-was created only because there wasn't room for a more elaborate moving-water feature.

Because Marc and Liza Brooks wanted an abundantly green yard on their 50-footwide urban site, their landscape designers did away with the usual paved pool deck from which water jets like these often sprout. Instead, jets were installed among daylilies and other perennials on one side of the pool and in the lawn on the other, creating a lyrical visual effect. The shimmery arcs seem to appear out of nowhere. "It's a playful and soothing element that we could fit into the space," says David Migdal, president of Garden Consultants, the firm that did the project.

Even a swimming pool only 13 feet wide, as this one is, eats up a lot of room in a yard when you factor in the space needed around it. Zoning doesn't allow a pool to be

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close to a lot line, but in this design that setback became a virtue. The area between pool and fence now has scarlet-blooming daylilies and golden-leafed sedges low, at waterside, and feathery Swiss stone pine trees behind them.

On the opposite side of the yard is a row of columnar European hornbeam trees underplanted with tufted hair grass. The hornbeam line-these upright growers will eventually get to be 40 feet tall-also turns to march across the front of the garage,

screening it from view. The plant palette is simple-just six major components.

On an urban lot, one needs to exercise restraint to keep from crowding too much in, "but you can still get lushness," Migdal says. Using large plantings of a few selections-only two of them, daylilies and hy-

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IL ake Geneva's lakefront scene is as bustling as ever with boats and sun worshipers, but the retail scene no longer revolves solely around 'l-shirt shops and fudge. The past couple of years have seen an influx of sophisticated stores and restaurants=not surprising, perhaps, given that this long-established resort town just two hours northwest of Chicago is second home to some of our area's highest-profile residents (some of whom weekend in historic mansions and others who have hired big-city architects to build them new, modern ones). If you haven't been there lately, swing on by. You won't be disappointed.

Owned by the people behind the Highland Park jeans mecca E Street Denim (which also has a Lake Geneva location),. Brick & Mortar Home (832 Geneva St., 262-24,9-0210) is situated in a two-story brick house. Entered through an enclosed porch containing Adirondack chairs and potted flowers, it is designed to feel like a real abode. A modern-day parlor is appointed with a cozy sofa and side chairs; a dining room with table, chairs, and entertaining accouterments; a bedroom with a made-up bed, linens, quilts, and robes; and another room with towels, soaps, and other bath and body products. Youll see jewelry and whimsical home accessories, as well as cotton rugs and fabrics for custom slipcovers-a little bit of everything. We spotted a fun starburst mirror with a frame made from rolled-up and glued-together magazine pages and a pillow made from scrunched-up vintage ties.

The Lake Geneva outpost of the Chicago gallery and workshop e Refined Rustic (231 Cook si, 262-249~0940, reftnedrustic.coni;


A house by Chicago-based architect Chip von Weise--one of the new, more contemporary homes on Lake Geneva (top left); light fixtures at Simple Cafe (top right). the new comfort-food spot. are from Refined Rustle (above), which sells vlntage furnishings and spitted-up salvage.

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provides some refreshing industrial edge to the landscape of shops. Owned by artist and interior decorator Philip Sassano and his wife, Julie, it's filled with funky lamps and hanging light fixtures artfully built from cleaned-up found objects (meta] bas" kets, chicken wire, weather vanes), largescale distressed-wood candle holders made from the legs of old country tables, threedimensional wall collages involving cool old cameras and rusty tools (they can be custom-made to display a customer's own collections), and vintage furniture, along with new pillows, candles, frames, and other gifty items.

If you like Tabula Tua in Lincoln Park, littlee Abbellimento (728 W Main St., 262-248-1900, abbellirnentolg:com) is sure to strike your fancy. Brimming with elegant dishes and other tabletop pieces by the Italian line Vietri, handblown glass by Simon Pearce (an Irish company based in Vermont), colorful table linens by GarnierThiebaut of France, and several other imported lines of home accessories, it has a chic European feel.


o Lilypots (605 Main St. 262-248-4200, lilypotJ>.com) is a flower shop, plus, It's filled with pretty blossoms and leafy plants. But there's also a selection of pots-from simple terra cotta standbys to elaborately textured glazed numbers and white modern options in interesting forms-that will have you walking around the store saying, "I want this one, and this one .... " Prices are reasonable, and no pot is so precious that you would feel bad filling it with dirt and putting it on your patio.

e Bella Tile & Stone (239 Cook si; 262- 3<1.8-1600, bellatileandstone.com) is a great place for reimagining a kitchen or bathroom. With standard granite countertops and ceramic tile options that start at $6 a square foot to all manner of fancy handpainted and natural stone tiles, as well as tiles imported from Italy and Mexico, it's a place for browsing.

A surprising stop for home-decor inspiration is 0 Haberdapper (253 B1'Oad St., 262-248-7700). Surprising because it's a men's clothing shop; inspiring because it has a gorgeous, fully operational high-end

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Cornerstone Shop 8< Gallery (top) has a lively mix of country-style accessories and other goods_,including some with a contemporary bent; Lilypots (bottom) offers a broad selection of stylin' vases and pots.

kitchen right in the middle of it. There are also lovely built-in shelving and closet systems for displaying clothes that you just might want to re-create in your homeparticularly if you love that Ralph Laurenish, old-boys-club look. The owner/designers offer interior design services, and can hook you up with people to build similar cabinetry for you. Think of it as a place to buy not just ties and khaki pants but a whole lifestyle.

Country-style home decorating lives on at the. Cornerstone Shop & GaUery (214 Broad St., 262-248-6988, cornerstoneshop. com), a town staple. The sprawling 8,500- square-foot space has frequently changing vignettes of accent furniture and accessories-some nautically them ed, some French country, some more rustic, and some more modern feeling .. Here you can

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Slightly off the beaten path,O Simple Cafe (525 Broad ss; 262-248-3556, simplecajelakegem'Va.com) is located in a former auto parts shop that was reinvented as a cheerful modern restaurant by architect Tom Hartz, a Chicago transplant. Open daily for lunch and breakfast, it serves creative, home-style food made with seasonal ingredients bought from local farmers (the corned-beef hash is sublime). This is a great spot to unwind and have a hearty, healthy meal. For a casual burger on the lakeshore, try" Popeye's on lake Geneva (811 J.-Vrigley Dr., 262-248-4381, popeyesonlakegeneva.com).

Given that you have driven all the way here, you deserve to have your fudge and eat it, too. Lake Geneva's most famous fudge, ice cream, and candy shop is

CD Kilwin's (772 Main $t., 262-248-4400, kilrRJins.com), part of a national chain, on the corner of Main and Broad Streets. Its fudge is $15.95 a pound. Another choice is eEl Geneva Gifts (I50 B-road $t., genevagifts

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andfudge.com), a 50-year-old souvenir shop that sells it for $11.95 a pound, along with an amusing assortment of sundries.

While you can easily do a day trip to Lake Geneva, there are all kinds of places to stay overnight, ranging from the upscale Grand Geneva resort and spa (7036 Grand Geneva Way, 800-558- 3417, gmndgeneva.com) to small bed-andbreakfast inns, such as the simple but comfortable SevenOaks (682 Wells St., 262- 248-4006, seoenoakslakegeneoa.amn .•

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s pleasing as a manicured yard can be, there's something delightful about an outdoor space with just the right dose of randomness to it Landscape designer Roger 1. Boike, owner of Lakeside, Michigan-based Groundworkes (ground workes.com), opted for the latter when, ten years ago, he embarked on a. plan .___---I' for a cottage-style garden and backyard at his Michiana Shores, Indiana, home. TIle result is an inviting blend of distinct areas conceived for particular uses and areas of spontaneous growth, a mix this master gardener fully embraces. "One of my favorite things about a cottage garden is the volunteers- plants that appear naturally from wind and bird droppings," he says. "I've got Siberian iris and juniper trees that I never planted."

That's not to say that Boike's approach is all laissez faire, When faced with the challenge of a wide, shallow backyard behind a ranch house with a non-attached garage on one side (which created dead space between the house and the garage), he did what he tells his clients to do:

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Roger Boike relaxes in his yard, top, In the foreground: hollyhocks and plume poppies. Flagstone from Fond du L6~., Wisconsin, is used for paths and in the koi pond, above-"il's natural to this Climate so rt doesn't cleave or crumble."

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"Think about what kind of'rooms' you need to be able to do all the things you want."

Boike needed a dining area, an area for the dogs to play, a meditation area (or perhaps just an excuse to have a koi pond), a place to lounge and read, and a space for a fire pit that, like the four-season porch, could be used year-round. The space between garage and house became a kind of laboratory-a lively, fenced-in courtyard garden where he let nature take its course amidst his carefully spaced perennials.

When he began the project, the rear of the property was exposed to a neighboring house, so he created a privacy wall with evergreens. Most of those trees were already at least ten

feet tall when he planted them; now, nine years later, they tower over the property. Between this natural wall and the house he created "rooms" that make up a splendid view from the screened porch. "I can sit back there and see all the different parts of the yard around me," Boike says.

One of the things he sees is the fire pit, which is delineated by flagstones with creeping thyme planted in the cracks between them. Just beyond the fire pit is a good oldfashioned hammock. Nearby, ground-hugging violets cover much of the space, "filling it with beautiful purple blooms in the spring," Boike says.

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the dogs' grassy romping grounds, with a mulched dining area overlooking them. (He picked up the funky retro-style chairs at Susan Fredman's At Horne with Nature, in Union Pier.) Continuing the visual arc surrounding the back porch, the koi pond is situated to the right, behind the garage. It's appointed with a lovely canna plant at its center, a little waterfall, a stone crocodile from Mexico, and a dozen colorful koi, which Boike loves to observe while perched on his built-in bench.

These days, he doesn't have to work as hard on his garden as he used to. "A cottagestyle garden is more maintenance at the start, but after the first couple of years everything is filled in," he says. He's not much for annuals, either. ''You have to create space for them. And that means that you have to keep other things from taking over that space like they might naturally. I'd much rather see what the garden does itself." •

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TOP A new wraparound deck and screened porch give tile cabin, perched on a dune, more usable outside space. ABOVE Sliding panels close to provide privacy upstairs. OPPOSIT;E Deanna Stallsmith surveys the deck from the master bedroom.


took Deanna and David Stallsmith mere minutes to know they had found their new weekend home when their real estate broker showed them a ramshackle, half-log cabin in Michiana in 2003-despite its depressingly dark, kitsch-crammed interior. Their chief desire was "to walk into a place and be in a great room," says David, and the cabin, built in the 1930s, filled that bill.

They also wanted open, light-filled spaces inside and out. With a warren of rooms surrounding the two-story living room, mud-brown cedar paneling, and only a tiny deck, the house was still lacking. But "we could immediately envision what it would look like with the knickknacks gone and everything painted white," Deanna says.

The Stallsmiths had a strategic game plan.

Before gutting the place, "we decided to live here a few years to get a sense of what we really wanted to do," Deanna explains. They did pull off some quick fixes right away, blitzing the place in ten days with the help of David's father, a professional carpenter. Out went the 1950s kitchen and in went interim cabinets from Lowe's, and countertops from Ikea, high-end stainless steel appliances they planned to keep long-term, and white paint on the paneled walls. "Five coats, to be exact," says Deanna. "Afterwards, it looked like the lights had been turned on."

Four years later, in 2007, "they told us they wanted to add something new to something old," recalls architect John Hancock, who undertook the full-scale renovation project with interior designer Nina Hancock, his wife and business partner. Structurally, the house had some issues-its framing had to be shored up to level the floors; it also needed new windows, roofing, and split-log Sieling.

To make the house feel more spacious and airy without increasing its footprint, Hancock eliminated a wall that hemmed in the foyer, kitchen, and dining room; added windows on both floors; and brought in a number of new materials, Burnished cork floors, high-performance CaesarStone countertops, and horizontal tongue-and-groove paneling in the dining area contribute to the modernist vibe. To cap off the makeover, he added a wraparound cedar deck and screened porch that give the place a fresh and dazzling demeanor, and the Stallsmiths plenty of space to play with family and friends.

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Rustic Modem Movie slipcovered sofa is deep and loungy; $1,199, at C82, Natural cowhide rug, $399, at Poorn & Board. Chelsea coffee table, $995, at Jayson Home & Garden.

Bright Spots Perfect over a dining table, the Bristol pendant in coral red adds pop to a, neutral palette, $249, at 8oConcept The photo-transter glass vase on the Stallsmiths' kitchen counter is from At Home in the City. Get one personalized with your own snepshots, from $550.

Screening Room Treat a screened porch asan exira living room. This furniture is from Crate & Barrel; C82 (cb2,com) and West Elm (westelll1.com) ore two other great sources for polished

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ARTFULLY MIXED VINTAG,E AND CONTEMPORARY FURNISHINGS-PLUS A FEW VIVID SPLASHES OF COLOR-MAKE FOR A SECOND HOME THAT'S BOTH COZY AND MODERN.

An Iconic Den Eames plywood cocktail table, $849, at Room & Board, Jute diamondpattern rllg, from $29 (2' x 3') at West Elm. Durham pillow, $129, at C82, Customized lamp, $285, crested at the Lamp Bar at Wilite Attic. Hugo chair with leather upholstery, $1',276,al Jayson Home & Gorden.

Designer Stephen Knollenberg used 39-inch ceramic tiles on the kitchen backsplash to mimic a wood floor. Leaning against It, antique forged-Iron peels (once used to pull loaves of bread from ovens) add a rustic touch. The FontanaArte chandelier is suspended some 18 feet from a beam on the double-height ceiling.

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ICHIGAN-BASED INTERIOR DESIGNER STEPHEN KNOLLENBERG

(who has a satellite office on the Gold Coast) has a decidedly pared-down aesthetic, but when a longtime family friend hired him to design a vacation home in Saugatuck, even he was challenged. "She pushed my proclivities further. She realty wanted to come into a space that was uncluttered and open," he says. "She wanted the lake to be the whole point of being there." and thus began the process of creating the most inviting take on austerity you'll ever be smitten by.

The project was a teardown of a 1960s ranch owned by his friend's parents, directly across Lake Shore Drive from Lake Michigan. Architect Charles K. Carlson oriented the new, four-bedroom, four-bath, L-shaped house so the swimming pool is alongside it instead of behind, as it was formerly. The lake, now visible to emerging swimmers, is also in full view from the front porch and the enclosed side porch.

The interior design is completely water-focused, as well.

The main living space is essentially one big, multi-windowed room. Whether you are chopping veggies at the kitchen island, eating lunch at the dining table, or chilling out on a sofa, you're pleasantly aware of the lake. Further making this point, Knollenberg uses only one accent color, a greenishblue-on some throw pillows and in the upholstery on chairs


flanking the fireplace-because "it pulls the lake in."

Aside from coaxing a massive body of water i ndoors, Knollenberg's biggest feat was creating a space that's at once utterly minimalist and utterly cottagev in the best sense of that word. He did it by taking familiar country formsladder-back and Windsor chairs, lanterns, rocking chairsand presenting them in clean, contemporary versions. He accessorized with real-deal old rural and nautical objects, like the 19th-century wood horse-measuring stick standing in one corner of the living room and the folk-art carved-wood anchor on a chain that Knollenberg framed and hung between the two front windows.

What's most striking about the interior is the crispness of the architecture and the decor. It's a sea of white etched with straight black lines in the form of light fixtures, railings, picture frames, and floor lamps. Dark-stained wood floors and furniture add to this contrast; so do the many steel and iron accessories-no billowing curtains, decorative quilts, or colorful art here. This isn't your grandma's Michigan cottage.

"Saugatuck is an old place," Knollenberg says. "There's a lot of charm to the cottages here. We wanted to pay respect to that aesthetic, but modernize it. We didn't want to bulldoze and ignore it."

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Grand Entrance The foyer is defined by a clean-lined staircase; its wraparound roiling is supported by tapered spindles set directly on the fioor, rather than on a base, Custom Wood Stairs (customwccdstairs.com) in Romeoville is one local source for customdes igned stairs,

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FAMILIAR FORMS SUCH AS LANTERNS AND ROCKING CHAIRS PAY HOMAGE TO SAUGATUCK'S HISTORIC CHARM, WHILE A CRISP PALETTE AND MINIMALIST SHAPES SPEAK TO THE DESIGNER'S MODERN SENSIBILITY.

Dine In (Clockwise from top) Sloane six-arm chandelier, $545, at RestoraUon Hardware, Bronzefinished' iron and sheet metal Jacob side chair with cushion, $279, at Crate & Barrel. Co-op dining table has a snesnsm wood top and powder-mated steel legs, $699, at C62.

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Rock It Out Hanging lanterns, paired with rocking chairs and sturdy baskets, create an inviting porch space. (Clockwise from top left) Heron exterior lantern, $7,035, at Remains lighting_ Black slat porch rocker, $88, at Lowe's. Winston baskets, from $69, at Pottery Barn.


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In the living room, with its double-height stone fireplace, muted tones work well on

an Edward Wormley sofa and Hans Wegner Papa Bear chairs. "I didn't want anything that made too much of an impact," says Judith Racht, a gallerist and .Interior decorator. "How could you make furniture more dramatic

th a n th is view?"


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above the fray.

Architect Laurence Booth designed this Michigan getaway home to cantilever out over a dune. The sand below it comes and goes as it pleases. "It's like a platform," says Booth, describing the 2,300-square-foot house he built for Irving Stenn and Judith Racht, who live in Lincoln Park ''The foundation is smaller than the house, so the sand shifts underneath."

Booth's plan captivated Stenn and Racht from the get-go. TIley didn't want to just enjoy the spectacular view of lake, dune, and forestthey wanted to be engulfed by it. "I wanted the house to be hunkered down inside the landscape," says Racht, who owns a contemporary art and objects gallery in Harbert, Michigan.

But getting from windswept lakeside plot to this elegant little compound (there's also a guesthouse, reached via a romantic bridge over a sandy ravine) was a journey

"We were at a marina in the city, watching the sailboats go out," says Racht, "and I saw all the sails swooping, billowing out with the wind, and thought, We should do a swooping roof." Booth took to the idea immediately. "Light hits the curved ceiling and yon see it go from intense to fading out, so there's change and variety," he explains. "It's pure theatre."

Booth made sure the materials he used were performers, as well "It's a beach house," he notes. "You're going up there on weekends; you don't want to have to paint and scrape," His solution was a zinc-clad copper exterior and carefree aluminum-framed windows carefully scaled to promote a sense of intimacy "It's a friendly house but also tough as nails," says Booth. Racht thinks he got it just right. "The metal and glass reflect the trees, the lake, the moon. It's so beautiful to look up at the house from the beach."

Once Booth's work was done, Racht filled the rooms with some heady mid-century furniture-a Hans Wegner dining table, an Edward Wormley sofa-and colors dictated by what she saw out the windows. "I got fabric samples and held them up to the "lake and sky," she says. "We wanted it to be one with nature."

Stenn considers their goal well met. "Storms and sunsets are incredible here," he says. "Sunsets are big."

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A Hans Wegner table warms up

co n crete fl oars in th e open-pia n dining room/kitchen; paintings by Carol Dolan echo the purplish colors of the lake. OPPOSlTI! In the entry,

a Jasper Johns print hangs over an elegant mid-century bench.


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1. The master bedroom has a porch with a lake view and a vintage Finn Juhl Chieftain Chair, a favorite of the owner, Irving Stenn. 2. The warm tones of a vintage Eames chair set off the stone fireplace. 3, 4. Sunlight streaming through clerestory windows brightens the kitchen, where while oak was stained a butterscotch color for easy care. 5. A small guesthouse and garage are accessed by a footbridge that spans a ravine. 6. The master bathroom's shower has frosted glass walls reminiscent of sea glass. 7. In summer the screened porch provides open-alr respite from the sun.

8. Booth look care to keep thlnqs Intimate and informal. "Big sheets of glass are kind of intimidating; this is friendly," he says.



From the outside, the bam glowed like a lantern. Inside, guests enjoyed dinner amid romantic shadows created by candles on the table and chandeliers glittering overn ead.

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_" .... k.A •• ~ and dose friends to qeJlebra1te his The ten-acre property an adjacent indoor years earlier: we had 120 do something more intimate." out invitations embossed with

year at the Michigan su er house he hares with his partner,

Sau~atuck i dudes a main house, a gue cottage, and a horse barn (now

fwe had ust celebrated our 20th ann on the property with a

band," says brams, a Chicago-based in the ecipien im~ge of a c andelier), asking everyone to

But even as they nursed cocktails and nib on appetizer poolside/t the

ed from race on-infested squalor 11 years earlier,

£bout nine o'clock, we called everybody to

flo dresses to the horse barn. which a few

co p e of mi\lutes from the house, and when we

They saw'dozens of candles flickering against the

mounted from the rafters; and a long, elegantly set on I ach side l2:>.: the old horse stalls. Resting on round s

embossed with that telltale handelier, Hovering disc 'We didn't get up from tl:).e table until midnight," says

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little walk, a

and Elliott led a procession of from top to bottom. "It was a everybody was wide-eyed," he wood walls; three crystal chandeliers



TOP LEFT TO RIGHi Abrams (left) and Doug Elliott at the entrance to their enchanted dining room; rough-hewn barn walls created a fu n ky backd rap for Ih e fa rma I table and chandeliers, which Abrams

faun doni in e fa r $100 e a eh; fres h artlgula prepped for Ihe warm goal cheese salad. MIDDLE During cocktail hour; caterers worked away inside Ihe main house, unbeknownst to the guests. Abrams curtained off the barn's rear entrance, hiding the grilling area. He thought that asking guests to dress in white would make the evenl feel more special. BOTtOM The evening began poolslde, with

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Y+ cup olive oil (not extra virgin) !1 lb. assorted fresh mushrooms (shiitake, oyster, morel,

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Salt and pepper

I tsp, chopped garlic tsp, chopped shallots

1 tsp, fresh thyme, lightly chopped % cup brandy or red wine

Y+ lb. sharp cheese such as Parmesan or Gruyere

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2. Add qarl!c, shallots, and thyme. Reduce heat to medium low. Cook for 5-10 minutes, stirring often until edges of mushrooms

are caramelized. Deglaze with brandy or red wine. Cook until liquids have reduced to thick syrup. Remove from heat and

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8. Divide half of the grated cheese among the four squares and spread evenly. Divide the sauteed mushrooms among the four squares and spread evenly. Top with remaining cheese.

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5 small beets

3 tbsp. olive oil 1 tsp. sea salt

Fresh ground pepper

4< 2 oz. pucks fresh goat cheese I cup panko bread crumbs

J-;i cup grape seed oil

5 oz. fresh organic baby arugula 2 tbsp. pine nuts

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olive oil and spread in a single 'layer on a sheet pan. Sprinkle with sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Roast at 350 degrees for 30- 45 minutes or until soft all the way through and edges are caramelized. (Can be done up to a day ahead..)

2. Coat the goat cheese pucks on all sides with panko bread crumbs.

3. Heat a nonstick saute pan over mediumhigh heat Lightly coat pan Vllith grape seed 011. Place goal cheese pucks ln pan and cook 1-2 minutes on each side, until bread crumbs are brown.

4. Toss arugula with dressing (recipe below) and top each serving with roasted beets, goat cheese, and pine nuts.

Raspberry Vinaigrette / yields: V, cup

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6 tbsp, olive oil

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﻿THE DESIGN CENTER at THE MERCHANDIS MART

You're "nvled to exo ore our wor d-famous showrooms

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THE DESIGN CENTER at THE MERCHANDIS MART