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While I scooped the pile of wet sand we needed for the sand castle, John dug a channel for the lake to wash in. Bird was transfi xed, being too small to do anything but watch us. We were the three musketeers, digging for treasure.

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12 Lovely Save A Glen Lake family eschews a teardown, opting to preserve an old

cottage—and treat their family to old-fashioned lake vacations.

26 Beach House, Etherealized Long, lean, bright, fresh, airy and vista-fi lled on Lake Michigan.

38 Tucked Away on Sturgeon BayAn unfi nished cottage in Cross Village gets a happily-ever-a° er ending.

7 Editor’s Note A palm springs in our oÿ ce.

8 Northern Style Cheeky tiki for the sunshine days.

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A Palm SpringsA palm tree grew in our office this spring First an

apology to native Northern Michigan trees—speaking for my colleagues

at Traverse Magazine/Northern Home & Cottage, we love and value you

all, from your roots to your crowns. But as the long, cold spring wore

on, I, for one, kept thinking about the metal palm trees that the own-

ers of After E�ects Salon in Manistee sell in front of their shop on US31.

And that inspired our Cheeky Tiki theme for Northern Style this month.

So, after work one day in early April, our editorial assistant, Evan Perry,

drove down and borrowed one of those trees so we could photograph it.

He got back to the o�ce in the evening and set it up smack in the mid-

dle of the o�ce. Not a one of us didn’t grin when we walked in the next

day and saw it. Which told me, we were all overdue for some fun in the

sun. I think you’ll smile when you see how Cheeky Tiki Northern Style

turned out. Now that it is summer, blend yourself a piña colada and

head for the beach with this magazine—you’ll want to be near water

when you see the three fabulous homes we’ve pro�led in this issue.

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Several years after it was constructed, the

next owner cobbled two more bedrooms onto

the cottage. And at some point, another stone

�replace was added to a room that over the

years became the cottage’s dining room.

By the 1940s, the cottage had become the

beloved summer headquarters for the White

family, and eventually White-Schilling families,

who made their own additions to the structure.

Under their tenure, the home was a touchstone

for generations of siblings and cousins who

grew up reveling in the freedom of rustic, water-

�lled summers, recalls Carolyn Schilling Gery,

whose parents were the �nal owners.

Carolyn’s parents, George and Barbara

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Built in 1927 for overflow guests

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summer enclave that once

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as a humble structure. That said, it was solidly

built, and it boasted a marvelously massive

fieldstone fireplace embellished with smaller

beach stones gathered, no doubt, from the

shores of nearby Sleeping Bear Bay. Like its

sister structures at Glen Eden and other proper-

ties around Glen Lake, the cottage was rented

by summer vacationers looking to treat their

families to a true Northwoods experience.

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The cottage interior is a purposefully relaxed, casual mix of pattern, textures and colors. “Every corner, every nook and cranny is optimized for relaxed family

time,” says Valerie Schmieder of Via Design. “Even the attic space was converted to optimize plenty of sleeping options for the expanding family,” she adds.

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new owners saved it. And although they have

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original scale, intimacy and materials of the

original structure.

Before launching the renovation, the

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team from Via Design in Grand Rapids for

advice and a reality check. Architect Brian

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�replaces. Via was onboard, and so began

what has become a decade-long process of

stabilization, maintenance and renovation

that has also included Chris Mason of Mason

Construction and Ed Johnson of Northern

Property Management.

“It became a game of what to keep and

what to take away,” Brian says of the renova-

tion process, which he sums up as achieving

that “Glen Lake look.” Elements that remained

include the �replaces, original wood �oors,

board and batten living room walls and

wooden ceiling beams.

“It became a game of what to keep and what to take away,” Brian says of the renovation process, which he sums up as achieving that “Glen Lake look.”

Above: The master bedroom is comfortable with quintessential vintage cottage style. Below: Says Via

Design's Valerie Schmieder, “The living room space focuses on lounging and conversation in front of the

home’s original unique stone fireplace. Dark-stained board-and-batten walls were painted to brighten u

the room and accent the original dark wood beams. A colorful floral cotton fabric used on a deep comfy sof

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place for the family to while away Glen Lake days and evenings. Builders raised the attic roof to

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�e homeowners have welcomed mem-

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the cottage. “�ey have done a beautiful job of

mixing the historic �ourishes of an old cottage

with a modern home,” Carolyn says.

�is spring, the homeowners added on to

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making the screened porch bigger because

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family,” says Victor Scalzo of Via Design. “She

did not want to lose that cozy, Michigan cot-

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Above: “My favorite touches in the home are the ones that the homeowner made with personal

collections of favorite things,” says Via Design’s Valerie Schmieder. “A collection of antique

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residential designer Fred Ball does a pretty fair job of camouflaging his widely respected design brilliance with a casual Hoosier drawl.

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Above: The home’s otherwise simple design soars with a determined

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extend several feet beyond the roofline. Opposite: Susan describes

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The home is wrapped in cedar shingles, a nod to Nantucket, a place that also fi gures into

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was. So they began the arduous process of talking with builders

and designers about the possibility of renovating it. Everybody

they talked to said it would take a boggling amount of work and

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structure and built new.


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In the design of the new structure, Fred preserved the shotgun simplicity of the old cottage,

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�ipped it left to right to maximize the view of the dunes.

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area and sunny, book-lined library.

With the home’s shell agreed upon, Fred and Susan focused their dialogue on the interior. Much

of their conversation revolved around the Swedish beach houses Susan had seen while traveling

in Scandinavia with Tony. Susan was enamored with the way the cottages’ fresh, whitewashed

surfaces played up the seashore light while providing the perfect backdrop for the clean lines of

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quiet sanctuary for reading or listening to music.


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a bank of French doors topped with transom windows running along

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are mirrored on the opposite wall, a touch as elegant as it is functional:

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need for air conditioning.

Susan’s (mostly) mid-century modern furnishings round out the strik-

ing interior that is also marked by careful craftsmanship, a quality that the

Covattas attribute to Scott Kennard’s team from Wentworth Builders.

“Our house in Cincinnati was built by great workmen, but as good as they

were, they were no match for Scott’s men,” Tony says, going on to describe

coming upon one of the carpenters building the shelves in the library. “He

made sure every board was absolutely perfect … smoothed them, caressed

them, sighted along them. �ey built the entire house like that.”

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The master bed, upholstered with a fuzzy

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DESIGNERFrederick Crosley Ball Associates, Harbor Springs, 231.526.4200, frederickcrosleyball.com

BUILDERWentworth Builders, Scott Kennard, Harbor Springs, 231.526.6377, wentworthbuilders.com

INTERIOR DESIGNSusan Covatta, Frederick Crosley Ball, 231.526.4200, frederickcrosleyball.com

KITCHEN DESIGNER Etc. Kitchens, Judy McCa� rey, Harbor Springs, 231.526.7026, etcdesigns.net

CABINETSWentworth Builders Cabinetry, Harbor Springs, 231.526.6377, wentworthbuilders.com

TILE & GRANITE SOURCE Etc. Kitchens, Judy McCa� ery, Harbor Springs, 231.526.7026, etcdesigns.net

LUMBERPreston Feather, Harbor Springs and Petoskey, 231.347.2501, prestonfeather.com

WINDOWS AND PATIO DOORSMarvin, Preston Feather, Harbor Springs and Petoskey, 231.347.2501, prestonfeather.com

FLOORING Reclaimed White Oak, J Chattaway Inc., Harbor Springs, 231.526.2768

APPLIANCESWitbeck, witbeckappliance.com

LANDSCAPER Litzenburger Landscape, Gow Litzenburger, Harbor Springs, 231.526.2939, litzenburgerlandscape.com

FIREPLACE & STONE WORK Seth � ornton Masonry, Harbor Springs, 231.526.7599

TRIM AND MILLWORK Phillip Elenbaas Millwork, Grand Rapids, 616.791.1616, elenbaasmillwork.com

LIGHTING Kleinhenz Electric, Harbor Springs, 231.526.5955

SIDINGMichigan PreStain, Grand Rapids, 616.241.1440

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Sturgeon Bay

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A couple with a love of modern design and a devotion to Michigan’s natural beauty harmonizes the two in

a Lake Michigan bluff home. TEXT BY DIANE KOLAK • PHOTOS BY TODD ZAWISTOWSKI

Tucked Away on

Sturgeon Bay

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Picture windows line the kitchen, where Shaker-style cabinets

and a beadboad ceiling give the sleek home a hint of cottage

charm. Opposite: An oblong prep sink comes in handy in a kitchen

designed for entertaining a steady stream of guests.

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Most weekends, you can �nd one such couple enjoying their modern

blu�-side getaway near Cross Village. Jessica Woll, a Detroit-area family

law attorney, and her husband, Don Stewart, an executive at Chrysler,

combined good timing with keen vision when they purchased the then-

un�nished house in 2008. �e 6,000-square-foot structure had sat in a

skeletal state for about two years, due to the recession. Jessica and Don

were drawn to the home’s geometric shape and modern sensibility as well

as its woodsy site on Sturgeon Bay, near where they had vacationed for

many years. When they �nished the house, they maintained its original

personality, enhancing it for their own needs.

Ask any Northern Michigan real estate pro, and they’ll tell

you that the market is recovering. Homes and cottages

are selling faster, for higher prices. Just a few years ago,

though, listings were plentiful and bargains easy to �nd, even for the kind

of prime lakefront properties people dream about. Serious buyers were

scarce but savvy, and now, as demand and values climb, they are happy

to count themselves among the few who “got in” at the perfect time.

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Located in Old Town at 415 S. Union St. Traverse City [email protected]

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Jessica and Don love modern design, and they wanted a unique

Up North home in a private, natural setting. Respecting the land was

important to them, and the home’s gentle footprint is certi�ed by LEED

(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). �e certi�cation

was achieved through careful siting, geothermal heating and cooling,

and selection of eco-friendly materials. �e landscaping on the 3½-acre

site is very minimal, and the dark exterior color scheme of the home

helps it blend into the mature trees.

“We’re more cognizant of the environment [Up North] because the

natural beauty is right there in front of us,” Jessica says.

Inside the house, Lake Michigan is visible from nearly every room.

�e cantilevered master bedroom with �oor-to-ceiling glass seems to

�oat over the waves. Jessica sometimes wakes up to see eagles search-

ing the water for breakfast.

“�ere’s an inside-out aspect to every space,” says Jessica. �is

design feature is especially welcome when large groups gather here. �e

We’re more cognizant of the environment [Up North] because the natural beauty is right there in front of us.

The master suite’s Carrara marble bath (above) is upstaged only by the

miles-long view from its corner position over the lake (below).

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�ve-bedroom, �ve-and-one-half–bathroom house is often full of family

and friends enjoying all that Cross Village and Harbor Springs have

to o�er, all year long. �at includes skiing at Boyne Highlands, biking

through the beloved tunnel of trees on M-119 and, of course, running

down the zigzagging staircase with a sun-dried towel to hit the beach.

Jessica also loves art and indulges that interest with her 8-year-old

daughter, India, at �ree Pines Studio in Cross Village. �e gallery and

studio holds workshops for all ages and sells local �ne art and crafts. It’s

where she purchased an unusual tribute to India’s equestrian hobby: a

life-sized, recycled-metal sculpture of two horses by Boyne City artist

Doug Melvin. �e piece greets visitors in the front yard. Personal touches

like this stand out against the minimal look of the home.

From top: The homeowners respected the natural state of the site by limiting

lawn space. The house itself is dark, to blend better with the woods. A scrap-

metal sculpture of two horses by local artist Doug Melvin greets visitors. The

sculpture’s rusty components reflect the heavy metalwork on the house

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Across from East Bay • 4290 US 31 North • Traverse City, Michigan • 231.518.41486648 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloofield, Michigan • 248.825.4495

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�e minimalism has a cottagey counter-

point, though, with glossy-white beadboard

hung horizontally throughout the house. In

the kitchen, the beadboard plays o� Shaker-

style cabinetry, a custom-made modular table

and a kilim rug over ipe �ooring. �e result is

a distinctly original look that’s warm but still

clean and modern.

�e family has been enjoying the retreat for

several years now. �ey have thoughts of

expanding, maybe adding a pool for the shoul-

der seasons. Timing was all-important in the

beginning, but now when the family arrives Up

North, all the pressure is o�. It’s the perfect

place to take in the views and the fresh air

blowing across Sturgeon Bay.

Diane Kolak is a freelance designer and writer

from Lake Ann. [email protected]

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ting area in the attic is lined with windows that have sensors to shut them automatically when it rains.

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Across from East Bay • 4290 US 31 North • Traverse City, Michigan • 231.518.41486648 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloofield, Michigan • 248.825.4495

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resourcesTucked Away on Sturgeon Bay

CONTRACTING (ORIGINAL STRUCTURE)Birchwood Construction, Harbor Springs, 231.439.1608, birchwoodconstruction.net

Paul Sweet, Harbor Springs

INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNITUREItalmoda, Royal Oak, 248.549.1221, italmoda.us

APPLIANCESGE Monogram, ge.com for local dealers

LIGHTING FIXTUREBocci, bocci.ca for regional dealers

HORSE SCULPTURE Doug Melvin, � ree Pines Studio, Cross Village, 231.526.9447.threepinestudio.com

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a Lake Michigan bluff home.TEXT BY DIANE KOLAK • PHOTOS BY TODD ZAWISTOWSKI

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