February 2014
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Handcrafted Memories
Whether displayed for all to see or made for one family’s eyes, bits and pieces brought together leave a lasting impression.
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More Than a Little Class
After serving the purpose it was built to fulfill, a one-room schoolhouse is reborn twice over as a cottage before blossoming into a new world of color.
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Take Your Seat
First crafted of hemlock, painted green and brown and sold for $4, the iconic Adirondack has become a versatile cottage staple.
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Cottages 2014: Contributors
Contributors, Cottages 2014
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Time to Get Away: Vacation Destinations
With condos, cottages and upscale lakefront homes all on the market, buyers — and renters — have their pick of great waterfront getaways.
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Sitting on the End of a Dock
Sunlight glints off a faraway jet filled with travelers going who-knows-where. They all have agendas. This is mine.
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Cottage Cuisine
Leave gourmet sit-down meals for another time and place and savor what’s in season at your favorite haven.
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Time to Book
The state’s rich history, combined with its creative talent, results in a treasure trove of good reads each year.
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Cottage Renewal
Once a little clapboard house built and bought for summer fun, today’s cherished family retreats are rejuvenating life at the lake year-round.
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The View From the Cottage
You’re fortunate if the first thing you see every morning is a lake.
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Push ‘Pause’
Since first opening for guests in 1889, very little has changed at Fountain Point Resort, the largest historic district in Leelanau County.
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Ferry Rides: Escape to Blue Horizons
Whether your destination holds exploring shipwreck relics or meandering sandy island dunes, these little boats make getting there half the fun.
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Phragmites
Early detection and rapid response is the key to controlling this fast-growing invasive.
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A Spritz of Summer
Award-winning fruit wines are just the ticket to take from sunny afternoon porch-sits to starlit cottage soirees.
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Catching Fireflies
The inviting character of “right-sized” cottages continues to provide a homespun escape.
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Where Time Stands Still
Inspired by several centuries of family summering in a legendary shoreline locale, a new Great Lake community welcomes a new era of cottage-goers.
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Tiny Getaways
From little houses-to-go to picturesque structures crafted from the ground up, interest in barely-there havens can hardly be called small.
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S’more Ways Than One
Put a few flavorful new spins on a sweet campfire staple.
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Great Lake Story 2014: On Manchester Pond – Chapter One
Chapter One, On Manchester Pond – The Site
