Holiday House Tour: Simple Traditions

August 29, 2013
A Michigan lake home welcomes family gatherings with its timeless style.
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Old-fashioned styling

Back stairs leading up to the sewing room show old-fashioned architectural styling from a simple newel post and porch-style railing.

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Cozy scale

Low paneled ceilings give a cozy scale to the 28-foot-long living room.

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Lodge feel

The home's design and surroundings create the sense of visiting a park lodge. The owners wanted the home to look like it might have been moved from the nearby community of cottages built from the 1980s to the 1920s.

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Inventive island

An old table used as a kitchen island is the perfect height for rolling out pies and batches of Christmas cookies.

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Woodsy dining

Family meals around the antique sawbuck table are set aglow by a moose antler chandelier from a second-hand store.

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Cupboard collections

A white pottery collection and plenty of firewood for wintry nights fit snugly into an antique cupboard.

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Upstairs nooks

Cozy nooks abound in upstairs rooms thanks to dormers along the roof.

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Master bedroom

The master suite's bedside table is "the only new piece of wood furniture I ever bought besides the dining room chairs," says the homeowner.

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Bright sewing room

Ten windows brighten the sewing room, where sunlight bounces off white walls, sloped ceilings and a hand-painted floor.

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