Archive - Northern Home & Cottage

Up On the Roof

Up On the Roof

Super Green Idea: A rooftop greenhouse to grow plants and help heat your home.

Home Spa

Home Spa

A list of ways to create a home spa.

Recipes for Relaxation

Recipes for Relaxation

Three recipes for creating relaxing recipes, including massage oil, face masks and body scrub.

Breaking House Rules in Traverse City

Breaking House Rules in Traverse City

A Long Lake house designed by Traverse City architect Ken Richmond incorporates Arts & Crafts, cottage and contemporary. The home manages to be creative and styled while melting into the trees.

A Kitchen for Cooks

A Kitchen for Cooks

This Petoskey kitchen designed by Nancy Blandford is sleek, high-functioning and made for a couple that loves to cook.

The Healing House In Leelanau County

The Healing House In Leelanau County

Color, simplicity and healing mark Molly Phinny's new Leelanau County home, just outside of Traverse City.

Garden in a Jar

Garden in a Jar

Seven simple steps to building a home terrarium.

Recipe: Milk and Honey Bath

Recipe: Milk and Honey Bath

Recipe for a Milk and Honey Bath.

Built for the Boughs Outside Traverse City

Built for the Boughs Outside Traverse City

Architect Marco Silveri treated the trees as tall neighbors when he designed this Spider Lake cottage near Traverse City.

Build a Birch Log Mantel

Build a Birch Log Mantel

How to build a fireplace mantle out of birch logs.

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