• Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour, Saturday, October 24!

  • Danny Forster's Cool Green House

  • A Lake Michigan Home Hidden by Dunes

  • The Not So Big Cottages On Walloon Lake

  • Tale of Anne Cottage

  • Anne Cottage Photo Gallery

Designing a Kitchen For Styles of Different Cooks

Designing a Kitchen For Styles of Different Cooks

Kitchen designer Nancy Blanford designed a Walloon Lake kitchen that fits the individual style of every cook in the family. Full article...Home Profiles News Petoskey )

A Vintage Kitchen Revealed on Lake Charlevoix

A Vintage Kitchen Revealed on Lake Charlevoix

A 1970's remodel did its best to cover up this vintage cottage kitchen on Lake Charlevoix, but the owners, designer Robin Berry and builder Marty Ernst reclaimed its soul. See it on the 2009 Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour. Full article...Home Profiles News Charlevoix )

An Old Walloon Lake Cabin Near Petoskey Gets a New Kitchen

An Old Walloon Lake Cabin Near Petoskey Gets a New Kitchen

The Vicks loved their old North log-and-chink cabin on Walloon Lake near Petoskey. The kitchen? Not so much. Here's what they did with the help of Northern Michigan Hardwoods. Full article...Home Profiles News Petoskey )

Video: Getting Rid of Fruit Flies in Your Northern Michigan Home

Video: Getting Rid of Fruit Flies in Your Northern Michigan Home

Northern Michigan is one of the fruit-growing capitals of the world and that means fruit flies. In this video we explore techniques for ridding your house of these fall pests. Full article...Resources Video News How-To Traverse City )

Want to Hide the Mess in Your Kitchen? Find Out How

Want to Hide the Mess in Your Kitchen? Find Out How

Do you love to cook but hate to have your guest see the mess in the kitchen? Read about the Bailey family solution and then check it out for yourself: #17 on the Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour. Full article...Northern Style News Traverse City )

The Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour 2009

The Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour 2009

Here's a peak at what's in store on the Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour 2009, produced by Northern Home & Cottage and National Kitchen & Bath Association, sponsored by Wooden Hammer and Fustini's Oils and Vinegars. Full article...Northern Home & Cottage )

Tale of Anne Cottage

Tale of Anne Cottage

A historic home on a historic Mackinac Island property gets a storybook makeover. Full article...Northern Home & Cottage Mackinac Island Attractions Attractions )

Pickerel Lake Cabin Rescue

Pickerel Lake Cabin Rescue

After years of searching for the perfect getaway, a downstate architect and his family salvage and renovate a neglected 1920’s log cabin on Pickerel Lake. Full article...Northern Home & Cottage )

Earthy Home Style Picks—and Earth-Friendly

Earthy Home Style Picks—and Earth-Friendly

It can be a challenge to bridge interior design styles from one season to the next, but these earthy—and earth-friendly—delights send summer off in style. Full article...Northern Style Traverse City )

The Not So Big Cottages of Walloon Lake

The Not So Big Cottages of Walloon Lake

Builder Jim Meathe and architect Greg Presley designed new cottages on Walloon Lake that bring back traditional Victorian and farmhouse styles in updated houses with small footprints. Full article...Home Profiles Petoskey )

A Flowery Twist on the Kir Cocktail

A Flowery Twist on the Kir Cocktail

Floating pansy flowers when serving kir cocktails, makes this cocktail beautiful as well as delicious. Full article...Simple Pleasures Food & Wine Features Features )

Danny Forster's Cool, Green House

Danny Forster's Cool, Green House

The charismatic star of Discover Channel's Build It Bigger builds a house in Omena that is smaller, greener and brimming with innovation. Full article...Home Profiles )

Leelanau County Home Blends into Lake Michigan Dunes

Leelanau County Home Blends into Lake Michigan Dunes

Ben Begley and Kathleen Wills designed a house using organics and careful site selection that results in a gorgeous Leelanau County home going incognito on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Full article...Home Profiles )

Northern Michigan Style: Big, Bold and Bright for Summer

Northern Michigan Style: Big, Bold and Bright for Summer

Items for cottage life including a chair and pillows from Anchor Cottage in Suttons Bay and water resistant bins and a Vera Bradley apron from The Front Porch in Suttons Bay. Full article...Northern Style Northern Style )

Greg Presley's Little Cottage on Walloon Lake

Greg Presley's Little Cottage on Walloon Lake

Architect Greg Presley used big strokes to make his cottage on Walloon Lake, near Petoskey, just big enough. Full article...Home Profiles Northern Home & Cottage )

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