June 2016
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Ringing in Summer
Every time his grandfather would ring the dinner bell, off the boy ran to whatever delicious meal Grandma may have cooked up that evening. He’d scurry past bobbing sailboats and gliding kayaks, fishing dories, high cattails, and rickety docks, his sneakers squishing into wet sand as he wondered what dinner would be. I could never […]
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What a Doll (House)
We’re betting some birds are like people — they probably like to change up their interior/exterior spaces now and then with creative appointments, new roofs, and updated shutters, right? The winged wonders who visit this yard must have loved it when homeowner Victoria Keys Young of Grosse Pointe Shores stepped out of the box, so […]
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Romancing the Rustic
Julie Fiato remembers well the day four years ago when one of her daughters suggested she start a blog about decorating. “We were all in…
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Bulletin Board: Style Flag
ARCHITECTURE Love It To Pieces A Lego replica of a Detroit Wright home is on display A 50,000-piece Lego replica of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed 1955 Turkel House in Detroit (right) is on display at the Grosse Pointe Robot Garage through June. Troy resident Michele Van Hecker (above), a graduate of Kettering University in […]
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Pressing On
Most college students, looking toward the future and dreaming about their first home, might imagine a dwelling with a two-car, finished garage. Or a…
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Sizzling in the Great Outdoors
LOTUS GARDENSCAPES & BLOOM! GARDEN CENTER WHO: Traven Pelletier, left, is owner and lead designer of Dexter-based Lotus Gardenscapes & BLOOM! Garden Center. He studied sculpture and environmental science at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., graduating with high honors from the studio art department. A Michigan Licensed Builder and Certified Green Professional, Pelletier has […]
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Lake Effects
Oh, buoy! These hand-carved wooden buoys, from $19.50, are from Pottery Barn, metro Detroit-area locations, potterybarn.com. Product: Norwell 1102 round mariner sconce Price: $410 Russell Hardware, Bloomfield Hills russellhardware.com Product: Demijohn Price: $159 Arhaus – Troy, Ann Arbor arhaus.com Product: Fouta beach towel Price: $48 Serena & Lily serenaandlily.com Product: Elizabeth Teck Collection sofa Price: […]
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Great Lakes, Great Stuff
OFFERING HANDMADE, quality goods with a distinct cottage feel, Great Lakes Reclaimed — the Petoskey-based business of Jim and Lisa Millen — is all about the lake life. Ironically, the company began far from any Michigan waters. It was 2012, and the Millens were living in Colorado. Looking to fill some downtime from his job […]
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Feel the Teal
These sea-colored elements evoke waves of tranquility Product: Norwell 1102 round mariner sconce Price: $410 Russell Hardware, Bloomfield Hills russellhardware.com Product: Demijohn Price: $159 Arhaus – Troy, Ann Arbor arhaus.com Product: Fouta beach towel Price: $48 Serena & Lily serenaandlily.com “When you have a strong wall color like teal, incorporate some natural fabrics and […]
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7 Sensational Bathrooms
A COOL SPLASH Waves of personality await at these two lake-home baths BACKSTORY: Designer Dayna Rasschaert, of Bloomfield Village-based Dayna Flory Interiors, loves designing vacation homes, especially (and this happens rarely) if they’re only a few miles from her office. That was the case for one family, who resides in Bloomfield Hills and now enjoys […]
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Splashy Design
Watermark Designs Jem lavatory faucet, starting at $1,496, Wittock Kitchen and Bath, Birmingham BDI Ciao™ mirror and console (in walnut and chocolate-stained walnut), $999/set, Hillside Furniture, Bloomfield Hills Speakman Hotel Pure filtered shower head (removes chlorine and water-soluble metals from water, $65-$80, speakman.com Ugly Duckling 8- x 4-inch tile, $61, Motawi Tileworks, Ann Arbor Alabastro […]
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Victorious Victoria
In the waning winter days of 2009, Victoria Keys Young stood in the front yard of her new residence in Grosse Pointe Shores and, with her face set in steely determination, she peered fiercely at the menacing foe…
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A Pointe in Time
“Cliff Lodge,” an aging 1901 beauty sitting on the shores of Lake Huron just east of Port Austin, seemed to be yearning for transformation — one that would take it to its storied past, but also move it smartly into the future. Situated in the historic Pointe aux Barques community, the cottage would, in fact, […]
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Into the Blue
On a quiet, leafy street in Franklin there’s a graceful Nantucket-shingle style home with immaculate landscaping, serene views of the in-ground pool in back, and a most surprising past.
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Come On In!
Kim Viviano’s husband, Nino, has always wanted to live on the water. So the couple, who live in Bloomfield Hills, began looking for a summer home Up North.
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Detroit Home June/July 2016 Digital Edition
Detroit Home – June/July 2016
