Cottage Classic
June 11, 2010A very happy Home Tour Friday to you!
Today we’re headed to Harbor Springs, Michigan to an all-time favorite home of mine. This magnificent home belongs to some family friends and I’ve been working up the courage to ask to use the photos I took last summer when we visited. Luckily, they said yes!
If I were to build a home, this is exactly the floor plan I would use: open, open, open.
And skip the living room!
This is a view from the kitchen. There’s so much I love about this room – the color, the cozy warmth, the stone fireplace, the bookcases, the view and access to the outdoors.
Please excuse this crooked shot of this gorgeous kitchen. (That’s what happens when you have me as a photographer!)
Here’s another view that shows the dining table beyond.
Here’s another view. I just love a big, round, farmhouse style table to linger after eating.
Directly outdoors is this amazing fireplace and covered deck. What a great place to be, and for some reason I think especially in the rain.
This is the library and I love the tilework on the fireplace!
These are the upstairs bedrooms. I love the tall detailed plank ceilings. I also love that the size of these rooms easily accommodates 2 queen beds. I also love the quilts for curling up on those cool Northern Michigan summer nights. Lastly I love the balcony for practicing my best Juliet.
The other guest bedroom mirrors the first, but with a more Americana feel. Notice the trestle ceiling and the window seat. Love this room!
Throughout the rest of the home, the same attention to detail is apparent…
On the upstairs landing overlooking the Great Room, this library nook with its window seat and pillow collection.
In the bunk room (which just screams for grandchildren, ahem), the cubby bunk bed is just awesome. My adorables would fight over this every night.
I love the paint detail in this bathroom – again cottage cute, cute, cute.
I just LOVE this mudroom and thus I saved it for last:
First, it’s the stone floor that makes me love this room. Next I’m not sure I could even fill those closets and cabinets = abundant storage. Third, benches and wainscoting galore. Now this is a mudroom folks!
The home is just a short stroll to downtown Harbor Springs, a shopper’s heaven.
Here’s my plug for Northern Michigan in the summer and fall: get there! You’ll love it – natural beauty, gorgeous quaint villages, and the nicest people in the world (and yes, I’m biased).
Many thanks to my dear friends for opening their home for our peek!
Have a blessed weekend all.
Father’s Day Week of Giveaways starts Monday (with a bang! Well, not literally).
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Marla
on June 11, 2010 10:14 amI love, love, love this house!!!
bill
on June 11, 2010 10:21 amI was lucky enough to enjoy a weekend here and stayed in the yellow bedroom. The only thing nicer than the house are the hosts – D & A, you are so gracious. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Whitney Trujillo
on June 11, 2010 10:28 amThat really is a beautiful home! I love the bunk room!
Rachel C
on June 12, 2010 1:36 pmWhat a dream house! LOVE those bedrooms!
Susan Williams
on June 12, 2010 4:55 pmPerfection!!
Amy@MaisonDecor
on June 12, 2010 5:43 pmNice summer house….I like the porch best..something about the view combined with the fab stone fireplace…nice in the evening as well as the day!
Lesli
on June 13, 2010 3:09 pmLOVE the kitchen and the mudroom-just gorgeous!!
Joanna
on June 21, 2010 6:51 pmNice house! Check out our 3D Rendering
Sheryl
on October 7, 2010 4:18 pmNoticed something interesting in several photos. Chairs of different size and scale in the same room, looking perfect, not out of place. What’s the trick there? I love the look.
gisele marchena
on September 9, 2011 11:28 pmgorgeous