Cottage in Michigan

Chicago-based interior designer Tom Stringer was appointed to create this kid-friendly cottage<br />located in Harbor Springs, Michigan. Owner Sheila Keil says: "This house is really a place where we can all be kids again. It's like being at a year-round summer camp."<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss1.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss1.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss2.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss2.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />Seating area on the porch overlooking Lake Michigan.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss3.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss3.jpg" /><br />Victoria Hagan fabric was used for the armchairs and pillows in the living room.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss4.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss4.jpg" /><br />The same Victoria Hagan fabric is repeated on the Hickory Chair dining chairs. <br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss5.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss5.jpg" /><br />Mahogany topped island in the kitchen.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss6.jpg" height="548" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss6.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" width="375" /><br />Drawers under the back stairway add storage.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss7.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss7.jpg" /><br />In the family room, colourful framed travel posters hang above a "double-wide" sofa-custom made for family movie nights. <br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss8.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss8.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />Stair rails with quirky positive-negative, tulip-shaped cutouts are "a traditional cottage detail, reinterpreted," says Stringer.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss9.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss9.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />White and blue tones in the master bedroom.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss12.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss12.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />Pink reading nook in Sheila's daughter's bedroom.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss10.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss10.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />Custom made cabinets in the master bathroom.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss13.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss13.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss14.jpg" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_keillg_ss14.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br />Periwinkle, white, and polka dots for the guest bedroom.<br /><br />Photographs by Werner Straube<br /><br />All images and information from <a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">here</a>.

Cottage in Michigan

Chicago-based interior designer Tom Stringer was appointed to create this kid-friendly cottage located in Harbor Springs, Michigan. Owner S...

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