HISTORIC BEAUTY
Born Again This 1930s cottage renovation on northern Michigan’s Walloon Lake involved some very heavy lifting — with a crane — and a smart blend of vintage and modern
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INTERIOR DESIGN, buILDER: JENNIFER TYSSE, NORTHERNVIEW HOMES + INTERIORS, bOYNE cITY AND bIRMINGHAM TEXT: PATTY LANOuE STEARNS PHOTOGRAPHY: bETH SINGER
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alloon Lake has loads of history; it’s where Ernest Hemingway spent his boyhood summers at his family’s cottage. Many of the cottages were built in the 1930s and had fireplaces as their only heat source, low ceilings, and tiny windows to try to keep the spaces warm. Ninety years later, thanks to smart HVAC systems, stateof-the-art insulation, and low-e windows, these historic cabins are being optimized for heating and cooling, in addition to taking in the view. When the
new owners of one of those vintage cottages asked interior designer Jennifer Tysse, of NorthernView Homes + Interiors in Boyne City and Birmingham, to modernize their abode, yet make it blend in with the spirit of the other historic cabins on the lake, she knew she was in for a challenge. “It was a one-owner cabin, a neat old cottage,” Tysse says. The puzzle? It had an odd layout, since the cottage had been added onto a couple of times, with a bedroom configuration and hallway that weren’t used to their fullest potential. Plus, the master bedroom lacked a lake view.
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