EDITOR’S NOTE

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IDEAS, IDEAS, IDEAS

This year, for the second year in a row, we are keeping our home tour virtual so that we can keep everyone safe—and because our tourgoers loved the idea of exploring these homes from the comfort of their own homes. The 2021 Northern Home & Cottage Virtual Home Tour launches Oct. 29, 2021. Purchase tickets at MyNorthTickets.com. You’ll be glad to know that all proceeds from ticket sales benefit Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan.

One of the things I love the most about our annual home tours are the ideas, both dreamy and practical, that we can all gather. On the dreamy side, let’s begin with water views from the windows of each of these homes. Sigh. Yes. OK, here are more dreamy ideas: a want-want, two-sided gas fireplace between the master bedroom and the great room; inset LED lighting in the ceiling beams and moulding; built-in bunk beds for the grandkids (a set on each side with steps between them); a fireplace facade made of Mesabi Black granite; a full butler’s kitchen adjacent to the main kitchen. And how about a kitchen range that looks out over the treetops to Lake Michigan—I’d be cooking all day!

On the practical side: How great would it be to have an on-demand hot water heater (never run out of hot water when you have a full house); a drawer microwave (saves reaching up at odd angles); a work-station sink; a Wolf Range and an induction pad set into the countertop for heating up water in a nano-second; a pot-filler and a pop-up stainless backsplash behind your range to catch flying grease. Finally, I’d love to have the eye, as one of our homeowners has, for finding really great art at antique and secondhand stores!

Please take time out from your busy schedules to put your feet up and take our virtual tour. I guarantee you will be delighted that you did.

Elizabeth Edwards is senior editor of Northern Home & Cottage. Lissa@traversemagazine.com

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ON THE VIRTUAL TOUR

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