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contents For the way you live Up North
COVER AND THIS PAGE TOP: DAVE SPECKMAN; BOTTOM: DAVE WEIDNER
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A New Home for the Holidays Food writer Maureen Abood invites us into her Harbor Springs home.
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Editor’s Note The Way We Live Up North
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The Happily Ever After Cottage A storybook cottage that began as a wedding present.
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Northern Style Monochrome Holidays
26 Good Energy Lois Bahle (Bahle’s Department Store) and Larry Mawby, the bubbly wine guy, show us what energy efficiency is.
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DAN AND MAUREEN’S PASSION FOR COOKING AND ENTERTAINING FAMILY AND FRIENDS DEFINED THE G RE AT ROOM L AYOUT. THE TERR ARIU M IS FROM CHRISTIANS’ RENOLDA G REENHOUSE AND THE FLOWERS , TOPIARIES AND DINING ROOM TABLE GREENERY ARE FROM A.R. PONTIUS FLOWER SHOP—BOTH BUSINESSES ARE IN HARBOR SPRINGS .
All recipes are from Rose Water & Orange Blossoms by Maureen Abood [Running Press, 2015] and demonstrated on Maureen’s YouTube Channel. Find Lebanese ingredients at MaureenAboodMarket.com
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TEXT BY ELIZABETH EDWARDS | PHOTOS BY DAVE SPECKMAN
A New Home
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Holidays FOOD WRITER MAUREEN ABOOD WELCOMES US INTO HER HARBOR SPRINGS COTTAGE AND SHARES SOME OF HER FAVORITE LEBANESE-STYLE APPETIZERS.
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MAU RE E N IS WE ARING PE ARL J EWE LRY BY E LIZAB ETH B L AIR FINE PE ARL S OF HARBOR SPRINGS . BE LOW: THE DINNE R PL ATES ARE HE R G R ANDMOTHE R ’ S CHINA PAT TE RN AND SHE AND DAN FOU ND THE MISMATCHE D SILVE R AT AN ANTIQU E FAIR . THE MIRROR IS FROM THE N & NOW CONSIG NME NT SHOP IN PETOSKE Y.
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WHIPPED HOMEMADE HUMMUS 2
cups cooked skinless chickpeas, cooking liquid reserved.
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cup tahini, well stirred
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In the bowl of a food processor, puree the chickpeas and garlic until a thick paste forms (the paste will ball up a bit). With the machine running, slowly add the tahini, ½ teaspoon salt and lemon juice. Then slowly add a cup of the cooled chickpea cooking water or cold tap water (use if your chickpeas are canned) until the hummus is very smooth and light, holding back on water and tasting the hummus as you go; you
may not need all of it. Taste and add more salt and lemon if needed. Place the hummus in a bowl, cover and refrigerate for up to a week. Bring the hummus back to room temperature for about 30 minutes before serving, reviving it with some lemon juice if needed. *This hummus uses pre-peeled chickpeas from Maureen Abood Market product line, which are a sensation.
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THE STATE LY HOME BLE NDS WE LL WITH HARBOR SPRINGS’ E ARLY 19TH - CE NTU RY ARCHITEC TU RE . THE LUXU RIOUS VE R ANDA IS SET OFF THE LIVING ROOM AND ACCESSE D BY FRE NCH DOORS .
At the holidays Maureen Abood’s kitchen is filled with the scent of wild thyme, sumac, sesame, honey, flower waters and nuts—the sensual aromas of Lebanese cuisine, the food of her heritage. The difference this holiday season for Maureen, author of the recently released cookbook, Rose Water and Orange Blossoms, is that she will be making the dishes in the kitchen of the new cottage in Harbor Springs that she shares with her husband, Dan Shaheen. Both Maureen and Dan have deep roots in Northern Michigan—Maureen’s family summered in Harbor Springs while she was growing up and Dan’s family on nearby Walloon Lake. Their families, neighbors in Lansing, visited each other on Up North vacations, enjoying fresh Lebanese dishes like hummus, tabbouleh salad and grilled lamb and vegetables—all fond memories for the couple. As Maureen tells it: “With my family history in Harbor Springs and Dan’s family history on Walloon, it wasn’t easy to decide where to land for our own home ... but Dan agreed to make the leap to Harbor Springs if I fed him well!” From the beginning, Maureen wanted their new home to evoke memories of her family’s home on Main Street in Harbor Springs. “I grew up learning and loving Lebanese cuisine and family gatherings in that kitchen,” she says. “And it was also there that I launched my career as a food blogger and cookbook author.” From its rooftop deck (outfitted with a complete outdoor kitchen), right down to the great room, Maureen and Dan’s new home is, indeed, as light and airy as the breeze off Little Traverse Bay across the street. Designed by Petoskey-based architect Nicholas White, the home’s exterior combines elements that evoke grand Eastern seaboard homes, including stacked covered terraces and a hipped roof that culminates in that rooftop deck’s white railing—a touch that is reminiscent of a schooner-era widow’s walk. Northern Home & Cottage
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DAN AND MAU RE E N ARR ANG E D THE KITCHE N ISL AND SO THAT GU ESTS COU LD SIT ACROSS AND DIAGONALLY FROM E ACH OTHE R , A SE ATING PAT TE RN THAT FACILITATES CONVE RSATION . A BUTLE R ’ S PANTRY (LOCATE D B E HIND MAU RE E N) MAKES IT E ASY TO HIDE COOKING MESS BE FORE A DINNE R PART Y.
While Dan and Maureen were fully
linen fabric; matching blue-upholstered
Lebanese cinnamon and rice pilaf) and
invested in the interior design choices for
chairs are a modern take on good old wing
large family gatherings, the kitchen was
their home, they turned to Vee Mossberg,
backs. And an over-sized coffee table is
particularly important. “Our space was
founder and principal designer of the
covered in sealed grass cloth—making it
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ing family together around the table,”
Interiors, to refine their ideas into a style
A Ralph Lauren jute rug and unlined linen
Maureen says. To that end, the kitchen
that Vee calls edgy, relaxed traditional.
draperies (light enough to billow in the lake
opens to the living area and a pass-through
breezes) add understated luxury.
buffet connects it with the dining area. The
Pale cornflower blue walls are contrasted dramatically with dark-stained white
Given Maureen’s career, as well as
focal is an 11-foot long, 2-inch thick slab
oak floors; white couches sporting clean,
the couple’s shared love of cooking (Dan
of marble with seating around one end
straight lines are upholstered in washable
can whip up a mean chicken hushwe, a
and a black walnut counter top that Northern Home & Cottage
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THE PAINTING ABOVE THE MANTE L IS BY HARBOR SPRINGS’ ARTIST JAMES PE E RY. B E LOW: THE BU FFET BET WE E N THE KITCHE N AND DINING ROOM MAKES SE RVING E ASY.
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in-turn holds the vegetable sink at the
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says. “Dan and I both know that while these
other. Beautiful as they are, Maureen also
look fresh and feminine. Top-of-the-line
things are really nice, you don’t have to have
chose the surfaces for their practicality.
Wolf appliances including double ovens
them for a wonderful home, a wonderful
She rolls pastry dough directly out on the
complete this elegant, functional workspace.
kitchen, or to make wonderful meals.”
marble and chops directly on the walnut.
Maureen is quick to point out that while
“Usability is important to me,” Maureen
she delights in having the best tools for her
Elizabeth Edwards is managing editor
says. “I like the ease of having the surface
career as a food writer, she and Dan never
of Northern Home & Cottage.
right there instead of getting out another
forget that the heart of a home kitchen is
lissa@traversemagazine.com
board and then having to wash it.”
much more than the fixtures. “My grand-
A graceful hourglass-and-dome-shaped
parents had such humble beginnings and
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the
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cottage
TEXT BY KHRISTI ZIMMETH | PHOTOS BY JACQUELINE SOUTHBY
THE RENOVATION OF AN OLD HOUSE OPENS A NEW CHAPTER FOR A YOUNG COUPLE WITH FAMILY TIES TO MULLETT LAKE
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It began as a wedding wish: The bride’s
and then as a wedding gift to the young
Design Group, the architect who headed up
family had longtime ties to Mullett Lake,
couple. The property is especially poignant
the project.
and she dreamed of being married on its
for the family because still standing nearby
With that news, the family decided to
shores. Although the bride and her fam-
are historic granite railroad markers and
tear down and build again. The decision,
ily are from North Carolina, they have
signage of the since-abandoned tracks.
made in late fall of 2014, meant work-
been spending summers on the lake since
The original plan the for old home was
ing nonstop through the following winter
their grandparents and great grandparents
a simple renovation. But even the best-
to have the home ready for the August
rode the Michigan Central Railroad to the
laid plans have an unfortunate way of
wedding—an event that would welcome
Mullett Lake station.
changing. “More thorough investigation
hundreds of guests.
To make the wedding dream a reality,
showed that there were significant issues
With the deadline on the horizon,
the bride’s family purchased a 1950s ranch
with the original foundation, floor framing
Stephanie Baldwin, owner of Edgewater
on the lake that would be used first for the
and other critical elements of the home’s
Design Group, and Karr set out to design
wedding venue the following summer—
structure,” says Michael Karr of Edgewater
a home that would embody the
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daughter’s vision of a storybook home—a
ed design and construction schedule there
a result of this,” Karr explains. “The fence
vision inspired by another Edgewater proj-
were times when we would speak long
is a combination of inexpensive steel wire
ect that she had toured.
distance a half-dozen times a day.”
mesh and steel angles, which is intended to
The bride’s father, a big-picture man,
Karr refers to the home’s style as
age to the same rusted steel appearance as
gave the architect the simple instructions:
“Northern Michigan storybook.” On the
the COR-TEN steel roof accents. The wire
“Just make it awesome.”
exterior, traditional cottage materials such
mesh also provides a great balance where
The mother and daughter, however, were
as stone and cedar shakes are accentu-
you achieve the physical separation needed
much more involved, Karr says. “They have
ated by more materials such as reclaimed
without sacrificing views or the visual con-
a very refined and instinctual design eye
barn wood siding and corrugated COR-
nection to the lake.”
and were instrumental in the entire pro-
TEN steel accent roofs. “The client and
Inside, interior finishes include hand-
cess, ranging from large massing decisions
general contractor were fantastic in their
hewn timber accents that frame openings
to the most minute material selection or
openness to new ideas and materials, and
and highlight features like the charming ent-
detail,” he remembers. “Given the expedit-
both the house cladding and the fence are
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Natural materials shine against white walls
As it turned out, the winter of con-
cottage that they’d baptized the Beeliner
and simply furnished rooms, which include
struction was one of the worst in recent
Bay in honor of one of the trains that once
family pieces, such as a grandmother’s
memory. “Nearly record-breaking cold
plied the tracks.
rocking chair and an heirloom table.
with several subzero days made working
“It’s a privilege to design any family’s
While the house has nods to vintage style
along the shore of Mullett Lake particularly
home but when that home has to also play
throughout, the open-plan kitchen and
brutal,” says Karr, who credits Brett Bandi,
a key role in such an important day, and
living area allows for both contemporary
of Bandi Builders, with doing an incredible
then watching it happen successfully was
living and entertaining. Low maintenance
job given the very demanding and high-
just a great experience,” Karr says.
wood-like tile floors are a concession to the
pressured schedule.
family’s beloved dogs. Upstairs, an open loft
Difficult deadline aside, the storybook
adds second-floor living space and looks
home was the venue for a storybook wed-
out over the living room below. “It creates
ding. On a beautiful August day in 2015,
a lower ceiling area at the kitchen while
with some 300 guests in attendance,
allowing for more expansive ceiling at the
the bride and groom were married in and
living room,” Karr says of the design.
around their beautiful new cottage—a
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A COUPLE COMMITTED TO NATURAL CONSERVATION ADOPTS A EUROPEAN DESIGN CONCEPT FOR A NORTHERN MICHIGAN HOME THAT BREAKS THE MOLD ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY—AND LOOKS GOOD DOING IT. As another Northern Michigan winter
approaches, we hardy full-time residents turn our thoughts to weather-stripping, propane prices, firewood, maybe a new pair of down slippers. Staying warm is a project, and local builders are savvy with the use of energy-saving materials and techniques to construct homes that are comfortable and affordable to heat, even in a January deep-freeze. In Suttons Bay, two champions of envi-
ronmental stewardship live in a home that
TEXT BY DIANE KOLAK | PHOTOS BY JACQUELINE SOUTHBY
far exceeds even Northern Michigan’s standards of sustainability and comfort. In 2014, wife and husband Lois Bahle and Larry Mawby set out to build a carbon-saving, energy-conserving, standard-busting house that conceals its environmental superpowers beneath a classic exterior fitting the home’s in-town neighborhood of vintage bungalows and family cottages. What they built with the help of architect Larry Graves and general contractor Clark Southwell is called a Passive House. The Passive House (Passivhaus in
German) design concept was developed in 1989 by researchers Wolfgang Feist, of Germany, and Bo Adamson, of Sweden. Passive House design conserves energy over the lifetime of a building by using high levels of uninterrupted insulation,
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AN OPEN PLAN FOR THE MAIN LIVING AREA ALLOWS WARMTH FROM THE HIGH-EFFICIENCY HEAT PUMP TO FLOW FREELY. A BIRCH VENEER PENDANT WITH LED BULB EXPRESSES THE NATURAL SIMPLICITY OF SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN. LOIS FOUND IT ON ETSY, AN ONLINE SALES PORTAL FOR ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE.
airtight construction and windows placed
provides enough assistance to maintain a
building envelope to create a space that
for optimal solar gain. The high-perfor-
cozy temperature inside the super-insulat-
proved its air-tightness with a blower
mance benefits of Passive House are
ed home (10-inch-thick sidewalls with an
test—a measurement of air leakage into
astonishing.
insulation rating of R42, an R67 roof and
and out of the structure. Max Strickland
Real life for the couple now involves heat-
an R30+ crawlspace). Foam-filled Structural
of Strickland, Ewing & Associates mea-
ing their roughly 2,400-square-foot house
Insulated Panels (SIPs) made in Holland,
sured the house at 0.17 ACH (Air Changes
with just two high-efficiency mini-split
Michigan, form the super-tight structural
per Hour), significantly bettering the
heat pumps. These electric units, much
envelope and prevent the “thermal bridging”
Passive House maximum allowed read-
improved in recent years, extract heat
that normally results from traditional stud
ing of 0.6 ACH. For context, the Michigan
from outdoor air as cold as -13 degrees
construction.
Building Code requires a home to test at
Fahrenheit. When Suttons Bay temps dip
Southwell’s crew painstakingly sealed
even lower, a gas-sipping propane fireplace
every seam, joint and penetration in the
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BOTH THE BACK AND FRONT YARDS ARE DESIG NED AROU ND NATIVE PL ANTINGS FILLED IN WITH A T YPE OF G R ASS THAT’ S ME ANT TO G ROW LONG AND WISPY, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR IRRIGATION AND MINIMIZING U PKEEP.
kitchen and bathrooms and delivers fresh
rior barn door that seals the front entry in
L-shaped home. The hallmarks of Nordic
outdoor air to the living spaces, creating
winter, and windows facing south and east
design are all here: natural light, pale col-
high-quality indoor air.
shaded by generous eaves.
ors, simple forms and clean lines without
Larry and Lois were committed to build-
“This was fun to do,” Graves says. “It’s a
much embellishment. Windows are simply
ing a home that was sustainable not only
completely different way for me to design.
wrapped with crisp-cornered drywall and
for the environment but also one that they
I usually do vacation homes that maxi-
fitted with a wooden sill and apron, empha-
would be comfortable in for many years
mize glass and ceiling heights.” In addition,
sizing the extra-thick walls and lending a
to come. To that end they worked with
Graves had not previously worked with
spacious feel despite the heat-conserving
Graves to develop a plan with a barrier-free
SIPs, but he claims Porter Panel allowed full
lower ceilings.
main floor, low maintenance requirements
design flexibility in the production process.
The homeowners considered sustain-
and features that further enhance energy
Lois, who has Norwegian roots, wanted
ability with every choice: LED lighting, a
efficiency, such as 7½-foot ceilings, an exte-
a clean Scandinavian look inside the
water heater that extracts heat from
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