our new friends lindsay and bobby are getting hitched. in our backyard. literally. they’ve made this awesome save the date.(+ website and blog) heres an excerpt from their invite blog that descrives the venue… Wandawega. Camp Wandawega. Learn it, live it, love it. Prior to even getting engaged, the number one, most important, super critical, non-negotiable aspect of our future wedding was that it be held someplace that could function on every level. As lodging (for at least a hefty chunk of guests), as ceremony and reception sites, as a place for people to just lounge about and catch up…
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i am enormously proud of our friend T.Harrison Hillman, he just launched his new photography site- and featured wandawega in its own portfolio. (check it out HERE)tharrisonhillman.com
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check out the most recent posting here their story: “Tereasa from Wandawega emailed me a few months back after reading the post about the Red Welly in Wales, saying that she was “so getting a teepee.” And true to her wildly ambitious, girl-who-never-sleeps form (see her treehouse for proof), she had the thing ordered, erected and decorated in a month’s time. It’s officially the coolest designtripper-inspired spawn of the year. Tucked away in the woods, just past the Boy Scout tents, the Craigslist-snagged teepee is kitted out with seagrass flooring, a futon, and vintage cooler, antique hurricane lantern and Navajo rug from her…
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his BLOG on the series check out his photography website here
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….in today’s WSJ- They wanted to know what it feels like when your neighbors tell you that they hate your home… and, how to build a house on a thrift budget. Some pull quotes: “owning an unusual house requires a thick skin. Neighbors and bloggers can lash out at houses that look very different.” “Fits in wonderfully with the downtown parking garages” (one blogger’s comment– which is actually pretty damned funny) Needless to say, since building our house, we’ve acquired (the very necessary) skin of steel. Here’s an excerpt from today’s story: For architect Jeanne Gang, a 2011 MacArthur Fellow,…
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currently obsessed with the MSP (‘maple syrup project’)… – so we staged a prohibition era photoshoot to place the bottles in context of what they would have looked like back in Wandawega Lake Resort’s bootlegging days. MODEL: tyler peterson PHOTOGRAPHER: sean williams LOCATION: his studio is west town (perfect period building) **shot this with my blackberry behind the scenes (and aged it for the vintage prohibition feel) here are some more out takes: (top: eric ellis- who designed the hangtag)
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As we are fully emmersed in the holiday season, it makes me think of whats important. (yes, cliche, but totally true) family. friends. babies. dogs. having a place to call home. So while it is 100% gratuitous, i have to put out there what i am greatful for this year: 1. friends (william golden here, charlie girl’s god daddy) holding charlieface. 2. frankie. the worlds greatest dog, rescued from a high kill shelter in alabama(on the pier, where he sat for a looong time, which is unusual for him) 3. kids (our one specifically) 4. very tolerant spouses. Sandro shot…
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I’m a friend and coworker of Tereasa’s and helped photograph part of her book Found Flea & Free. Tereasa and I share a great passion for travel and I was lucky to go on vacation last week to Berlin. It was a last minute decision, mostly driven by a need to use up some vacation days and a big chunk of my credit limit. On Sunday, I was invited by a new friend in Berlin to go on a tour of the Preussische Spirituosen Manufaktur. (http://www.psmberlin.de/) It stands for Prussian Spirits Manufacturing, an old-world style liquor/spirits/schnapps producer who works to…
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sometimes I get some really fun assignments at work. this one was an interior design project- and we just wrapped it. We needed to create an immersive brand experience, one that told the story of the heritage of the Steppenwolf theatre while at the same time asthetically embracing the ‘backstage’ garage theatre roots. PROJECT: design a new lounge, reception, bar for Steppenwolf Garage Theatre. WHO & WHY: for 20-somethings to have a place to hang out- chill. before shows. CHALLENGE:‘Found Free & Flea’ style. with a teensy budget.make it entirely mobile (so that the space can open up and be…
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