Wandawega Blog Archive

Weve been trying to stock the new #CampSocialHouse with stuff folks can either use, play with or eat. IDEAS WELCOME. #sponsored @hlc_dinnerware @kohler @rejuvenation @cargo_north @shinola @shinolaaudio @fireclaytile #kohlerdesigncenter #homerlaughlinchina #homerlaughlin #kohlerideas #wandawegahillhouse

January 13, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

WHAT THESE DOORS HAVE SEEN. We dragged them out of a Chicago Levee District hotel / brothel-turned-auto parts store that was getting gutted. It was formerly Capones notorious Cullerton Hotel // #sponsored Now theyre in the lower level as the perfect compliment to @kohler Ironworks Historic Clawfoot Tub #kohlerideas Found a pair of glass end tables from Brown Elephant thrift // Headboards & table handmade from Wisconsin logs by our Milwaukee neighbors @LaLuneCollection. The kitchens new mascot is an old caribou mount (He needs a name- ideas?) found in a corner of a junk shop in Delevan. // The patron saint of the Hillhouse hangs in the hall to watch us all: ( one of its former owners, Ruth Foster Froemming – 1940s #LadyBoss ). Charlies hang out space with her new BFF dog #campsocialhouse is finally getting outfitted for yall (Continuing the move-in chaos this weekend with the living room, coffee bar & bedrooms – hope we have temps above zero this time) // with @cargo_north #wandawegahillhouse

January 10, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

NO MOVERS NEEDED just us & some kind friends + neighbors in sub-zero temps ….Trying to cram 3 yrs worth of scavanging 2nd hand shops & fleas into 3 DAYS OF MOVING has resulted in too much of everything. So were gonna have a yardsale this spring, stay tuned. (If you dont hear from us, were underneath an avalanche of boxes).1: BUT 1st, COFFEE: with the new @LaMarzocco ( unpacking kitchen 1st, trying to figure our what goes against a @fireclaytile wall best…) // 2: CHEAPSKATE: $100 couch we re-upholstered in military blankets, next to the $25 MCM end table…on flea market rug). // 3: FRIENDS: thanks to our friend @toddbaxterphotography for the print & @thehudsoncompany for the reclaimed threshing flooring. // 4: NEIGHBORS: Our fav Wisco neighbors @lalunecollection hand crafted the log table to pair with the @Rejuvenation stools // 5: THE BLACK ROOM: mixing @rejuvenation lights w/ @kohler sink+faucet (& the frame I dragged back from a Prague junk market to turn into a mirror) // 6: BOX AVALANCHE: unboxing the kitchen (my whole entire life Ive wanted a sofa in the kitchen. Dreams can come true, @rejuvenationchicago (salvaged cabinets from an old victorian) // 7: HOOK UP: @beehivechicago with the old tuplip chairs (dunno what to upholster them in now?) // 8: FOUND: 6 brown MCM chairs diving an abandoned building almost 15 yrs ago – Pappa Bear chair from the big daddy himself, @cargo_north & a bad ass gift painting from @struggle_inc // 9: PAINTED DOGS: super beat painting (but we still love it) found while scavenging with @thefrosthouse // 10: UNPACKING YOUR LIFE is always more fun with @kayleighkueffner helping. #kohlerideas #kohler

January 8, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

A PROMISE TO A HOUSE (and a lady we never got to meet)Dear House,Its been 90-plus years since someone moved into you for the very first time – a little fishing cabin on a tiny lake.3 years ago when we started your resurrection we tried to save as much of you as we could. But In the process, we found that too much was too far gone.We did manage to save some of your bones: your old creaky floors are still underneath the new ones. Your cellar staircase still lies beneath the shiny replacement. A piece of one of your old beams has become your new fireplace manteland the walls will be hung with the memory of one of your former owners (a Ziegfeld Girl-turned-LadyBoss-mom-of-four, Ruth Foster Froemming, who was the 1st woman to run for Mayor of Milwaukee). House, your wooden skeleton beneath your shiny new siding will keep us grounded – your foundation reminding us of nearly a century that you brought a warm spot to blue collar vacationers visiting a tiny Wisconsin lake.Today is the day you will be moved into again for the first time. The day you get your new lease on life. We are going to fill you with everything that we love, and share you with everyone that we love. We promise to extend your days long after ours are done – in hopes that another 90 years from now, you will still be serving your intended purpose. A little house by a little lake where people can do the exact same things generations before us have done here. Exhale. ( *we hope you like what weve done with the place Ruth * ). #campsocialhouse #wandawegahillhouse

January 5, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

The most Instagrammable place in the entire Midwest ( while we think that’s a big ol stretch – we appreciate being included on the list )Were a little behind (6 months, actually) but just stumbled upon this. Better late than never we guess – so thank you to @Curbed for the nice feature. Happy to be #6 on your list for Best places to stay on a Chicago Road Trip. All these other joints are a whole lot fancier…and we’ve now got a new vaca list planned to hit em all – starting with our long time Wisconsin fav @TheAmericanClub #RoadTripTime *story on today’s profile line*

January 4, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

. HAPPY NEW YEAR Were opening up the lodge more to share with guests during winter seasons. // photos: TB Kinfolk Magazine weekend, @bobcoscarelli. @flyingthud belts it out

January 3, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

The 10 stops a few hours from Chicago everyone has to see in their lifetime. Must-Do mini Vaca Wisco tour: 3 days checking out the tourist attractions that date back to 1860 (& as recent as 1950) that many take for granted…1 // HANG: in Franks living room & hogshed at Taliesen 2 // TOUR: The House on the Rock 3 // VISIT: Cave in The Mounds 4 // SEE: the insane H.H. Bennett photography Studio 5 // STAY: In a stone mining cabin in Mineral Point6 // STOP: at the Dells to see Parsons Indian Trading post 7 // DRIVE: scenic Mississippi River Trail route from Illinois/Iowa in to Wisconsin8 // REST: at the National Historic Landmark Usonian Inn in Spring Green9 // EAT: at the old & epic Log Cabin Steak House in Galena 10 // SLEEP: in Mr. Ringlings private historic house, now a B&B // #springgreenwi #taliesin #travelwisconsin #mineralpoint #ringlinghousebedandbreakfast #hhbennettstudio @taliesinpreservation @usonianinn.motel @travelwisconsin @caveofthemounds @wisconsinhistoricalsociety #mississippirivertrail

January 2, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

GOODBYE 2017 HELLO 2018…. and some big changes, (life / work / passion) dreams we will finally see come to fruition in the next 12 months. This is the year of: Abundance. Freedom. Manifestation of dreams (thanks to our entrepreneurial friends and partners who have taught us by example what bravery and owning your own creativity can manifest).

January 1, 2018 • Published by Tereasa Surratt

WHAT DO YOU DO AT A SUMMER CAMP IN THE WINTER? (top 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEARN: shuffleboard on the iceTRY: boot strap-on antique ice-skates . . . . . . . . . MAKE: homemade cocoa mixMASTER: how to use an ice fishing augerRIDE: a tube behind a snowmobileBUILD: a snowmanPACK: hot toddies & cookiesPLOW: the lake to make an ice rinkDRAG: out the hoarders ski collection . . . . . . . . . . GET: warm inside

December 29, 2017 • Published by Tereasa Surratt