This month’s National Geographic features a story about Russia’s dacha culture, a long history of summer cottage living that goes back as far as Peter the Great’s reign in the 1700s. Today, it’s estimated that nearly 50% of Russian urbanites have some form of dacha, the definition of which has expanded from the modest one-room, unheated summer shack to include massive homes just 50 miles from Moscow. But in most traditional dacha communities, where there aren’t even permanent mailing addresses, the old ways persist. Parties with singing and dancing, horse riding and swimming, and gardening occupy most residents’ time. While…
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from their editors: I saw Wes Anderson’s impeccably set-designed Moonrise Kingdom over the weekend, so the new camp shop that just opened at Wandawega seems particularly on-time. Retro canteens, Boyscout-issue axes and antique rackets! Slingshots! Wooden arrows! Guests at Camp Wandawega ask so regularly where they can find similar camp-style goods (if you’ve seen the place, then you understand) that David and Tereasa decided to open a little shop tucked inside the lodge. The look is pure Wisconsin camp, and you can pick up many of the throwback items that make this place so special. They feature goods that have…
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We love apartment therapy. and Apartment Therapy loves camp… SEE THE WHOLE STORY HERE When I was a girl, I’d spend a week or two every summer at a camp by the lake. It was nothing fancy — just barebones cabins and bunks — but what a blast it was. Crafting, archery and tree swings that let you launch yourself into a cool lake? I thought that was heaven. And then I saw Camp Wandawega and realized summer-camp heaven is actually in Wisconsin.You might remember Camp Wandawega’s proprietors, Tereasa Surratt and David Hernandez, from our tour of their seriously amazing…
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‘own a slice of an old-school Wisconsin retreat’ fun slideshow + lovely story about WANDAWEGACAMPSTORE.COMthank, Amalie!! check out the whole story HERE When guests at Surratt’s Camp Wandawega in Elkhorn, Wisconsin–where she and her husband host weekends for their artsy friends and rent the picturesque spot out for weddings and photo shoots–began to ask how to buy some of the vintage-chic gear that Surratt lends to campers on-site, she decided to open the new Wandawega Camp Store to fill their requests. As explained by the camp store website, the merchandise comprises “simple tools and toys to remind us of simple…
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we are beyond excited that the new Design Sponge newspaper is hitting the shelves! find it everywhere from Anthropologie to Papersource.
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yay! super excited to be sharing a space with our friend MAX of allplaidout & Buckshot Sonnys fame at this sunday Dose market! We’ll be hawking our camp gear from the new Wandawega Camp Store. hope to see ya’ll, there! some info on this amazing collective of chicago vendors: “A beautiful setting full of happy people” – Penny Pollack, Dining Editor, Chicago Magazine Dose is a year-round market featuring the finest selection of vendors under one roof: the modern, lofted halls of the River East Art Center. Join us once a month to celebrate Chicago’s most dynamic gathering of innovative…
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we dont.— but wish we did, because the French magazine “Interiors Creation” just did an 11 page feature on TOMS TREEHOUSE It’s included in a special publication concerning huts, sheds and outbuildings. THANKS AGAIN:angela, shaun, tyler, steven, bladdon & extended crew for the amazing job!
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Katie and Cameron got married at the beautiful Camp Lane in Oregon. Katie describe’s her wedding as “a little bit summer camp, a little bit renaissance fair, and a whole lot of fun.” Family and friends made pies, and pretty much everything was DIY, including the giant catapult that they used to launch the bouquet. I especially loved the march through the woods with all of their guests. This sweet and quirky wedding was shot by the amazing Kelty at Steep Street and you can see more on her blog or by checking out the feature that Green Wedding Shoes did on the…
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Our friend Karen got has been shooting with the new ‘8 mm filter’ for iphone & shot + cut this behind the scenes video during a recent magazine shoot.i am so freaking in love with this film style. check out the whole video HERE photographer: bob coscarellicinemtographer: karen coscarelli http://vimeo.com/43214293
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