Stumbled on these this morning. These cabins are insane! They’re industrial and woodsy and thoughtful and everything you want from a modern cabin. Check out the firm’s culture and philosophy. I love everything about them! Delta Shelter CHICKEN POINT CABIN The idea for the cabin is that of a lakeside shelter in the woods—a little box with a big window that opens to the surrounding landscape. The cabin’s big window-wall (30 feet by 20 feet) opens the entire living space to the forest and lake. Materials are low maintenance—concrete block, steel, concrete floors and plywood—in keeping with the notion of a…
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In the past few years, I’ve started dressing way more tomboyish. Skinny jeans and plaid button-downs with hunter boots or moccasins…I dress like a retired painter living in the woods of Michigan, at least that’s how I’d characterize it. In addition to my expensive love of J.Crew, my style is heavily influenced by blogs and bloggers. Tomboy Style is one of my favorites. A style blog written by Lizzie Garrett (who is on hiatus from her other great blog Design Watcher), it features interviews with current hip women and profiles of famous tomboys, along with media and gear for a rustic kind…
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its like freaking christmas up in here!all digging on the little sprout of an souvenir shop we are birthing. THEWILLIAMBROWNPROJECT.com wrote an amazing review of the new store. (thanks, matt!)ALLPLAIDOUT did a humbling and lovely write up of it (thank, max!)ACONTINUOUSLEAN tweeted us (which is like the bow on the present) WE ARE :X humbled.X greatful.X amazed that doing what you love can be the source of making new friends who you admire. and…. a new one our friend Max just sent us– CORKGRIPS!
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because we love to shoot + share the work in progress part of everything… heres the souvenir-shop-in-the-making that we spent saturday assembling! it will be housed in the old lodge (circa 1922- the entrance is the chapel. which is so perfectly ironic, given the lodge’s history of being a speakeasy and brothel. here are a few work in progress shots. we started throwing it together saturday afternoon. thanks to our girl angela finney hoffman at post27 store for the fab display case & mirror! things will continue to evolve as we go… but its a good start for a…
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WANDAWEGACAMPSTORE.COM yay! it’s alive and kicking! check out the catalog visit the store and if you are really into camping schtick, stop by the campstyle site some examples from the inventory book (downloadable + viewable here) THE CAMP WANDAWEGA STORY Prohibition-era speakeasy. Brothel. Church retreat. Summercamp.The culmination of 10 decades of history. Sou·ve·nir/Noun: A thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event. SYNONYMS: keepsake – remembrance – memento – token – memory. Camp Wandawega has a storied past serving as everything from a brothel to speakeasy, supperclub to summercamp. Each era left a bit of…
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THE WANDAWEGA CAMP STORE features 5 product categories: CAMP gear. everything you need to rough it. MAKE projects boyscouts having been making for a century.PLAY tools, games, equipment for camp recreation.READ reprints of vintage books. favorite camp reads and of course the Wandawega books. WEAR lodge, cabin, camp, country wearable camp style.
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“A souvenir shop like we remember from our childhood – simple tools and toys to remind us of simple times.We’ve rounded up a few of our favorites for you to take home as a memento of your visit with us.” THE (soft) LAUNCH- happens tomorrow! it’s not perfect. (and we say with confidence that it will never be) it smells a little like burnt hotdogs and bluegills, smokey boyscout tents and fireworks. (with ample balls of chipmunk fur in the corners) it’s a marshmallow that might be burnt (or has fallen off the stick entirely) but it could just be…
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a couple of weekends ago – at our annual TALKA party- we were sitting in the camp messhall (kitchen) having some beers. the door flys open and this vivcious blonde bounces and and proclaims ‘i am meghan and i want to be friends with all of you!’. we loved here instantly. turns out, meghan works for subaru, and was on a cross-country promotional campaign that sends her packing, bicycling, trekking everywhere, including in this case- Milwaukee. she said that her 80 year old grandmother had found this blog, sent it to her- and so when i came time to make…
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Hipster meets vintage meets camp by Dee Duncan. Raised in Kansas, based in Chicago, Dee rides a fixie, works on cars, runs marathons and creates some of the wittiest art ever! I worked with Dee for a couple of years and he was always, ALWAYS coming up with another art project. I’m also lucky enough to have been the recipient of a few pieces that live in my living room. He doesn’t focus solely on camp, but when he does, it’s fab. Thanks Dee for being a great inspiration and for always making things interesting. Dee created and this photo of himself and his…
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the countdown begins.lookbook nearly finished.site almost done.inventory stocked.cases being art directed…. we are opening the CAMP WANDAWEGA SOUVENIR SHOP. soon!for the next few days until launch, we’ll be teasing out bits here and there,to give a taste of the sorts of things well be carrying. today’s peek: THE HAMMER MUG.According to a 24-page booklet titled “A Story of Victor, ” published by VictorInsulators in 1945, “The war gave impetus to the development of the chinaware business. Orders for greatquantities of rugged cups and bowls built to military specifications have beenand are being delivered to the Army and Navy.” The thick-walled…
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