Bob spent some time at wandawega recently and shot an amazing photo series- (we love you, bob!) check out his fabulousness here: coscarelli.com

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Your wedding will be as sweet as apple pie at County Line Orchard in Northwest Indiana, whether you tie the knot in the rustic barn or the great outdoors. Or get campy — literally — at Camp Wandawega, 90 miles outside the city. Chicago couple Tereasa Surratt and David Hernandez completely refurbished the former Latvian summer camp and resort into a laid-back escape. Say “I do” in an open-air chapel overlooking the lake, then party on the 25-acre property, complete with rope swings, canoes, and a tri-level tree house. Read more at dailycandy.com

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we love CHG.we love Jan Parr even more.see what she has to say about cottages, wanda and the love of old things:http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-reader-holiday-gift-guide/Content?oid=2848676

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We met jacob last winter when he came to visit us while shooting a film at camp with Chris strong- learning quickly that he’s one hell of an interiors shooter, we’ve since coaxed him back several times – check out his great coverage here – in the addition, the TREEEE HOUSE! (sitting right across the way from the cottage) thanks, most importantly… to the builders, steven teichelman, shaun owens case, tyler peterson, bladdon conner, angela finney hoffman and many more… JacobHand.com

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Stay: Camp Wandawega “When Chicagoan David Hernandez, who spent boyhood summers at a Latvian summer camp in Wisconsin, took his fiancé (now wife) Tereasa Surratt to see Camp Wandawega, they left with a parting request to the elderly priest: “If you ever decide to sell this place, call us first.” The call came five years later and the couple snatched up all 25 acres…” read more

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Lover of history chronicles restoration of cabin on Lake Wandawega The 1920s-era cabin Tereasa Surratt and her husband, David Hernandez restored was transported nearly 300-miles from central Illinois to Sugar Creek Township. The cabin became the subject of Surratt’s book, “A Very Modest Cottage.” Photo courtesy Tereasa Surratt. SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP — Growing up in Beardstown, a small rural community in west-central Illinois, Tereasa Surratt, 37, rode the bus to school. Every day during that hour-long ride, she passed two 12- by 12-foot wooden cabins, remnants of 1920s-era motor hotels. With each passing year, she saw the cabins’ deterioration spread:…

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Art camp for grown-ups? A former Latvian summer camp evolves into a low-key, high-designed colony for Chicago’s creative set – CS Interiors Features

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LISTEN TO THE ONE HOUR STORY HERE. It’s high summertime, blazing hot in much of the country, and hearts and minds turn to getting the heck out of town. Dreams go to a summer cabin, a getaway, a cottage. Whether we own one, rent one, or just dream, it’s a powerful image of retreat. Another world. And for many, it really doesn’t matter how humble it may be. Tereasa Surratt took a tiny old family cottage – twelve by twelve and falling to pieces – and turned it into her personal lakeside dream. This Hour, On Point: we hear her…

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last weekend, we had over 200 folks visit us at Camp Wandawegafor the Sunday mass in the grass, followed by some partaking in a Pancake breakfast (old school Latvia recipe)-a book signing and antique sale. thanks to everyone who came, ate, purchased a book…or two.

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Chicago woman shares story of giving 1920s cottage new life on nearby Wandawega LakeBy Maureen Vander SandenEDITORTereasa Surratt, a Chicago advertising creative director, believes that with hope and a hammer, anything is possible.The self-declared “thrift store junkie,” who has garnered attention from national media including “Oprah” and the “Tonight Show” for campaign ads she designed for Dove, Suave and Sears, among other household names, will reveal the story behind the pages of her book “A Very Modest Cottage,” Saturday, at Deakin Isle, 41 N. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn.

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