Matt Gore has been coming to Wandawega Lake Resort for nearly five years now- (even before the cottage existed) We love him + his work. check out more at: www.matthewgore.com “Matthew Gore has loved taking photographs since the first time he plugged a flash cube into an old Kodak instamatic and clicked into action. He studied photography as an undergrad, continuing into a career as an advertising art director that has afforded him the opportunity to work with a wide range of established shooters. Inspired to create his own images and fueled by an obsession with capturing the moment, he…
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This month’s issue of Country Living featured a nice little letter written to the editors from Lynn Tracy.(Lynn- you are more than welcome to come visit 🙂 thanks for writing.
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We are super happy to report that ReadyMade Magazine (which we adore) is featuring the cabin in their upcoming February issue on winter entertaining. Everything from what to serve to how to build a shotski. The story will include our friends above (thanks Alexei, Mary, Heather and Brett!)
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Our dear and talented friend Angela Finney (of Post27store.com) has assembled an A-team of designers & builders to construct an amazing treehouse right next door to our little cottage. We chose the most significant tree on the property to host the house- the ‘grandfather tree’ of the site, sitting 20 yards from the modest cottage (more to come on this). THE TEAM: (just to name a few…) Shaun Owens-Agase & Tyler Peterson (of Stoneblizter.com) Steven Teichelman (of alteregoform.net) Bladon Conner (of bladonconner.com) Aaron Pahmier (greensawn & kindling) and a host of other talented folks… COMPLETION DATE: THIS SPRING. stay tuned!
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so I googled A Very Modest Cottage today– and surprise! found it for sale on Amazon.comFR.- It appears that it is even on sale- for 16.70 euro… even though it doesn’t actually hit shelves until this April. And, Hearst / Sterling has released the cover (pictured here). Cover portrait by the uber-talented Bjorn Wallander (thank, Bjorn)
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HOLY GOD. DO WE LOVE DAVID ROBERT ELLIOTT’S WORK….this is his latest, a campaign he shot for the clothing company Penelopeshttp://www.shoppenelopes.com/Page/info.check out more of his fabulousness at:http://www.davidrobertelliott.com/
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We loooove Martha. She has been the continuous inspiration for nearly every project at and around the cabin resurrection. So we were thrilled that they wanted to share The story of a little wedding on the cabin’s little lake. in the rain. five years ago. An excerpt: “Originally opened in 1926, Camp Wandawega in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, features 25 acres of lakefront property. While it has had several reincarnations, it had once served as a retreat for the nearby Latvian community. David (who is half Latvian) and his family vacationed at the rustic resort every summer since his birth. But the…
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THE AMAZING FOLKS AT COUNTRY LIVING PAID US A VISIT.they stayed for the swing, the food, the party- the weekend….and put together an awesome story (thanks to the amazing Katy McColl + Frances Bailey!) AN EXCERPT:“Over the past four years, Surratt has not only mastered her chain saw, she’s learned to install drywall, reglaze windows, and drive a forklift. (In 2006, she also bought a cabin that used to sit next to her grandmother’s Illinois house and had it moved to the resort.) Along the way, Surratt and Hernandez have been buoyed by restoration surprises: Underneath the vinyl siding of…
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our favorite photographer, the lovely and talented aimee- has just updated her website & has a new crop of outtakes from the modest cottage (as shot for Chicago Home & Garden). Pictured a above: william in the hammock, david with buddy the pup. (thanks, aimee!)
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we were blessed to have one of our favorite photographers, Julia Stotz, pay us a visit at the cabin and shoot some pics. check her out: juliastotz.com
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