• The Michigan Adirondack lodge, Torch Lake, Kalkaska County, Bespoke Homes LLC, Via Design Inc., Francesca Owings Interior Design LLC, Photography courtesy Jeff Tippett
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    The Michigan Adirondack lodge

    Found near Torch Lake along the Rapid River in Kalkaska County, this nearly 5,500-square-foot family retreat is an authentic portrait of Adirondack Style architecture set on nearly 400 acres of natural landscape. Inspired by the vernacular of the Lake Placid Lodge and the National Historic Landmarked Great Camps in New York, this secluded residential home is similarly designed as a…

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    Radiant retreat

    A Torch Lake vacation home was custom designed and built to shine.  When the sun reaches its peak in a clear blue sky and reflects its rays upon teal-colored lake waves, there is a certain inexplicable quality in the resulting image. Bright, rich colors intertwine and inspire. It is the intense yellow and blues often found along the shoreline of…