By Barb Howell | Photography by Shanna Wolf
Successful entrepreneurs and business owners, Thomas and Kathy George have many things in common: creativity, ingenuity, a solid design sense and five thriving retail operations in Lake Geneva and Highland Park, Illinois, among them E. Street Denim, Bloomingbyrds and Brick & Mortar Home & Outdoor.
By Shayna Mace | Photography by Westhauser Photography
James Drzewiecki of Gingko Leaf Studio names all of his landscape projects something memorable. Take his stunning “Chateau de Fleurs” design for homeowner Heather and Brian Paulin’s Lac La Belle home.
By Shayna Mace | Photography by Shanna Wolf
Cathy Ostrom has seen properties all over the city as a realtor with First Weber, and has a discriminating eye. So she knew when a property went up for sale in the Middleton Beach neighborhood, she had to snap it up.
By Shayna Mace | Photography by Shanna Wolf
Keven Schmidt calls it the “million-dollar walk.”
He and his wife Terri were taking a stroll along Lake Monona in the Frost Woods neighborhood and spotted an open house. Intrigued, they stopped in to take a peek at the 700-square-foot home built in 1949.
A Lake Geneva-area business specializing in custom wood floor installation and refinishing for residential and commercial projects.
By Maura Keller
We’ve all felt it—that shudder of fear upon hearing a strange noise, seeing a fleeting shadow or discovering an unlocked door or window in your home. As a homeowner, you are likely to be concerned about your property’s security and your family’s safety. For the majority of homeowners, today’s technology puts affordable home smart security options within your reach, and puts your valuables beyond the reach of criminals.
Principal at McGeehan Design, McGeehan has a weekend getaway in Lake Geneva that is both sophisticated and comfortable. He graciously invited At The Lake magazine into his home for a photo shoot, which is featured in the summer 2016 issue. To see more of McGeehan’s work, please see his website.
By Anne Morrissy | Photography by Clint Farlinger
For years, Linda Learn would walk by a dilapidated house on Geneva Lake just outside of town and say to her sweetheart Andy Loughlin, “I could really do wonders with that house.” Then one day, Andy came back from getting his daily newspaper and said, “Get in the car. We’re going to go on a ride that will change your life.”
By Barb Howell | Photography by Shanna Wolf
When Don and Lori Lyon started thinking about building a home on their family’s property on Green Lake, one of the lakes in the Lauderdale chain, their first concern was how to respect the past. Since the early 1950s Don’s grandparents and then parents lived on this slice of land, and to build a more functional, new home would require Don and Lori to tear down the place where the family had gathered for years — and in essence — erase a half century of memories.
By Barb Howell | Photography by Shanna Wolf
On the north shore of Geneva Lake stands a shinglestyle home that is so strikingly blue that on a sunsplashed day, with the lake’s water shimmering before it, one has the feeling that these blissful surroundings just might be heaven.
