Outdoor Entertaining Essentials to Pick Up Now
29 of the best grilling and serveware pieces to pick up for your next backyard shindig. View our Lakeshore Collection for a photo collection of new grilling products.
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Sailing and Sun on Pewaukee Lake
By Shayna Mace | Photography by Shanna Wolf
In a Pewaukee Lake household, jibing, tacking, leeward and windward are common terms. After all, the homeowner and her husband grew up sailing. Their three children and eight grandchildren are, or growing up to be, avid sailors. Both of the wife’s parents were sailors, too.
An Italianate Stunner on Geneva Lake
By Anne Morrissy | Photography By Shanna Wolf and Holly Leitner
Thousands of people walk the north shore of Geneva Lake between Williams Bay and Lake Geneva every summer. this stretch of the lake — historically known as “millionaire’s row” for its many opulent homes — contains one particularly well-preserved Italianate gem known as Alta Vista.
An Everyday Retreat
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.
Belle Blooms
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.
Big Living In A Cozy Space
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.
Left Coast meets Middle Coast
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.
Timeless Flooring
A Lake Geneva-area business specializing in custom wood floor installation and refinishing for residential and commercial projects.
Smart Security
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.
Q+A with Manhattan Designer Richard McGeehan
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.