Breezy Getaway

What to do when unannounced guests drop by for dinner? No worries, mate, when your cabin is a Queenslander. Simply toss more shrimp on the Barbie and kick back on the veranda.

Cottage Casual

Clear Lake, near Fremont, Indiana, is a special place for both Mike Franz and Jim Balmer. Both men spent part of their childhood at the lake, although they never met as kids. Had Mike and his wife Pat not decided to build a summer cottage on the lake, they might never have known each other.

Call to Cowboy Country

Sometimes you have to listen to your heart. Liana Smith lived in very historic, very traditional Leesburg, Virginia. Even though the Blue Ridge Mountains were in her backyard, her heart heard the Siren’s song of majestic peaks, deep canyons, and the wide-open spaces of cowboy country. She dreamed of high-tailing it to the Rockies.

Farm Fresh

“After I’ve been away for a few days, I love coming home to the familiar scent of wood”, says Tom Dillon, describing what it’s like walking into the timber frame home he shares with his wife Dee.

Old West Meets Midwest

Mary Ann and Mallary Mason began planning their three-bedroom southern Ohio timber frame home with a vision. “Our vision of the house was to enhance the beauty of the area in which we located it,” says Mary Ann of their plans for reclaiming an old farm that had become extremely overgrown.