![]() The Edgewater Design Group-established in June 2011 by Baldwin-offers a variety of design services including consultation in “green design” to assist homes in efficiently using resources while also being healthier for homeowners and their surrounding environments. “There’s something to say about the warmth of wood and I think if you’re very selective and careful about where it is-for example, all of the wood in this house is under a porch that’s going to protect it-it makes all the difference in the look and feel of the house.” “It’s very comforting it’s definitely a shelter for their souls,” she said. Despite its vastness, Baldwin said the home is appropriately cozy and will transition easily between seasons. Ground-based lighting was aimed upward to fill tresses and coves, especially in the great room in which high timber ceilings envelop neutral walls and matte black lighting fixtures set with warm bulbs. ![]() Indoors, natural light was utilized to illuminate light wood details in windowpanes and the clean lines of mission-style cabinetry found throughout the home. “We lead the client through the process and then we shifted who’s in the driver’s seat.” “Our team has a lot of experience using those materials,” Baldwin said. On the exterior, it is complemented by more low-maintenance materials such as thin cuts of natural stone, composite trims, and veneer cement board. What started as mere timber accents and inspirations for the design of the home turned into the main material used throughout its 1,320 square-foot frame, accenting every interior feature from utility spaces and storage areas, to bunk beds and window frames. Underneath each covered porch, Baldwin and the Edgewater design team strategically placed timber planks to integrate natural accents the homeowners desired while also preventing them from being exposed to Michigan’s drastic weather changes. The porch-like almost every room in the residential cottage-holds elevated views of Torch Lake and its foundation was constructed just below-level with the great room to allow for a view unobstructed by furniture while seated inside. “There was a list of several items that we needed to take into consideration in the design, and the most important room in the house was the three-season porch.” “We had to move from those initial cottage needs to home needs, as far as places to gather and the size of the kitchen and dining areas, as well as storage and a garage large enough for their car collection,” Baldwin said. Constructed on a plot of land that neighbored their initial summer cottage, the new home’s initial design goal was to fit a growing family and develop into a more permanent residence. For Stephanie Baldwin, president, owner, and designer at Edgewater Design Group, the process entailed tailoring the home’s design specifically for a family with evolving needs. ![]() Finished in the spring of 2018 and designed by architecture, engineering, and design firm Edgewater Design Group, the home captures the best of classic northern Michigan craftsman styles while functioning as an almost full-year residence overlooking Torch Lake. The most common ceramics in Granada is certainly Fajaluza, whose name derives from the medieval city gate, which also gave its name to the potters' quarter, where this tradition was already flourishing in the 16th century.Warm timber accents and a cool color palette compose the interior and exterior personality of a lakeside home in Rapid City, Michigan. With the industrialization of the work linked to the fields, in the second half of the twentieth century, new cheaper and more resistant materials were introduced for the production of these objects, and ceramics transformed their work, preferring the decorative sector. The objects that in the past were created with this material were linked to the traditional life of rural society, often taking their name from the city in which they were produced: this is how, for example, the amphorae of Alhama or the jars of Huéscar spread. The styles in the processing of this material are many, starting from the most characteristic, the Fajaluza, to the style of the "metallic reflection" to that of the "dry rope". The ceramics that we can admire in many shops throughout Granada, is one of the liveliest and most appreciated traditions of our city today.
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