we met some new friends- that ride a Harley. and live in Wisconsin. whos names are Theresa and Charlie. (it was meant to be for sure) Theresa and her husband Charlie came to visit us a couple of weekends ago – do a ‘house tour’ for Re-Nest. It was super fun to have them visit, and the story just went live- here is a peek….(thanks, guys!) “Found, Free & Flea” Author Tereasa Surratt’s Rustic Camp Green Tour check out the whole story here Name: Tereasa Surratt and David HernandezLocation: Wandawega Lake Resort, Elkhorn, WisconsinYears lived in: 8Author Tereasa Surratt…
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it was a complete surprise. one day, david said he had something to show me up in the woods. so we’re walking down the hiking trail, and about a half a mile in, past the teepee and boyscout tents… we round’ the bed and come across- this. a 15+ foot tall ‘nest’ built entirely of materials provided by the forest. a teepee of sorts, that presents itself like a massive conk shell. (you enter thru a triangular door opening, and it winds itself around in a little circle to an opening ‘room’ on the inside.) the floor is laid with…
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… the entire day. and david gave this toast: here are a couple shots of our day: (notice the running in the rain & umbrellas… and that our smiles could not have been any bigger. recently, a fab couple heather and chris- also got hitched at wanda. and it also rained…. check out some of their shots. and also their smiles. nothing is harder to untie than a wet knot! 🙂 ps- my favorite shot: the one where he is squeezing her hand (really hard) at the altar as they exchange vows. awesome couple: heather Stumph & Chris Popio…
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years ago, the Chicago Tribune did a story on Camp Wandawega, and soon after, folks starting coming out of the woodwork to tell us stories of visits to our little camp in their youth… one such gentleman came to visit and came bearing some old super 8 film- check it out here another family brought us stacks of old photographs… their grandparents took over the place in the 40’s, then their parents owned it in the 50’s… before it was finally sold to the catholic church (the latvia marion fathers)- who turned it into the summercamp that david attended. here…
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this weekend at wanda was a fall story shoot- (where they were capturing some film as well) so i had to throw together some behind the scenes takes to remember this PERFECT FALL DAY. — and because its charlie’s first birthday this weekend and it breaks my heart to see how big she has grown so fast. — and because every time i see her in this garden gnome hat it also breaks my heart. — and because i am so freaking greatful to be able to be here at wanda when the leaves are perfect and everybody is healthy…
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read the whole apartment therapy story here Apartment Therapy Survey: My Style: Cabin chic. Inspiration: The spirit of creative collaboration. It was an ‘art camp’ project with my friend Angela Finney Hoffman. Favorite Element: The swing that my late father hung on the limb that still extends out the window. Biggest Challenge: Working around a tree that had died, saving as much of it as possible, and incorporating it into the design. (I attribute all of the vision to my friends and builders, Shaun Owens Agase, Tyler Peterson, Bladon Conner and Steven Teichelman plus friends.) What Friends Say: It is…
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the amazing BOB COSCARELLI came to camp last weekend and shot a series for my CHAIRS FOR CHARITY entry. without giving the chair away (its a surprise!) here are some behind-the-scenes of us playing around in the leaves shooting. (all but the tabletop shot, which was my inspiration collage at home while designing the chair- and this top shot of BOB on site was shot by our new friend SAMER)
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i found here. i am in love with the camp theme, materials— the precious baker’s twine all the way down to the butterfly stamp. swoon.
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…thank god she accepted our teeny-budget house project before this happened…. congrats to the who team!! amazingly generous, enormously talented– and just really great folks. In 2010, Jeanne Gang, of Studio Gang Architects, changed the skyline of her hometown, Chicago, with Aqua, an 82-story tower. Girded by irregular thin concrete balconies, the building seems to flutter with the winds that gust off nearby Lake Michigan. Yet Aqua’s beautiful skin is not just for show: the balconies block the sun’s rays and slice through breezes, allowing residents to venture outdoors at heights unprecedented in Chicago. The daughter of a Belvidere, Ill.,…
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why is it that everything looks so much more idyllic onscreen? clean kids.spotless couch.model wife. perfectly art-directed life. much to our dismay, there’s not a hint of that in our reality 🙂 we were watching the tube and saw a stack of suitcases that looked oddly familiar. then a house that looked looked sorta familiar, too–. (and then after a second cup of coffee realized that the hot blonde in the commercial was actually sitting in our livingroom.) here’s the spot
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