Home & Garden

Tiny Home, Big Life

For three local couples, living small offers big rewards, including freedom, debt-free living and a connection with nature and their surroundings.

Karin McKenna

Second Life

A lakefront cottage in Huron, Ohio, is reborn as a year-round residence.

Kathy Vegh

Wallpaper with Heart

Frustrated by the (always crooked) collection of frames on your wall? Here's a new way to display your memories.

Jerry Mann

Happy Place

The Jackson family had been vacationing on Chautauqua Lake for years when they finally got the chance to build their own
Frank Llyod Wright-inspired get-away.

The Little Lake Home

While it wasn’t the cottage of her dreams, our writer nonetheless found more fun than she ever could have imagined at her new vacation spot.

Michael Cavotta

Tiny Treasure

It was slated for the wrecking ball, but this Chautauqua Lake cottage proved to be “too cute” to tear down.

Doug Aylsworth

Solid as a Rock

Built on the foundation of an old boat house, this guest house boasts both style and substance.

Ken Blaze

A Cottage Christmas

For Dan and Evelyn Buckey, ’tis the season to celebrate with friends and family in one of their favorite places in the world — the village of Lakeside, Ohio.

Michael Cavotta

A Mid-Century Mastperpiece

When the house of their dreams became available on the shores of Chautauqua Lake, Donna and Stewart Kohl embraced the challenge of bringing the home back to ‘perfection.’

Laura Watilo Blake

How to Renovate a Lighthouse

Four years after purchasing the Fairport Harbor Lighthouse in Mentor, Ohio, owner Sheila Consaul considers it livable —although it would be nice to have running water, electricity, trash pick-up and, perhaps, pizza delivery.

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