Thirty bloggers share their End of Summer Tours. Home decor, recipes, gardens and more bring inspiration for the season. I’m sharing Campfires + Cockatils + Cookouts!
If you are coming over from Thistle Key Lane welcome! Michelle is one of my favorite bloggers and I know you feel inspired by her post. And thank you to Amber Follow The Yellow Brick Home for organizing this Hop!
We still have a month of Summer left here in The Northwoods of Wisconsin. Our kids start school after Labor Day and the warm August days are still spent on the lake.
I live in a full log cabin on the shores of a lake in Minocqua, Wisconsin, a vacationland paradise with over 1000 named lakes in the area. My blog shares all aspects of the Northwoods Living lifestyle through decor, recipes, travel tips and more. If you are new to White Arrows Home, I’d love to have you follow along by becoming a subscriber. If you are already are, hello friend!
As the last Summer days come and we will transition into fall a few Northwoods traditions hold steady- Campfires, Cocktails and Cookouts.
Campfires
Vintage plaid camp blankets are the best kept at easy reach by the campfire as late Summer evening temps start to fall.
Cocktails
Use your vintage thermos collection to hold cocktail creations. A soda crate makes it easy to carry and serve. I stay patriotic through Labor Day Weekend.
I like to set up a self serve cocktail bar with a signature drink.
I call this one the Paradise Mule after the name of our cabin, Camp Paradise. It uses the blackberries that grow along the lane and are ready to pick each August.
Cookouts
Traditional Wisconsin cookouts? Brats!
I also love to pick up seasoned and ready made Kabobs from our local Trigs grocery store.
Next on the tour is a blogging friend I have long admired Carol of Bluesky at Home and whom I was able to meet in person a few weeks ago at the Haven bloggers conference in Atlanta! What a dream come true! You will love touring her home!
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Kristin, I adore your outdoor space. So many charming ideas! Blessings, Cecilia @ my thrift store addiction
Thanks so much Cecilia! Always fun to hop with you!
Your home is better than sleep away camp, I swear Kristin! I love how you guys celebrate summer all the way through to labor day. your outdoor area looks like the perfect way to entertain friends and family. I know you guys must have so much fun out there together. Hugs and happy summer, CoCo PS: Love the new look of your website. It looks so good!
Thanks so much CoCo! I think this is one of my favorite compliments! “Better than Sleep Away Camp!” Thank you and thanks for the compliment on my blog refresh too!!
Love, love, lvoe how you have created such fun and inviting outdoor spaces. I would definitely be outside at your place all the time.
Thank you Marty! It is so fun to be outside here!
Oh, I love your vintage plaids, thermoses and tins. So cute. I bet you want to soak up every minute of summer.
Thanks so much Katie! We sure do! A few more weeks to keep checking off the bucket list!
Your home would be a vacation getaway for me. I love the lakes, woods, and all the fun that goes with it. Love your wonderful vintage tins, blankets and goodies that you keep at the ready. The bar is wonderful, using fresh ingredients found locally is so fun. Enjoy your kiddos this August. glad you get to start school in September instead of now.
Thanks so much Debra! When you want a get away come for a visit!!
What a fun outdoor space! I love all the cozy accessories for the s’mores area. We recently installed a fire pit so the s’mores sign caught my eye. it’s also nice to see that your kids don’t go back to school until September. We live in NJ and that’s when our schools start as well.
Shelley.
Isn’t it great to have a few more weeks?! Enjoy yours my friend!! We’ll try to eat a few more smores!
FIrst of all….LOVE The new blog look!!!
Everything is so perfect and fun for Summer Krisitn! I love that you stay patriotic through labor day. I also keep out some red, white and blue for summer.
Beautiful photos!
Thank you so much for celebrating summer with us!
Thanks so much Amber! Love hearing your feedback on the new blog layout!!!
Kristin every time I come to visit your home I am in awe. I love every square inch of your home and your summers look so fun. Happy August.
Thanks so much Terrie! We do have fun all Summer long! So fun to hop with you!
What a great setting for cookouts and campfires!
Thanks Carol! Happy last few weeks of Summer!
Kristin, I’ve never been to Wisconsin, but your beautiful setting, makes we wish for a trip there. As always, your vintage style, no matter the season, is always warm, cozy and enticing. Now that we’re friends in real life, I love your style even more. Great to be in line behind you.
Carol, I treasure that we were able to meet in person!! How wonderful is that! I hope you get to Wisconsin soon and can stop and visit me!!
kristin, P.s. My older daughter’s in~laws live in a huge log cabin they built about 14 years ago on a private family lake in North Georgia. It’s so peaceful and the front of your home looks so much like theirs. I wrote about their log cabin a couple of years ago.
How wonderful! I can’t wait to check that post out!!!
Always love to see your cute cabin style, Kristin! Love your collection of thermos’! Enjoy this last wonderful month of summer with the kiddos by the lake! Best time of the summer in the north, indeed!
Thanks Lora!! Enjoy your last days of Summer!!
Kristen, your cabin looks like a dreamy place to make summer memories. I’d love to give my kids an opportunity to enjoy a campfire by a cabin like that! I can imagine the fun you have talking by the campfire and picking blackberries. (I have fond memories of blackberry picking as a child here in Houston…nothing better!) I’m glad to be hopping with you, and it was great meeting you at Haven, too!
Thanks so much Crissy!! Love being on hops like this and getting to know you better!! Come sit by our fire anytime friend!
There you are again with all of those amazing vintage tins and other pieces!! I am sure that summer up on the lake is a celebration from the first day until the last! It is always a joy to visit White Arrows!
Thanks Chloe! It sure is! We soak up every moment!
Kristin, your home always looks so beautiful! You always have the prettiest vintage and plaid items. Enjoy these last weeks of summer!!!
Thank you Shannon!! So sweet! Happy end of Summer!