I’m so excited to be participating in another Bloggers’ Best Summer Home Tour with 29 other home decor bloggers. Thank you so much to my friend Kelly of The Tattered Pew for organizing all the inspiration and including me in it!
You’ll find links to all the blogs participating at the end of this post.
If you are following the tour in order then you just came over from one of my favorite blogs, Peacock Ridge Farm! Renea shares so much inspiration from her lakeside cottage on this tour.
You are now getting a tour of another lakeside home, our cabin in The Northwoods of Wisconsin. I’m excited to share with you our outdoor spaces where we spend so much time all Summer long.
The Driveway
It may seem weird to include the driveway in our outdoor spaces, but we spend a lot of time out here. In my recent post, How to Give Your Home Curb Appeal, I share about how our house, garage and guest house are laid out on one side of the circular driveway to compliment each other.
My husband keeps a grill under the covered porch of the guest house and uses it several nights a week. The kids play basketball, four square, whiffle ball and throw bags (corn hole) on the driveway while he cooks.
I have a little table by the grill where we can enjoy appetizers and conversation.
Groupings of red Adirondack chairs are set around the front yard.
The Back Patio
We spend a lot of time on the back patio too. It was a fun remodeling project a few years ago. I wrote about it in THIS POST and THIS POST.
We love gathering in this outdoor living room surrounded by the woods and enjoying views of the lake.
It’s such a great spot to eat as well. Brian has a grill on the back here on the patio too. It’s built inside the bar.
I love to decorate outside spaces just about as much as inside and I approach this decorating the same way with spaces where family and friends want to linger longer, having conversations where they can reconnect.
We added a privacy curtain around the outdoor shower. It was so easy to do. Here’s our tutorial in THIS POST.
I love to set up self serve beverage stations so everyone can make drinks as they need them.
Did you know Skotch Kooler is back? We interviewed the owners on my podcast, The Cabincast too. It’s a great American innovation story!
If you love vintage and antique pieces as much as I do, you’ll love shopping at White Arrows Home, my storefront in Minocqua, Wisconsin. We are open every day, except Sunday and also carry everything online so you can shop from anywhere.
The Back Porch
Honestly it’s usually hard to decide where to sit when I’m reading, working, and entertaining. The back porch is anther fun place to be.
After a day on the lake, but before dinner, I always like to put out some snacks or charcuterie board.
Relaxing with a stack of magazines is one of my favorite Summer Hobbies!
Bedroom Porch
The Dock
Another favorite spot in The Summer is to hang out down on the dock. We enjoy it when we are watching the kids swim, reading and waving at boaters going by. It’s the perfect spot for a glass of wine.
And my Skotch Kooler hard tote holds the wine bottles and keeps them chilled in style.
You can see more of how I decorate with Skotch Koolers, new and vintage, in THIS POST
One year I decorated for a Patriotic picnic.
Another time I had a tropical party.
And it’s fun to pull out all the red, whites and blues.
And sometimes it’s fun to just come down on the dock right away in the morning with my coffee or in the evenings with a glass of wine.
Thanks so much for coming to visit! Next up on the tour, you are headed over to my friend Pasha’s at Pasha Is Home. Her blog inspires me so much and I know you will love it too!
Take the Tour
Bloggers’ Best Summer Home Tours
This week I am joining some of my blogging friends for the Bloggers’ Best Summer Home Tours. Thirty talented and creative women will be opening their homes up for you to tour all week long. You can visit each summer home tour by clicking the links below.
Monday’s Tours
The Tattered Pew / Cottage On Bunker Hill / She Gave It A Go
Cottage In The Mitten / Stonegable / My Wee Abode
Tuesday’s Tours
Thistle Key Lane / Midwest Life & Style / White Lilac Farmhouse
My Thrift Store Addiction / Willow Bloom Home Blog / Dabbling and Decorating
Wednesday’s Tours
Bricks ‘n Blooms /Amy Sadler Designs / Peacock Ridge Farm
White Arrows Home / Pasha Is Home / The Ponds Farmhouse
Thursday’s Tours
Simply2Moms / Country Peony / Southern Home and Hospitality
Shiplap and Shells / Eleanor Rose Home / Cloches and Lavender
Friday’s Tours
Le Cultivateur / Lora Bloomquist Create & Ponder / Noting Grace
My Family Thyme / Vintage and Grace Living / County Road 407
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Kristin,
I love your summer outdoor spaces. Your attention to detail is amazing and you know I love all the vintage plaids you include which makes your home and outdoor areas so unique. Great tour.
Kristin your outdoor spaces are fabulous! I would love to come and hang out there on the dock with you! I love all of your patio decor and those planters look gorg!
Kristin,
I am ready to come to visit you haha! You have the most lovely home and outdoor spaces-love it all, pinned!
Wishing you a blessed day.
xoxo,
Brendt
What a charming cabin! I love how you’ve made the outdoor spaces so incredibly cozy and inviting. The lake view is beautiful and I’m sure you’ll enjoy many days in those red chairs by the water.
Thanks so much Shawna! We have been loving the addition of those red chairs!
Kristin, It’s always a treat to visit your beautiful outdoor spaces. I love your dock picnic and the view just can’t be beat! Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Store Addiction
Thanks so much Cecilia!I hope you are off to an amazing Summer already!
Kristin your home and outdoor spaces are just beautiful. You have decorated them perfectly. Seriously out of a magazine! What a blessing it must be to walk outside each morning and see your view. Thanks for joining me this week and always. Much love, Kelly
So sweet Kelly! Thanks for the compliments!! I’m always so honored to be a part of your fabulous tours!
Kristen, your outdoor spaces are pure summer perfection! I love all of the patriotic colors, and I am in LOVE with your outdoor living room. What a fantastic space to enjoy the season and sip some coffee or enjoy a quiet evening outdoors. So glad to be touring with you this week.
Thanks Jen! Wish you were close by to come hang out!
Kristin, your outdoor spaces are just lovely! I have to say I’m on board with the Skotch Kooler! I think the vintage vibe is so cool. I love how you even decorate the dock. What a special place you have to gather! Enjoy and happy summer!!
Thanks so much Kim!The Skotch Koolers are so fun!!! Happy Summer friend!
Kristin, your outdoor spaces are fabulous. I love all of the spaces you have created and incorporating vintage with the new. OK, I have never heard of Skotch Kooler but now want one! Minnesota is one of my favorite places to visit. It’s where I learned to fly fish. I worked for 3M Company for 20-years and travel there for work. Then a few years back, my son lived there for three years working as Weekend Sports Anchor in Rochester, MN. He has since moved to another news station still sports. I am hoping to get back to Minnesota again soon.
Tammy that is so much fun! Minnesota is such a fun place and I love that you fly fish!! We interviewed the guys from Skotch Kooler on my podcast too, its an amazing story!
I would spend all my time hanging out down on your docks!! You also have the coolest collections of ALL the things. You need to host a retreat (not in the winter though!!)
Thanks so much Jennifer! It would be so fun to host a retreat and I promise you’d even love coming here in the Winter!!
Wow, Kristin! I’m a little jealous of all the outside gorgeous-ness you have for the summer! And the dock!!! It’s my dream to have a lake house! Thanks for sharing!!!! Always love touring with you!
Thanks so much Julie! We love spending time out there! Happy Summer my friend! Love touring with you too!
Absolutely gorgeous! Everything that you do is amazing. Your home is a paradise. Hugs to you, my friend.
Thanks so much Renae!
Kristin all your vintage pieces are so pretty. I love the geraniums too. I never have luck with them. Your outdoor spaces are an oasis.
Great touring with you!
Thanks so much Cindy! It’s always fun to do these tours together!
I’ve thought your home was party central for years now and I love every inch but I think I saw something I never knew was there… Was that a glass garage door? If so, do y’all ever open it? I’ve wanted one of those forever but you know like I know, we’d never use it in Texas. Fantastic tour friend. Enjoy your summer!.
It’s the glass garage door we put on the single garage that is our family’s workout room. We LOVE it! One of the best decisions ever from looking at it from the outside or while we are inside. It’s so much more inspiring to workout with all the sunlight and view coming in. When the weather is beautiful we open it up. Thanks Cindy!
Your lakefront cabin is the most perfect place to spend a summer, Kristin. I’ve always wanted an outdoor shower and now I’m inspired to work harder on my husband so he will finally say yes. I am hoping to sit on that dock one day with you. It’s so amazing! Love all your outdoor spaces and how you’ve incorporated your vintage pieces. Love Love Love this!
Thanks so much Kim! Yes, some day we are making the tour to sit on all our porches!! Would love to see how your outdoor shower would turn out!
I loved your home tour Kristin! It is perfect for summer and I love all of your summer styling. The scotch jug is absolutely adorable!!! Happy Summer.
Thanks so much Heidi! Fun to tour with you!
Kristin, I’m thinking I would really like to escape our Texas heat and settle in one of your relaxing shady spots. Gorgeous tour my friend!
That would be fun Michelle!
You’ve got the perfect home for entertaining! Love all your charming outdoor spaces, filled with vintage goodies:) Love the old thermoses with flowers in the best, though; so cute!
Thanks so much Lora! I hope your Summer has started out amazing!
You know how much I love your home, Kristin! And your back patio looks so inviting! Perfect touches of summer throughout this tour!
All absolutely gorgeous! And I’ve always loved that outdoor shower:) Thanks so much for sharing your summer style at Vintage Charm! xo Kathleen
I loved seeing your amazing log home again, Kristin! The deck is SO cute decorated for summer!! I’m dreaming of sitting in one of those red chairs with a cold drink in one of the glasses, just saying…
My mom and sister love to sit on their lake dock on summer nights as well – it is the perfect place to start or end a summer day! Love that you have a charcuterie board on your relaxing summer nights too ;)!
xx-Pasha
That is so fun Pasha! You are so right, it’s the perfect place to be!
This is such a gorgeous outdoor space, Kristin! It looks like such a beautiful, welcoming place! Happy Summer, my friend! Enjoy!
Thanks so much Lynne! we love being outside!
Your outdoor spaces are so beautiful and so perfectly decorated for summer!!! Such a great post!!!