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Northern Michigan Cottage Tour: Michigan Cottages featured by top US travel and cottage lifestyle blogger, Love and Specs |Northern Michigan Cottage Homes Tour by popular Phoenix life and style blog, Love and Specs: image of a Michigan cottage.

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Northern Michigan Cottage Tour: Walloon Lake & Charlevoix, Michigan Cottages

Our 3rd and final stop on the Northern Michigan Cottage Tour takes us to stunning Walloon Lake, Michigan and its neighbor, Charlevoix, Michigan, and showcases some of my favorite cottage homes and cottage design details yet. Come dive into the clever, charming world of lakeside cottage design with us!

Northern Michigan Cottage Homes Tour: Michigan Cottages featured by top US travel and cottage lifestyle blogger, Love and Specs

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Northern Michigan Cottage Tour: Harbor Springs, Michigan Cottages

Next stop on our Northern Michigan Cottage Tour? The charming, historic town of Harbor Springs where these unique cottage homes tell the story of the town’s rich history as a lakeside vacation destination where family memories are made and cottage design delight takes center stage!

Northern Michigan Cottage Homes Tour by popular Phoenix life and style blog, Love and Specs: image of a Michigan cottage.

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Northern Michigan Cottage Tour: Petoskey, Michigan Cottages

We’re kicking off our Northern Michigan Cottage Tour with endless cottage design inspiration and charm thanks to one of the most adorable small towns in the region – Petoskey! So sit back, relax, and get ready to file these snaps away in your cottage dream home file!

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Our 2020 Summer Bucket List Progress Report & Our Fun Family S’mores Night

We’re sharing a little progress report on our fun summer bucket that we shared earlier this summer & one of our favorite activities on said list – a fireside s’mores hangout with the family – with help from our go-to neighborhood grocery store Albertsons & the summer-perfect drink we stock & sip all summer long, Sparkling Ice!

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Our Family Trip to Blackberry Farm in Walland, TN: The Food, The Fun, The Magic

We spent a weekend celebrating my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary at the incredible, downright heavenly Blackberry Farm nestled inside the Smoky Mountains in Walland, TN just outside of Knoxville and to say that it was a most magical weekend is an understatement. Come explore this gorgeous destination right here in the U.S. to inspire your 2020 travel dreams!

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20 Fun Fall Bucket List Activity Ideas with Acorn

We’re so excited to share our 20 fun fall bucket list activity ideas with you guys today with the help of the comfiest, coziest shoe purveyor around, Acorn, because as we all know fall is full of endless opportunity for outdoor adventure, exploration and cozy moments at home. This fall bucket list is perfect for families, couples and solo fall adventurers alike, and complete with activities perfect for soaking in those quintessential fall feels!

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Small Town Charm: The Best Fall Vacations & Our Fall Adventure Packing List with Manzella

We’re so excited to share our roundup of the absolute best, charming small town fall vacation destinations across the U.S., with so many genius recommendations from you, our amazing readers! Not only are we sharing the details on all of the fun fall activity and adventure that awaits in each location, we’re sharing what we’re both packing to keep us comfy, cozy and warm while we’re out there enjoying our favorite season!

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Our Epic Couples Bucket List for Summer!

There’s nothing we love more than a fun seasonal bucket list full of outdoor activity and adventure galore, so today, as promised, we’re revealing our complete summer bucket list full of awesome ideas for couples and families alike, and the one summer essential that we never head out for an adventure without!

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Our Summer Bucket List Progress & Outdoor Adventure Essentials

We’re right in the middle of making our way through our summer bucket list, so today we’re giving you guys a little sneak peek of some of our very favorite summer bucket list adventures and activities that we had the chance to tackle in Michigan, and the adventure essentials that power so many of our most magical summer moments. Come play!

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Hotel Walloon: The Most Magical Small Town Travel Destination

Today we’re showing you around one of the most magical, luxury small town travel destinations in the world, the beautiful Hotel Walloon in Northern Michigan, which serves as perfect spot for a romantic weekend getaway or a week of family fun in winter, spring, summer and fall!

Lifestyle, Men’s Favorites, Style, Summer, Travel

Summer Weekend Getaway: Denver, Colorado

As part of our new “Weekend Getaways” series, we’re taking you through all of the things to do, including the best hotels, restaurants and hikes with the perfect 24-hour itinerary for a summer weekend getaway in Denver, Colorado!

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Cozy, Eclectic Cottage Style in Walloon Lake, Michigan

Cozy cottages, coastal cottages, modern cottages and unique cottage homes of all kinds set against clear blue and turquoise water is one of the things that makes Walloon Lake, Michigan such an enchanting place to visit. Come fall in love with the eclectic cottage style of Walloon right along with us in today’s post!

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Instagram post 17857398488397697 Everything is starting to bloom here again in Phoenix & thanks to some much needed rain the last few days, I see a pretty pretty spring on the horizon! Obviously, another spring Arcadia tour is in order 🥰 This snap is from last spring & I was just positively smitten with this rose-covered fence with that bloom-lined walkway in the background. Swoon!
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Instagram post 18144143809141458 Ok ok ok since everyone clearly loves @bridgertonnetflix & it seems to be a nice little introduction to the world of romance novels for a good chunk of you like @virginriverseries was for me last year, would you guys be interested in a roundup of my very favorite romance novels/series to read if you loved it & want more of it?! I’m gonna be honest - I read 140 books in 2020 & watched very, very little TV because I was positively enthralled with the wonderful world of romance novels! Seriously... it saved my sanity in 2020 with its endless happy endings, loved-up storylines & spicy characters. It was honestly the best escape from reality in my downtime. I had surgery in September & I was 0% nervous or anxious while I was waiting to go in because I was so engrossed in my book & barely even noticed when they wheeled me into surgery 🤣 My doctor came in to chat with me & go over the procedure before we went in & I was like “yeah yeah cool cool but can you leave so I can get back to Ryder & Sammy because they’re at a pivotal moment right now.” 😂 So let me know if that would be of interest & I’ll get a blog post up ASAP! 💗
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Instagram post 18027559984291140 Oh snap! New shutters (the DIY tutorial for these is on the blog)! Also you can catch a glimpse of the new light we installed a while back here. It’s a sage barn light with a black metal arm & base by @progressltg progressltg & we’re obsessed! It was such a good swap & I’m so glad we just dove in & figured out how to make it work. Totally worth it. Also can we just talk about how awesome a stained wood Dutch door would be here?! It’s happening... someday. It has to! 😂
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Instagram post 17915557696547572 What. A. Day! Today has been pretty thrilling to say the least, so I thought I’d keep the good vibes rolling & share a super fun DIY project over on the blog that we finished last year. Im so happy that we’re finally getting around to sharing one of the many DIY home improvement projects we’ve tackled during our time at home this last year & I think there’s no better way to kick it off than by sharing one of my very favorites - our DIY shutters! Well decorative shutters, that is. This project is SO easy to execute & will save you a bundle compared to buying prefabricated shutters or having a carpenter make them for you. We have a few more things we’ll be changing & adding to our front porch over time, but it’s coming along! Hop to the link in my bio to get the full tutorial on how to make your own shutters at home & before & after pics of the project! Exterior Paint Color: @sherwinwilliams Alabaster & Shutter Color: @sherwinwilliams Agreeable Gray
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Instagram post 18092369944221655 Just when I think my love of pink is of the casual variety, I start looking through old photos & realize that I spent most of summer 2020 finding & snapping pretty pink houses in Northern Michigan 🤣 No wonder I love this time of year so much - it’s a pinksplosion! If you missed all 3 of the Northern Michigan Cottage tours on the blog last summer/fall, you can see all of the pink prettiness & a ton of other amazing color combos at the link in my bio if you just go to the category “Home” & then “Michigan Cottage Tours” in the drop down menu. So many inspiring, charming homes to get lost in! The first image here in the carousel is of one of my very favorite historic Victorian homes in Petoskey, MI - you can admire it right from the main drag that drives through & out of Petoskey & the details always leave me drooling!
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Instagram post 18116494060171676 Citrus season & the lead up to Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite times of year to be a Phoenician. 🍊 It’s starting to get pretty dreamy around here right now & I feel like I reeeally needed this. I was startin’ to lose it a little bit I think being so cooped up inside. 😬 You guys know I’m a serious sucker for all things V-Day & especially love all of the pretty pastel, romantic, happy home decor that hits shelves right now, so if that speaks straight to your design feels head on over to the link in my bio because I shared my annual roundup of ALL the V-Day inspired decor I’m loving this year that would be awesome additions to your abode all year round. And bonus, they’re perfect for gifting, too! 💗

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