Charming Lakeside Home Brimming With Character
From a massive and cozy family room with views of a private dock to a treehouse that overlooks a pool and the lakefront, it’s hard to pick a favorite space in this quirky, charismatic contemporary home.

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Steele Street Studio
Light-Filled Lakeside Living Space
White walls and neutral furnishings remake this beautiful home into a light-filled lakeside retreat. The family room portion of the open-concept living area was arranged to make the most of the view of the water through the open wall.
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Steele Street Studio
Neutral Fabrics Feature in Open-Concept Living Space
A pair of white occasional chairs accompany a linen sofa and fawn leather wingback chair as a relaxing gathering spot for fire-warming, lake-contemplation and TV-viewing in the family area. The light walls throughout this lovely home are punctuated with colorful original art, lending a splash of energy to the overall calm.
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Steele Street Studio
Effortless Entertainment With Wall of White Built-Ins
With an open layout shared between the kitchen, dining and family rooms, the light seamlessly flows. A delicately limewashed brick fireplace attends a neutral living space with pale gray walls and a built-in cabinet to accommodate both television and decorative objects. White crown molding and baseboard provide a gentle contrast to the gray.
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Steele Street Studio
Open-Concept Living Space Graceful in Neutrals
A fawn leather armchair and gray linen sectional provide casual and attractive seating for the open-concept family room in this lakeside retreat. A gently limewashed brick fireplace with floating wood mantle marries nicely with the light wood furnishings and floor.
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Steele Street Studio
White Country Kitchen Overlooks Sundrenched Breakfast Nook
A graceful white kitchen feels a little bit country with pale gray countertops atop white Shaker cabinets with black hardware. Contemporary white pendants overhang a working island. The open-concept space encompasses a breakfast nook, perfectly situated in a bay window for copious morning light.
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Steele Street Studio
Bay Window Breakfast Area With Banquette Seating
A contemporary orb chandelier in black and brass harmonizes beautifully with the geometric aspect of the bay windows in the breakfast area. The mixed dining suite consists of a black rectangular table, a set of pale wood chairs and a white banquette with colorful woven cushions.
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Neutral Sitting Room for Relaxing or Work
The front sitting room of this waterside home features white wood shutters and white walls and millwork to make for a lovely bright space. A neutral ottoman and white slipcovered sofa join a wicker desk and chair with a neutral stripe to make for a calm and graceful space.
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Steele Street Studio
Cheery Coastal Style in Office Nook
A fun desk chair covered in a woven neutral fabric joins a pale wood desk with textured drawer fronts in the front sitting room. Original artwork overhangs the office nook to lend color and cheer to this calm, contemporary space.
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Steele Street Studio
Open Home Office Works in Color
With its cased opening left unadorned, a home-office is open for business. The walls feature gray textured wallpaper with white millwork complementing. The room is furnished with a contemporary slab-top desk and console cabinet as well as an olive-green velvet armchair, blue cabinet and leopard-print rug for color and cheer.
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Spacious Game Room in Wood and White
A huge game room provides room for recreation in this redesigned lakeside retreat. Hand-hewn ceiling beams complement the hardwood floors and lend warmth against the white ceiling and walls. A casual seating area with a leather sectional and neutral armchairs is the place to judge in comfort the pool competition behind.
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Steele Street Studio
Fresh Gray-and-White Primary Bedroom
The primary bedroom is adorned in pale neutrals and coastal texture — the walls painted gray with white molding and the windows featuring gray linen shades. A white upholstered bed is dressed in white-and-gray cotton, and the bedside dressers are a lightly washed wood. The room features a beautiful bay window with a comfy hammock chair for relaxing with a book.
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Steele Street Studio
Minimalist Primary Bathroom With Classic Touches
The contemporary slab-front double vanity and cabinets in a medium wood lends warmth to the primary bathroom, with a white freestanding tub and sandstone-colored floor tile. Contemporary scones join a classic wool runner to finish the space.
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Steele Street Studio
Delightful Pink-and-White Child's Bedroom With Gold Accents
A delightful child's bedroom is kitted out in white and pink, with bright white walls and furnishings and a pink wavy wallpaper on the ceiling. A midcentury sun light in gold overhangs a sweet floral table. A custom bookcase with center bench seat keeps the space organized and offers a place for the pup to relax, with a little light competition from the charming rug with blue and pink accents.
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Steele Street Studio
Fun Gallery Wall Over Child's Desk
A modern brass table lamp attends the simple white desk in a child's bedroom. The desk is large enough to accommodate two acrylic and blue wood chairs. Simple steel cables create a photo gallery wall above.
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Coastal Bedroom Offers Room for Relaxation
White walls and light wood flooring feature in a tasteful bedroom. A neutral bed with upholstered headboard is flanked by two light wood dressers, and a sweet bench with brass legs in a pale violet velvet rests at its base. A basket pendant light warms the light-filled space.
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Steele Street Studio
Light-Filled Bedroom Provides Tranquility in Blues
The guest bedroom has been painted a beautiful pale blue with a slightly darker window shade and accent pillows that are darker still, reminiscent of the sky and water outside. A rattan swing chair occupies the window corner, adding to the friendly coastal feel of the room.
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Steele Street Studio
Classic Colors and Modern Lines for Primary Bathroom Tile
The white brick wall tile in the primary bathroom is complemented by a gray mosaic on the floor and a black honeycomb on the accent wall behind the contemporary freestanding tub, for a classic monochromatic look.
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Steele Street Studio
Fashionable Furnishings for Child's Pink Bedroom
A child's bed sports a lovely rattan headboard and embroidered pink linens with woven pillows in pinks and blues. A lacquered pink nightstand with acrylic legs and drawer pulls accompanies the bed. The walls are painted a delicate white and the ceiling a sky blue.
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Steele Street Studio
Child's Desk Set Provides a Dip Into the Dramatic
The designers used the sweetest of white window shades with tiny rainbow ball fringe for this child's room. A white lacquered desk with acrylic and gold pulls is accompanied in high drama by a light-blue velvet armchair with fur throw pillow, a nice complement to the sky-blue ceiling.
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Pink Child's Bathroom With Freestanding Tub
The child's bathroom features a pink vanity with white top and a freestanding tub atop a lightly veined marble floor. The walls are finished in a beautiful wallpaper in pastel hues. A gold-framed mirror, gold faucet and drawer pulls and a bright yellow bench lend a touch of dazzle to this sweet retreat.
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Steele Street Studio
Custom Wallpaper in Pastel Hues
Gorgeous custom wallpaper adorns the child's bathroom in pinks, purples, blues and whites. An arabesque gold-framed mirror and a pair of brass wall sconces overlook a pink vanity with white top.
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Steele Street Studio
Spacious Covered Patio With Outdoor Entertainment
The spacious covered patio features a brick fireplace with barnwood mantle and a vaulted shiplap-paneled ceiling. A pair of contemporary wood fans keep the space cool while the family relaxes in comfort in stylish outdoor furniture in coastal colored fabrics.
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Steele Street Studio
Firepit and Treehouse Accompany Lakeside Pool
The home features a lakeside outdoor pool with adjacent firepit set within gray pavers. A wonderful treehouse — a childhood essential — also provides exquisite views of the water.
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Lakeside Pool in Flagstone Patio
Wire lanterns hang in the perfect climbing tree complete with treehouse, located between the home's pool and the private dock access to the lake beyond.
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Steele Street Studio
Poolside Firepit and Outdoor Dining
The pool's ample flagstone patio offers both a firepit and an outdoor covered dining area. The home's white exterior and black metal roof are a classy combination for this waterside abode with copious windows.
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Steele Street Studio

Photo By: Shannon Lazic