Log and Timber Home Living

A VIEW STRAIGHT THROUGH

It had to be just right. The line of sight from the entry of the spacious timber home all the way to the lake and beyond was too picturesque, and Steve and Susan Tilley were determined to capture it.

“We spent about a year designing the house, and we wanted the center to dominate everything so that you could look straight through and see the lake when you walk in the door,” explains Steve. “When I bought the property and I pulled in to look at it the first time, I knew where the house and the lake would sit.”

The Tilleys invested in 85 acres in the hills of an ancient glacier

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