This is a good article about how mirrors can make a smaller home feel larger. We’ve used many of these ideas in our cottage homes atNewport Cove, our waterfront community on Bluff Lake in unincorporated Antioch, IL. http://freshome.com/2010/11/03/how-to-enlarge-your-space-using-mirrors/
The Colors of Cottage
The colors of sand, sunshine, water and flower gardens – these are cottage colors. At Newport Cove, the award-winning waterfront community on the Chain O’ Lakes in suburban Antioch, builder New American Homes has some favorite paint colors for its coastal-style homes: They include: Behr’s “Clambake,” “Cottage White” and “Laurel Mist.” Benjamin Moore’s “Nantucket Breeze.” Restoration Hardware’s [...]
Three Reasons To Buy A Lakeside Home NOW
Living year-round in a newly built, energy-efficient lakeside home is a practical choice wise home investors are pursuing now. 1. Lowest mortgage rates The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan sank to 4.58 percent last week, according to Freddie Mac. That is the lowest rate since the mortgage company began keeping records in 1971. [...]
Uncle Sam Can Help You Buy Your Waterfront Home
The clock is ticking down on the federal government’s home buyer tax credit: $8,000 for first-time buyers and $6,500 for eligible existing home owners. To take advantage of this “gift” from Uncle Sam, you must sign your sales contract by April 30 and close on your home by June 30. Newport Cove, the award-winning waterfront [...]
Majority Wants to Live on Water
We now have the results of Newport Cove’s latest poll: Would You Like to Live By Water? 73 percent of the respondents gave an unequivocal yes; four percent said maybe; and four percent said they already do. Newport Cove is a waterfront community on 42 acres on the Chain O’ Lakes. Sixty-seven new homes with lakefront views or lake access will be built [...]
Swans on Bluff Lake
For the third February running, the swans are back at Bluff Lake, swimming in the open waters around the piers at .Newport Cove’s marina. (They seem to “hang” at the marina – they must like the fishing!) A dozen or so of these elegant birds, reportedly of the “tundra” swan species, stay for a couple [...]
Mornings at Newport Cove
On cold gray winter days, it’s good to remember that ice will thaw andsummer will reappear. The photo, right, was shot one morning last June from the Newport Cove marina. Here the sun rises over Bluff Lake. Another snapshot, taken another morning some six months later (just a few weeks ago), shows our youngest resident, puppy in tow, sledding on the Newport Cove [...]
The Chain O’ Lakes Unchained
Interesting factoid: On a per-acre basis, the Chain O’Lakes – home to our Newport Cove water front community – is the busiest inland recreational waterway in the entire United States. With some 7,100 acres of water, 15 lakes and 45 miles of river, this “Key West of the Midwest” accommodates activities for every water-lover: boating, swimming, tubing, waterskiing, fishing, [...]
Oldport to Newport
Newport Cove may well be the best new home address on the Chain O’ Lakes. This 42-acre waterfront property stretches along the bluffs overlooking aptly-named Bluff Lake, near [...]
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Details – Part II
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The Chain O’ Lakes Unchained
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Mornings at Newport Cove
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The Great American Lotus
