Sophisticated, casual home with picturesque lake views in Northern Minnesota

PHOTOGRAPHER Corey Gaffer Photography

This breathtaking shingle-style retreat designed by Murphy & Co. Design, in partnership with John Kraemer & Sons, curves along the shoreline of a Northern Minnesota lake.

PHOTOGRAPHER Corey Gaffer Photography

Wrapping itself around the curving shoreline, this family vacation home is nestled high atop a bluff and surrounded by towering aspens and pines.

This sophisticated, modern, yet casual home features rough wood flooring, original finish timber ceiling beams, and massive reclaimed interior support columns which reflect a strong connection to the vast neighboring northern forest.

PHOTOGRAPHER Corey Gaffer Photography

PHOTOGRAPHER Corey Gaffer Photography

An authentic shingle-style lake house in Northern Minnesota with its asymmetrical design that features a gambrel roof, a bell-roofed stair tower, and classical details.

PHOTOGRAPHER Corey Gaffer Photography

A capture of the side gabled roof shades the rounded balcony and bow windows with views to the expansive forest and lakeshore beyond.

PHOTOGRAPHER Corey Gaffer Photography

Nautical reference is found here in the stair tower, with custom flanking oval window and flared shingle base.

PHOTOGRAPHER Corey Gaffer Photography

The pairing of aged iron and weathered wood is a thread throughout the home, evidenced here in the iron column connection plates and the custom designed iron balcony.

PHOTOGRAPHER Corey Gaffer Photography

The sun and the stars flow in to this open floor plan that is wrapped in a collection of windows.

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PHOTOGRAPHER Corey Gaffer Photography