Elaine Markoutsas

''It`s a house in the country more than a country house,'' antiques dealer Bud Holland says of his Lakeside, Mich., getaway (exterior featured on pp. 16 and 17). ''The home...

The ultimate American dream home would be on the ocean, built for exercise and leisure living and furnished with maximum creature comforts. That was the conclusion of a survey, ''Building...

All Olga Kenniburg and her late husband, Frank Czar, really wanted was a little country house, a weekend getaway that would reflect her Greek roots. ''It ended up a little...

The summer after Arlene and Chuck Semel moved into a city apartment from the northern suburbs, it hit her: ''This is not good. I spent the summer walking in the...

Cary Frank remembers going to the country cottage in Union Pier, Mich., as a teeenager. His family owned the Prairie-style bungalow on the water since the `30s. But the family...

Mike and Donna Bell are pioneers of weekend getaways. In 1958 they began to spend their summer Friday-to-Sundays in a tiny rented cottage in Lakeside, Mich. ''We were living on...

The cozy farmhouse, which sits on nine acres in McHenry County, dates to 1836. To Leonard Cerullo and his family, it was close to the image of a weekend getaway...

Once you`ve decided what you`d like to display, you can get ideas on what frames or mats to choose from the local frame shop. Or you might browse through the...

HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE in the `90s? The American dream home, while it may be built or furnished in a variety of styles, is likely to include similar...

THE SETTING, AT the edge of the water, reminded the owners of Lake Como. But when they decided to build on the site, they told architect George Pappageorge they wanted...