Recent home buying data suggests that buyers are placing a strong emphasis on how they want to live their life and not just where. More than just a roof over their head, a growing number of home buyers have greater expectations of their new home. Buyers are seeking a...
Lakefront Living
Soak in Your Lakeside Hot Tub to Increase Mobility
If you are one of the 46 million Americans affected by arthritis, soaking in your lakeside hot tub spa can help ease your pain by helping to reduce joint inflammation and increase mobility. Soaking in warm water is one of the oldest forms of medicine, and there’s good reason why this...
Don’t Let Your Boat Drift Away – Tie it up Right!
by David Bryant, Anchoring.com Tying up your boat to a dock is an essential skill that any boater needs to know. Thankfully, it is an easy skill to master. When docking your boat at your lakefront property, you want to ensure two things: the boat remains relatively tight to...
Can I Leave My Dock in if I Use A Dock Bubbler?
By Roll-in-docks.com Some of you may ask, what the heck is a dock bubbler? In concept, it is really a slick little device. The idea is as follows: Hang the dock bubbler off the end of your dock and the bubbler will keep open water around your dock all...
Design Dilemma: Need Lake House Decor Ideas?
How to Update a Lake House With Wood, Views, and Just Enough Accessories By Brian Patrick Flynn, original article Designing a lake house can be tough since it’s supposed to be all about the view. Too much decor can detract from the entire reason the lake house exists anyway...
Stand Up Paddleboarding 101: Learning the Basics
Stand up paddleboarding is quickly becoming one of the most popular water sports. To take your shot at this unique pursuit, there’s a few basics you’ll need to get down. The first step to becoming a better paddleboarder is accepting that you will most likely fall. Balance will come...
How to Winterize Your Pontoon Boat
Freezing temperatures and icicles are perhaps the last things you think of when you think about your pontoon boat. Nevertheless, it’s important to prepare your pontoon boat for the worst of the winter months so that you can be worry and hassle-free when the spring thaw arrives at your...
Outdoor Fireplace Ideas for Your Lakeside Home
It’s that time of year…clear skies and cool Autumn evenings present the perfect time to spark up your lakeside outdoor fireplace. For entertaining, fire pits are a great way to extend your party space to the outdoors. It will certainly add value to your lakefront property…but that’s not the best reason to...
When do the Peak Foliage Colors Come Through New England?
There’s no better place to view and experience the change of seasons than a drive through New England in the Fall. Such iconic scenes have launched a thousand postcards (especially the colors reflecting off lakes) and turned New England into the ultimate fall destination for leaf peepers. So how do...
Pontoon Boats Surprise and Delight Many
By Kevin Falvey, Editor-in-Chief, Boatingmag.com. editor@boatingmag.com Pontoon boats now offer performance and amenities that compete with – and in some instances, exceed – these found aboard other styles of recreational boat. They still offer the traditional pontoon values: unrivaled space for their length, shallow draft and ease of maintenance...