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...
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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...
New Sustainable Living Community at Squam Lake NH
Squam has a new Sustainable Living Community which balances environmental, economic and social considerations in it’s development. The community will preserve the beauty of the area while minimally impacting the land. Some lots are wooded and provide privacy and abut hundreds of acres of conservation land, others offer outstanding lake...
Why Hire a Lakefront Specialist to Sell Your Home?
Lakefront property is unique, your home is unique… and it takes a focused marketing approach to attract & educate the best buyers from a nation-wide audience. If you needed brain surgery, would you go to your general practitioner? Of course not. You want someone whose single most important function in life...
555 Reasons to Love Lakefront Living – Pinterest
Owning lakefront property is an experience that will change your life. It becomes a retreat to escape the hassles of daily living. The wildlife, recreation, and vacation feel of waterfront living will forever be a part of you. “We believe every human being that strives to enrich their lives...
Did You Overpay for Flood Insurance?
FEMA has released information on providing refunds to property owners who overpaid for flood insurance. The Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act requires FEMA to restore Pre-Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) subsidized rates and issue refunds of excess premiums collected for: pre-FIRM properties not insured when the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance...