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O
ver the past 20 years, as editor of Northern Home
& Cottage, I have conducted more than 30 home
interviews a year—something like 600 interviews in all.
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houses. Egos in the way; tensions between builders
and architects; unscrupulous builders and tradespeople who need to be
watched all the time. The good news? None of these stories occurred in
Northern Michigan. They were all, to a one, stories homeowners have told
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and work ethics. I find these stories truly uplifting and often hang up
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much better the world would be if we designed, built and problem-solved
everything in our lives, communities and world the way most houses are
built in Northern Michigan…
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PRIMAL
GRILLING
Wood-fired grills are the rage for modern cooks.
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Homo erectus would have killed for one of these!
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Grillworks’ Dill Poached Lake Trout
1 4–6 pound whole lake trout,
butterflied, head on
1 large bunch of fresh dill fronds
Kosher salt
1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
4 Tablespoons melted butter
1 lemon, halved
2 Tablespoons fresh dill, minced
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1. Rinse cavity of fish, pat dry and
place on dill fronds skin side down.
Sprinkle the trout’s flesh with sea
salt and lemon zest and brush with
melted butter. Let fish stand for
5 to 10 minutes.
2. Using apple wood staves, build a
medium fire in the grill and burn
down for 15 to 20 minutes. Squeeze
half a lemon over fish. Transfer dill
fronds to grilling surface and top
with fish, skin side down. Roast fish,
basting periodically with melted but-
ter, for 15 to 20 minutes, or until
flesh just begins to flake. Transfer
fish and dill fronds to large platter,
and season to taste with salt.
Squeeze second half of lemon over
flesh, garnish with minced dill and
serve immediately.
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 PRIMAL
GRILLING

SHOKUNIN KAMADO GRILL,

BY KALAMAZOO GOURMET
KALAMAZOO GOURMET’S NEWEST GRILL is a twist on
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 St. Louis-Style Spare Ribs on Kalamazoo Gourmet’s Shokunin Grill
Recipe and Photo by Matthew Eads, Grillseeker
3 to 4 racks St. Louis-cut
pork spare ribs
Sauce
3 cups ketchup
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup yellow mustard
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 Tablespoon onion powder
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon allspice
Dry Rub
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup paprika
1 Tablespoon kosher salt
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
1 Tablespoon onion powder
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons black pepper
^
1 teaspoon dry mustard
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1. If possible, make your sauce the
day before you grill. You can make
the sauce the same day as the ribs
of course, but the flavors are bet-
ter after the sauce has set for 24
hours. Add all ingredients to a
medium-sized sauce pan. Place over
low heat and whisk together until
thoroughly combined. Cover and
allow sauce to simmer at a very low
temperature for an hour, stirring
occasionally. Turn off heat, and al-
low the sauce to cool to room tem-
perature before putting in glass
jars and refrigerating.
2. For the ribs, start by setting your
Shokunin up for low and slow cook-
ing. Adjust your exhaust vent in or-
der to maintain a cooker tempera-
ture of 255°F. For pork spare ribs
I recommend a combination of
hickory and apple wood chunks.
3. While your grill is coming up to
temperature, trim your ribs. Trim-
ming spare ribs is less labor-inten-
sive than trimming a brisket, but
requires slightly more labor than
trimming a pork shoulder. You’ll no-
tice a somewhat loose piece of meat
on the back of the ribs, trim that off.
4. With the ribs trimmed, it’s time to
get them seasoned. In a shaker bot-
tle, combine rub ingredients and
shake well to mix. Season your ribs
liberally starting with the bone side
of the ribs, flipping them and then
doing the meat side. This allows the
meat side, or presentation side, to
remain presentable after the rub is
applied.
5. With the rub applied, and the tem-
perature in the Shokunin stable at
255°F, place your ribs on the cooking
grate and allow them to bathe in
that beautiful hickory and apple
smoke for two and a half hours. This
is where the Shokunin differs from
just about every other cooker.
There’s no need to open the grill
every hour to spritz in order to
ensure the ribs stay moist.
6. After two and a half hours the ribs
have taken on some delicious smoke
and are starting to look beautiful.
You’ll notice the bones are just bare-
ly starting to peek out, but the racks
are still pretty firm. Now it’s time to
get them tender. Pull the ribs off the
grill and close the hood. Adjust the
exhaust vent in order to increase
grill temperature to 285°F.
7. While the grill is heating up, place
each rack of ribs on a double layer of
foil and top with a generous amount
of warm sauce. Wrap the foil tightly
around the ribs.
8. Return to the grill for one hour.
After an hour, the ribs should be just
about done. Remove the ribs from
the grill and unwrap.
9. Checking the internal tempera-
ture of the meat with a reliable meat
thermometer should show an inter-
nal temperature of about 193°-195°F.
You’ll notice now the bones for each
rack are very prominent.
10. Glaze each rack with an even lay-
er of sauce and return to the cooker
for 10 minutes. This allows the sauce
to “set” and become very tacky. Re-
move ribs from cooker and allow
them to rest for 10 minutes. Using
a large slicing knife, slice into individ-
ual ribs and serve with your favorite
BBQ sides.
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 PRIMAL
GRILLING

BIG GREEN EGG

ASK LEGIONS OF BIG GREEN EGG FANS and they’ll tell
you the Egg isn’t just something for throwing the burgers
on. It is to be worshipped. Known far and wide as the
original modern version of ancient, dome-shaped ceramic
cooking, The Egg can grill, roast or smoke. It comes in seven
sizes and includes a variety of custom tables and “nests” (i.e.
stands) for creating an outdoor kitchen. The Egg fuels on
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Fuel:
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Starts at:
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Find a dealer:
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^
Steak Pizzaiola in the Big Green Egg
Grass-fed New York strip steaks
(True Aussie Beef and Lamb
steaks shown in photo)
Big Green Egg Classic
Steakhouse Seasoning
2 teaspoons olive oil
5 garlic cloves, chopped
1 sweet onion, chopped
2 bell peppers, sliced
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon dried basil
⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
3 cups fresh spinach
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
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1. Set the EGG for indirect cooking
with a convEGGtor at 275°F; add
the cast iron skillet to the EGG
to preheat.
2. Season steaks generously on both
sides with Big Green Egg Classic
Steakhouse Seasoning and place
on the EGG.
3. While the steaks are cooking, add
2 teaspoons olive oil and minced gar-
lic into the cast iron skillet. Cook
until fragrant. Add onions, peppers,
oregano, basil and red pepper flakes
to the cast iron skillet. Cook until
the veggies are tender. Add toma-
toes and spinach, cook, stirring until
sauce begins to thicken, 3–5 min-
utes, then stir in the grated parme-
san cheese. Remove from the EGG
and set aside.
4. Once the steak reaches 125°F,
remove from the EGG. Reset the
EGG for direct cooking without
a convEGGtor and raise the
temperature to 550°F.
5. Sear each side of the steak for 1
minute. Remove the steak from the
EGG when the internal temperature
reaches 135°F. Let rest for 10
minutes. Serve steaks smothered
in pizzaiola sauce.
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RELAXATION—IN THIS PERFECTLY DESIGNED
HOME AT THE BASE OF OLD MISSION PENINSULA.
BY ELIZABETH EDWARDS / PHOTOS BY TODD ZAWISTOWSKI

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 A
n architect’s job can require a level

of diplomacy, a fact that Ray Kend-

ra, a Traverse City architect known
for his contemporary/modern de-
sign, is well aware. In the case of
the yet-to-be-designed Cocooning
House, Kendra had to tell his clients
that the old cottage on Grand Tra-
verse Bay they hoped to renovate
needed to be razed. In Kendra’s
judgement, only the foundation
and a basement under the garage
could be saved. Turns out, they
trusted his judgement.
Next on Kendra’s list was to
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they’d said leaned toward modern
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really want their house to be? Ken-
dra’s first plan was for a home with a
more transitional-styled slanted roof.
Nope, his clients had imagined a
thoroughly modern home, and that
included a flat roof.
Kendra was delighted. His fond-
ness for modern architecture, he
says, begins with the fact that it
generally revolves around windows
fabricated with huge sheets of glass,
offering huge views. “In a traditional

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 cottage, you tend to have a bunch of little windows
that just don’t offer the same kind of view,” he says.
“THE COLORS OF
That is especially important, he adds, in homes situ-
ated on water such as this one: “The colors of the bay
THE BAY CHANGE
change over the course of the day. That’s the star of OVER THE COURSE
the show in this house,” Kendra says.
His clients agree completely with that philoso- OF THE DAY. THAT’S
phy. What’s more, besides big views, they value
modern design for its simple and serene flow—a
THE STAR OF THE
form-follows-function approach. That calm ambi- SHOW IN THIS HOUSE,”
ance is especially important to the husband, a neu-
rologist, who needs to decompress after he has KENDRA SAYS.
been on call, an act he refers to as “cocooning.”
“Spa-like” was another term the couple mentioned
often to Kendra to describe their vision. Up a level, on the main floor, the largest stan-
Kendra took his clients’ cues. A number of thought- dard pane-less window that Pella Windows could
ful amenities add to this home’s relaxing vibe, but per- supply sets the backdrop. The window is expansive
haps the most important is the dry sauna he designed enough to provide full views of some of Traverse
on the lower level. The sauna is directly connected to City’s greatest attractions, namely, the annual Cher-
a shower that leads into the bathroom. No dripping ry Festival fireworks over the bay and the semi-an-
sweat on the floor on your way through to cool off. nual performances (canceled in 2020 and 2021 due

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 to the pandemic) of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels
and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
That view aside, the rest of the living area is
a study in serenity with its horizontally shaped
contemporary fireplace and wide-planked oak
flooring stained a pale, beachy shade. The
homeowners purchased all of the furniture for
the home on a trip to North Carolina, then Kris-
ti Brubaker of Leelanau Interiors accessorized
it, grouped furniture into intimate spaces and
outfitted bedrooms and baths with linens and
other accoutrements. Brubaker and Kendra of-
ten work together. “I finish what Ray designs—
making the interiors colorful and comfortable,”
Brubaker says.
The living area flows into an open, mostly
white kitchen. A butler’s pantry/appliance ga-
rage keeps the Cambria Quartz counters sleek
and clean, in keeping with the simple feel of the
home—and belies the fact that the kitchen is a

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who is an accomplished chef.
A floating stairway, bathed in light from
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I
t was cold, rainy and the trees were
already bare on the October week-
end that these homeowners first
visited Harbor Springs—hardly aus-
picious weather for falling in love
with the Lake Michigan harbor
town. The couple, who live in Texas,
had come for a visit at the behest
of friends who have summered in
Harbor Springs for years. Dreary as
the weather was, boats still bobbed
in the harbor and the petite down-
town’s white-clapboard Victorian-
era architecture shone through the
gray. “We saw something really
special there,” the homeowner says.
So special that six months later
they purchased an old cottage up
on the town’s famous East Bluff—a
gracious, leafy neighborhood with
views of rooftops, church steeples
and beautiful Little Traverse Bay.
The couple’s initial plan was to
remodel the old cottage—among
other renovations, they were looking
to enlarge their front porch. Doing
their due diligence, they set up inter-
views with four architects/designers,
including residential designer Fred
Ball, whom they eventually hired.
Before meeting with Ball, they’d
browsed photos of his previous proj-
ects on his website and came away
feeling, “that Fred could design our
home to fit into the neighborhood,”
the homeowner says. 
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 BUT LOOK CLOSELY AND YOU SEE THE GENIUS—
AND WHAT MILLER SAYS ARE THE DETAILS THAT MAKE
BALL’S DESIGNS ONE-OF-A-KIND. “THIS HOUSE IS AN
ABSOLUTE PIECE OF ART, NOT JUST ANOTHER HOUSE,”
MILLER SAYS. “EVERY DETAIL IS THOUGHT-OUT
AND DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE.”

At their first meeting, Ball told them, as had the other three architects,
that the cottage needed to be torn down. Then he pulled out his blank
yellow legal pad for notes and started listening to what the couple really
wanted in their new home. That conversation was the beginning of a syn-
ergy that resulted in this spectacular house that graciously steps out of
the design-box in a number of ways. 
Ball credits the homeowners who wanted both a home that fit the
neighborhood and also something edgy and so were open to his ideas.
Likewise, he credits the team of artisans who turned his ideas into form—
including builder Chris Miller and his crew from mPn (Miller, Poineau and
Naumes), metal fabricator Greg Melms (whom the homeowners knew
previously and brought up from Ohio for the project), mason Jim Temple
of Emmet Masonry, interior designer Kelly Konoske of Cottage Company
and landscape architect Maureen Parker of Common Ground Landscapes.
The house that resulted from this collaboration, is, at first glance, a
transitional take on a historic, coastal shingle-style home. With its natural
stone foundation, cedar lap siding, cedar shake roof, paned windows and
its front porch that juts out from the front of the home like an embrace, it

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 fits beautifully into the harbor town.
But look closely and you see the
genius—and what Miller says are the
details that make Ball’s designs one-
of-a-kind. “This house is an absolute
piece of art, not just another house,”
Miller says. “Every detail is thought
out, different and unique.”
On the exterior, for instance,
the walls around the upper story
windows flare out ever so and are
framed by mPn custom-crafted cor-
bels. The small panes at the top of
many of the windows frame a stain-
less-steel pyramid medallion fabri-
cated by Melms—a motif that is also
embedded into the railing in the deck
above the porch. Melms also fabri-
cated several stainless-steel lone star
medallions, nods to the homeowners’
home state, to sprinkle throughout

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 BALL LIKES TO
SAY, “THE DEVIL IS
IN THE DETAILS.”
ALTHOUGH IN THIS
HOME’S CASE,
THE DETAILS
ARE THE ANGELS
THAT CARRY THE
DESIGN.

the home, including above the main

entry to the house.
The porch columns are generous
and pyramid-shaped—more welcom-
ing than traditional vertical columns.
The soft curve of the porch is echoed
in a slight outward bow of an adja-
cent wall and bay window, and two
curved walls of cedar lap frame the
gable vent, softening its functionality
with visual interest.  Ball likes to say,
“the devil is in the details.” Although
in this home’s case, the details are the
angels that carry the design.
Inside, the home is first and fore-
most about the views of the charm-
ing town below the bluff and Little
Traverse Bay. “The house is not deep,
so that every room in the home has
a view of the bay,” the homeowner
says. Beyond the views, however,
Ball worked to bring the same spirit
of detail into the interior as can be
found on the exterior.  For  instance,
there is almost no drywall in the en-
tire home, instead, the walls and cof-
fered ceilings are paneled in nickel-
grooved poplar, painted dove white.
The walls are topped in extravagantly
deep, beveled crown molding. The
columns that divide the dining room
and kitchen echo the shapes of the
front porch columns.  
Like everything else in this home,
the stairway is exceptional. Ball de-
signed cone-shaped stairway new-
el posts and had Melms make stain-
less steel caps for them engraved
with lone stars. Then, with the home-
owners' enthusiastic support, he had
Melms make stainless bands that
wrap around each baluster. “I call the
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 n
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2016, with their three children grown, joe karbowski
and Angela Josephine were ready to downsize.
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room with light and let in a mélange of scents,
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“We came up here and saw these windows—we
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visioning all that living above downtown Traverse
City could offer—walking to restaurants, to the
beach and even watching the city’s signature
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from an ugly brownfield site (contaminated de-
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into a showpiece for urban living with businesses,
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street level. Sophisticated as the building is, Joe
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company with small-town quality and service.
Case in point: When the couple worried that
the 1,500-square-foot loft wasn’t quite large
enough for their needs, the Dargas offered to cut
a hole in the floor and create a 250-square-foot
downstairs room out of a space that had been a
part of their DargaWorks office. The offer sealed
the deal—Traverse City’s Ace Welding created a
circular staircase down to the lower level from the

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 loft and, voila, Angela had a light-filled art studio
overlooking Front Street.
The Dargas also did another huge favor for
the couple: They introduced them to Architect
Peter Smith of the Traverse City-based firm De-
signsmiths—and thus began a very special syn-
ergy between homeowners, architect and build-
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I could not on my own,” Angela continues. “In the
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 the space, came to Peter with our hopes
and dreams (design images, material
preferences, etc.) and from there, the re-
lationship grew organically.”
Smith began by listening carefully to
the couple’s ideas of how they wanted
to use the space as well as what drew
them to the condo. Learning that the
main draw of the condo was the long
bank of windows, the challenge became
how to carve out space for a bedroom
and music studio without diminishing
the expansive feel of the space. Grate-
ful that, as Smith says, the couple was
willing to “blur the lines” between room
functions, the finished loft can be con-
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separate rooms. On one end of the con-
do, stacking metal doors in the master
suite can close off the room from the open living/kitchen/
dining space. Angela's music studio and a bathroom are at
the other end, set off from the great room by a sealed metal
and paned-glass door fabricated by Ace Welding. With the
doors open, the room becomes a part of the great room.
Closed off, it can become a guest bedroom.
Smith designed Angela’s baby grand piano right into the
floor plan, placing it between the dining and living area as
an island of separation. The sleek galley kitchen that faces
0821 NHC Smith Darga.indd 47
the dining area is backed by an inge-
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the butler's pantry. The butler’s pan-
try neatly houses the refrigerator (the
galley kitchen is outfitted with refrig-
erator drawers), storage cabinets and
the washer and dryer. In lieu of a wall
between the pantry and the kitchen,
Smith designed a black-paned win-
dow (also fabricated by Ace Welding)
that lets light into the pantry from the
street side and adds visual interest to
the galley kitchen.
High ceilings over the master suite
and living areas allowed Smith to ex-
pose the mechanicals—signatures of
an urban loft. Likewise, he used the
loft’s lower ceilings over the grand
piano and dining area to add intimacy.
The surface elements play off this yin and yang of urban and
cozy—white oak floors and denim-blue cabinets contrast
with stainless steel and cast concrete countertops.
It all works together seamlessly to sing a new song for
Traverse City living: Urban and sophisticated while stay-
ing true to the warmth of Up North living. As Angela says:
“With the right team, a kind of magic happens that super-
sedes the challenges and complexities, and in fact, incor-
porates those to make something remarkable.”
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