“I wasn’t about to tear down the old cabins and build something big

and showy,” Timmy says. Instead, he reimagined the existing cabins,

which were originally duplexes. He converted them to one-bedroom,

one-and-a-half bathroom cottages, removing the central wall in each

for a more open floor plan. The cabins’ 840-square-foot size and their

rooflines stayed the same, while a coat of warm yellow paint freshened

the exteriors. But the real evolution occurred when Timmy added

pitched-roof screen porches to the front of each cabin. “They trans-

formed the look of the place,” he says. “They gave every cabin a little

extra breathing room and a whole new look.”

“Timmy’s style is classy yet livable,” Diane says. “He did an amazing

job of keeping it in the realm of what we could all afford. He really

brought the place to life.”

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Opposite:

Every family has a

bunkhouse behind their cabin.

The cheery yellow-and-green

scheme says “summer” to Diane.

Clockwise from left:

Watermelon

sampling is a favorite pastime of

the grandchildren, and corn hole is

tops with the Hogan kids and their

spouses. Diane outfitted much of

her family’s cabin with furniture

from her mother, who died just

before the renovation was finished.

“She always wanted a lake house,

so bringing her things here seemed

a natural way to honor her.”