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When thinking of an
“alfresco” room, typically
one imagines a southern
hemisphere or a Pacific
view, but the optimistic
Midwesterner embraces the
limited fair-weather time
to create rooms evoking
faraway locales.
– Whitney Gillespie
of
has shown an example of an
“alfresco” room that can be enjoyed
year round. With sunshine yellows and
nautical blues, one feels a step away
from a cloudless 80-degree day on
Lake Michigan, when the reality could
be a snowbound afternoon with a
blazing fire and a hockey game on
the television.
By adding outdoor heaters, the dining
area can go from Fourth of July
hotdogs to Thanksgiving in St. Bart’s,
no matter what the temps are outside.
Alfresco
in the
Midwest