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A lakefront home brings
the outside in.

Lynne Konstantin I Design Writer
Eric Perry I Photographer

Above: In the lower level, what
appears as a glistening piece of
sculpture behind the bar reveals
itself to be a pair of floating wine
racks supported by stainless
steel struts behind a glass wall.
Stainless steel doors enclose the
wine room for temperature. "David
really rose to the challenge," says
interior designer Bob Schaerer. "He
had maybe three bottles of wine
to his name, and now he's fully
stocked with enviable vintages." A
mixture of textures and materials
keeps the bar from becoming too
slick: Stainless steel frames the
bar, which is topped with granite;
the exposed stone is the same
used on the home's exterior; and
mahogany-like ribbon sapele fronts
the bar. Ribbon sapele backs the
orange-leather barstools from
Poltrona Frau, which began in the
1800s as a saddle company in
Italy. Clodagh tiles, made up of tiny
riverwash pebbles, line the floor.

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February 13 • 2014

D

avid Strach assembled a dream team.
Once he saw the wide-open-view aesthetic of the Up North home
of architect Louis DesRosiers, founder and president of DesRosiers
Architects in Bloomfield Hills, he knew he wanted a similar design for his
own property, situated on Fenton's pristine Runyan Lake.
Adding interior designer Bob Schaerer, president and owner of Schaerer
Architextural Interiors in Bloomfield Hills, and designer Jodi Caden, owner
of Birmingham's Caden Design Group, to the mix, Strach handed over the
reins to the trio, who worked seamlessly together.
"It was a collaboration from the beginning; says Schaerer. "We played off
one another, and an aesthetic developed out of that collaborative environ-
ment. It just flowed:'
Because the lake surrounds the house on two sides, DesRosiers was able
to give every single room a view of the lake. "The home is designed around
the feeling that you are outdoors, protected from the elements, like you are
at the helm of a ship:' says DesRosiers. "And because the home faces west,
these phenomenal sunsets come down and go right through the front door:'
"This is one of my favorite homes:' says Caden. "It's a true Lou home, with
the emphasis of bringing the outdoors in, and centering the home around
the kitchen as a central living space. We all came together to make it a clean-
lined classic contemporary, but it's also injected with a lot of warmth:'

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