If you live in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and you want to “get away from it all,” you drive four hours north to Bay Harbor or Walloon. Or you build your own oasis on a hidden gem of a lot within city limits.
In 2017, two empty-nesters set out to do just that. They had recently purchased a 1930s home on a 2.75-acre piece of property backing up to the Rouge River. After tearing the structure down, they planned to replace it with a shingle-style home that invoked the architecture of Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and Cape Cod, which they had fallen in love with when one of their three children worked there for a summer.