Mid-Spring in Michiana Shores

Michiana, United States

At home

Wide view of an outdoor terrace in Michiana Shores with several round and outdoor tables and benches arranged on a light wooden deck.

If there is one place to experience the joys of those first warm spring days it’s the shores of Lake Michigan. The signals of warmer days ahead include early morning songs of the sparrows, the first blooms of the tulips, and sunshine that lasts into the evening. The long winter is finally coming to an end!

Family Time

At this home in Michiana Shores, Indiana, a couple hosts their family to celebrate the arrival of the new season. Bernie & Sue are the owners of a local plastics fabricating company in the area and selected Extremis for their outdoor spaces for the fact that it is both durable and beautiful at the same time. It’s not often you find something of extreme quality that is also so aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Their setting was chosen for hosting the family for cozy evenings in their wooded outdoor spaces. The couple’s children are also involved in their business so the first hour at the Pantagruel picnic table involves catching up about the week over charcuterie and wine while the grandchildren run free, exploring the woods.

Wide view of an outdoor terrace in Michiana Shores with several round and outdoor tables and benches arranged on a light wooden deck. People sit and socialize in the shaded seating areas, surrounded by green lawn and garden planting.

Later, while the Vonken pizza oven fires up, the grandkids take a dip in the hot tub. At the sol+luna, the rest of the family lounges under the LED shade that’s illuminated as the sun sinks beyond the trees. When the oven is ready, the pizza-making begins and the crew migrates back to the Pantagruel to pass their handcrafted pizzas around the table with the integrated lazy susan.

Each piece of furniture selected for this terrace keeps the party flowing through the night. A thoughtful outdoor design considers how a family might use every inch of their outdoor space and allows form to follow function at all times.

Black outdoor pizza oven from Vonken with chimney and hanging tools on a stone patio in a wooded garden. In the background, three people relax in a hot tub surrounded by trees, shrubs, and potted flowers.
Close-up of a Sol+Luna sofa with people seated and enjoying the surroundings

We are absolutely happy with the quality of all the Extremis furniture. I personally assembled each piece and as a manufacturer myself, I was impressed with the quality and integrity of the materials, the design and the fit of the parts. After three years and multiple add-ons of Extremis designs, the quality still stands out

Bernie Konrady

Family gathered around a pantagruel table under a large black inumbra parasol on a wooden terrace. A young girl stands smiling on the bench while adults sit around the table with drinks and food, creating a warm, relaxed atmosphere.
Woman holding a baby on a picnik table with integrated benches on a stone patio
Angled scene of dark outdoor tables and benches positioned on a wooden platform with guests seated, next to landscaped greenery and a pathway beyond.

© Pictures by Leigh Ann Cobb

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