Sitting on the shorelines of Kowaliga Bay, a lake home unlike any other welcomes in the holiday season.
From nautical touches and heirloom antiques to towering indoor trees, the home’s creative details weren’t pulled from a design book or replicated from a website. Instead, they were drawn from the imagination of Fred and Brenda Chambliss.
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A portrait of Brenda's mother adds to the memories captured within the home
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Old Chicago brick floors and pecky cypress give the kitchen a natural, rustic look
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Passionate Disney fans, the couple fills their lake house with themed holiday décor
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An elaborate Christmas village sits atop the couple’s custom-made canoe table
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Brenda hangs her mother's cloisonné and hand-blown ornaments in her memory each year
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