A close-up of Adirondack Design' Lake Rabun Great Camp in Georgia.

There is a growing interest throughout the country in "getting back to nature", getting back to a time when life was less hurried, less stressed, and less complicated. By designing homes or summer get-away places, or simply renovating an existing camp, Adirondack Design uses area sources and craftsmen to create unique homes, incorporating indigenous materials, including wood, stone, slate or ceramic tiles, which in and of themselves provide low-cost maintenance and which complement the design. For example, a birch bark covered wall doesn't need to be refinished or repainted. Oftentimes, restored furnishings, such as salvaged barnwood, or antique reproductions are selected as well as modern fixtures to capture a period look. With the renewed popularity of Adirondack furniture and furnishings, there has also been a resurgence of extremely talented and diverse craftsmen whose talents are reminiscent of another age when most home furnishings were hand carved from materials at hand, when re-cycling was taken for granted.

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