‘Camp Lucky Dog'
A couple transforms the Adirondack Mountains cabin her family had been visiting for decades into their own vintage camp getaway.
WRITTEN BY LAUREN HOFER STYLED AND
|OPPOSITE| LOCATION IS KEY. The perfect getaway for winter or summer, the cabin is found up the mountain from Schroon Lake, adjacent to trails for hiking and snowshoeing.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY COURTNEY AFFRUNTI
|BELOW| MEMORY-MAKER.| This porch swing was a 25th wedding anniversary gift from Bill to Courtney. It features a seat cushion (the barely used crib mattress their boys grew up sleeping on while at the cabin) and pillows that look like wood rounds.
|LEFT| CAMPY AND COMFORTABLE. Colorful cushions and painted shutters achieve the “camp” vibe on the front porch.
When New Jersey residents Courtney Affrunti and husband Bill
started looking for a cabin to purchase near Schroon Lake in the Adirondack
Mountains, they couldn’t find anything that worked for them. “Nothing was right,” Courtney explains. After visiting the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York for years and staying in Bill’s family cabin, they wanted a place of their own. Then, there was a surprise.