This blog is a journey of our recently purchased family lake home in Waupaca, Wisconsin! We’re going to give you a glimmer of our pain-staking DIY efforts to make it into a beautiful vacation home for our family and others to rent for their own memories. 

Years ago, we fell in love with Waupaca, WI. Our childhood family friend married a great guy Jerry who loves to fish and enjoy the outdoors. Jerry’s parents had bought a lovely little cottage home decades ago on the Chain O’ Lakes and that little slice of heaven was shared with us to experience the richness of these lakes. One weekend visit and that is all it took to fall deeply in love with this area of Wisconsin, especially one with super clean lakes that’s not too far north from major cities like Milwaukee and Chicago. 

Over the years, my sister Sabrina, brother-in law Michael and their two sweet girls would come from Miami, Florida, to enjoy a week of pure relaxation and fun in Waupaca. This last visit, we stumbled upon an opportunity to purchase a beautiful home on one of the best lots on the Chain O’ Lakes, perched high up in the pine trees on Lake Columbia. 

Thank you for reading. Let the journey begin! 

Natasha, Scott, Sabrina and Michael