The outside of white shingle-style house on Lake Michigan.

“The home’s design was inspired by the late-19th-century Shingle-style architecture along the coast of Maine, with its abundance of porches to capture the all-too-short summers that Chicagoans are all too familiar with,” Liederbach says. Here, however, practicality dictated a painted finish rather than natural weathered wood shingles.

A Lakefront Chicago Home Nods To Maine’s Classic Seaside Dwellings