Photograph by Rustic White Mary Helen Heaner has fond memories of visiting Lake Allatoona as a child growing up in Rome, Georgia, and she always hoped she’d have a home there. Last year, she and ...

That is what makes it a home. When Paul and Pat Jones found the perfect lot at Lake Keowee, complete with 360-degree views, they knew they did not want to build the typical rustic lake house.

Timeless exterior paint colors that designers recommend for lake houses—classic shades that highlight natural views and complement coastal, rustic, or modern styles.

BAY VILLAGE, Ohio -- If you're looking to live on Lake Erie in an old home with good bones, the Rustic Tudor-style at 25404 Lake Rd. deserves your attention. Originally built in 1936, the 5,000 ...

The Cape Cod-style house, built in 2010, has a central core of communal areas, with a wing of bedrooms on either side. The dramatic architecture of this three-story house perched on a lakeside ...

And, of course, for the jazz-loving first owner, a full house audio system. At $1,199,900, the house comes with 200 feet of Lake Huron shoreline and 3.9 acres of land.

Created as part of a residential estate, the Lake House in Austin is a boathouse set a half-mile away from the main residence across a deep ravine. The modern building is anchored atop a rock in ...