Wicker furniture: Gloster, available through Henredon, Suite 122 65 michigandesign.com When thinking of an “alfresco” room, typically one imagines a southern hemisphere or a Pacific view, but the optimistic Midwesterner embraces the limited fair-weather time to create rooms evoking faraway locales. – Whitney Gillespie Anne Strickland, of Port MFG & Design, has shown an example of an “alfresco” room that can be enjoyed year round. With sunshine yellows and nautical blues, one feels a step away from a cloudless 80-degree day on Lake Michigan, when the reality could be a snowbound afternoon with a blazing fire and a hockey game on the television. By adding outdoor heaters, the dining area can go from Fourth of July hotdogs to Thanksgiving in St. Bart’s, no matter what the temps are outside. Alfresco in the Midwest
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