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Choose from more
than 100 premade
1 pennants, or
design your own. FIELD NOTES
History of the

A-Frame

This chalet-inspired
structure (as we know it in
The View the U.S.) dates to 1934, when
A quaint cabin architect R.M. Schindler
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between Stowe designed a California cabin
and Smugglers’ with this shape. In the
Notch, Vermont following decades, the design
made its way to the
2 East Coast, where architect
Andrew Geller designed
an A-frame resort home on
Long Island. The shape
reached peak popularity in
the mid-1960s, when
Lindal Cedar Homes began
selling construction kits
that appealed to the booming
middle class’s desire
for simple, affordable
9 vacation homes.

This woodburning
4 look-alike (it’s
actually electric!)
also comes in a matte
black finish.

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1. “Going to the Mountains” Pennant $25; oxfordpennant
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.com 2. Metal and Wood Bistro Accent Table $150;
worldmarket.com 3. Black Ticking Stripe Squeaky Dog
Toy $16; thefoggydog.com 4. “Hollis” Electric Fireplace
$710; realfl ame.com 5. Maple-Flavored Whiskey;
birddogwhiskey.com 6. “Valence” Pillow $79; luluand
7 ILLUSTRATION BY MELINDA JOSIE
georgia.com 7. “Frost & Fir” Tree Pillar Candles $24 for
set of 3; illumecandles.com 8. “Gingko” Greige Indoor/
Outdoor Rug $216 for 3' by 5'; annieselke.com
9. “Pierformance” Twill Stone Armchair $500; pier1.com

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